Kool Keith, a.k.a. Dr. Octagon, a.k.a. Black Elvis, a.k.a. Mr. Nagatco will be forever “armed with seven rounds of space doo doo pistols.” Composing fat old school beats with nuevo school revelation, “Kool” Keith Thorton has more monikers than T.I. got kids; rapping since 1988 when he rocked decks and mics with the Ultramagnetic MC’s. I shot a few pictures at the Mezzanine SF where he brought his peculiar supernatural flows and his surprisingly non-anomalous stage presence. In a 10 minute show interlude he proceeded in inviting all the fine ladies on stage to put on dollar tree underwear, followed by the dispersing of black porno magazine pages. He busted out with the favorites like “Halfsharkalligatorhalfman,” and “Blue Flowers,” but with so many monikers and albums it was somewhat foreseen he would play a twenty minute mash up of his copious songs. Ahhh well; an entertainingly boisterous show none the less. And now I leave you with my favorite Kool Keith lyric: “Your panties’ are wet. Take it easy, don’t sweat. You want some birth control? You can smoke a cigarette,” from the song “Girl Let Me Touch You.” Raps' most diabolical!
-Andrew
