Kool Keith & The Gang - Poppa Fresh video free download

Kool Keith vs Kool and the Gang

Kool 'Mutha Fckn, Big Willie' Keith, meets Robert 'Kool' Bell & his Gang for a rare performance of "Poppa Fresh" - 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 Ultramagnetic MCs track 'Poppa Large", released on the album Funk Your Head Up - the second studio album from Ultramagnetic MCs. Many of the tracks were remixed by outside producers at Mercury Records' insistence. The result was an album that disappointed hardcore fans of the group, while doing little to improve their sales. The sole hit single was a Beatminerz remix of "Poppa Large" that was not included on the album. This version is specially performed by Kool Keith And the Gang - A new Hip Hop, Funk/Disco, Hip Hop Extravaganza! It was also not included on the album.

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.

"Fresh" is a song by the R&B funk group Kool & the Gang. Released as a single in 1985 from the group's album of the previous year, Emergency, the song peaked at #11 on the UK chart, #9 on the U.S. Hot 100 charts, and was number one on both the U.S. R&B and dance charts. The song introduced a new meaning to the word "fresh", meaning "good".