MF DOOM’s Metalface Information is about to reissue KMD’s ‘Black Bastards’ in celebration of its thirtieth anniversary.
‘Black Bastards’ was first recorded in 1993 and served because the second album by the rap collective, which then consisted of DOOM (beneath former moniker Zev Love X) and his brother DJ Subroc. The brand new vinyl reissue honours the yr that ‘Black Bastards’ was recorded, provided that its launch was stalled following Subroc’s demise in 1993.
Across the identical time, KMD’s label, Elektra Information, pushed the discharge of ‘Black Bastards’ again to 2000 on account of its controversial lyrics and canopy artwork. The 30-year reissue shall be out there on March 31 by way of DOOM’s label Metalface Information and Rhymesayers Leisure. It may be bought in both purple or black vinyl, each of which characteristic an expanded gatefold.
The ‘Black Bastards’ reissue coincides with the vinyl rerelease of ‘Operation: Doomsday’, DOOM’s debut album, which celebrates its twenty fourth anniversary this yr. That reissue will likewise hit file shops on March 31. Each anniversaries are additional celebrated by the discharge of unique attire – together with beanies, hats and shirts – which might be accessed alongside album pre-orders by way of DOOM’s official web site.
‘Black Bastards’ served because the follow-up to KMD’s 1991 debut ‘Mr. Hood’. The latter album featured visitor verses by the likes of Cucumber Slice, Kurious, and longtime DOOM collaborator MF Grimm. DOOM’s final venture, a posthumous collaborative album with Czarface titled ‘Tremendous What?’, arrived in 2021, and was described by NME as a “brief, unfastened, enjoyable file” in a three-star assessment.
In December, Barack Obama named the DOOM-assisted ‘Belize’ (by Hazard Mouse and Black Thought) amongst his favorite tracks of 2022. Elsewhere, the rapper would be the topic of The Chronicles of DOOM: Unraveling Rap’s Masked Iconoclast, an in depth biography set to hit bookshelves in 2024.
