Since the advent of Hip-Hop culture and rap music, there have been thousands of emcees that could've and would've been all-time greats if it were not for some unfortunate twists. Indeed, such is life. However, unlike your everyday strap-hanger, these lost emcees and fem-cees may have had a toe in the door, their dreams perched atop a column bathed in golden light just out of arm's reach. If not for life rudely snatching their respective career collars, we may have witnessed a great one instead of their old dat tapes being left to languish in the storage of a now defunct imprint.
The late '80s, early '90s are considered the Golden Age of Hip-Hop for many reasons. Primarily, this timeframe is celebrated for originality, unique cadence, wordplay, storytelling, scratching, unfettered sampling, subject diversity and experimentation, among other things.
The group KMD was founded in 1988 when brothers DJ Subroc and Zev Love X joined with an emcee named Rodan, who was later replaced by Onyx the Birthstone Kid. They got major buzz when appearing on the hit 3rd Bass song "The Gas Face".
After the release of Mr. Hood, which garnered decent rotation on Yo! MTV Raps for singles "Peachfuzz" and "Who Me?" in 1991 it seemed like things were heading upward for KMD. But life is full of curve balls..
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