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KMD Conscious 2004 US

Performer: KMD
Title: Mr. Hood
Style: Conscious
Released: 2004
Country: US
MP3 album: 1499 mb
FLAC album: 1140 mb
Rating: 4.4
Other formats: MP3 AU DTS TTA ASF DXD APE
Genre: Hip-hop

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Hood is the debut album by KMD, Daniel Dumile’s first group. The album was released on May 14, 1991, by Elektra. It was a precursor to Black Bastards (1993). The album is now considered a classic and was listed at number 98 in Pitchfork Media’s Top 100 Albums of the 1990s.

KMD released their debut album Mr. Hood in 1991. Its songs focus on racism and black empowerment in a comical manner. Subroc heavily sampled old children's television shows and recordings, including drops of Sesame Street character Bert on the singles "Who Me?" and "Humrush. Stimulated Dummies co-produced Mr. Hood; the album also featured fellow Five Percenters, Brand Nubian appearing on "Nitty Gritty

While Mr. Hood isn’t technically a DOOM album, there is no MF DOOM without KMD. Before the mask and the mystery, there was Zev Love X, a Five-Percenter with a high-pitched voice and bars ready to unspool. Where else will a rapper chart out the chase for Little Black Sambo with Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street? Even given its content, Mr. Hood is a fun and breezy record that helped lay the groundwork for the villainy that was to come.

Hood is as good now as it was when I purchased it on cassette in 1991. It's totally worth picking up this album in its entirety as opposed to the "best of" . album, which doesn't have all the tracks and misses the "original flow" of the album from song to song. One person found this helpful. One may pass them off as an early 90's mediocre hip hop group who didn't last, but that is far from the truth. On KMD's first album, we see a young MF DOOM, then known as Zev Love X, along with his brother Subroc and good friend Onyx the birthstone kid. KMD is very comparable to brand nubian (who even make and appearance on song nitty gritty) with their 5% nation views, with a good twist of De La Soul to balance it out, making a very fun, but very smart record.

Hood is the debut album by KMD, Daniel Dumile's first group.

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Mr. Hood At Piocalles Jewelry/Crackpot	2:49
A2	Who Me? (With An Answer From Dr. Bert)	3:32
A3	Boogie Man! Producer – Stimulated Dummies	3:49
A4	Mr. Hood Meets Onyx	2:15
A5	Subroc's Mission	4:00
B1	Humrush Producer – Stimulated Dummies	3:26
B2	Figure Of Speech	3:44
B3	Bananapeel Blues	3:54
B4	Nitty Gritty Rap [Featuring] – Brand Nubian	4:46
C1	Trial 'N Error	4:09
C2	Hard Wit No Hoe	3:53
C3	Mr. Hood Gets A Haircut	1:18
C4	808 Man	3:53
C5	Boy Who Cried Wolf	3:36
D1	Peachfuzz	4:01
D2	Preacher Porkchop	2:42
D3	Soulflexin'	3:52
D4	Gasface Refill	3:40

Credits

Art Direction – Carol Bobolts
Engineer – John Gamble
Engineer [Assistant] – A. Tittle, S. Greenwell
Executive Producer – M.C. Serch, Prime Minister Pete Nice
Mastered By – Tom "Crush" Coyne*
Photography [Band Photography] – Arthur Cohen
Photography [Vintage Photograph] – (C) 1950 Arthur Leipzig
Producer – K.M.D.* (tracks: A1, A2, A4, A5, B2 to D4)

Notes

Recorded at Calliope Studios. Mixed at Chung King Studios House of Downtime.
Mastered at The Hit Factory/DMS.

All selections produced under license from Elektra Entertainment Group. Manufactured by Rhino Entertainment.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 8 29357 55041 5

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
9 60977-1	KMD	Mr. Hood ‎(LP, Album)	Elektra	9 60977-1	US	1991
KAMECD-5, WQCP-418	KMD	Mr. Hood ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Cold Slammin', Elektra, Warner Music	KAMECD-5, WQCP-418	Japan	2006
9 60977-4	K.M.D.*	Mr. Hood ‎(Cass, Album, Unofficial)	Elektra	9 60977-4	US	1991
KM45	KMD	Mr. Hood ‎(LP, Album, RE, Unofficial)	Not On Label	KM45	Unknown
MF 100	KMD	Mr. Hood ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Metal Face	MF 100	US	2000

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Mr. Hood At Piocalles Jewelry/Crackpot	2:51
2	Who Me? (With An Answer From Dr. Bert)	3:35
3	Boogie Man! Producer – Stimulated Dummies	3:49
4	Mr. Hood Meets Onyx	2:15
5	Subroc's Mission	4:02
6	Humrush Producer – Stimulated Dummies	3:27
7	Figure Of Speech	3:46
8	Bananapeel Blues	3:55
9	Nitty Gritty Featuring – Brand Nubian	5:37
10	Trial 'N Error	4:12
11	Hard Wit No Ho	3:52
12	Mr. Hood Gets A Haircut	1:20
13	808 Man	3:56
14	Boy Who Cried Wolf	3:39
15	Peachfuzz	4:01
16	Preacher Porkchop	2:45
17	Soulflexin'	3:54
18	Gasface Refil (Bonus Track)	3:47
19	Nitty Gritty Remix Featuring – Brand Nubian, Busta Rhymes	5:10

Companies, etc.

Manufactured By – Boiling Point Distribution
Distributed By – Boiling Point Distribution

Credits

Engineer – John Gamble
Producer – KMD (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 to 19)

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
9 60977-1	KMD	Mr. Hood ‎(LP, Album)	Elektra	9 60977-1	US	1991
KAMECD-5, WQCP-418	KMD	Mr. Hood ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Cold Slammin', Elektra, Warner Music	KAMECD-5, WQCP-418	Japan	2006
9 60977-4	K.M.D.*	Mr. Hood ‎(Cass, Album, Unofficial)	Elektra	9 60977-4	US	1991
KM45	KMD	Mr. Hood ‎(LP, Album, RE, Unofficial)	Not On Label	KM45	Unknown
60977-2	KMD	Mr. Hood ‎(CD, Album)	Elektra	60977-2	US	1991

Comments: (3)

Xor

Anyone else getting loads of sibilance on their copy?

Saberdragon

Yes...only on certain tracks though and I have a perfectly aligned setup using an Ortofon 2M Red with only 50 hours on it

Bladecliff

PERFECT DOUBLE VINYL REISSUE OF "MR. HOOD"...EXCEPT FOR ONE TINY DETAILThis double vinyl pressing was much-needed; the vastness of "Mr. Hood" needed room to breathe in a huge way. Artists like K.M.D. who put out long albums shouldn't be punished by having those albums edited or crammed onto single LPs, which only results in crappy sound and quiet grooves. (Similar examples: De La Soul's "De La Soul Is Dead", which sounds horrifyingly quiet and bassless on LP, and the nearly-inaudible Digital Underground LP of "Sons Of The P", which begs for huge rolling bass and utterly fails to deliver on the original vinyl pressing.) My only beef with this reissue is that this double vinyl version thoughtlessly splits the songs "Nitty Gritty" and "Trial 'N Error" over sides B and C and ruins the brilliant transition where they flip a cut-up Q-Tip vocal sample. On this reissue, "Nitty Gritty" is last track on record 1, side B, and "Trial 'N' Error" is first track on record 1, side C — but they were originally back to back as the first two tracks on side B of the original 1991 vinyl LP and the original cassette. Splitting these two songs up really ruins the subtle, slick transition at the end of NG wherein there's a sped-up and chopped-up Q-Tip vocal sample from the A Tribe Called Quest track "Push it Along" — Q changes from saying "it's the nitty gritty, it's the nitty gritty", which is heard throughout the "Nitty Gritty" to: "it's the trial 'n error, more like trial 'n error" at the very end. The effect of KMD's frankly brilliant and subtle flip from one track into another is really lost when you have to stop and put on the second record. Admittedly, this is a small thing. But on an album that succeeds 100% on every conceivable level, all those tiny details matter, you know? When you mess with the carefully thought-out track order and flow, you're changing the experience of a masterpiece. But...like I said, the sound quality is great. For seamless segues and transitions I guess I'll just go with the lossless digital version of the album, the vinyl's mostly for playing out anyway. ;)

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