Black Bastards
The content, along with the cartoon of a
black caricature being hanged on the cover (see left) got KMD
dropped by their label prior to this album's release. Thusly,
I had no idea this thing even came out until years later (and
their K.M.D. sophomore album was one hip-hop act that I looked
forward to hearing). And this is the guy (Zevlove X) who stole
the show on Third Bass' "Gasface."
And they start off with a song, "Get-U-Now" that has tons of
cussing, gunplay and the n-word. It's as if someone took the
old K.M.D. and turned out the lights. This stuff is way angry.
The second track? "What a Nigga Know?" The whole thing has a
very nihilistic feel to it--a kind of fuck it attitude. I have
a feeling a lot of that comes from Zevlove X dipping a little
too much into the "Sweet Premium Wine" and "Smokin' That Shit."
Seriously, I'm not sure what the hell happened to these guys
between the first and second albums, but it must have been something
really heavy (and full of alcohol and thc). If it weren't for
the guys' voices, you wouldn't even know this was the same group.
Granted, it's not a terrible album, and points more towards
Zevlove X's metamorphosis into MF Doom,
but it is a little disturbing. |
Mr. Hood
I can remember when I first got this album
on tape way back in the day. I sat in the Carl's Jr. parking
lot next to Rip City Skateboards, listening to my car stereo
and watching some punk kids do ollies of the low wall surrounding
the asphalt drive. Sure the Ernie samples are goofy, and the
rhymes and beats are not untypical of the time, but there was
something that these guys had that felt like they were a cut
above. Of course they only went on the make one more album as
K.M.D. (that was never released on their label) and Sub-Roc
died and Zevlove X went into seclusion and emerged as the twisted
masked superhero MF Doom. The fact
that these kind of crunchy De La Soul
/ Brand Nubian types (they talk
about wearing clogs and refer to each other as God and shit)
went on to release the racially charged Black Bastards
and eventually the twisted Doom/Viktor
Vaughn discography. |
Musical Connections:
Danger Doom
DOOM
King Geedorah
Madvillain
MF Doom
Viktor Vaughn
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