Dr. Dooom (Kool Keith) Kills Dr. Octagon!

Posted by Frank Meyer - Friday, August 29, 2008 9:26 AM

Original founder and inspiration of Nerdcore hip hop, the great Kool Keith, has killed off his most recognized rap alias, Dr. Octagon, in a gory new video.

Marking the return of another one of his aliases, Dr. Dooom, Keith stars in a gory new Grindhouse-inspired video courtesy of Threshold Recordings, the label founded by his DJ and producer Kutmaster Kurt.

Watch the video above, but be prepared, it’s not for those who fear blood!

And stay tuned for Kool Keith on G4’s multi-platform hip hop series Freestyle 101…

Meanwhile, nerdy hip hop lives on G4, as evident by our latest TV commercial, starring Nerdcore rapper MC Lars. Enjoy!

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Posted by staychisel (BANNED) - Friday, August 29, 2008 9:36 AM

yeah dr. dooom killed him off a long time ago

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Posted by Tasomo - Friday, August 29, 2008 10:34 AM

Look, some nerdcore can be fun to listen to...but that Kool Keith one was terrible. The whole thing sounded like him stumbling through an open mic session.

The beat was alright, but god the vocals were horrid.

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Posted by Dr_Mindbender - Friday, August 29, 2008 2:57 PM

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw that G4 was talking about kool keith. I don't know why he's labeled as nerdcore here though, just because he mentions outer space in a fraction of his songs. staychisel is right though, dr. octagon has been dead for a long time, keith had to re-kill him because some corporate hacks took some demos he recorded and released them as Dr. Octagon 2 without keith's permission. That's the whole reason for Dr. Dooom's return, and that's what this whole song is about.

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Posted by blakseed - Friday, August 29, 2008 9:41 PM

Staychisel, I hate it you feel the way you feel abut PS3, because everything else we can agree on. You would be a cool ass dude, if it wasn't for your 360 rants. but oh well.

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Posted by DocPop - Thursday, September 4, 2008 12:12 PM

I can't say I'm excited about the return of Dr. Dooom. Throughout his career, Keith has popped out just as many good projects as sh@t ones, unfortunately First Served (Dooom's first album) is easily one of his worst yet.

Tasamo, that did sound like an open mic rambling, but I highly recommend you check out the first Dr. Octagon album anyway. Dan's production on it is classic!

Frank, not only is Kool Keith not the originator of nerdcore, he really doesn't have anything to do with it at all. If you are making the argument that Keith was one of the earlier nerd rappers, you'd be missing it by about ten years (check He's The DJ, I'm the Rapper for early nerd rap luv). Nerdcore is really just a self identified genre, and Kool Keith has never referred to himself or identified with the nerd thing. That space rap stuff was just a popular subgenre in underground rap that was more of a reference to intelligent (conscious) rhymes than geek love.

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