The Lords of the Underground (L.O.T.U.G.) are a hip-hop trio based
in 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 group released their debut album, Here Come the Lords on October
1, 1993 with production handled by Marley Marl and K-Def. The album
peaked at 66 on the Billboard 200 and featured five charting singles,
including the group's signature song, "Chief Rocka".
The group released their second album, Keepers of the Funk the following
year on November 1, 1994. Keepers of the Funk peaked at 47 on the
Billboard 200 and featured three charting singles, the most successful
of which was "Tic Toc". The group disbanded in 1995.
They reunited for a third album with 1998's Resurrection. Released
via Queen Latifah's Jersey Kidz imprint, was so small-scale a release
that few realized it had been recorded. The Lords returned again
in 2007 for a fourth album entitled House of Lords, but like Resurrection,
it failed to reach the Billboard charts.
The Lords are best remembered in connection with the golden age
of hip hop. As such, when Nas decided in 2007 to do a remix of his
song "Where Are They Now?", which asked of 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.
DoItAll appeared briefly in the final scene of the final episode
of The Sopranos credited as Du Kelly, as one of a series of potentially
ominous figures entering the diner. He also appeared on other TV
shows Law & Order as Two Tone, on OZ the HBO series, & On
the Christmas episode of 30 Rock on NBC (2008). He has also been
in Independent movies such as SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY with Bai Ling,
American Rap Stars, Rhyme & Reason, Durdy Game(Xenom), Cash Rules
(Koch) With Treach of Naughty By Nature, & he has also starred
in an off broadway play entitled Diss, Diss, & Diss, Dat.
Contents
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* 1 Discography
o 1.1 Studio albums
o 1.2 Singles
* 2 External links
[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio albums
Year Title Chart positions
U.S. U.S. R&B
1993 Here Come the Lords
* Released: March 30, 1993
* Label: Pendulum
66 13
1994 Keepers of the Funk
* Released: November 1, 1994
* Label: Pendulum
57 16
1998 Resurrection
* Released: April 21, 1998
* Label: Jersey Kidz
– –
2007 House of Lords
* Released: August 21, 2007
* Label: Affluent
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[edit] Singles
Year Single Chart positions Album
U.S. Hot 100 U.S. R&B U.S. Rap
1992 "Psycho" – – 17 Here Come the Lords
1993 "Chief Rocka" 55 35 1
"
Funky Child" 74 52 2
"
Here Come the Lords" 93 67 18
1994 "Flow On" – – 36
1994 "Tic Toc" 73 52 17 Keepers of the Funk
1995 "What I'm After" – – 42
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