Dr. Octagon (studio album)
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Dr. Octagon bestography
The best album by Kool Keith is Dr. Octagon which is ranked number 2261 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 710.
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Dr. Octagon track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 5 days ago |  Kingturtle | 6,879 | 72/100 |
| ! | 01/30/2025 13:59 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,730 | 82/100 |
| ! | 01/29/2025 23:58 | jnmayles | 2,025 | 73/100 |
| ! | 12/12/2024 22:45 | Proto | 3,735 | 33/100 |
| ! | 07/09/2024 10:05 | Scrabbler | 234 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.0/100, a mean average of 78.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.
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Very funny concept album. Absurd lyrics meets great production. The only thing that keeps it from being a 10 is a lack of any hit songs.
Also, for some reason, BEA doesn't list the song "Real Raw," which is a great track.
9.5/10!
The production maintains this cold, artificial, alien, minimal sound - at times it comes close to sounding too empty, but it never does, it manages to keep your interest throughout the whole running time of the album, not to mention there are tracks like I'm Destructive that provide a welcome -if not much needed- change of pace. His eccentric rapping requires a peculiar taste that I wanna say I possess, but the truth is I don't, not 100% at least, there are some parts where it gets tiring and I find myself losing attention. The lyrics, well, where do you even begin? A bit of comedy, science fiction, sophistication and non sense blended together in a unique, surreal construction ("The plane managed to land, the skeleton at the controls A place called the Twilight Zone Are extraterrestrials able to accomplish this? I will explain but you'd become more puzzled at the possibilities Earth ending trilogies, wacky stuff Like gas passing dinosaurs While I stroll in circles blindfolded Gave a lady some wrinkle cream out of rat poop You might just laugh so hard your skull cracks Brain spills thick blood shooting out like a champagne cork"). When it comes to highlights, Blue Flowers is simply impossible to ignore, a haunting beat accompanied by his highly distressing delivery ("Listen to your heartbeat—delete, beep, beep, beep! Your insurance is high, but my price is cheap"). Also, General Hospital has to be one of the greatest under 30 seconds tracks ever and a perfect sum up of the album.
To sum it up, approach with caution, but it's quite a ride. Plus, you have to give it some -many actually- extra points if you compare it with everything else that was going on in hip hop back then.
Larcx13 01/18/2021 13:43 | #264601
Dope. Original. Better than most hip hop that was popular in 96. I do still prefer Roots and Tribe's releases but this record is gnarly.
ERadio 07/01/2016 15:15 | #170270
Brilliant. Kool Keith was a mad genius.
A crime it's ranked this low--possibly a top-10 rap album of the 90s.
Graeme2 12/01/2013 17:28 | #95828
Still sounds crazy. Legend kool keith. Original cover is much better suited to this madness! There's a horse in the hospital...
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