Kelvin Mercer
Kelvin Mercer (born August 17, 1969, in The Bronx, New York) is a rapper, producer, and one-third of the hip hop trio De La Soul. He is known more famously by his alias Posdnuos, or simply Pos. He was born in the Bronx, New York and grew up in East Massapequa, New York.
Mercer and David Jude Jolicoeur were childhood friends. They met Vincent Mason in the early 1980s while attending Amityville High School in Long Island, New York. Mercer's father was a jazz fan.
As a member of De La Soul, Mercer is generally regarded as one of the most consistent and underrated MCs of all time. He has imparted some of his hard-earned experiences in songs such as "Held Down", and "Trying People", from AOI: Bionix. On the latter, he raps: "We were supposed to rid the world of danger / These days we nod heads and small talk like polite strangers / It's natural to fall off, just land close to the tree / I'll be there if they need me to be".
Mercer is also known for his witty, double entendre-laden battle rhymes. "Fuck bein' hard, Posdnuos is complicated" from Buhloone Mindstate's "In the Woods". For example in "Down Syndrome" from 1996's Stakes Is High, he states: "I be a piece of the East Coast, so give a toast to Plug Wonder Why / Back in the day who soaked his words in ginger / So when I ran a phrase in June, you didn't catch it 'til December".
Podcasts:
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ALBUMS
- What Goes Around released: 2014
- The Return of the Magnificent released: 2007
- Re-Members Only released: 2001
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ALBUMS
- PA 2: The Director's Cut released: 2013
- Sunset Blvd. released: 2013
- The War Within released: 2013
- Extended Play released: 2013
- Reconstructed: The Definitive DJ Shadow released: 2012
- Attack the Block released: 2012
- Scale It Back released: 2012
- The Less You Know, the Better released: 2011
- Villa Manifesto released: 2010
- The Wages of Syntax, Volume 2 released: 2009
- Arts & Entertainment released: 2009
- Then What Happened? released: 2008
- Exodus Into Unheard Rhythms released: 2006
- We Are Hip Hop. Me. You. Everybody released: 2003
- Adventures in Lo-Fi released: 2003
- Kaos: The Anti-Acoustic Warfare released: 2001
- Hip Hop for Respect EP released: 2000
- Uncommon Classics, Volume 2 released:
Reconstructed: The Definitive DJ Shadow
Released 2012- Best Foot Forward
- Building Steam With a Grain of Salt
- The Number Song (All Samples Feared re-edit)
- Changeling / Transmission 1
- What Does Your Soul Look Like, Part 4
- [untitled]
- Stem / Long Stem / Transmission 2
- Mutual Slump
- Organ Donor
- Why Hip Hop Sucks in ’96
- Midnight in a Perfect World
- Napalm Brain / Scatter Brain
- What Does Your Soul Look Like, Part 1: Blue Sky Revisit / Transmission 3
The Wages of Syntax, Volume 2
Released 2009- Goin' Outta Control
- The IV
- Hawthorne's Most Wanted
- Universal
- Knuckle Up (Experiment X remix)
- I Sigh
- Pandemonium
- Traveling Circus
- First of All (Lolly Pops remix)
- Heart
- Samurai Showdown (Double Dose remix)
- Side by Side
- Guns & Roses (Rising Son's remix)
- Hidden in the Bushes
- Blessed Man
- For You (Blessed Man remix)
- Season's Greetings
- Don't Wear It Out (Journey Through My Mind remix)
- Follow Me Now
- Move On
- Boombox Saints (Waterworld remix)
- Technique
- Thank You and Good Night
We Are Hip Hop. Me. You. Everybody
Released 2003- Freestyle
- Beautiful (Black Star remix)
- Light (Can You See It)
- Little Brother
- B-Boy Document
- Tinseltown to the Boogiedown
- B.M.T.
- Saturday Night
- I've Committed Murder (Gang Starr remix)
- Manifest Destiny
- Tinseltown to the Boogiedown (Pete Rock remix)
- Bullshittin'
- Another World (Ambivalence mix)
- The Love Song (remix)
- All My People (The Body Rock Party Break remixed by Dr. Luke)
Adventures in Lo-Fi
Released 2003- Theme to The Cosmic View
- Planetary Analysis
- Transcend
- Spaces
- Emotional Quotient Deringer of Chiek Anta Diop
- Apollo Clreed
- Observation #1
- Caught Out (There)
- The Sound
- Rise and Vibe
- Superstar
- Next Plateau
- Cobbs Creek (Great Skate remix)
- About Face
- Observation #2
- Stay Free
- Depth (A Poet Named Life remix)
- Nuconcepts
- Observation #3
- Che Sara Sara
- Love's Time
- A Foreigner No Longer
Uncommon Classics, Volume 2
- Intro (Be Yourself)
- Resurrection (Extra P remix)
- The Jam
- Embrace the Chaos
- Out for the Cash (original version)
- Life Goes On
- 89.9 WKCR Radio Freestyle
- Mic Set
- In the Sun
- Act Too (The Love of My Life)
- Play Dis ('99 remix)
- One for Love
- Money for Doe
- Who Stole the Clippers?
- 88.5 WHPK Radio Freestyle
- The Truth
- Don't Come My Way
- 1-9-9-9 (Duro remix)
- Unamerican Caravan
- The Bitch in Yoo (alternate lyrics)
- 88.5 WHPK Battle (Common vs. Kanye West '96)
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LET'S STAY TOGETHER
by: PasadenasI'm, I'm so in love with you
Whatever you want to do
Is alright with me
'Cause you make me feel, so brand new
And I want to spend my life with you
Me sayin' since, baby, since we've been together
Ooo, loving you forever
Is what I need
Let me, be the one you come running to
I'll never be untrue
Ooo baby
Let's, let's stay together
Loving you whether, whether
Times are good or bad, happy or sad
Oooo oooo ooo ooo, yeah
Whether times are good or bad, happy or sad
Why somebody, why people break up
Oh, and turn around and make up
I just can't seeeeeeeee
You'd never do that to me
(Would you baby)
'Cause being around you is all I see
It's why I want us to
Let's, let's stay together
Loving you whether, whether
Times are good or bad, happy or sad
Let's, let's stay together
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