Ultra was a teaming of
Kool Keith, the offbeat onetime frontman of
the Ultramagnetic MC's, and
Tim Dog, best-known for cutting one of the earliest East Coast/West Coast feud records, "Fuck Compton."
Tim Dog had gotten his start as a peripheral member of
Ultramagnetic, and when the group fell apart, he put his solo career on hold to rejoin
Keith under the shortened moniker.
Ultra recorded one album,
Big Time, and released it on the tiny Our Turn Records in 1996. Once
Kool Keith had blossomed into a leading underground rap figure, the ultra-rare
Ultra album was given a somewhat wider reissue by the Threshold label. The duo reportedly made some recordings afterward, but no follow-up album appeared. ~ Steve Huey