KMD - Black Bastards (VINYL 2LP)

KMD - Black Bastards (VINYL 2LP)Following their 1991 debut album, Mr. Hood, KMD shed one member leaving two remaining Subroc and his brother, Zev Love X (better known today as MF DOOM). Originally scheduled for release in 1994, their sophomore album Black Bastards showed clear progression from their debut. It was a truly amazing record, both sonically and lyrically, full of youthful creativity and tinged with the stresses of growing up as Black men in urban America. Songs like the

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