WeakShit.com: Project Polaroid - Project Polaroid (2006)

Comprised of Kool Keith (of Dr. Octagon) and TOMC3, Project Polaroid is one of my favorite Kool Keith releases. The production is similar in style to Dan the Automator so the album does end up sounding somewhat like Octagonecolagyst and that is definitely not a bad thing in my opinion.

The "Project Polaroid (Intro)" sets off the album right. Just from the intro you can get a sense of Kool Keith's lyrical style but mainly TOMC3's beatmaking and scratching skills. After about the 1:20 mark the track is an instrumental featuring TOMC3 on the wheels of steel and he tears it up. Solid. Real phat drums.

"Diamond District" has got that groovy bass line goin for it and Kool Keith just sounds so damn mellow on the mic. His flow is so relaxed and he drops creative ass lines that no one else could pull off.

My epidemic is formatted with static dramatic
The baddest P.I. supreme, P.I. with steam
The 104th Street walker, a.k.a. beat walker
The sharp unique walker
Overtonin drinkin Corona, sidestep a evolution scheme
Pro-calistheticssss... boost, credits from the duration
Illustration tough, illustration rough
The plaid stay sharp as a pencil, designed with a 3-inch
cuff
Operating drastically, I still active be
And octave see ozone
I'm comin through Technic trebles and pro tones
Actually in pro tone

"Rhyme That Quit" is similar in structure to the intro in that it starts with a flow and then breaks off into some scratching. Keith raps about a wack MC who is pushing his rhymes up a hill but his rhymes quit on him and roll back and crush him. Interesting topic and sick choir samples for the beat.

"Midwestern Shoe Calhoun" is another solid track with some piano and guitar samples. I just wish TOMC3 would loop that sick ass electric guitar loop a little bit more. It loops 2 times then disappears and I wish it would stay longer. The outro also features samples from that tight movie with Robin Williams in it "One Hour Photo."

I was impressed by the solid performance throughout by Kool Keith and this release helped restore my faith in Kool Keith after his more recent upsets. The production on this album is a departure from the style that Keith has been pursuing since Dr. Octagon and I like the direction that Project Polaroid is heading in. Good shit from TOMC3 and Kool Keith.

Project Polaroid - Project Polaroid (2006)

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