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Kool Keith as Mr. Nogatco - Nogatco Rdrow17 May 06 |
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Most people (apart from Keith) will agree that 'Dr. Octagon' was one of, if not, his best releases.
The story for the album is that there is a secret agency called NOGATCO (National Objectives for Governmental Astral-Terrestrial Covert Operations). Keith Thornton is hired under the code name 'Mr. Nogatco' for his experience with aliens, but he has his own agenda... The intro 'No Head at All' uses a sample taken from the 1953 movie 'Phantom from Space' to set the scene for the album: After that the album starts on a high note with 'Bionic Fuse'. Bionic Fuse has a great UFO beat behind it thanks to Kevin Brouwers aka D Watcher. Keith also comes to town with some great lines like this: The next two tracks are skipable, the guitar behind Dark Space is a bit annoying and it sounds like something from 'The Return Of Doctor Octagon' sampler. In 'Dark Space' Keith dismisses Octagon again: Two thirds of the way through the next proper track Celestial there is a brief interview with Keith saying what he brings to hip-hop, once that finishes Keith comes back on fire and destroys the rest of track. Keith was getting sick of the criticism (and bullshit) on his forum and recently shut it down. A line on 'Alpha Omega' lets people know what he thinks about the internet: The rest of the album is average but does finish quite well with 'Live Dissection'.
Most Kool Keith releases don't feature much in the way of bonuses, normally it's just a single paged front inlay and sometimes a music video.
Overall its a good album, it was never going to live up the original Dr. Octagon album but its still worth the purchase, no doubt fans will pick it up anyway. |
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