Kelvin Mercer facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Kelvin Mercer
|
|
|---|---|
.jpg)
Mercer at Gods of Rap 2019 in Berlin, Germany
|
|
| Background information | |
| Also known as |
|
| Born | August 17, 1969 New York City, U.S. |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, record producer |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Labels | Tommy Boy, Sanctuary, AOI |
.jpg)
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. Through his work with the group, Mercer is considered to be one of the most consistent and underrated MCs of all time. Beginning with the highly acclaimed 3 Feet High and Rising in 1989, Mercer has gone on to release nine albums with De La Soul.
Cameos and album appearances
| Year | Album | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Common's One Day It'll All Make Sense, on the track "Gettin' Down at the Amphitheater" | with Dave |
| 1998 | Propellerheads' Decksandrumsandrockandroll, on the track "360° (Oh Yeah?)" | with De La Soul |
| 2000 | Rawkus Records' Hip Hop for Respect | with Various Artists |
| 2002 | Mint Royale's Dancehall Places and Pop Is..., on the track "Show Me" | |
| 2005 | Boss AC's Ritmo, Amor e Palavras, on the track "Yo (Não Brinques Com Esta Merda)" | with De La Soul |
| 2005 | Gorillaz' Demon Days, on the track "Feel Good Inc." | with De La Soul |
| 2006 | Oh No's Exodus into Unheard Rhythms, on the track "Smile a Lil Bit" | |
| 2007 | LA Symphony's Unleashed, on the track "Universal" | |
| 2008 | Jake One's White Van Music, on the track "Oh Really" | with Slug of Atmosphere |
| 2008 | J-Live's Then What Happened, on the track "The Upgrade" | with Oddisee |
| 2009 | Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip's re-release of Thou Shalt Always Kill | |
| 2009 | Master Ace and Edo G's Arts and Entertainment, on the track "Good Music" | |
| 2010 | Gorillaz' Plastic Beach, on the track "Superfast Jellyfish" | with De La Soul |
| 2010 | Slum Village's Villa Manifesto, on the track "Scheming" | with Phife Dawg, J Dilla and Vice Verse |
| 2011 | DJ Shadow's The Less You Know, the Better, on the track "Stay the Course" | with Talib Kweli |
| 2011 | Official remix of Mac Miller's song "Of the Soul" | |
| 2013 | Statik Selektah's Extended Play, on the track "Game Break" | with Lecrae and Termanology |
| 2013 | Wrekonize's The War Within, on the track "Church Road" | |
| 2013 | Yancey Boys' (Illa J and Frank Nitt) Sunset Blvd., on the track "Beautiful" | with Botni Applebum |
| 2014 | Statik Selektah's What Goes Around, on the track "God Knows" | with Bun B and Jared Evan |
| 2014 | Stalley's Ohio, on the track "Navajo Rugs" | with De La Soul |
| 2015 | Hot Chip's Why Make Sense?, on the track "Love Is the Future" | |
| 2017 | Gorillaz' Humanz, on the track "Momentz" | with De La Soul |
| 2018 | The Black Eyed Peas' Masters of the Sun Vol. 1, on the track "All Around the World" | with Phife Dawg and Ali Shaheed Muhammad |
| 2018 | Tom Misch's Geography, on the track "It Runs Through Me" | with De La Soul |
| 2020 | Potatohead People's Mellow Fantasy, on the track "Baby Got Work" | with Kapok |
| 2022 | Robert Glasper's Black Radio III, on the track "Everybody Love" | with Musiq Soulchild |
| 2022 | Phife Dawg's Forever, on the track "2 Live Forever" | with Little Brother and Darien Brockington |
| 2022 | Ibrahim Maalouf's Capacity to Love, on the track "Quiet Culture" | |
| 2023 | Gorillaz' Cracker Island (Deluxe) on the track "Crocadillaz" | with De La Soul and Dawn Penn |
| 2023 | Planet Hemp's JARDINEIROS: A COLHEITA, on the track "NUNCA TENHA MEDO" | |
| 2024 | Ana Tijoux' Vida, on the track "Tu sae" | with Talib Kweli |
Aliases
All three members of De La Soul have used a number of aliases. The following are Mercer's most significant:
- Posdnuos/Pos – Pronounced "poss-duh-noose". The name may be a combination of the reversed words sop, meaning "gift," and sound, a name Mercer went by while acting as a high school DJ. According to some sources, the fact that the words spelled backward are "sounds op [i.e., operative]" is intentional.
- Plug One – An early concept for 3 Feet High and Rising involved music being transmitted from Mars by three microphone plugs (each one representing a member of the group). Though this idea was abandoned, the titles "Plug One", "Plug Two" and "Plug Three" still became relevant on the album. Mercer's title of Plug One would eventually evolve into Plug Wonder Why, which would be shortened to a homophone of the original, Plug Won.
- Mercenary – Derived from the last name, "Mercer". This name was given to him by DCQ, brother of Mos Def.
- P-Pain – Caricature of the rapper T-Pain. He uses this alias in the song "Supervillainz" by DOOM.
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
Kelvin Mercer Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.