Guerillas in tha Mist is the debut studio album by American hip hop group Da Lench Mob, who originally appeared on Ice Cube's debut solo album, AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted.
In the post-Los Angeles riot atmosphere of the album's release, the title was also perceived as a clever reference to a comment made by one of the police officers who had arrested Rodney King.
Laurence Michael Powell, one of King's arresting officers, had described through radio message a domestic disturbance involving two blacks as something straight from Gorillas in the Mist.
Powell's comment was considered highly racist, comparing black people to gorillas, and was used against the officer during the Rodney King trial.
[8] The Los Angeles Times praised the "snarling raps, sharp humor, canny observations and fast, funky beats.