With origins tracing back to Warren G's multi-platinum 1994 debut album Regulate...G Funk Era, California female Rap septet Da 5 Footaz would go on to sign with Def Jam Records before recording two albums. The collaborative unit of Jah Skillz, NebLuv, Knehi, Cobra (a/k/a Red), Ka-Bar and I-AME would go onto record The Lost Scrolls and Lifetime, two works shelved by labels throughout the 1990s before being self-released online.