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Unreferenced|date=March 2011Infobox musical artist|name = Lords of the Underground|image =|caption =|background = group_or_band|alias =|origin = Newark, New Jersey |genre = Hip hop music|Hip hop |years_active = 1990–1995 1999–present|label = Pendulum Records, Jersey Kidz Records|associated_acts =|website =|current_members = DoItAll Mr. Funke DJ Lord JazzThe Lords of the Underground (L.O.T.U.G.) is a Hip hop music|hip-hop trio (music)|trio based in Newark, New Jersey . MC s 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 (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 (song)|Tic Toc ". The group disbanded in 1995.
They reunited for a third album with 1998's Resurrection (Lords of the Underground album)|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 (Lords of the Underground album)|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? (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 performed eight bars on the track.
DoItAll appeared briefly in the final scene of Made in America (The Sopranos)|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 (TV series)|Oz the HBO series, and 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 , Rhyme & Reason , and with Treach of Naughty By Nature . He has also starred in an off Broadway play entitled Diss, Diss, & Diss, Dat.
Discography
Studio albums
Year
Title
Chart positions
Billboard 200>U.S.
Top R& B/Hip-Hop Albums>U.S. R& B
1993
Here Come the Lords
Released: October 1, 1993
Label: Pendulum
66
13
1994
Keepers of the Funk
Released: November 1, 1994
Label: Pendulum
57
16
1999
Resurrection (Lords of the Underground album)>Resurrection
Released: April 21, 1999
Label: Jersey Kidz
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2007
House of Lords (Lords of the Underground album)>House of Lords
Released: August 21, 2007
Label: Affluent
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Singles
Year
Single
Chart positions
Album
U.S. Hot 100
U.S. R& B
U.S. Rap
1992
" Psycho (Lords of the Underground song)
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17
Here Come the Lords
1993
" Chief Rocka (song)
55
35
1
" Funky Child "
74
52
2
"Here Come the Lords"
93
67
18
1994
" Flow On "
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–
36
1994
" Tic Toc (song)
73
52
17
Keepers of the Funk
1995
" What I'm After (Lords of the Underground song)
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–
42
" Faith (Lords of the Underground song)
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49
External links
http://www.stilllotug.com/ Official website
http://www.thebaske.com/index.php? id=64& L=1 DJ Lord Jazz artist profile
http://www.myspace.com/djlordjazzlotug DJ Lord Jazz at MySpace
http://www.britishhiphop.co.uk/features/interviews/lords_of_the_underground.html LOTUG interview at britishhiphop.co.uk
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