Holy Shit - Dr. Octagon Show !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is one of those rare times where I get all excited and nervous to meet the artist. One of the most inspirational and amazing hiphop artists of our time will be playing his classic album (as well as new material) on Friday September 8th.

DR OCTAGON (aka Kool Keith) managed to release perhaps the biggest "underground" weirdo pants hiphop album of the 90s. Featuring production from Dj Shadow and Dan The Automator with cuts from DJ Qbert, it quickly took off like wild-fire amonsgt indie rockers, backpack hiphop kids, drum and bass big pants wearers and normal boring adults alike. All of the attention landed "Dr. Octagon" a spot on Lollapoolaza (where he went missing for a few months) which only heelped his hype and mystery grow.

It's hard to exaggerate the role that Kool Keith's debut solo album as Dr. Octagon played in revitalizing underground hip-hop. It certainly didn't bring the scene back to life single-handedly, but it attracted more attention than any non-mainstream rap album in quite a while, thanks to its inventive production and Keith's bizarre, free-associative rhymes.

As if that weren't enough, the album launched the career of Dan the Automator, one of the new underground's brightest producers, and shed some light on the burgeoning turntablist revival via the scratching fireworks of DJ Q-Bert. The Automator's futuristic, horror-soundtrack production seemed to bridge the gap between hip-hop and the more electronic-oriented trip-hop (which has since narrowed even more), and it's creepily effective support for Keith's crazed alter ego

Friday September 8th 8:00pm
At The Starlight Ballroom / Club Polaris
460 North 9th Street (just blow 9th and Spring Garden)
Philadelphia, PA
$15 / All Ages / 21+ To Drink <
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