Keith (album)

Keith (stylized in all caps) is the seventeenth solo studio album by American recording artist Kool Keith. It was released on July 12, 2019 through Mello Music Group.[2] The album was produced by Psycho Les of the Beatnuts.[3] It features guest appearances from fellow rappers B-Real, Jeru the Damaja and Paul Wall.

Keith
Studio album by
Kool Keith
ReleasedJuly 12, 2019
StudioTME Studio (The Bronx, NY)
GenreAlternative hip hop
Length44:08
LabelMello Music Group
ProducerPsycho Les
Kool Keith chronology
Controller of Trap
(2018)		 Keith
(2019)		 Computer Technology
(2019)
Singles from Keith
  1. "Zero Fux"
    Released: May 14, 2019[1]
  2. "Turn the Levels"
    Released: June 4, 2019

Singles

The album's lead single, "Zero Fux" was released on May 14, 2019. It features Cypress Hill member B-Real.[4] The second single, "Turn the Levels", was released on June 4.[5]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
The Arts Desk[7]

Keith was met with mostly positive reviews. Paul Simpson of AllMusic writes "Keith is simply another consistent, enjoyable album from one of rap's true legends."[6] Guy Oddy of The Arts Desk writes "a lyrical and beat collage that takes in social reportage on the menacing "95 South", anti-materialism on "Word Life" and racism, it also has a good deal of bragging about his prowess on the mic."[7]

Track listing

Credits adapted from Pitchfork.[2]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Intro"Keith Thornton 1:04
2."Foot Locker" (featuring Paul Wall)
Psycho Les3:01
3."95 South" (featuring Psycho Les)
  • Thornton
  • Lester Fernandez
Psycho Les3:15
4."Graceland"ThorntonPsycho Les3:07
5."Holy Water"ThorntonPsycho Les3:03
6."Makem Crazy"ThorntonPsycho Les3:51
7."Muscle Block"ThorntonPsycho Les3:00
8."Open and Wet"ThorntonPsycho Les3:25
9."Plush Mink"ThorntonPsycho Les3:46
10."Slave Owner"ThorntonPsycho Les3:11
11."She Answer" (featuring Jeru the Damaja)
Psycho Les3:00
12."Turn the Levels"ThorntonPsycho Les3:31
13."Word Life"ThorntonPsycho Les4:12
14."Zero Fux" (featuring B-Real)
Psycho Les2:52
Total length:44:08

Sample credits
gollark: Well, if you change the names of fields, then stuff has to update. Although they could probably have... not randomly removed the old names after just two months.
gollark: Seriously? They made a *breaking API change* for some pointless terminology edits?
gollark: Apparently they changed mentions in some unexplained way with 60 days of warning?
gollark: Me too. Although I have no idea why they needed to make a breaking change for... whatever happened.
gollark: AI Dungeon used finetuned GPT-2 and now GPT-3, NovelAI and the others use GPT-Neo/GPT-J. which is an open source sort-of-replication.

References
  1. Eustice, Kyle (May 14, 2019). "Kool Keith Announces New Album With "Zero Fux" Single Featuring B-Real". HipHopDX. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  2. Yoo, Noah (May 14, 2019). "Kool Keith Announces New Album KEITH". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  3. Helman, Peter (May 14, 2019). "Kool Keith – "Zero Fux" (Feat. B-Real)". Stereogum. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  4. "Zero Fux (feat. B-Real)". SoundCloud. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  5. "Kool Keith Shares New Song "Turn The Levels": Listen". Stereogum. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  6. Simpson, Paul. "Keith - Kool Keith". AllMusic. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  7. Oddy, Guy (July 10, 2019). "CD: Kool Keith - KEITH". The Arts Desk. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  8. "Kool Keith's 'Turn the Levels' sample of Keith Mansfield's 'Suspended Underscore'". WhoSampled. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  9. "Holy Water by Kool Keith - Samples, Covers and Remixes". WhoSampled. Retrieved August 2, 2019.


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