Keith Matthew Thornton (Kool Keith) Quotes

But still at that particular level of commercialism I listen to those projects I still hear some stagnation in a lot of the stuff.

Keith Matthew Thornton

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• But still at that particular level of commercialism I listen to those projects I still hear some stagnation in a lot of the stuff.

  

  Keith Matthew Thornton
  • Levels
  • Stagnation
  • Commercialism