K-Minus Initiative Explained

K-Minus Initiative
Type:	Album
Artist:	Commodore 64
Cover:	KM_Initiative_Cover.jpg
Released:	^[1] (underground release) ^[2] (main release)
Recorded:	1999
Genre:	Nerdcore hip hop, geeksta rap, hip hop
Length:	37:48
Label:	Phatinum
Producer:	Lukas Hauser

K-Minus Initiative is the first album by nerdcore (or "geeksta rap") group Commodore 64, released in 1999. It is their first (and only) full-length nerdcore/geeksta rap record to be commercially released. The album sold over 130,000 copies in its first three months of release. Its sound and beats have been linked to that of the early Beastie Boys.^[3]

Track listing

1. "Pep Assembly" – 1:55
2. "K-Minus" – 2:34
3. "Sissy MCs" – 2:42
4. "Health Maintenance Organization" – 4:52
5. "Proof of the Riemann Mapping Theorem" – 0:39
6. "Horton Hears a Ho (featuring Saqi4Neeq)" – 3:57
7. "Animal Crackers" – 2:20
8. "Even Do Music!" – 0:32
9. "It's Time for Food (Rhymes)" – 3:50
10. "Fruit Salad" – 3:06
11. "Dutch" – 1:55
12. "Putney Swipe (featuring Prozac)" – 3:27
13. "Straight Outta CompUSA" – 2:19
14. "Foam" – 2:44
15. "Poop Assembly" – 0:53

Personnel

• Smart Money "Bass-I.Q.": vocals, rapping
• Teddy Ruxpin aka "HMO": vocals, rapping
• The Professa MC Squared: vocals, rapping
• DJ Goodbeats - Apple Macintosh: computer, electronic vocals, rapping

External links

• K-Minus Initiative at Facebook

Notes and References

1. https://www.amazon.com/K-Minus-Initiative-Commodore-64/dp/B00003OPD0 Amazon
2. http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/k-minus-initiative-mr0000019754 K-Minus Initiative
3. https://archive.today/20131213200444/http://www.debate.org/reference/k-minus-initiative%23overview Overview