Black Bastards

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. 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. 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.

Black Bastards
Studio album by
KMD
ReleasedMay 15, 2000
Recorded1991 – August 1993
StudioChung King Studios, New York, New York
Genre
Length44:07
Label
  • Readyrock
  • Metal Face
  • Sub Verse
Producer
KMD chronology
Black Bastards Ruffs + Rares
(1998)		 Black Bastards
(2000)		 Best of KMD
(2003)
MF Doom chronology
Operation: Doomsday
(1999)		 Black Bastards
(2000)		 MF EP
(2000)
Singles from Black Bastards
  1. "What a Nigga Know?"
    Released: March 8, 1994
  2. "It Sounded Like a Roc"
    Released: 1999

Elektra released promotional copies of Black Bastards and a single of "What a Nigga Know?" prior to the album's cancellation. 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 and again in 2008 by MF Doom's own Metalface Records.

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