The Mossie

{{Infobox musical artist |name = The Mossie |image = The Mossie.jpg |caption = Kaveo, Mugzi & Tap Dat Ass |background = group_or_band |alias = |origin = Vallejo, California, United States |genre = West Coast hip hop, Rap, Gangsta rap |years_active = 1993–present |label = Sick Wid It Records, Jive Records |associated_acts = E-40, B-Legit, Levitti, Celly Cel, A-1, Little Bruce, The Click, Funk Mobb |website = [https://myspace.com/mugzi Mugzi] on Myspace |current_members = Kaveo<br />Mugzi<br />Tap Dat Ass }}

'''The Mossie''' was an American rap group from Vallejo, California, with members: Kaveo, Mugzi and Tap Dat Ass.<ref>{{Citation |title=E-40 Fonzarelli And B-Legit The Savage Present Various - Southwest Riders |date=1997 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/4642360-E-40-Fonzarelli-And-B-Legit-The-Savage-Present-Various-Southwest-Riders |access-date=2025-02-13 |language=en}}</ref> They first appeared together on E-40's 1993 EP, ''The Mail Man''. Before dropping their 1997 debut album, ''Have Heart Have Money'', on Sick Wid It and Jive Records, they appeared together on several other Sick Wid It releases, including: ''The Hogg in Me'', ''The Hemp Museum'' and ''Southwest Riders''.

== Background == The Mossie's debut album, ''Have Heart Have Money'', was released in 1997 on Sick Wid It and Jive Records. The album peaked at number 35 on the ''Billboard'' Top Heatseekers and at number 62 on the ''Billboard'' Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.<ref name="AMG">[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r310237|pure_url=yes}} ((( Have Heart Have Money > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))]. All Media Guide, LLC. Retrieved on 2010-02-11.</ref> It was executive produced by B-Legit and E-40 and features guest performances by Celly Cel, Levitti, 187 Fac, Silk-E, G-Note, B-Legit and E-40. Along with a single, a music video was released to promote the album, "Nobody Can Be You But You",<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xiSFPmcvOc The Mossie - "Nobody Can Be You But You" (official video)]. YouTube. Retrieved on 2010-02-11.</ref> featuring E-40 and cameo appearances by B-Legit, Celly Cel, D-Shot and Suga-T. The group then went on to appear on several Bay Area artists' albums and compilations, together as a group and as solo artists.

In 2001, the group resurfaced with their second studio album, ''Point Seen, Money Gone''. It was produced by Ant Banks, Bosko, Kevin Gardner, Redwine, Sean T and Tone Capone. Three years later Young Mugzi (a.k.a. Mugzilla) dropped a soundtrack on his own label, 30-30 Records titled, ''Lifestyles of the Disobayish''. The album features guest performances by Turf Talk, E-40, San Quinn, Celly Cel, Messy Marv, Spice 1, Laroo and The Mossie.

== Discography == === Studio albums === *''Have Heart Have Money'' (1997) *''Point Seen, Money Gone'' (2001) *''Soil Savvy'' (2006)

=== Solo projects === *Young Mugzi Presents - ''Lifestyles of the Disobayish'' (2005)

=== Guest appearances === *1992: "Ballers" (Mugzi; from The Click album ''Down and Dirty'') *1992: "Street Life" (Kaveo & Mugzi; from The Click album ''Down and Dirty'') *1992: "Porno Star" (Kaveo; from The Click album ''Down and Dirty'') *1993: "Drought Season" (Kaveo; from E-40 album ''Federal'') *1993: "Let Him Have It" (Kaveo; from the E-40 album ''Federal'') *1993: "Extra Manish" (Mugzi; from E-40 album ''Federal'') *1993: "Tryin' to Get a Buck" (Kaveo; from the B-Legit album ''Tryin' to Get a Buck'') *1993: "Wheels" (Mugzi; from the D-Shot album ''The Shot Calla'') *1994: "Where the Party At" (from the E-40 album ''The Mail Man'') *1994: "Raw Deal" (Kaveo; from the Little Bruce album ''XXXtra Manish'') *1994: "How to Catch a Bitch" (Mugzi; from the Celly Cel album ''Heat 4 Yo Azz'') *1994: "Pimp's, Playa's and Hustla's" (Kaveo; from the Celly Cel album ''Heat 4 Yo Azz'') *1995: "Get a Bar of This Game" (from the Sick Wid It Records compilation ''The Hogg in Me'') *1996: "Big Pimpin'" (interlude) and "9 Sexual" (interlude) [Kaveo; from the Playaz Tryna Strive album ''All Frames of the Game'') *1996: "Neva Bite" (from the B-Legit album ''The Hemp Museum'') *1996: "My Drinking Club" (Mugzi, also with Levitti; from E-40 album ''Tha Hall of Game'') *1996: "It Is What It Is" (Kaveo; from E-40 album ''Tha Hall of Game'') *1997: "N.S.R." and "Who Do I Trust" (from the Sick Wid It Records compilation ''Southwest Riders'') *1997: "It's Ma Thang" (Kaveo; from the D-Shot album ''Six Figures'') *1998: "45 Ways" (from the Taydatay album ''Anticipaytion'') *1998: "Personal" (from the E-40 album ''The Element of Surprise'') *1998: "Point Seen, Money Gone" (from the D-Shot compilation ''Boss Ballin' 2 - The Mob Bosses'') *1998: "Can I Kick It?" (Mugzi; from the Celly Cel album ''The G Filez'') *1998: "We Be All Over" (from the N2Deep album ''The Rumble'') *1998: "Bay Area Playaz" (Kaveo; from the N2Deep album ''The Rumble'') *1998: "What U Want" (from the Swerve Records compilation ''3 Beam Circus'') *1999: "Duckin' & Dodgin'" and "Gangsterous" (from the E-40 album ''The Blueprint of a Self-Made Millionaire'') *1999: "Critic Killaz" (from the A-1 album ''Mash Confusion'') *1999: "Scared Man" (from the B-Legit album ''Hempin' Ain't Easy'') *2000: "Make Dat' Skrill" (from the Suga-T album ''Gettin' It'') *2000: "Like a Jungle" (Mugzi; from E-40 album ''Loyalty and Betrayal'') *2002: "Shoe Strings" (Mugzi & Kaveo; from the Celly Cel album ''Song'z U Can't Find'') *2002: "Side Show" (mugzi; from the Latino Velvet album ''Velvetism'') *2003: "Double Fisted" (from the Mack 10 album ''Ghetto, Gutter & Gangsta'') *2003: "Wa La" (from the E-40 album ''Breakin' News'') *2006: "No Problems" (Kaveo; from the Celly Cel album ''The Wild West'') *2009: "Krankin (3030/Sick Wid It RMX)" [Mugzi; from the Nump album ''Student ov da Game''] *2010: "I'm in the Room" (Mugzi; from deluxe edition of E-40 album ''Revenue Retrievin': Day Shift'') *2010: "He's a Gangsta" (Kaveo, also with Messy Marv & The Jacka; from E-40 album ''Revenue Retrievin': Night Shift'') *2012: "Rollin'" (Mugzi, also with Raheem DeVaughn, Laroo T.H.H., Work Dirty, Droop-E & Decadez; from E-40 album ''The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 1'') *2012: "It's Curtains" (Kaveo, also with Droop-E; from E-40 album ''The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 3'') *2013: "Thanks for Lookin' Over Us" (Mugzi, also with Baby Bash & Paula DeAnda; from Jay Tee album ''The Game Is Cold'') *2013: "Mobbin' Is My Profession" (Kaveo, also with Cousin' Fik, Work Dirty & Choose Up Cheese; from Droop-E album ''Hungry and Humble'')

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == *[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Mossie%2C+The The Mossie] at Discogs

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