KMD

Until recently, Black Bastards, the sophomore album from New York duo KMD, was a lost gem of early-'90s hip-hop. The record was originally slated for release on Elektra in 1994, but rapper Zev Love X's controversial cartoon cover art, which depicted a Sambo character being lynched, got the group dropped from the label. Just completing the album had been a struggle for Zev, since his brother and...