Dig Of The Day: King Tee – Act A Fool (1988)

Originally from the West Coast and one of Compton’s earliest rappers – King Tee, released this track as a single from his debut album of the same name on Capitol Records back in 1988 and the track is considered as a hip hop classic in the West Coast.

King is cited as a big influence on early to mid-90’s gangsta rap even though he enjoyed little commercial success. He influenced The Notorious B.I.G. with his flow, style and deep voice which BIG would imitate at times on his classic 1994 Ready To Die album and by the words of Ice T from an interview, King Tee was one of BIG’s favorite rappers. King collaborated with DJ Pooh and E-Swift who were practically unknown at the time.

He resurfaced from time to time, on Dr. Dre’s 2001 and released some independent albums of his own. Interestingly, he was a mentor of a „then young“ trio called Tha Alkaholiks and helped them release their debut album under his guidance on Loud Records in 1993.

Boombox material.