Screwball is an American underground hip hop quartet from New York City, composed of rappers Hostyle, KL, Blaq Poet and Solo.
It featured contributions from Godfather Don, Big Noyd, Capone, Cormega, MC Shan, Mobb Deep, Nature, Pete Rock and Marley Marl among others, and included two chart singles: "H-O-S-T-Y-L-E" produced by Mike Heron and "F.A.Y.B.A.N.
All the group members, along with Noyd, R.A. the Rugged Man and their frequent collaborator Godfather Don, appeared on Hostyle's first solo album, One Eyed Maniac, released on June 29, 2004, by Hydra Entertainment.
[2] As a part of hip hop group PhD with Dante "DJ Hot Day" Franklin, he released the duo's only studio album, Without Warning, on August 31, 1991, through Tuff City Records.
KL), a cousin of Blaq Poet, was also part of a duo called Kamakazee with fellow Screwball member Kyron "Solo" Jones and released a couple of underground 12" singles in the late 1990s and early 2000s, often produced by Marley Marl.
In 2006, KL appeared on the Molemen album, Killing Fields, on the song "Street Conflict", with Cormega, and fellow Screwball member Hostyle.
[4] Upon his death, DJ Premier said, "His hardcore delivery and raspy voice was well known in many circles...He is already up in ghetto heaven, so his music will live through all of us that love him.