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! 🥬

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Show Notes
- Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (00:00)
- 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? (02:20)
- Is Dr. Dooom playing on excess in 90s rap? And how this album was made in a week (11:55)
- What space does Kool Keith occupy in the hip hop universe? And how humour-based rap emerged (18:50)
- A dope interview with Kool Keith and Bobbito Garcia (24:10)
- The relationship between MF DOOM and Dr. Dooom (25:58)
- Love for Kool Keith rabbit holes and hidden gems ft. ‘We Are the Horsemen’ and ‘Grandma’s Boy’ (31:15)
- Breaking down Gary’s Cabbages podcast and newsletter (32:42)
- Breaking down the incredible artwork to the album and why ‘Welfare Love’ is brilliant (46:07)
- Addressing the work on the album that’s aged badly and his distaste for Kool Keith fans (54:29)

Check out Gary’s superb Kool Keith interview: [ Ссылка ] › ...Kool Keith: The Cabbages Interview
And his great piece on MF DOOM x Dr. Dooom: [ Ссылка ]
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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 crate808@gmail.com 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…
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Tupac with Andrew Barber ([ Ссылка ])
De La Soul with Andrew Emery ([ Ссылка ])
Gang Starr with Dart Adams ([ Ссылка ])
A Tribe Called Quest with Rob Pursey ([ Ссылка ])
Redman with Take it Personal Radio ([ Ссылка ])
OutKast with Justin Hunte ([ Ссылка ])
Mobb Deep with Chris Mitchell from Breaking Atoms ([ Ссылка ])

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