yep, totally true. But y'know around that time he was on fire... fucking Black Elvis and First Come, First Served are two of his best. Plus in my opinion, and I'm being totally serious, his most underrated album is Kook Keith Present Thee Undatakerz -- an album whose production is so obviously inspired by minimalist (maybe No Limit) Southern producers. It's an excellent record. I still listen to it a lot 5 yrs later.

i haven't heard that one, black elvis was great and (ditto first come, masters of illusion & sex style) then after that i got analog brothers and spankmaster, neither of which i was really that into (and a friend told me that Matthew was a bit crap), and then there was a massive deluge of records and i pretty much lost touch with what he was doing.
my favourite record by him (not including the ultramags) is the cenubites EP with Godfather Don

classic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EtfGc5alYY

I have about 20 Kook Keith albums. I'd say my last favorite was UNDERTAKERZ from 2004. MATTHEW was pretty shitty, although "I Don't Believe You" is one of his most immediately awesome singles of all time. CENUBITES is good, I agree. Awe shit, there's a really long thread of me and suchfriend arguing about his best releases somewhere... (anyway, get UNDERTAKERZ -- it's like nothing else he's done).

THE BEST

Kool Keith and Tim Dog together...Ultra. It boggles the body.

Jenn, arent' they both from NY?

I love neg repping gualbert.

get every wayne and gucci mane mixtape, also yo gotti because hes just ridiculous. and geto boys obv

ive pretty much only been listening to gucci mane recently.


he got locked up :(

Yes, but you brought up Kool Keith and I couldn't help myself. :cool:

ESSENTIAL

I really like The Ecstatic... especially "Auditorium" with it's Slick Rick appearance.

hell yea

I love Mos Def and Talib Kweli as much as the next head, but they're about as far from southern as it's possible to get! On a side note, seriously liking Mississippi by David Banner. Cheers for that nr...

Yeah, I was thinking, "Mos Def is from the SOUTH? I thought he was a New Yorkie!". Oh well, at least I know now for sure.

This thread is great by the way, a lot of recommendations I'm going to try out.

So, which Count Bass D should I go for? Because Potholderz is a long time favourite of mine.

e-high five, sir.

Mos Def = Broooooklyn!!

Earl, glad yr feeling that Banner album. Check his wiki for all the tracks he's produced for other Southern-ers. Track record is serious. He did TI's classic "Rubber Band Man," for starters.

of the two records i have dwight spitz is the better

Three 6 Mafia -
Mystic Stylez


or anything else

quite obvious I know but chicken n' beer by ludacris is very good/funny.

great album

Luda is reliably good. Never exactly great. Never bad. Just always good. I like him though.

Earl, if you consider VA to be Southern Hip Hop then you NEED to get HELL HATH NO FURY by Clipse. Unreal record. Check youtube for "Mr. Me Too" and you'll be an instant Clipse fan.

Clipse have been on my "to get" list for like forever. Will definitely get around to actually putting the time in soon.

dude, I was sort of late to the game with Clipse. But honestly, I immediately felt like they were well worth all the hype... amazing stuff.

*I'm excited cuz I just realized that Michael 5000 Watts put out a choppednscrewed version of BOSS OF ALL BOSSES by Slim Thug. That's one of my absolute favorite albums of the year.

It's a fantastic record too.

Enjoying this right now!