{{Short description|English electronic music group}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{One source|date=December 2010}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = E-Zee Possee | image = | caption = | origin = London, England | genre = {{flatlist| * [[Electronic music|Electronic]] * [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] * [[House music|house]] * [[trip hop]] * [[acid house]] }} | years_active = 1989–1991 | label = [[Boy George|More Protein]], [[Virgin Records]] | website = | past_members = [[MC Kinky|Caron Geary]] }}
'''E-Zee Possee''' were an English electronic music [[musical ensemble|group]], active between 1989 and 1991, made up of [[singing|vocalists]] and [[musician]]s, and led by [[MC Kinky]]. She was a [[rapping|rapper]] and friend of [[Boy George]], and E-Zee Possee were promoted by George's [[record label|label]], More Protein.
==Career== Born Caron Geary, MC Kinky had previously collaborated with Boy George, in particular the [[Deejay (Jamaican)|toasting]] section of the original version of "Kipsy", which was included in George's second [[solo (music)|solo]] [[album]], ''Tense Nervous Headache'' (1988). A different [[remix|mix]] of that [[song]], is contained in the four [[Compact disc|CD]] [[box set]] entitled ''[[Culture Club|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, ''[[Boy George|Jesus Loves You - The Martyr Mantras]]''. It was jointly composed by George (under the [[pseudonym]] of Angela Dust), [[record producer]] [[Simon Rogers]] and Geary.
The first [[single (music)|single]] by E-Zee Possee was co-written by MC Kinky, (Boy George writing as) Angela Dust and [[Simon Rogers]], along with [[Jeremy Healy]], 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 [[record chart|chart]] 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.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 175}}</ref> However, the single was re-released less than a year later, in March 1990 and climbed to #15 on the [[United Kingdom|UK]] chart.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> It remained in the chart for eight weeks, making it the longest chart running for the band.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> 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.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> 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".<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>
"Everything Starts With an 'E'" was a controversial track due to its [[lyrics]], explicitly dealing with drugs, and in particular [[Methylenedioxymethamphetamine|ecstasy]]. MC Kinky noted that the song was banned by [[BBC Radio 1]] when it was released because of the lyrics.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw-tRL9PUNg&feature=fvwp&NR=1 from "Pump Up The Volume"] [[YouTube]]</ref>
==Chart singles== {| class="wikitable" !width="40"|Year !Single !width="40"|Highest<br />position !Weeks<br />in chart |- |align="center"|1989 |align="left" valign="top"|"[[Everything Starts with an 'E']]" |align="center" valign="top"|69 |align="center" valign="top"|1 |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1990 |align="left" valign="top"|"[[Love On Love]]" |align="center" valign="top"|59 |align="center" valign="top"|3 |- |align="left" valign="top"|"Everything Starts with an 'E'" (re-entry) |align="center" valign="top"|15 |align="center" valign="top"|8 |- |align="left" valign="top"|"[[The Sun Machine]]" |align="center" valign="top"|62 |align="center" valign="top"|3 |- |align="center"|1991 |align="left" valign="top"|"[[Breathing Is E-Zee]]" |align="center" valign="top"|72 |align="center" valign="top"|1 |- |}
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