Dr. Octagon

A conceptual journey through the mind of a medical madman, Dr. Octagonecologyst explores the sonic psychosis of Kool Keith, the Automator, DJ Q-bert, and others. Ridiculously fresh from start to finish, it blew heads away when released in 1996. Arguably Keith's most sweated work, "3000," "Blue Flowers," and "No Awareness" are all classics.

Originally released last year on San Francisco's Bulk Recordings, Dr. Octagon's debut album
was an inspired concoction from post-modern rap icon Kool Keith, formerly of the
legendary Bronx, N.Y., hip-hop group Ultramagnetic MC's. Occupying the
heretofore-undefined area where hip-hop meets hallucinatory sci-fi and porn, Dr.
Octagon's concept – an incompetent, sex-obsessed doctor conducts his rounds... More >