Key-Kool & Rhettmatic are the first Asian-American rap group to
release album recognized by the hip-hop community; their 1995 Up Above
Records release Kozmonautz received critical acclaim in the music and
academic worlds alike. The Source Magazine (Feb. ’96) refer to Key-Kool
& Rhettmatic as Asian hip-hop soldiers and call their b-side posse
cut E=MC5 an underground classic. Key-Kools lyrical thesis on the
incarceration of Japanese in America during World War II,
Reconcentrated, has been used in classrooms of such prestigious
universities such as NYU, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Loyola University Chicago,
Cal Poly Pomona, UC Irvine, UC Davis, to name a few.
DJ Rhettmatic is one of the founding members of one of the World
Famous Beat Junkies. Rhettmatic is a West Coast DMC champion as a solo
battle DJ, and holds 2 ITF Team World Champion titles with the Beat
Junkies. Along with his production work, his mix CD World Famous Beat
Junkies Vol. 2 has gained Rhettmatic recognition worldwide.
As founding members for the underground super-group the Visionaries,
Key-Kool & Rhettmatic have provided lyrics, scratches, and
production talents building with their talented musical family,
traveling the world showcasing their brand of conscious underground
hip-hop. Key-Kool & Rhettmatic are currently working on their long
awaited follow-up to Kozmonautz.
1 The Big Bang: Kozmonautz 1:54
2 Wreck N’ Destroy (Non-Believers Get Stomped) 4:30
3 Brain Swell 4:06
4 Can U Hear It? 4:27
5 Afta Hours 5/19/95 1:55
6 Be A Hoodlum 2:31
7 Head Trip 3:59
8 Visionaries (Stop Actin’ Scary) [Featuring] – 2Mex, Dannu, LMNO 4:31
9 Lyrical MD’s 2:44
10 E=MC5 (Bust Da Scientifical) [Featuring] – LMNO, Meen Green, Ras Kass, Vooodu! 4:30
11 Sexually Repressed 1:12
12 Just Into My Music 4:19
13 Kik Yo Kan 3:21
14 Existentialism 4:42
15 Shape Shiftaz [Featuring] – Saafir 3:21
16 Reconcentrated 6:33
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