Game [PA] by Kool Keith (CD, Jul-2002, Number Six)

Album Features
UPC:	802016660427
Artist:	Kool Keith
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2002
Record Label:	Number Six
Genre:	R&B, Underground/Alt Rap

Track Listing
1. Intro Skit - (skit)
2. Really Want U
3. Nice Things
4. Game
5. U Jerk Chickens
6. Run Dem Red - (featuring Tricky)
7. Skit 2
8. Copy What U Want
9. New York
10. Rock Is Dead
11. Gotta Do - Main
12. Space
13. Xecutive Decision
14. Sally

Details
Contributing Artists:	Tricky
Producer:	Marc Live, KHM
Distributor:	E1 Distribution (USA)
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
KHM: Kool Keith, H Bomb (rap vocals, keyboards); Marc Live (rap vocals. programming).Additional personnel: Tricky, Benjamin Astor The 3rd, Davida "The Diva" Sullivan (rap vocals).Recorded at The Silent Studio, Flower Shop, Crack House West Studios, Hollywood, California.Recording information: The Crack House West, Hollywood, CA; The Flower Shop, Hollywood, CA; The Silent Sound Studios, Hollywood, CA.The hip-hop triple-team of Kool Keith, H-Bomb, and Marc Live debuted with Game, a record that's par for the course of Kool Keith projects -- but still eons away from the rap mainstream -- complete with sub-basement productions and beats, left-field disses, dozens of paranoid ideas, and interstellar intelligence of all kinds. The threesome spend much of the album protecting the vagaries of underground rap from a devilish major-label executive attempting to steal Keith's style and persona (and even his wigs). There's plenty of room for commenting (probably) on issues of the day for "Copy What U Want" and "Rock Is Dead," and an indefensible conclusion on "Game," "game is game." As usual, Keith's entertainingly obscure, even going so far as to dis NBC News' (?) John Salley, who'd kept most of his commentary most recently to Fox Sports Network. Similar to Mark E. Smith of the Fall, he's able to keep the same distinctive, intriguing sound on each record, no matter who else appears on it -- though H-Bomb and Marc Live each contribute a lot to what's heard. ~ John Bush