The time comes for every band when they reach a crossroads. Tensions mount, creative differences start to boil over, and inevitably, someone decides it's time to go solo. It's a natural progression and some of the greatest albums of all time have come about as a result. But not all solo albums happen that way. Sometimes, people go solo for no damn good reason at all. For example...

5. DJ Yella from N.W.A. - One Mo' Ni**a To Go

"Yella Boy's on your team so you're losin'!" That line from Ice Cube's infamous N.W.A. diss track "No Vaseline" does a fairly solid job of summing up DJ Yella's importance to the history of the seminal rap group. Ice Cube and MC Ren wrote the rhymes, Dr. Dre made the beats, Eazy-E ran the record label, and Yella...he, um, he was the light skinned one. When N.W.A. disbanded in the early 90's, all of the important members released solo albums at one point or another, all with varying degrees of success. And Yella? He just sort of disappeared.

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