E-Zee Possee were an English electronic music

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, active between 1989 and 1991, made up of

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and

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s, and led by

MC Kinky Caron Liza Geary (born 15 October 1963 in Paddington, London), known by various stage names, is an English female raggamuffin toaster. She was the world's first white female reggae/dancehall MC, and the first dancehall MC ever, to chat reggae ...

. She was a

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and friend of

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, and E-Zee Possee were promoted by George's

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, More Protein.

Career

Born Caron Geary, MC Kinky had previously collaborated with Boy George, in particular the toasting section of the original version of "Kipsy", which was included in George's second

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, ''Tense Nervous Headache'' (1988). A different mix of that

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, is contained in the four CD

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entitled '' Culture Club - Box Set'' (2002). Another collaboration between the female toaster and George was represented by the co-writing of " Generations Of Love", the opening track of George's fourth studio album, '' Jesus Loves You - The Martyr Mantras''. It was jointly composed by George (under the

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of Angela Dust),

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and Geary. The first single by E-Zee Possee was co-written by MC Kinky, (Boy George writing as) Angela Dust and

, along with

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, co-producer of the track (the other co-producer on the song being Rogers himself). " Everything Starts With an 'E'", E-Zee Possee's biggest

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success, was originally released in the summer of 1989, and peaked at #69 in the UK Singles Chart, leaving the chart after only one week. However, the single was re-released less than a year later, in March 1990 and climbed to #15 on the UK chart. It remained in the chart for eight weeks, making it the longest chart running for the band. The group released two more singles, "The Sun Machine" (1990) and "Breathing is E-Zee" (1991, and credited to E-Zee Possee featuring Tara Newley), which both failed commercially, reaching #62 and #72 in the UK, respectively. In between was "Love On Love", chronologically the group’s second single, which reached #59. The possee also released an album in 1992, containing all these singles, entitled "The Bone Dance". "Everything Starts With an 'E'" was a controversial track due to its

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, explicitly dealing with drugs, and in particular ecstasy. MC Kinky noted that the song was banned by

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when it was released because of the lyrics.from "Pump Up The Volume"

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Chart singles

References

{{Authority control English electronic music groups English house music groups Electronic music groups from London Musical groups established in 1989 Virgin Records artists