As a joke, Bobbito Garcia founded Fondle 'Em, which soon became one of the most important labels for the underground hip-hop circuit of the New York scene.
At the end of 1995, he put together some outtakes from the Ultramagnetic MCs album "The Four Horsemen" and tracks that were to serve as a demo tape for the radio show "The Stretch Armstrong / Bobbito Show": a seven-track tape and about half an hour of material comes out, which South Bronx rapper Kool Keith and Brooklyn rapper and producer Godfather Don make in a week by recording in a basement away from the outside world, which is referred to in the title and name of the group, taken from the name of the monks who choose a community lifestyle, avoiding the outside world.
Godfather Don produces the entire EP and sometimes joined the eccentric Kool Keith on the mic, together with guests Percee P and Bobbito Garcia aka Bobbito. The rhythms are discreet, jazzy boom bap with a minimal vision, with dry, lean and midtempo drums and samples of varying quality, on which Kool Keith brings out bravado and vicious bars with an interesting style. The MC isn't at his best nor at his worst, Godfather Don is good, while Percee P sounds better than both of them on "Your're Late". I remembered this tape much better than it actually is, and it has a sound from two or three years ago, because actually some of the songs are from that period.
The album is released on vinyl, originally, under the name The Cenubites instead of the correct "The Cenobites", misprint. Following the new request arising from the solo success of Kool Keith, in 1997, the material is re-released as an LP with the addition of a few tracks and under the correct name and distributed by Fat Beats. In 2000, it's published as CD. Recommended for fans of Kool Keith. 7/10.
Godfather Don produces the entire EP and sometimes joined the eccentric Kool Keith on the mic, together with guests Percee P and Bobbito Garcia aka Bobbito. The rhythms are discreet, jazzy boom bap with a minimal vision, with dry, lean and midtempo drums and samples of varying quality, on which Kool Keith brings out bravado and vicious bars with an interesting style. The MC isn't at his best nor at his worst, Godfather Don is good, while Percee P sounds better than both of them on "Your're Late". I remembered this tape much better than it actually is, and it has a sound from two or three years ago, because actually some of the songs are from that period.
The album is released on vinyl, originally, under the name The Cenubites instead of the correct "The Cenobites", misprint. Following the new request arising from the solo success of Kool Keith, in 1997, the material is re-released as an LP with the addition of a few tracks and under the correct name and distributed by Fat Beats. In 2000, it's published as CD. Recommended for fans of Kool Keith. 7/10.
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