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Poppaloopa album cover: a neon-green, overexposed close-up of Kef in glasses, with KEF POPPALOOPA in LED lettering
Released
June 2000
Label
Amherst Records
Format
CD & cassette
Catalog no.
AMH 7700-2
Genre
Pop / Hip-hop
Publishing
Harlem Music, Inc. / KEFSKI Music (BMI)

Album · Kef · 2000

Poppaloopa

Poppaloopa was the first record under my own name. I wrote most of it and produced it at home, then Keith “KC” Cohen mixed it at Larrabee West and Chris Bellman mastered it at Bernie Grundman. Amherst Records released it in June 2000.

It had one good summer. “Hottie Boombalottie” got radio play in a few markets, the video made the top 10 on The Box, and I did a handful of radio-station summer shows with two dancers and a DJ. There wasn’t much promotion behind it after that, and it settled into the archive, which is where it is now.

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Tracklist

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  1. 1Drive Thru0:35
  2. 2PoppaloopaDave Keffer4:20
  3. 3Close To YouDave Keffer5:22
  4. 4Hottie Boombalottie (featuring Sandra Allen)Dave Keffer3:51
  5. 5Key Lime PieDave Keffer, Mark Carter4:37
  6. 6I Can Do That (featuring Van)Dave Keffer, A. V. Williams-Clark3:51
  7. 7Little Stinky (featuring Van)Dave Keffer4:32
  8. 8Late AgainDave Keffer5:04
  9. 9I Dream Of YouDave Keffer, Mark Carter4:20
  10. 10The Girls0:21
  11. 11Jump On ItDave Keffer, Kevin Edelman5:05
  12. 12Hottie Boombalottie (KC’s Disco Party Radio Edit)Dave Keffer3:31
  13. 13Close To You (Pub Dub)Dave Keffer4:49
Credits
Produced and performed by
Dave Keffer (as Kef), except where indicated
Executive producer
Leonard Silver
Recorded at
Kef’s Place
Horns (tracks 2, 5) recorded by
Björn Schaller at Monique’s Garage
Additional vocals & instruments (tracks 2, 6) recorded by
KC at Larrabee West, Los Angeles
Additional vocals (tracks 4, 12) recorded by
William Wakayama at Studio X, Honolulu
Additional vocals (track 9) recorded by
Kef at Noiseplus Studios, North Hollywood
Additional production & remix (track 12)
Keith “KC” Cohen, recorded at JaxxTraxx
Mixed by (tracks 1–3, 5–11, 13)
Keith “KC” Cohen at Larrabee West, assisted by Jason “J-Dub” Schweitzer
Mixed by (track 4)
Keith “KC” Cohen at True Kiss Disc, Honolulu, assisted by Troy Gonzalez
Mastered by
Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman, Hollywood
Sandra Allen appears courtesy of
Fontaine and Daughters Management
Photography
Mario Perez and Stuart Asbjornsen
Special thanks
Lenny Silver and everyone at Amherst Records
Published by
Harlem Music, Inc. / KEFSKI Music (BMI)
℗ & ©
2000 Amherst Records, Inc., Buffalo, NY. Made in USA.

The sleeve

Back of the Poppaloopa CD: Kef leaping in a green-tinted photo beside the thirteen-track list, with KEF POPPALOOPA on the spines
Back tray card, photographed from the original CD
Poppaloopa disc: black disc with KEF and POPPALOOPA in green LED-style lettering and the Amherst Records logo
Disc, photographed from the original CD
Poppaloopa tray insert: green-tinted overhead photo of the top of Kef’s head, seen under the disc
Under the disc, photographed from the original CD
Poppaloopa booklet panel: green-tinted close-up of Kef in dark sunglasses reaching toward the camera
Booklet, outside panel 1
Poppaloopa booklet panel with the thank-you list beside a large vertical KEF logo
Booklet, outside panel 2: thanks
Poppaloopa booklet panel with the executive producer, mastering and photography credits over a large KEF logo
Booklet, outside panel 3: credits
Poppaloopa booklet panel with recording and mixing credits and a photo of Kef leaping
Booklet, outside panel 4: credits

From the photo shoot

Kef in a shiny jacket leaning on a stool, with the kef logo
Black-and-white photo of Kef in a white shirt, hand on his head, with the kef logo
Kef in dark glasses reaching toward the camera inside a purple octagon, with the kef logo
Kef in glasses and a yellow jacket crouching, photographed from above, with the kef logo over swirling rings
Black-and-white photo of Kef shouting, in a dotted shirt, with the kef logo

Photographs by Mario Perez, 2000, from the original Poppaloopa website.

The “Hottie Boombalottie” video

A film crew shooting the Hottie Boombalottie video on a Hawaii beach
On the beach, Hawaii
Kef framing a shot with a cast member in a yellow swimsuit
Behind the camera
Night shoot: Kef in a convertible with cast members
The night shoot

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