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kmd - black bastards - metal face records - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: Hip Hop

1. Garbage Day 3
2. Get-U-Now
3. What A Nigga Know?
4. Sweet Premium Wine
5. Plumskinzz (Loose Hoe, God and Cupid)
6. Smokin' That S*%!
7. Contact Blitt
8. Gimme
9. Black Bastards!
10. It Sounded Like A Roc
11. Plumskinzz (Oh No I Don't Believe It!)
12. Constipated Monkey
13. F*@ Wit' Ya Head
14. Suspended Animation
15. What A Nigga Know? (Remix) (feat. MF Grimm)
16. Q3-113 (Bonus Track)

Repress of a classic!

Bl_ck B_st_rds was voted in Ego Trip�s Book of Rap Lists as the most notable rap album of all time that was never
released commercially, and with good reason. The fact that this excellent album, slated for a 1994 release, did not seen the light of day until 2001 (its first issue - now out of print) testifies to a time when shortsighted industry backlashes against records that inflamed Middle America were in vogue. Elektra Records higher-ups canned the project due to its controversial cover art, which shows a Sambo figure being lynched. This must-purchase concept album is worth the wait.


From the jazzy, hypnotic samples on the title cut to �Sweet Premium Wine,� a farcical ode to swigging
40-ounce bottles of brew, you know you�ve found rap heaven. Classic headbanger �What a Nigga Know?� (and the remix featuring partner-in-rhyme MF Grimm) is equally off the chain. �Constipated Monkey� and weed anthem
�Suspended Animation� are testaments to a time in Rap music when experimental beats and obscure sampling ruled the roost. Bl_ck B_st_rds is where Brand Nubian meets De La Soul at the local bodega, heads wear Muslim kufis for kicks, and �word to the mutha�� actually refers to themes of pan-Africanism, repatriation, and reparations. It�s a place where Sambo-ism doesn�t sell. Features artwork and track listing from the original Ready Rock issue.