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RBL Posse (short for Ruthless By Law) is a rap group from the Hunters Point district of San Francisco, California. A Bay Area rap duo formed at the beginning of the 1990s by its original members, Black C (Christopher Matthews) and Mr. Cee. The pair began producing tracks at Black C's studio and emerged in 1991 with the underground hit "Don't Give Me No Bammer". Thanks solely to their own independent distribution through In-A-Minute Records, RBL sold almost half a million copies of their first two albums, "A Lesson to Be Learned" (1992) and "Ruthless By Law" (1994). Following the 1995 side project "Solo Creep", the duo was ready to hit the big time with a major-label contract through Atlantic; tragedy struck, however, when Mr. Cee was shot nine times and murdered on Jan. 1, 1996. Ricky Herd a.k.a. Hitman was the third member of the original rap duo, which included Black C and Mr. Cee before Mr. Cee was killed. Hitman released "Solo Creep" in 1995 . Black C soldiered on, recruiting producers Mike Mosely, Rick Rock, and Barr 9 plus MC Eiht and then Black C with Hitman released "An Eye For An Eye" in 1997, which sold 88000 copies. Hitman released a solo album in 1999 called "H20 vol.1". "Bootlegs and Bay shit: The Resume" was their double album released in 2000, and the "Hostile Takeover" came out in 2001. Ricky Herd a.k.a. Hitman was shot in the head and killed while driving in early February 2003. He was only 24 years old when he died. RBL Posse's Black C released "Last Man Standing" in 2003.
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A Lesson To Be Learned
- Released: 1992
- Singles: "Don't Give Me No Bammer"
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Ruthless By Law
- Released: 1994
- Singles: "Bounce To This", "Blue Bird", "Feels Good To Be A Gangsta"
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Solo Creep
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An Eye For An Eye
- Released: 1997
- Singles: "How We Comin'", "'Til The End"
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H2O Vol.1
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Bootlegs and Bay shit: The Resume
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Hostile Takeover
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Ghetto Vietnam
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Last Man Standing
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