This week we dip back into the 90s vaults to shine a light on a cult classic - Dr. Dooom’s ‘First Come, First Served’ from 1999 💥 So Kool Keith fans rejoice, because to chop it up with us is writer, journalist and founder of the brilliant Cabbages newsletter (as well as producer and co-presenter of the Cabbages podcast) - Gary Suarez is in the house! 🥬

 

Show Notes

• Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (00:48)
• Why he had to talk about ‘First Come, First Served’, how the bias with Dr. Octagon was real…and who is the real Kool Keith? (01:55)
• Is Dr. Dooom playing on excess in 90s rap? And how this album was made in a week (11:40)
• What space does Kool Keith occupy in the hip hop universe? And how humour-based rap emerged (15:50)
• A dope interview with Kool Keith and Bobbito Garcia (22:26)
• The relationship between MF DOOM and Dr. Dooom (24:14)
• Love for Kool Keith rabbit holes and hidden gems ft. ‘We Are the Horsemen’ and ‘Grandma’s Boy’ (28:55)
• Breaking down Gary’s Cabbages podcast and newsletter (30:13)
• Breaking down the incredible artwork to the album and why ‘Welfare Love’ is brilliant (44:30)
• Addressing the work on the album that’s aged badly and his distaste for Kool Keith fans (51:07)

 

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Check out Gary’s superb Kool Keith interview: https://www.cabbageshiphop.com › ...Kool Keith: The Cabbages Interview

And his great piece on MF DOOM x Dr. Dooom: https://www.cabbageshiphop.com/the-time-we-faced-dooom

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Also, the Crate 808 Patreon is coming 🚨 To make sure you keep updated on the launch and amazing new hip hop shows we’ll be bringing, go to crate808.com and subscribe to the newsletter - we’ve got episodes looking at hidden gems albums from the 90s, the catalogues of MF DOOM and J Dilla and a new series focusing on the Wu-Tang Clan. Yes, it’s gonna be big, so subscribe to the newsletter for all the news 💯

 

For the next mailbag episode, we’d love to hear from you guys, so email us at [email protected] with your takes on…

 

🔲 The strangest dreams you’ve had about a rapper

🔲 Where’s the weirdest place you’ve met a rapper?

🔲 What’s the best AND worst merch you’ve ever bought?

🔲 What rapper’s swag would you wear to a wedding, funeral or job interview?

🔲 You have to get a rap song tattooed on you…which one, where and why?

🔲 What’s the worst rap beat of 1995?

🔲 Best and worst rap memorabilia?

 

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And our last series talking best 3-album runs in rap can be found here…

Ice Cube with Shawn Setaro (https://bit.ly/3kaYfOq)

Tupac with Andrew Barber (https://bit.ly/2HGr3QT)

De La Soul with Andrew Emery (https://bit.ly/324LJJn)

Gang Starr with Dart Adams (https://apple.co/2Vlx9t1)

A Tribe Called Quest with Rob Pursey (https://bit.ly/3oS73uX)

Redman with Take it Personal Radio (https://bit.ly/3tYFUcL)

OutKast with Justin Hunte (https://bit.ly/3b89bJh)

Mobb Deep with Chris Mitchell from Breaking Atoms (http://shorturl.at/zHIKO)

 

Catch all our Spotify playlists here…

Slept-On DJ Premier Bangers Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3iw4yun

Slept-On Wu-Tang Bangers Playlist: https://spoti.fi/32QtAQG

Sample Corner Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3eYfhMd

 

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