KMD

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KMD
Also known as Kausing Much Damage
A Positive Kause in a Much Damaged Society
Origin New York, New York,
United States
Genre(s) Hip Hop
Years active 1989–1993
Label(s) Elektra Records
Fondle 'Em Records
Sub Verse Music

KMD (Kausing Much Damage, or A Positive Kause in a Much Damaged Society) was a hip hop trio in the early 1990s, best known for launching the career of acclaimed rapper and producer MF DOOM, who at the time was known as Zev Love X. Other members of the group were Zev Love X's younger brother DJ Subroc and Rodan, who at the time chose to finish high school, so Zev Love X and DJ Subroc brought in rapper Onyx the Birthstone Kid to replace him.

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[edit] History

After guest-starring on 3rd Bass' song "The Gas Face," the trio released its acclaimed and overlooked, full-length debut, Mr. Hood. Its political outlook was similar to the group Brand Nubian, which made a guest appearance on the album; however, the style was more comical and included a great deal of clips from old children's recordings, mostly notably a sample of the Sesame Street character Bert on the single "Humrush."

The group, minus Onyx, later recorded a controversial album titled Black Bastards in 1994. The album was shelved for years because of its controversial cover, which depicts a Sambo caricature being hanged in a game of hangman, with the three letters of the group’s name as the only letters not filled in. After Subroc's unexpected death from being hit by a car during the production of Black Bastards, Zev vanished from the music scene and reappeared as MF DOOM.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Release Date Title Label Notes
1991
  Mr. Hood Elektra Records
May 15, 2001
  Black Bastards Sub Verse Recorded for intended release on Elektra in 1994.

[edit] EPs

1998
  Black Bastards Ruffs + Rares Fondle 'Em Released only on 12" vinyl.

[edit] Compilations

November 18, 2003
  Best of KMD Nature Sounds A compilation album featuring tracks from the albums Mr. Hood and Black Bastards.

[edit] Singles

  • "Peachfuzz / Gasface Refill" (1990) from Mr. Hood.
  • "Nitty Gritty / Plumskinzz" featuring Brand Nubian (1991) from Mr. Hood.
  • "Who Me? / Humrush" (1991) from Mr. Hood.
  • "What a Niggy Know?" (1994) from Black Bastards.
  • "It Sounded Like a Roc / Stop Smokin' That Shit" (1999) from Black Bastards.

[edit] Music videos

  • "Who Me?" (1991)
  • "Peachfuzz"(1991)

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