World-renowned
hip-hop innovator Kool Keith will guest edit Spin.com, Spin magazine’s
home on the Web, for five consecutive days, beginning Monday,
February 14th. Kool Keith is Spin.com’s first-ever guest editor,
and his five-day post marks the first time the content of a major
music Website has been turned over to an artist. The former Keith
Thorton, Kool Keith emerged in the late 1980’s as a founding member
of the legendary Bronx, New York-based Ultramagnetic MC’s. Making
their mark with unique lyrical stylings and a significant underground
cachet, the Ultramagnetic MC’s created such hip-hop masterworks
as "Critical Beatdown," "Funk Your Head Up,"
and "The Four Horsemen" before they disbanded.
Since then, Kool Keith
has recorded several critically acclaimed albums under pseudonyms,
such as: Dr. Octogon ("Dr. Octagonynocologist," Dreamworks
1997), Dr. Doom ("First Come, First Served," Funky Ass
Records 1999) and as his original alias Kool Keith ("Sex
Style," Funky Ass Records 1997; "Black Elvis/Lost In
Space," Columbia 1999). Log on to Spin.com Monday, February
14th through Friday, February 18th for Kool Keith’s daily musings
including; a laundry list of Kool Things, must-see daily greetings,
album reviews, downloadable music bytes and random bits and other
things.
