History Music / KoolKeith

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Oh yes.
* ConceptAlbum: Most of his albums are this.
* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Sex Style'' was something of this as a way of scaring off the white hipsters who had taken to ''Dr. Octagonecologyst''; when ''that'' didn't take, he made ''First Come, First Served'' and the Dr. Dooom persona as a way of creating the hardest, most hipster-unfriendly album he could think of.

* GenreBusting: ''Dr. Octagonecologyst'' mixes HipHop, TripHop, PsychedelicHipHop, rock, and a whole lot of other things.
* {{Horrorcore}}: Keith claims to have invented it.
* IHaveManyNames
* TheParody: His Dr. Dooom albums are largely a parody of popular hardcore and GangstaRap.

* SurrealMusicVideo
* TakeThat: Although Keith's disses are so weird that you often can't figure out who is being dissed.
** His Dr. Dooom persona effectively exists as a potshot towards [[TakeThatAudience fans]] and [[TakeThatCritics music critics]] who were only interested in his Dr. Octagon output while ignoring his other works.
* VillainProtagonist: Dr. Octagon, as well as most of his other personas.

* WordSaladLyrics: Frequently.

Kool Keith, real name Keith Matthew Thornton (born October 7, 1963), is known for a number of things, [[BunnyEarsLawyer including his skills as a lyricist and rapper,]] [[IHaveManyNames the fact that he has more aliases than any other rapper in the industry,]] and, finally, that a lot of his songs [[MindScrew are]] [[WordSaladLyrics fucking]] [[WidgetSeries weird.]]

* WidgetSeries

* XtremeKoolLetterz

* RefugeInAudacity: Keith’s music revels in this, be it through bizarre WordSaladLyrics, vivid depictions of {{Gorn}} and/or incredibly perverted sexual behavior, [[BoastfulRap]]s and disses aimed at other rappers in general, etc.

* RefugeInAudacity

* ''Dr. Octagonecologyst''

* ''First Come, First Served''

* ''Nogatco Rd.''
* ''The Return of Dr. Octagon''
* ''Dr. Dooom 2''

* GenreBusting: ''Dr. Octagonecologyst'' mixes HipHop, TripHop, [[PsychedelicRock Psychdelic Rap]], rock, and a whole lot of other things.

Kool Keith, real name Keith Thornton, is known for a number of things, [[BunnyEarsLawyer including his skills as a lyricist and rapper,]] [[IHaveManyNames the fact that he has more aliases than any other rapper in the industry,]] and, finally, that a lot of his songs [[MindScrew are]] [[WordSaladLyrics fucking]] [[WidgetSeries weird.]]

Keith is the creator of a style he refers to as "Pornocore", and also claims to be the creator of {{Horrorcore}}. TheProdigy's "Smack My Bitch Up" is built around an altered sample of Keith's voice from the Ultramagnetic [=MC=]s song "Give the Drummer Some" (The original lyrics were: "Switch up change my pitch up / Smack my bitch up like a pimp"), and he returned the favour by guesting on the track "Diesel Power". Keith also appeared in a few Sprite commercials. However, despite all of this, he is still largely underground, because most of his music is too strange for mainstream audiences.

!!Tropes employed by KoolKeith

* BlackSheepHit: ''Dr. Octagonecologyst''.

* CreatorBacklash: As the result of the popularity of his album ''Dr. Octagonecologyst'', Keith created Dr. Dooom, and released the album ''First Come, First Served'', in which Dr. Octagon is killed by Dooom, a serial killer with a fondness for pet rats and Flintstones chewables. Keith later decided to bring Dr. Octagon back, but was unsatisfied with the final result, ''The Return of Dr. Octagon'', and brought Dooom back for ''Dr. Dooom 2''.

Keith first gained notice as a member of the HipHop group Ultramagnetic [=MC=]s, which formed in 1984. Although praised for his lyrics, his contributions to the group's songs were not particularly weird, especially compared to Keith's solo albums. Keith has also been a member of the Analog Brothers (with IceT), Masters of Illusion, Thee Undatakerz (a {{Horrorcore}} group) and The Clayborne Family.

Kool Keith, real name Keith Thornton, is known for a number of things, including his skills as a lyricist and rapper, the fact that he has more aliases than any other rapper in the industry, and, finally, that a lot of his songs are fucking weird.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Well, it might have been.

* SdrawkcabName: Keith is also known as Dr. Octagon. As Mr. Nogatco, he released an album called ''Nogatco Rd.''

* RefugeInVulgarity

Kool Keith, real name Keith Thornton, is known for a number of things, including his skills as a lyricist and rapper, the fact that he has more aliases than any other rapper in the industry, and, finally, that a lot of his songs are fucking weird. He could be considered a cross between FrankZappa and {{Esham}}.

* ReelLifeProductions: ''Spankmaster'' was a Gothom release. Featured appearances by {{Esham}}.