Baby Sham,
Lord Have Mercy,
Rampage,
Rah Digga, and
Spliff Star first appeared alongside
Busta Rhymes as
Flipmode Squad in 1996 on his album
The Coming. The Brooklyn crew released their debut,
The Imperial Album, in 1998 and members kept busy guesting on albums by
Busta and others -- as well as releasing the occasional solo album.
Rampage's Scouts Honor...by Way of Blood was released in 1997 and featured the
Flipmode loyal cut "Flipmode Iz da Squad."
Rah Digga also stepped out of
the Squad to release
Dirty Harriet in 1999, with her crew appearing on "Just for You." A second
Flipmode Squad release, Rulership Movement, arrived in 2002. ~ Wade Kergan