The Furious Five

On records, The Furious Five, not billed as a combo with as , or with as , usually refers only to the group's five original MCs - Cowboy, kid creole, Melle Mel, Mr. Ness a.k.a. Scorpio (3), and Rahiem - or the four surviving members after Cowboy died in 1989. However, such as on many editions of the "Step Off" single, The Furious Five 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 Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, and for releases billing The Furious Five as a combo with Melle Mel, see Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five. For most releases of "White Lines (Don't Do It)", see 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.