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Kelvin Mercer (born August 17, 1969), also known by his stage name Posdnuos, Plug 1 and occasionally Pos, is an American rapper and record producer from East Massapequa, New York, best known for his work as one third of the hip hop trio De La Soul.
Dec 30, 2013 · The Record. 20 Years Ago, De La Soul Refused To Go Pop. December 30, 201312:01 AM ET. Heard on Morning Edition. Oliver Wang. 7-Minute Listen. Enlarge this image. David Jude Jolicoeur aka Trugoy...
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Mar 1, 2024 · Kelvin “Posdnuos” Mercer performs during the NY State of Mind Tour at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, September 20, 2023. (Credit: Brett Carlsen/Getty Images for Live Nation) In honor of both...
- ‘Plug Tunin’’ (1988) Dave: “Plug Tunin’,” to an extent, was a big-words record, with the inspiration of Ultramagnetic MCs and even LL Cool J or some Run freestyles that were just really big words.
- ‘Me Myself and I’ (1989) Dave: “Me Myself and I” was almost like a punishment. It’s typical — the label comes and says: “Hey, we need one more, but we need something poppy and something familiar.”
- ‘The Magic Number’ (1989) Pos: Before recording it, Mase had his little Casio that you could sample into. He put in the Schoolhouse Rock record with the beat.
- ‘Tread Water’ (1989) Pos: Paul played us a bunch of different beats. The way he did the music to “Tread Water” at home, there was more of a kind of hop to it.
Aug 4, 2023 · Pioneers of alternative hip-hop, De La Soul was the brainchild of three Long Islanders: Kelvin Mercer, aka Posdnuos; Vincent Mason, aka DJ Maseo; and David Jolicoeur, aka Trugoy the Dove.
- Stephen Kallao
Mar 1, 2023 · Kelvin Mercer, known as Posdnuos, represented the trio alone, rapping part of “Buddy” from its classic 1989 debut, “3 Feet High and Rising.”
Jun 7, 2022 · It’s an honourable sentiment, and it helps that no member of De La Soul has ever been more in the limelight than the other two: Vince Mason, Dave Jolicoeur and Kelvin Mercer have been fully in sync ever since Dave and Kelvin befriended Vince, who was in the year below at Amityville Memorial High School in Long Island in the mid-1980s.
