St. Lunatics are a hip hop group from St. Louis, Missouri
formed by Nelly, Ali, Murphy Lee, Kyjuan and City Spud. Slo'Down
left the group after a dispute.
The group was formed in 1995 and came out with their local hit "Gimme
What U Got" in 1997. The group thought it would be easier for
Nelly to get signed than the whole group. In 2000 Nelly got signed
to Universal Records. Then got the rest of the group signed. While
Nelly was working on his solo album Country Grammar, City Spud was
arrested and sentenced to 10 years in prison for robbery. After Nelly's
breakthrough success in 2000, the St. Lunatics released their debut
album Free City (2001), with hits such as "Summer in the City" and "Midwest
Swing". In 2002, Ali released his solo album Heavy Starch and
Murphy Lee released his solo album Murphy's Law in 2003. Murphy has
now launched his own label UC ME Entertainment and is currently promoting
his new artists.
In 2009, the St. Lunatics were reportedly working on a new album
City Free to be released in the summer of 2009 however the album
has been pushed back to 2011. They released a song titled "St.
Lunatics", the song was leaked in early March 2009,[1] other
track leaked is "Get Low 2 Da Flo", (produced by Play-N-Skillz).[2]
The first official single released from the album is "Money
Talks" featuring rapper Birdman. The second official single
released from the album is "Polo". The album is set to
be released on late 2011.[3]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio albums
Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US
[4] US R&B
[5] CAN
[6]
2001 Free City
First studio album
Release date: June 5, 2001
Label: Universal Records
3 1 18
US: Platinum[7]
CAN: Gold[8]
2011 City Free
Second studio album
To be released: 2011
Label: Derrty Ent./Universal Records
To be released
[edit] Compilation albums
Year Album details Peak chart positions
US
[4] US R&B
[5]
2006 Who's the Boss
First compilation album
Release date: February 21, 2006
Label: Fast Life Music
114 28
[edit] Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US
[9] US R&B
[10]
2001 "Midwest Swing" 88 41 Free City
2010 "Money Talks" (featuring Birdman) — — City
Free