KMD, the Glossary
KMD (K.M.D., Kausing Much Damage, or A Positive Kause in a Much Damaged Society) was an American hip hop trio active from 1988 to 1994.[1]
Table of Contents
47 relations: Angioedema, Artists and repertoire, Bert (Sesame Street), Best of KMD, Black Bastards, Black Bastards Ruffs + Rares, Brand Nubian, Breakdancing, Busta Rhymes, Caricature, Cassette tape, Colin Larkin, Compact disc, Crew, Dante Ross, DJ Subroc, Elektra Records, Exclaim!, Far Rockaway, Queens, Five-Percent Nation, Fondle 'Em Records, Hangman (game), Hip hop music, Jay Electronica, Long Beach, New York, LP record, MC Serch, MF Doom, Mr. Hood, Music download, National Voter Registration Act of 1993, Nature Sounds, NPR, NPR Music, Nuwaubian Nation, Phonograph record, Rock the Vote, Sambo (racial term), Sesame Street, Sub Verse Music, The Cactus Album, The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, The Missing Notebook Rhymes, United States Congress, Virgin Books, YouTube, 3rd Bass.
Angioedema
Angioedema is an area of swelling (edema) of the lower layer of skin and tissue just under the skin or mucous membranes.
Artists and repertoire
Artists and repertoire (or A&R for short) is the division of a record label or music publishing company that is responsible for scouting and overseeing the artistic development of recording artists and songwriters.
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Bert (Sesame Street)
Bert is a golden yellow Muppet character on the PBS/HBO children's television show Sesame Street.
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Best of KMD
Best of KMD is a compilation album by KMD, featuring tracks from the albums Mr. Hood and Black Bastards.
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.
Black Bastards Ruffs + Rares
Black Bastards Ruffs + Rares is an EP containing rare and demo tracks by KMD from the album Black Bastards.
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Brand Nubian
Brand Nubian is an American hip hop group from New Rochelle, New York, composed of three emcees (Grand Puba, Sadat X and Lord Jamar), and formerly three DJs (DJ Alamo, DJ Sincere, and DJ Stud Doogie). KMD and Brand Nubian are east Coast hip hop groups, Elektra Records artists and Five percenters.
Breakdancing
Breakdancing, also called b-boying, b-girling or breaking, is a style of street dance originated by African Americans in the Bronx, New York City, United States.
Busta Rhymes
Trevor George Smith Jr. (born May 20, 1972), known professionally as Busta Rhymes, is an American rapper and actor. KMD and Busta Rhymes are Five percenters.
Caricature
A caricature is a rendered image showing the features of its subject in a simplified or exaggerated way through sketching, pencil strokes, or other artistic drawings (compare to: cartoon).
Cassette tape
The Compact Cassette, also commonly called a cassette tape, audio cassette, or simply tape or cassette, is an analog magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback.
Colin Larkin
Colin Larkin (born 1949) is a British music writer.
Compact disc
The compact disc (CD) is a digital optical disc data storage format that was codeveloped by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings.
Crew
A crew is a body or a group of people who work at a common activity, generally in a structured or hierarchical organization.
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Dante Ross
Dante Ross (born October 11, 1965) is an American music industry executive, artists and repertoire representative, and record producer.
DJ Subroc
Dingilizwe Dumile (August 3, 1973 – April 23, 1993), known professionally as DJ Subroc, was an American hip-hop artist and a member of KMD and Constipated Monkeys.
Elektra Records
Elektra Records (or Elektra Entertainment) is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, founded in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickolt.
Exclaim!
Exclaim! is a Canadian music and entertainment publisher based in Toronto, which features in-depth coverage of new music across all genres with a special focus on Canadian and emerging artists.
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Far Rockaway, Queens
Far Rockaway is a neighborhood on the eastern part of the Rockaway peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens.
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Five-Percent Nation
The Five-Percent Nation, sometimes referred to as the Nation of Gods and Earths (NGE/NOGE) or the Five Percenters, is an Afro-American Nationalist movement influenced by Islam that was founded in 1964 in the Harlem section of the borough of Manhattan, New York City, by Clarence 13X, who was previously known as Clarence Edward Smith. KMD and Five-Percent Nation are Five percenters.
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Fondle 'Em Records
Fondle 'Em Records was a hip hop record label founded and owned by Ben Thorp from 1995 to 2001, based in rhode island.
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Hangman (game)
Hangman is a guessing game for two or more players.
Hip hop music
Hip hop or hip-hop, also known as rap and formerly as disco rap, is a genre of popular music that originated in the early 1970s from the African American community.
Jay Electronica
Elpadaro F. Electronica Allah (born Timothy Elpadaro Thedford; September 19, 1976), known professionally as Jay Electronica (stylized as), is an American rapper and record producer. KMD and Jay Electronica are Five percenters.
Long Beach, New York
Long Beach is an oceanfront city in Nassau County, New York, United States.
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LP record
The LP (from "long playing" or "long play") is an analog sound storage medium, specifically a phonograph record format characterized by: a speed of rpm; a 12- or 10-inch (30- or 25-cm) diameter; use of the "microgroove" groove specification; and a vinyl (a copolymer of vinyl chloride acetate) composition disk.
MC Serch
Michael Berrin (born May 6, 1967), best known by his stage name MC Serch, is an American rapper and music executive.
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MF Doom
Daniel Dumile (born Dumile Daniel Thompson;; July 13, 1971October 31, 2020), also known by his stage name MF Doom or simply Doom (both stylized in all caps), was a British-American rapper and record producer. KMD and MF Doom are Five percenters.
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Mr. Hood
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Music download
A music download (commonly referred to as a digital download) is the digital transfer of music via the Internet into a device capable of decoding and playing it, such as a personal computer, portable media player, MP3 player or smartphone.
National Voter Registration Act of 1993
The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA), also known as the Motor Voter Act, is a United States federal law signed into law by President Bill Clinton on May 20, 1993, that came into effect on January 1, 1995.
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Nature Sounds
Nature Sounds is a record label based in Brooklyn, New York, specializing in hip hop and reggae music.
NPR
National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California.
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NPR Music
NPR Music is a project of National Public Radio, an American privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization, that launched in November 2007 to present public radio music programming and original editorial content for music discovery.
Nuwaubian Nation
The Nuwaubian Nation, Nuwaubian movement, or United Nuwaubian Nation is an American new religious and black supremacist movement founded and led by Dwight York, also known as Malachi Z. York.
Phonograph record
A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English), a vinyl record (for later varieties only), or simply a record or vinyl is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove.
Rock the Vote
Rock the Vote is a nonpartisan non-profit organization in the United States.
Sambo (racial term)
Sambo is a derogatory label for a person of African descent in the Spanish language.
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Sesame Street
Sesame Street is an American educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry.
Sub Verse Music
Sub Verse Music was a record label specializing in hip hop.
The Cactus Album
The Cactus Al/Bum (also known as The Cactus Cee/D and The Cactus Cas/Ette depending on release format) is the debut album by hip hop trio 3rd Bass, released on Def Jam Recordings on November 14, 1989.
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music is an encyclopedia created in 1989 by Colin Larkin.
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The Missing Notebook Rhymes
The Missing Notebook Rhymes is a compilation album partially released in 2017 by British-American rapper MF DOOM under the shortened alias "DOOM".
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United States Congress
The United States Congress, or simply Congress, is the legislature of the federal government of the United States.
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Virgin Books
Virgin Books is a British book publisher 90% owned by the publishing group Random House, and 10% owned by Virgin Group, the company originally set up by Richard Branson as a record company.
YouTube
YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google.
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3rd Bass
3rd Bass was an American hip hop group that was active in the late 1980s and early 1990s. KMD and 3rd Bass are east Coast hip hop groups.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KMD
Also known as A positive Kause in a Much Damaged society, K.m.d., Kausing Much Damage, Nitty Gritty / Plumskinzz, Onyx the Birthstone Kid, Peachfuzz / Gasface Refill, What a Niggy Know?, Who Me? / Humrush.