{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Spankmaster | type = studio | artist = Kool Keith | cover = Spankmaster.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2001|6|5}} | recorded = 2000–01 | studio = Overture Recording (Michigan) | genre = Hip-hop | length = {{Duration|m=61|s=15}} | label = {{hlist|Overcore/Gothom|TVT}} | producer = {{hlist|Kool Keith|Esham|Jacky Jasper|Marc Live|Santos}} | prev_title = Matthew | prev_year = 2000 | next_title = Game | next_year = 2002 | misc = }} '''''Spankmaster''''' is the sixth solo studio album by American rapper and producer Kool Keith. It was released on June 5, 2001, through Overcore/Gothom with distribution via TVT Records. Recording sessions took place at Overture Recording in Michigan. Production was handled by Santos, Jacky Jasper, Esham, Marc Live, and Kool Keith himself, who also served as executive producer. It features guest appearances from Jacky Jasper, Esham, Brittany Hurd, Heather Hunter, Laura Ruby and Mary Santos.
The album did not reach the ''Billboard'' 200, however, it peaked at number 48 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, number 11 on the Independent Albums and number 16 on the Heatseekers Albums charts in the United States.
==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="AM">{{Cite web |last=Birchmeier |first=Jason |title=Kool Keith - Spankmaster Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/spankmaster-mw0000005211 |access-date=October 27, 2023 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}</ref> | rev3 = ''HipHopDX'' | rev3score = 3.5/5<ref name="HHDX">{{Cite web |last=Ryce |first=Jeff |date=August 21, 2001 |title=Kool Keith - Spankmaster |url=https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.86/title.kool-keith-spankmaster |access-date=October 27, 2023 |website=HipHopDX |language=en}}</ref> | rev4 = ''RapReviews'' | rev4score = 3/10<ref name="RR">{{Cite web |last=Juon |first=Steve 'Flash' |date=June 19, 2001 |title=Kool Keith :: Spankmaster – RapReviews |url=https://www.rapreviews.com/2001/06/kool-keith-spankmaster/ |access-date=October 27, 2023 |website=www.rapreviews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> | rev2 = Robert Christgau | rev2score = {{Rating-Christgau|cut}}<ref name="RC">{{Cite web |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |date=November 20, 2001 |title=Robert Christgau: CG: Artist 758 |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist2.php?id=758 |access-date=October 27, 2023 |website=The Village Voice |via=www.robertchristgau.com}}</ref> | rev5 = ''(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide'' | rev5score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Brackett |first=Nathan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&q=Kool+Keith+Spankmaster&pg=PA466 |title=(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide |last2=Hoard |first2=Christian David |publisher=Simon and Schuster |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-7432-0169-8 |pages=466–467 |language=en |author-link=Nathan Brackett |author-link2=Christian Hoard}}</ref> | rev6 = ''Vibe'' | rev6score = 2/5<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Callahan-Bever |first=Noah |date=July 2001 |title=Kool Keith 'Spankmaster' |url= |magazine=Vibe |publisher=Vibe Media |volume=9 |issue=7 |page=131 |issn=1070-4701}}</ref> }} ''Spankmaster'' was met with mixed or negative reviews from music critics. Jeff Ryce of ''HipHopDX'' wrote: "the sound of this album lies somewhere in between ''Lost In Space'' and ''Matthew'', the beats usually consist of heavy synthesizers to create a slow spaced out sound", he added, "while the production can get a little mundane and repetitive it doesn't faze the listener too much because his lyrics demand so much attention".<ref name="HHDX" /> AllMusic's Jason Birchmeier found that the album "heads even further toward insanity than his preceding trilogy of albums for Funky Ass foreshadowed", referring to Keith's albums ''Sex Style'', ''First Come, First Served'' and ''Matthew'', and concluded: "recommended to the open-minded, particularly if you admire creativity, long for the uncanny, and secretly have a desire for perversity. Definitely not for the lighthearted".<ref name="AM" />
Steve 'Flash' Juon of ''RapReviews'' wrote: "his last album ''Matthew'' was full of self-produced beats and meandering stream-of-consciousness thoughts that had little to do with what could honestly be called rapping – and the sad fact is that this album picks right up where ''Matthew'' left off".<ref name="RR" /> Critic Robert Christgau picked "Dark Vadar" song as a "choice cut",<ref name="RC" /> indicating a good song on "an album that isn't worth your time or money".<ref>{{cite web |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |date=2000 |title=Key to Icons |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-cg90/grades-90s.php |access-date=November 2, 2017 |publisher=www.robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = Concert Intro | writer1 = {{hlist|Keith Matthew Thornton|Sean Merrick|Scott Santos}} | extra1 = {{hlist|Kool Keith|Jacky Jasper|Santos}} | length1 = 0:49 | title2 = I Wanna Play | note2 = featuring Brittany Hurd and Heather Hunter | writer2 = {{hlist|Thornton|Merrick|Esham A. Smith|Santos}} | extra2 = {{hlist|Kool Keith|Jacky Jasper|Esham|Santos}} | length2 = 3:24 | title3 = I'm a Tell-U | writer3 = Thornton | extra3 = Kool Keith | length3 = 2:59 | title4 = Mack Trucks | writer4 = Thornton | extra4 = Kool Keith | length4 = 2:29 | title5 = Drugs | writer5 = {{hlist|Thornton|Smith|Santos}} | extra5 = {{hlist|Kool Keith|Jacky Jasper|Esham|Santos}} | length5 = 3:23 | title6 = Yes Yes Y'all | note6 = featuring Esham and Jacky Jasper | writer6 = {{hlist|Thornton|Smith|Santos}} | extra6 = Kool Keith | length6 = 3:07 | title7 = Haters | writer7 = Thornton | extra7 = Kool Keith | length7 = 3:21 | title8 = N.B.A. | note8 = featuring Jacky Jasper | writer8 = {{hlist|Thornton|Santos}} | extra8 = {{hlist|Kool Keith|Santos}} | length8 = 2:41 | title9 = Jewelry Shine | note9 = featuring Laura Ruby, Mary Santos and Jacky Jasper | writer9 = {{hlist|Thornton|Santos}} | extra9 = {{hlist|Kool Keith|Santos}} | length9 = 3:32 | title10 = Eldaradoe's | writer10 = Thornton | extra10 = Kool Keith | length10 = 2:23 | title11 = Maxin in the Shade | writer11 = Thornton | extra11 = Kool Keith | length11 = 3:11 | title12 = Big Frank | writer12 = {{hlist|Thornton|Marc Giveand}} | extra12 = {{hlist|Kool Keith|L.Seven}} | length12 = 3:11 | title13 = Jealous | writer13 = {{hlist|Thornton|Giveand}} | extra13 = {{hlist|Kool Keith|L.Seven}} | length13 = 3:49 | title14 = Girls Would U Fuck Tonight | writer14 = {{hlist|Thornton|Giveand}} | extra14 = {{hlist|Kool Keith|L.Seven}} | length14 = 2:58 | title15 = Stoney Jackson | writer15 = Thornton | extra15 = {{hlist|Kool Keith|Jacky Jasper|Santos}} | length15 = 2:47 | title16 = Girls in Jail | note16 = featuring Jacky Jasper | writer16 = {{hlist|Thornton|Santos}} | extra16 = {{hlist|Kool Keith|Jacky Jasper|Santos}} | length16 = 2:49 | title17 = Blackula | note17 = featuring Jacky Jasper | writer17 = {{hlist|Thornton|Merrick|Smith|Santos}} | extra17 = {{hlist|Kool Keith|Jacky Jasper|Esham|Santos}} | length17 = 3:02 | title18 = Dark Vadar | writer18 = {{hlist|Thornton|Smith}} | extra18 = {{hlist|Kool Keith|Jacky Jasper|Esham|Santos}} | length18 = 4:03 | title19 = Captain Save 'Em | writer19 = Thornton | extra19 = Kool Keith | length19 = 3:45 | title20 = Spank-Master (Take Off Your Clothes) | note20 = featuring Esham and Jacky Jasper | writer20 = {{hlist|Thornton|Smith|Santos}} | extra20 = {{hlist|Kool Keith|Jacky Jasper|Esham|Santos}} | length20 = 2:32 | total_length = 1:00:15 }}
==Personnel== *"Kool" Keith Thornton – vocals, producer, executive producer *Brittany Hurd – vocals <small>(track 2)</small> *Heather Hunter – vocals <small>(track 2)</small> *Sean "Jacky Jasper" Merrick – vocals <small>(tracks: 6, 8, 9, 16, 17, 20)</small>, producer <small>(tracks: 1, 2, 5, 15–18, 20)</small> *Esham Smith – vocals <small>(tracks: 6, 20)</small>, producer <small>(tracks: 2, 5, 17, 18, 20)</small> *Laura Ruby – vocals <small>(track 9)</small> *Mary Santos – vocals <small>(track 9)</small> *Scott Santos – guitar <small>(track 18)</small>, producer <small>(tracks: 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 15–18, 20)</small>, recording & mixing <small>(tracks: 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 15–18, 20)</small>, mastering, design, photography *Marc Giveand – producer <small>(tracks: 12–14)</small>
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2001) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|48|artist=Kool Keith|rowheader=true|access-date=October 27, 2023}} |- {{album chart|BillboardIndependent|11|artist=Kool Keith|rowheader=true|access-date=October 27, 2023}} |- {{album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|16|artist=Kool Keith|rowheader=true|access-date=October 27, 2023}} |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Discogs master|32779|Kool Keith – Spankmaster}}
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