Dr. Octagonecologyst

I first heard of Dr Octogon on a James Lavelle album called Cram Live 2, which is also worth a mention. Blue Flowers was on, so I tracked down this album. I recon i've listened to it about 10,000 times, and for those who thought it was pants, well you haven't a clue. The lyrics border on amazing, if you actually listen to the words, it is possibly incredible what he speaks. I think perhaps someone should look inside his head!

But anyway, i've now got every Dr Octogon, Kool Keith, Dan the Automator and all the others that feature this chap. Buy it!


See abstract rap in anyway u want but i see it as INGENIOUS   February 1, 2004
 9 out of 10 found this review helpful

It is very difficult to put across how i feel about this album. I guess ill have to put it on the scale of rap originality. On which it is 25 out of 10. But originality doesnt make it good. It could be an original piece of excrement. But what makes it good is its meticulous concoction of hellish production, mellifluos cuts and the indelible, indefatigable, totally indescrible rhymes of Kool Keith. His lyrics are unknown to the hiphop culture. His flow is not continuos or nursery ryhme like. He is not a foolish gangsta rapper oblivious to his duties as an artist. He is a word contorter, he warps the english language into incredulous clauses. He talks about playing astronauts tough like the ukelele. He is HalfSharkAlligatorHalfman. He is Dr octagon.

His apprentice in crime Dan the Automator destroys the ethics of producing and builds them up again. DJ Q-berts slices the traks with magical, intrevenous fingers to produce magnificent cuts. I also like this album because Dr octagon has a erotic side to him. He puts his testorone driven urges to paper in delicious sentences. "Girl Let Me Touch You" is one of the best songs on the album because of this.

Dr Octagon has many sides to him; he can insult lesser emcees like in "Real Raw", he can create the master gene like in "No Awareness", he can change into halfsharkalligatorhalfman as in" Halfsharkalligatorhalfman" or he can simply have fun in "Dr octagon" and "Wild and Crazy".

I think thats how he sees rap, as fun and it is. It can be anything any artist good enuf wants it to be. Dr octagon to me is an embellishment of 3 musical malvelolences. Kool Keith is the gothic yet comical skull, Dan the Automator is the white gloves that Keith uses to probe and morph songs into twisted melodies. And Qbert is the slicing Stethoscope bringin the beautiful heartbeat of the track that is the DJ.

Please buy it and liberate your mind. Close off from the world enjoy.
This world is a disease ridden, impoverished quagmar and Dr Octagon is simply providing the medicine.


Intriguing but bog-standard hip hop   January 4, 2004
 5 out of 20 found this review helpful

Despite this being praised by the media and hip hop fans everywhere, I ain't falling for it. Yes, it was completely different to anything else out at the time but sadly, that's all it is, different. I can say that there some pretty good moments here like 'Waiting List', 'Real Raw', 'Earth People' and 'Blue Flowers'. But I pity anyone who actually likes unlistenable garbage like 'No Awareness'. I mean, anyone could make a song like this by babbling utter nonsense that doesn't even rhyme over some tacky, effortless beat. "Dr Octagon" in summary, original and experimental it is. A spectacular and timeless album it is NOT!


Over-rated...   December 1, 2002
 5 out of 33 found this review helpful

This album isn't terrible, though it certainly isn't a classic and doesn't deserve the props that it has got. Dan The Automater's yawn-tastic 'dark' beats bring nothing to the imagination and definately don't bring the best out of Kool Keith.

Sir Menelik, who I feel showed himself as one of the most progressive rappers ever on his Scaramanga debut, rhymes terribly on this, really poor and it's this feel of not fulfilling true potential in so many areas that makes this album fall short.