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Released | May 15, 2000[1] | |||
Recorded | 1991 – August 1993 | |||
Studio | Chung King Studios, New York, New York | |||
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Length | 44:07 | |||
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Black Bastards (stylized as BL_CK B_ST_RDS) is the second and final studio album by American hip hop group KMD, recorded in 1993 and eventually released on May 15, 2000, through Readyrock Records.[4] Initially, the album was scheduled for release in May 1994, but Elektra Records canceled the album, reportedly due to the controversial cover art, which shows a Sambo figure being lynched.[5] Zev Love X's brother DJ Subroc was killed when he was struck by a car shortly before the album was completed, and subsequent releases of the album have featured dedications to him.
Elektra released promotional copies of Black Bastards and a single of "What a Nigga Know?" prior to the album's cancellation.[6] After KMD's disbandment, rarities and demo tracks recorded during the making of Black Bastards were released on a vinyl-only EP titled Black Bastards Ruffs + Rares in 1998. The album was re-released in 2001 by Sub Verse Music[7] and again in 2008 by MF Doom's own Metalface Records.[8]
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