Kool 'Mutha Fckn, Big Willie' Keith, meets Robert 'Kool' Bell & his Gang in a Drugs Celebration - East Coast Mutha Fckers - when New York Hip Hop meets a New Jersey Funk Disco! Let's Welcome - Kool Keith & The Gang. HardcoreFunkDiscoRap - HalfManHalfGangstarr
Keith Thornton, better known by his stage name Kool Keith, is an American rapper from The Bronx, New York. A founding member of Ultramagnetic MCs, Kool Keith has recorded prolifically both as a solo artist and in group collaborations. Kool Keith is generally considered to be one of hip-hop's most eccentric and unusual personalities including characters Dr. Octagon, Black Elvis, Dr. Dooom, Mr. Nogatco....
This Kool Keith rap is taken from the track Drugs, released on the album Spankmaster on Gothom Records on June 5, 2001. It peaked at #16 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, #11 on the Top Independent Albums chart and #48 on the Top R&B Hip-Hop Albums chart.
Kool & the Gang are an American jazz, R&B, soul, funk and disco group, originally formed in 1964 as the Jazziacs based in Jersey City, New Jersey.
They went through several musical phases during the course of their recording career, starting out with a purist jazz sound, then becoming practitioners of funk and R&B, progressing to a smooth pop-funk ensemble, and in the post-millennium creating music with a modern, electro-pop sound. They have sold over 70 million albums worldwide.
The group's main members over the years included brothers Robert Bell (Muhammad Bayyan) on bass and Ronald Bell (Khalis Bayyan) on tenor saxophone, lead vocalist James \"J.T.\" Taylor, George Brown on drums, Larry Gittens on trumpet, Dennis Thomas on alto saxophone, Claydes Charles Smith on guitar, Mark Blakey on triangle and Rick West (Westfield) on keyboards.
Their number one hit in 1980's Celebration was from the album Celebrate!
