Versive wrote:From my interview with him a couple of years ago:
I love that you opted to put out the Grimm Teachaz record [There’s a Situation on the Homefront] on Chopped Herring. That’s the perfect vehicle for an album like this, when you’re saying, “This is an unreleased gem from the 90s,” and this guy who puts out unreleased 90s records says, “Hey, let me put out your record.”
Yeah, it’s perfect. We have another one too, the Grimm Teachaz record that broke the camel’s back, The End Is Near. That’s the follow-up Grimm Teachaz record.
This is the one that laid the group to rest?
You can definitely tell that there are some problems brewing. It’s fun, man. I really enjoy the whole Kenny universe. It’s fun, but also I can get some stuff done for myself, too. I have this whole plan for the next two Kenny records. I might not do another one, but if I do, I know how to finish it all. I’ve got the whole thing all sorted out, from 1979 when Kenny starts rapping under the name DiscoKen — all one word, so it has disco, it has coke in it, and it has Ken in it. He signed this deal, and that’s when he was really on the bennies, from the 70s to the 90s, but then the Teachaz group sort of cleaned him up a bit. Then after that, he’s retired again, because it was tough. He really got into his wife, Jules, and that’s when he did that Dennehy thing, and from there, now we’re at KDIII and he’s back. He drinks the O’Doul’s not because he was an alcoholic; he drinks the Doul’s to curb his bennies addiction. I like that better.
Versives interview specifically mentioned an unreleased ND2 lp.
He was playing a jueles song at a show last month, said something about it being the last one and I yelled something about kd2 and he said yeah he's got that too. Maybe it can come out as a bonus piece like Derek.
it's kind of funny that this is one of the only consistently live threads on the forum
because he is relatively left field, and nobody really talks about geti anywhere else.
i broke down and bought the kaleidoscope tape because i was curious and it wasn't for download anywhere.
it's a straight up pop record, lots of female sung vocals on hooks, with some rap verses sprinkled in for good measure.
there are some tracks up there with his best of all time, and others that are still good but not to my personal taste.
dude is just so completely unique. i get why he isn't everybody's favorite rapper, because he doesn't really try to be that guy. but i don't fully understand why he isn't on more people's radar. even among most of my music nerd friends they all know him, but mostly as the 'dennehy' guy and not for the less character driven stuff.
The 4 tracks from the Beautyman EP included in the new pressing of Denney on Vinyl are incredible. Keep going back and forth on which is my favorite, but probably Intimidate.
I pre-ordered the Jueles record. I think Geti said it would be ready in a few months. I do have the Derek tape, but sadly nothing to play it on right now.
Kenny Discography
1979 DISCOKEN - 7 inch
grimm teachaz - situation on the homefront
grimm teachaz - tha end iz near
jueles - butterflies
kenny dennis EP
kenny dennis LP
kenny denns LP III
Perfecto - You cant run from the rhythm
Kenny vs Dark Web
Kenny LP II
Butterflies will be available next month.
"Kenny vs Dark Web" is a book (possibly the graphic novel).
He says Kenny LP 2 will be released around the time of the book.
Anybody listen to the Jueles record yet? I have mixed feelings about it. It's kind of brilliant, but also not the Kenny Dennis album or ending I wanted.
I was lucky enough to hear a few tracks off this, I think long time fans of his are going to love this and Geti just rapping over this type of production.
It's posted above but, K-Rec the guy who produced the new record, did a song with Geti a year or so ago:
Album is great. Been a while since Geti has done something like this but it's fantastic he's changing up styles with nearly every release.
His run from 2011 is incredible in both quantity and quality:
Family & Friends
Davis
Kenny Dennis EP
C.A.R.
Saal
C.A.B.
Kenny Dennis LP
Human to Human
Sisyphus
Kenny Dennis III
Time & Materials
Dust
Testarossa
Kaleidoscope
Doctor My Own Patience
Butterflies
To The Max
I was just thinking while listening to this that's he's climbing way up my all time list, like top 3 or 5 ish. Because like you said that's just since '11 and he's still putting out unreleased older projects to this day. The consistency and lack of artistic compromise throughout his career is pretty damn remarkable. It also doesn't seem like it'll ever slow down, at least not until he can start to profit in a real way off of all of his incredible work.
Check out his appearance on Hanibal Buress and Tony Trimm's podcast. It's a great insight into his artistic process and how he comes up with some of his more left field (Kenny Dennis related) concepts- https://player.fm/series/hannibal-bures ... ti-episode" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
unclebengi wrote:I was just thinking while listening to this that's he's climbing way up my all time list, like top 3 or 5 ish. Because like you said that's just since '11 and he's still putting out unreleased older projects to this day. The consistency and lack of artistic compromise throughout his career is pretty damn remarkable. It also doesn't seem like it'll ever slow down, at least not until he can start to profit in a real way off of all of his incredible work.
Check out his appearance on Hanibal Buress and Tony Trimm's podcast. It's a great insight into his artistic process and how he comes up with some of his more left field (Kenny Dennis related) concepts- https://player.fm/series/hannibal-bures ... ti-episode" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Great podcast. He's definitely up in my top 3 now.
In his mailing list he revealed he has another album called Quail due in summer.
