The Furious Five

On records, [i]The Furious Five[/i], not billed as a combo with as , or with as , usually refers only to the group's five original MCs - [a=Cowboy], [a=kid creole], [a=Melle Mel], [a=Mr. Ness] a.k.a. [a=Scorpio (3)], and [a=Rahiem] - or the four surviving members after Cowboy died in 1989. However, such as on many editions of the "Step Off" single, [i]The Furious Five[/i] is sometimes an alias of , a group which included only three of the five original MCs.

So generally, for releases billing The Furious Five as a combo with Grandmaster Flash, see [a=Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five], and for releases billing The Furious Five as a combo with Melle Mel, see [a=Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five]. For most releases of "White Lines (Don't Do It)", see [a=Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel].

There is also , an alias of The Furious Five's original lineup, ostensibly with Grandmaster Flash, for one of the group's first releases in 1979.