It’s Tuesday and you know what that (sometimes) means!?! Black Elvis is in the building! Any cool kid worth their salt would have copped the first issue of Bonafide magazine where we interviewed the great man in a so-so example of music journalism, well, in a marginally inferior effort I present to you excerpts from my own interview with Funk Igniter Plus (UMC days..). Where our Tuesday hero displays all the humility we’ve come to expect. Not.
You’ve often been associated with, or even arguably responsible for, the Horrorcore and Acid Rap genres. How do you think they’re doing now? Are there any artists from those scenes that you follow?
Kool Keith: I invented Horrorcore. I don’t listen to those groups who try to sound like me very much, it bores me.
The paranormal and sci-fi influences is a strong theme throughout your work, why do you think it is that some people, or musicians, are better at connecting with their sub-conscious/imagination than others?
Kool Keith: I don’t put limits on my self or my creative flow. I write what I feel. One day I might write about eggs, one day I write about bitches, the next I might write about chopping up bodies in the basement. I’m a creative writer in my music and lyrical genius.
You are also known for an interest in conspiracy theories, one of the biggest floating around at the moment is that 9/11 was engineered by the American Government, i.e. ‘an inside job’, what’s your take on that?
Kool Keith: It could be true, you never know. I believe aliens exist. I seen one in the projects one time wearing a gold chain and smoking a blunt.
One of my favourite Dr Octagon songs is ‘Blue Flowers’. Is it a reference to the killer drug, substance D, from Phillip K Dick’s sci-fi classic ‘Scanner Darkly’?
Kool Keith: No it’s really a song about a blue flower I found one day by a purple pond.
Do you think that drugs are a help or hindrance to the creative process?
Kool Keith: A lot of musicians take drugs. A lot of them died or killed they selves though. I think it can sometimes help open your mind to new ideas or sounds. I used to smoke dust back in the day, that’s some ill shit.
I read somewhere that you are a big fan of Paris Hilton, would you consider a collaboration?
Kool Keith: I’d like to do a photo shoot with her. I got some nice outfits for her to try on…I’m a photographer, I got 1000′s of pictures in my private collection.
You can check the rest of the interview here. NB, never attempt to interview Kool Keith via email.
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