Editing Kool Keith (section)

==Lyrical and performance style==
[[File:Kool-Keith-2009.jpg|thumb|right|Kool Keith performing at Mezzanine in San Francisco, California during the 2009 [[Noise Pop Festival]]]]
Thornton's lyrics are often [[Abstract art|abstract]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/1996_09_octagon.html |title=Review of ''Dr. Octagonecologyst'' |access-date=2009-01-27 |last=Juon |first=Steve |date = September 1996|publisher=RapReviews}}</ref> [[surrealism|surreal]],<ref>{{cite book |last=Hess |first=Mickey |title=Is Hip Hop Dead? The Past, Present, and Future of America's Most-Wanted Music |year=2007 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-275-99461-7 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/ishiphopdeadpast00hess_0/page/75 75–76] |chapter=The Rap Persona |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/ishiphopdeadpast00hess_0/page/75 }}</ref> and filled with [[Non sequitur (literary device)|non-sequitur]]s, extreme violence, exaggerated braggadocio, and profane [[shock humor]]. <ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r235693|pure_url=yes}} |title=Review of ''Dr. Octagonecologyst'' |access-date=2009-01-27 |last=Huey |first=Steve |website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> For example, "Technical Difficulties," from the album [[Dr. Octagonecologyst]] contains the following lyrics: "Intestines, investments, hide money in your stomach / Who can stop [[Pepto-Bismol]]? Only a Gremlin eatin' in [[Larry H. Parker|Larry Parker]] like Gizmo." In "Extravagant Traveler" from [[Matthew (album)|Matthew]], he boasts: "Sautéed fish and shrimp / the [[Dallas Mavericks]] want me as a bald-headed five-foot-eight guard with a ninety-five inch vertical / [[Vince Carter]] respects my legs, ask [[Shawn Kemp]]," whereas on "Miami Mike" from ''Saks Fifth Avenue'' he proclaims "I watch you take a shower in my [[Boeing 747|747]] flying over your house / I used to live in the [[Twin Towers]] by myself." Thornton is also known for an explicit style focusing on [[sexual intercourse|sexual]] themes, which Thornton has referred to as "[[pornocore]]".<ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r248878|pure_url=yes}} |title=Review of ''Sex Style'' |access-date=2009-02-19 |last=Huey |first=Steve |website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/dr-octagon-the-return-of-dr-octagon/ |title=Review of ''The Return of Dr. Octagon'' |access-date=2009-01-27 |last=Frauenhofer |first=Michael |date=June 29, 2006 |magazine=[[PopMatters]]}}</ref> In a 2007 interview, Thornton claims to have "invented [[horrorcore]]".<ref name=ukhh>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukhh.com/features/oldinterviews/kool_keith/index.html |title=Kool Keith Interview |access-date=2008-08-04 |author=Kane |author2=QED |date=July 19, 2007 |publisher=Original UK Hip Hop |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222195628/http://www.ukhh.com/features/oldinterviews/kool_keith/index.html |archive-date=December 22, 2014 }}</ref>