KMD Black Bastards 2 LP OG OOP original ReadyRock mf doom

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US pressing from ReadyRock / Metal Face Records

KMD (aka Kausing Much Damage - MF Doom's first group)

Black Bastards   LP

Catalog#:   RR 2001

rare original 2000 release on ReadyRock
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 of K.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.


cover:  VG+ to Ex, opened but still in orig shrink wrap
disc: VG+ to Ex-

Tracklist

A1   Garbage Day #3 2:14
A2   Get-U-Now 2:26
A3   What A Nigga Know? 3:26
A4   Sweet Premium Wine 3:08
B1   Plumskinzz (Loose Hoe, God & Cupid) 1:43
B2   Smokin' That S*#% 4:40
    Rap [Featuring] - Earth Quake , Kurious , Lord Sear B3   Contact Blitt 2:42
B4   Gimme 3:49
C1   Black Bastards! 4:00
C2   It Sounded Like A Roc 4:34
C3   Plumskinzz (Oh No I Don't Believe It!) 1:40
D1   Constipated Monkey 2:47
    Co-producer - Q4
  Guitar [Bass] - B. Thompson D2   F*#@ Wit' Ya Head 4:35
    Rap [Featuring] - CMOB , H2O D3   Suspended Animation 2:23

Samples

• "Garbage Day #3"
  • "Voices" by Melvin Van Peebles
  • "Reggin' Hanging On In There As Best As They Can" by Melvin Van Peebles
  • "Christmas Rappin'" by Kurtis Blow
• "Get U Now"
  • "Constipated Monkey" by Kain
• "What A Nigga Know"
  • "Looking for a New Love" by Jody Watley
• "Fuck Wit Ya Head"
  • "Pearl" by The Mamas & the Papas
  • "I Like Funky Music" by Uncle Louie
  • "Harlem Preacher" by Kain
• "Smokin' That Shit!"
  • "Funky Butt" by The Delegates
• "Contact Blitt"
  • "Mr. Kenyatta" by Lee Morgan
• "Plumskinzz (Oh No I Don't Believe It!)"
  • "Blacks & Blues" by Bobbi Humphrey
• "Sweet Premium Wine"
  • "The New Dance Craze" by The Five Stairsteps
• "Black Bastards"
  • "Harlem Preacher" by Kain
• "Suspended Animation"
  • "Been Done Already" By The Last Poets
  • "Baby Come Back" by Player
  • "Uphill Piece of Mind" by Kid Dynamite
• "Constipated Monkey"
  • "Belly Button Window" by Jimi Hendrix
  • "Constipated Monkey" by Kain
• "What A Nigga Know (remix)"
  • "Pieces of a Man" by Gil Scott-Heron
  • "The Real Thing" by Little Richard

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