The star of the show here is for sure Dan The Automator and his fantastic beats, taking influence from trip hop to create tracks that have this fascinatingly hypnotic and threatening aura whilst still managing to keep the tunes funky enough so your head never stops bopping. He really is reason enough to check out this record, which is certainly no small feat when the person rapping over these immaculate beats is underground hip hop legend Kool Keith (performing as the eponymous Dr. Octagon). This is probably his most famous record under his most famous pseudonym, and for good reason. Dr Octo is a bizarre figure and his presence creates a bizarre record, a radio-unfriendly mixture of science-fiction and horrorcore with some truly disgusting and evocative imagery combined with some of the funniest moments I've heard on a Hip Hip album (Oh Shit There's a Horse in the Hospital!). That tone is kinda par for the course when you rap about an incompetent intergalactic gynecologist with a habit for either fucking or accidentally killing his patients. Or both! And not always in the order you might think! Some might find this record juvenile but other than the sex skits (which to be fair, are a step above the average Hip Hop sex skit purely by virtue of how bizarre they are) I found that they created a tone that you can't get from many other albums and reminded me a lot of The Slim Shady LP in all the right ways. Who says great art can't be irreverent or silly when it wants to? It does have some of the common Hip Hop failings (the aforementioned sex skits combined with a bloated runtime can test the listeners patience at times) but as far as 90's rap goes I'd put this in upper echelons. An underground classic for a reason. Highlights: Earth People, No Awareness, Real Raw, Blue Roses, Halfsharkalligatorhalfman