KMD Black Bastards - 2 LP - Hip Hop Vinyl - NEW - MF DOOM
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Jan 23, 2012
Sold Date
Jan 16, 2012
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Description
US pressing from Sub Verse / Metal Face Records
KMD (aka Kausing Much Damage - MF Doom's first group)
Catalog#: RR 2001
Includes infamous upside-down front cover vinyl housed in plain generic white sleeves
Black Bastards (or Bl_ck B_st_rds) is an album by KMD, later released in 2001 through Sub Verse Records. Initially, the album was scheduled for release in 1993, but Elektra Records canceled the album, reportedly due to the controversial cover art, which shows a Sambo figure being lynched, and its Black nationalist, Five-Percenter lyrics. However, the album displayed no obvious Five-Percenter rhetoric, yet the project was racially candid, as demonstrated by the album title, its cover art, and the sample collage intro.
KMD's follow-up to their debut Mr. Hood was considered to be one of the Holy Grail records in the annals of hip-hop history. The death of group member Sub-Roc in a car accident squashed the future ofK.M.D. shortly after it was recorded. Employing ideals and samples from the album The Blue Guerilla by Kain of the Last Poets, the tone of this record was to be dramatically different than their first, which was lighthearted and playful while still spreading a message about racial stereotypes. Volatile yet poignant tracks like "What a Nigga Know" and "Black Bastards!" are hip-hop fireballs. Subjects like alcoholism ("Sweet Premium Wine"), drug use ("Smokin' That S*#%"), and women ("Plumskinzz") were all touched upon with incendiary tones. The sound of the record is very raw and sounds unfinished due to Elektra shelving the project, but it doesn't take away from the magic that would have made this a suitable follow-up.
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