L.A. Posse
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| L.A. Posse | |
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| Also known as | L.A.P. |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California |
| Genre(s) | Hip-Hop |
| Years active | 1987 - 1991 |
| Label(s) | Def Jam, Atlantic, Epic, Columbia |
| Associated acts | LL Cool J, Whodini, The Real Roxanne |
| Former members | |
| Muffla Big Dad Bob Cat DJ Pooh |
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The L.A. Posse was a west coast based hip hop production team that first rose to prominence in 1987 when Def Jam founder Russell Simmons signed them to produce LL Cool J's breakthrough album "Bigger and Deffer".
The team was made up of Dwayne "Muffla" Simon, Darryl "Big Dad" Pierce, and later Bobby "Bob Cat" ErvIn and Mark "DJ Pooh" Jordan.
Bigger and Deffer was a huge success and led to L.A. Posse producing albums for the Real Roxanne and LL Cool J's next LP "Walking With a Panther". During this period, Muffla also co wrote Run DMC's landmark single "Beats to the Rhyme".
In 1989 the L.A. Posse left Def Jam and signed with Atlantic records, producing an album by Breeze called "The Young Son of No One" which yielded the top ten rap single "L.A. Posse". Following this, the group recorded an album in which they themselves were the artists called "They Come in All Colors."
During the next few years, they provided a theme song/rap for the film Waxwork 2: Lost in Time (the video of which ran over the end credits), and produced records for the Poetess, Lady of Rage, 4 or 5 Dopes and Mista Grimm (one of whose tracks appeared on the soundtrack to John Singleton's film Higher Learning).
In 1995, Bobcat signed to Maverick records as a solo act. By this time DJ Pooh had as well established an independent career, producing Ice Cube and Yo-Yo and later Snoop Dogg.
Following a brief stint acting on NBC's A Different World, Big Dad went on to run John Singleton's music division for his Film company New Deal Productions, and was the music coordinator for the soundtrack Higher Learning. Also he was Vice-President of Dr. Dre's "Aftermath Records, and is currently developing the NEW L.A. Posse Production team. Muffla continues to produce, focusing in recent years on gospel and Christian hip hop, most notably with the Christian rapper T-Bone where he was nominated for best rap album and Crystal Lewis who won best female vocalist at the 1996 and 1998 Dove Awards respectively. His industry success was hampered by a former fiance (Karen Durant), also in music, who refused to let him into his autistic sons(Darren)life. And everybody knows how much Muffla loves his (4) children.
