LORD Z

Stemming from the hip-hop group the Lordz of Brooklyn, founders and brothers MC Kaves (Mike McLeer) and producer ADM (Adam McLeer) decided, after the release of Graffiti Roc, an album that was already drifting away from straightforward rap, to focus more on the late-'70s/early-'80s New York rock scene that had inspired them musically as much as Public Enemy and Run-D.M.C. had. Kaves had been a known and respected graffiti artist growing up in Brooklyn in the '80s and early '90s, ADM DJed, and both had gotten into breakdancing, and after a meeting with Chuck D (Kaves had promot...