Black Elvis/Lost in Space

Infobox Album
Name = Black Elvis/Lost in Space
Type = studio
Artist = Kool Keith


Released = August 10, 1999
Recorded = 1999
Genre = Acid rap, underground hip hop
Length = 68:04
Label = SBA, SMA, Ruffhouse, Red Ink/C2/Ruff
Producer = Kool Keith
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:arkcikv0bb39 link]
Last album = "First Come, First Served"
(1999)
This album = "Black Elvis/Lost in Space"
(1999)
Next album = "Matthew"
(2000)

"Black Elvis/Lost in Space" is a studio album by the legendary [cite news |title=Kool Keith Goes European |url=http://uk.music.ign.com/articles/774/774080p1.html |publisher= "IGN" ] rapper, Kool Keith, under the alias of Black Elvis. This is the first album performed under this alias. It was intended to be released the same day as "First Come, First Served", but was pushed back by Columbia and ended up being released four months later. Kool Keith uses very complex rhymes on various subject matters from Black Elvis' viewpoint on half of the album and on the other half elaborates on space travel and being lost in space. This is the first album for which Keith handled all of the production, although drum programming was done by Kutmasta Kurt and Marc Live.

A promotional video was made for the track "Livin' Astro" which aired on a few episodes of the MTV show "Amp" in early 2000. The video features Kool Keith acting as several different personas amidst a sci-fi backdrop that resembles the "Black Elvis/Lost in Space" album cover. The personas include "The Original Black Elvis," "Orange Man," "The Kid In The Commercial," "Lonnie Hendricks," and "Light Blue Cop."

Kool Keith was displeased with the lack of promotion for the Black Elvis project, and vented his frustrations about Columbia/Ruff House on the songs "Release Date" and "Test Press". He also published the e-mail addresses of several Ruff House executives, asking his fans to demand better promotion.

Track listing

#"Intro" - 3:09
#"Lost in Space" - 3:52
#"Rockets on the Battlefield" - 4:24
#"Livin' Astro" - 4:28
#"Supergalactic Lover" - 3:40
#"Master of the Game" - 4:43 feat. Roger Troutman
#"I'm Seein' Robots" - 4:22
#"Static" - 4:31 feat. Sadat X
#"Intro 2" - 0:25
#"Black Elvis" - 3:45
#"Maxi Curls" - 4:36
#"Keith Turbo" - 4:17
#"Fine Girls" - 3:59
#"The Girls Don't Like the Job" - 4:16
#"Clifton" - 4:49 feat. Motion Man
#"All the Time" - 3:43
#"I Don't Play" - 5:05

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