Biografie
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Jahre aktiv
1990 – heute (35 Jahre)
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Mitglieder
- DJ Lord Jazz
- DoItAll
- Mr. Funke
The Lords of the Underground (L.O.T.U.G.) are a 1990s hip-hop trio based out of Newark, New Jersey. MCs Mr. Funke and DoItAll Dupré met DJ Lord Jazz (a native of Cleveland) when all three were undergraduates at Shaw University.
The three are perhaps best remembered for the singles "Funky Child", "Chief Rocka" and "Tic Toc"; all of which were wildly eccentric manifestoes. The music video for "Funky Child" features the group members parading around in their underwear.
Their chief producer was the Juice Crew spearhead Marley Marl. Another key contributor was Marley Marl's protégé K-Def. Pete Rock remixed their songs "Flow On" and "Check It" in 1994 .
In their initial release, their album Here Come The Lords (1992) and Keepers of the Funk (1994), earned them an award from Black Entertainment Television in 1993 . They collaborated with George Clinton; their second album's title track, which samples his work, features him in a cameo. The track is generally more abrasive and less conventionally tuneful in its instrumentation than most of their work.
Gangsta posturing was rhetorically referenced, but never outright indulged in, by the group, except on their 1995 single "Burn Rubber", which took a cavalier pro-carjacking attitude and featured a line where Mr. Funke unapologetically said he'd "even jeopardize friends" for the sake of a jacking. Because their dalliance in gangsterism was half-hearted, they were one of a number of groups lost in the shuffle when gangsta rap became dominant.
Their reunion album Resurrection (1999), released via Queen Latifah's Jersey Kidz imprint, was so small-scale a release that few realized it had been recorded. Da Brat made an appearance on it.
The Lords are best remembered in connection with the golden age of hip hop. As such, when Nas, the popular and successful legend of East Coast hip hop, decided in 2007 to do a remix of his song "Where Are They Now" (which asked after the fates of several long-forgotten golden-age rappers). The Lords were among those requested to appear. DoItAll Dupré performs eight bars on the track. The others featured include Positive K, Father MC, Rob Base, Redhead Kingpin, Monie Love, and members of Black Sheep, Salt-N-Pepa, Three Times Dope, the Jungle Brothers, the Fu-Schnickens and Das EFX.
Deutsch: Die Lords of the Underground (L.O.T.U.G.) sind eine US-amerikanische Hip-Hop-Gruppe aus Newark (New Jersey). Sie besteht aus den MCs Mr. Funke und DoItAll Dupré sowie dem DJ Lord Jazz.
Die Lords standen maßgeblich für das sogenannte Golden age of Hip Hop gegen Ende der achtziger, Anfang der neunziger Jahre. Ihre größten Hits waren die Singles "Funky Child", "Chief Rocka" und "Tic Toc". Die meisten ihrer Stücke produzierte Marley Marl.
Für ihre erstes Album "Here Come The Lords" (1992) erhielten sie 1993 eine Auszeichnung als beste Rap-Gruppe 1993 von Black Entertainment Television. Auf dem Titeltrack des zweiten Albums "Keepers of the Funk" (1994) gibt es einen Cameo-Auftritt von George Clinton. Dieses Lied ist weniger roh und melodisch unkonventioneller als die meisten ihrer anderen Stücke.
Da sie sich nur halbherzig zum Gangstertum bekannten, haben sie unter den zahlreichen anderen Gruppen die durch den aufkommenden Gangsta-Rap an Bedeutung verloren.
Ihr Reunion-Album "Resurrection" erschien 1999 auf Queen Latifah's Label Jersey Kidz, wurde aber aufgrund mangelnder Promotion kaum wahrgenommen.
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