Kool Keith live in concert.
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Kool Keith

17
critic concert reviews
rap

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

56
%
Based on 
17
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Critic Consensus

Based on 17 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Kool Keith is rated as a subpar live performer, with forgettable shows overall.

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Mr. Controller [Explicit] (October 6, 2023)

Artist Info

Genre
rap
Origin
The Bronx, United States (10/19/1963) (10/19/1963)
Bio
An original member of New York's new-school pioneers the Ultramagnetic MC's, "Kool" Keith Thornton is best known as a solo rapper. His signature style is stream-of-consciousness lyrical flow and complex vocals, two skills that earn him a perennial nod from the underground hip-hop community.
Has Performed With
Kutmasta Kurt

Critic Concert Reviews

Shepherd Express (USA)

March 25, 2019
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Kool Keith Made a Smooth Milwaukee Return at The Cooperage

Live in Limbo (Canada)

April 7, 2016
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The pop-up Vans skatepark/music venue showed up in Toronto as a celebratory hub for Vans’ 50th anniversary of being at the forefront of not only freestyle boarding and biking but also the cultures that surround it.

Undertoner (Denmark)

August 1, 2015
58
%
Vanguard Festival, Frederiksberg, Denmark on July 31, 2015

Kingsize Magazine (Sweden)

August 1, 2015
30
%
Kool Keith Live In Concert In Sweden

The Snipe News (Canada)

January 31, 2014
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Venue Nightclub, Vancouver, Canada

Shepherd Express (USA)

December 14, 2012
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Mad Planet, Milwaukee, USA

The Village Voice (USA)

August 15, 2011
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Hip-hop might seem increasingly shiny and sugar-coated, but the genre’s bizarre and shadowy recesses haven’t been completely abandoned yet.

Past critic reviews published in

Dallas Observer (USA), The Georgia Straight (Canada), Abort Magazine (Canada), The Austin Chronicle (USA), Westword (USA) and more

Image Credit

Jason Persse [CC BY-SA 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons