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Infobox musical artist|name = Lil Rob|image =|background = solo_singer|birth_date = birth date and age|1975|9|21|birth_name = Roberto Flores|origin = Solana Beach, California United States|U.S. |genre = Hip hop music|Hip hop |years_active = 1992–2010|label = Familia Records (1997-1999), Low Profile Records (1999-2002), Upstairs (2002-Present)|website = http://www.lilrob.com www.lilrob.com Roberto Flores (born September 21, 1975), best known by his stage name Lil Rob , is a Mexican American rapper, Record producer|producer , and actor
Biography
Roberto Flores was born in the La Colonia area of Eden Gardens, an upscale neighborhood near Solana Beach, California .cite web|url= http://www.sandiegoreader.com/bands/lil-rob/|title=Lil' Rob|work=San Diego Reader|accessdate=April 2, 2010 In the early 1990s, he began performing under the name Lil Rob and the Brown Crowd , and recorded a single titled "Oh What a Night in the 619 ." Though it did not chart, it was later featured on his 1997 debut album Crazy Life ,cite web|url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p278805/biography|pure_url=yes|title=Lil Rob > Biography|last=Birchmeier|first=Jason|publisher=allmusic|accessdate=April 28, 2010 with the title shortened to "Oh What a Night." In 1994, his chin was shattered when he was shot in the jaw and in the eye later.cite web|title=Lil' Rob Represents Brown Pride|url= http://www.latinrapper.com/featurednews16.html|work=LatinRapper.com|date=September 15, 2004|accessdate=April 28, 2010
During his career, Lil Rob has collaborated with fellow Chicano rappers Mr. Shadow, Mr. Sancho, and OG Spanish Fly, and mainstream artists such as Paul Wall , The Game (rapper)|The Game , E-40 ,'' and Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull .cite web|title=Lil' Rob's Summer Nights|url= http://www.latinrapper.com/featurednews40.html|work=LatinRapper.com|date=August 7, 2005|accessdate=April 28, 2010 Lil Rob and Mr. Shadow were in a group called "The Mahem Click". The numbers twelve and eighteen, which are tattoo ed on his forearms, represent the numeric value of the letters L and R , the initials of his stage name. The number was used during his days as a graffiti tagger.
In 2002, Lil Rob left Low Profile Records and signed in to Upstairs Records. He found commercial success with the 2005 release Twelve Eighteen, Pt. 1 , in which the single "Summer Nights" received national airplay, a first in his career. "Summer Nights" peaked at #36 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #13 on the Hot Rap Tracks chart.cite web|url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p278805/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes|title=Lil' Rob > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles|publisher=allmusic|accessdate=April 28, 2010 The followup single, "Bring Out the Freak In You," peaked at #85 on the Hot 100, and at #20 on the Hot Rap Tracks. The exposure led to small roles in the 2005 Cuba Gooding, Jr. film Dirty and the 2007 Rob Schneider vehicle Big Stan , both of which were released straight to DVD in the U.S. In 2009, his ninth album, Love & Hate (Lil Rob album)|Love & Hate , was released.
On June 29, 2007, Lil Rob made his very first appearance overseas in Okinawa, Japan .cite web|title=Lil' Rob Chicano Pride ready to rock Okinawa|url= http://www.japanupdate.com/? id=7636|work=Weekly Japan Update|date=June 14, 2007|accessdate=April 28, 2010 Twelve Eighteen, Pt. 2 , was released in 2008 and featured the single "Let Me Come Back." featuring Fingazz , but was unable to repeat the success of its predecessor.
Feuds
Lil Rob was in conflict with Mr. Shadow, Royal T ( CEO of Low Profile Records), and Mister D ( CEO of Southland Records).
Lil Rob had beef with Mr. Shadow because Lil Rob's then girlfriend, had an affair with Mr. Shadow. At the time, Mr. Shadow dissed Lil Rob on "Shadow of Your Death", "Excited" and "Excited 2" off of the album "Till I Die". One of the reasons why Mr. Shadow had beef with Lil Rob was because Mr. Shadow said that Lil Rob was not from San Diego, he's from Solana Beach. Mr. Shadow felt that Lil Rob was lying to everyone about being raised in San Diego, CA. In 2005 on the Twelve Eighteen Part 1 Album, Lil Rob released a diss towards Mr. Shadow, entitled "I Who Have Nothing."
Lil Rob feuded with Royal T, and eventually left his label, on account of marketing issues. Royal T, the executive producer of Low Profile Records, had created a scam that involved Lil Rob's albums to have the same bar code as Royal T's cd's, which resulted Royal T automatically receiving the profits. According to Lil Rob's manager, Lil Rob sold over $1 million worth of his own cd's and didn't receive a dime. As soon as Lil Rob left Low Profile, Lil Rob recorded a diss aimed towards Low Profile, entitled "The Last Laff" on "The Last Laff EP". Low Profile Records responded with a track entitled "Riders", featuring Royal T, Payaso (Dukes Click), Lil' Bandit & Mr. Sancho. Lil Rob recorded another diss track entitled "Call the Cops", directed at Royal T on 2003's The Album (Lil Rob album)|The Album . Lil Rob also recorded diss tracks, "Bluffin'", dissing directly at Royal T and "Boo Hoo Hoo" dissing both, Royal T and Mr. Shadow off of 2004's "Neighborhood Music".
Mister D had beef with Lil Rob because Lil Rob stopped his alleged gang affiliations with Sureños. That's when Mister D and Sleepy Malo collaborated with Mr. Shadow on a response titled "Gangsters Make The World" off of Mister D & Sleepy Malo's album "Still In the Valle" in 2007.cite news|url= http://www.billboard.com/album/mr-d/still-in-the-valle/915603#/album/mr-d/still-in-the-valle/915603|title=Still in the Valle|year=2007|work= Billboard (magazine)|Billboard |accessdate=August 30, 2010
Discography
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Studio Albums
1997: Crazy Life
1998: Natural High (Lil Rob album)|Natural High
2000: Still Smokin
2002: '' Can't Keep a Good Man Down (Lil Rob album)|Can't Keep a Good Man Down
2002: The Last Laff ( Extended play|EP )
2003: The Album (Lil Rob album)|The Album
2004: Neighborhood Music
2005: Twelve Eighteen, Pt. 1
2008: Twelve Eighteen, Pt. 2
2009: Love & Hate (Lil Rob album)|Love & Hate
2010: Oldies Collection
Mixtapes
2007: Uncut For The Calles: Mextape Vol. 1
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2011: Everything To Me
Remix Albums
2000: DJ Supermix
2003: ''High 'Til I Die: Remix 2000
Compilations
2004: Greatest Hits Non-Stop
2005: Gangster Classics
2005: Instrumentals (Lil Rob album)|Instrumentals
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See also
List of Chicano rappers
References
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External links
imdb name|1470514|Lil Rob
http://www.lilrob.com Official website
http://www.upstairsrecordsinc.com Upstairs Records website
http://www.myspace.com/mr1218 Official MySpace page
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