Matthew [PA] by Kool Keith (CD, Jul-2000, 2 Discs, Threshold (USA))

Album Features
UPC:	809259301421
Artist:	Kool Keith
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2000
Record Label:	Threshold (USA)
Genre:	R&B, Underground/Alt Rap
Number Of Discs:	2

Track Listing
1. F-U M.F.
2. 27 Shots
3. Errand Boy (Skit) - (skit)
4. Operation Extortion
5. Baddest M.C.
6. Extravagant Traveler
7. Recoupment (Skit) - (skit)
8. I Don't Believe You
9. Lived in the Projects
10. Keith N Bumpy - (featuring Freddie Foxxx)
11. Set up, The (Skit) - (skit)
12. Shoes N Suits
13. Diamonds
14. Sweet Unique Pete Feat. Black Silver - (featuring Black Silver)
15. Do You Masturbate? (Skit) - (skit)
16. Back Stage Passes
17. Mad Man Departure

Details
Playing Time:	53 min.
Contributing Artists:	Freddie Foxxx, Freddie Foxx, Black Silver
Distributor:	n/a
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Personnel includes: Kool Keith, Freddie Foxx (vocals); The Funky Redneck, Black Silver (programming).Producers: Kool Keith, The Funky Redneck, Black Silver.Recording information: Total Recall Studios.Who's jealous of Kool Keith? According to him, everyone. Throughout MATTHEW's 19 tracks (two hidden, one a remix of "Sweet Unique," one an untitled track), Keith reveals his more sinister and bizarre (if that's possible) side.Starting with "F-U M.F." and "27 Shots," he gets tetchy about weak in-house record producers selling boring generic music to the public. Hunting down phony rappers in various NYC recording studios in "Operation Extortion," he threatens to "set you on fire and Kentucky fry you," and to "cut your hands off and throw your fingers in an ashtray." Reverting to classic rap beats, "Baddest MC" finds Keith airing his rhetoric and warning of his global takeover in 2001. Other highlights here are "I Don't Believe You," in which he waxes poetic about the unimpressive hyping of hip-hop artists; while in "Sweet Unique," featuring Black Silver, he rips the same artists for imitating their predecessors instead of trailblazing. "Shoes N Suits" is a narrative about performer/record label relations. Climaxing MATTHEW are the obligatory raw and racy tracks ("Do You Masturbate" and "Backstage Pass"), the latter concerning the indignities groupies endure to meet their favorite performers. Kool Keith is years ahead of his time.

Editorial Reviews
...A formidable return to the analog brother's battle MC roots on tracks likr '27 Shots', 'Baddest MC' and 'Backstage Pass'.
CMJ (20000814)

4 out of 5 - ...A polemic on the state of contemporary hip hop, MATTHEW is essentially a stream of disses....he could recite shopping lists and make them sound compelling.
Alternative Press (20001201)