Artist: Lords of the Underground
Genre(s):
Rap: Hip-Hop
Discography:
House of Lords
Year: 2007
Tracks: 16
Resurrection
Year: 1999
Tracks: 17
Keepers of the Funk
Year: 1994
Tracks: 13
Here comes the Lords
Year:
Tracks: 15
Though their list power entail violent gangsta tap, Lords of the Underground equal socially witting raps with high-pressure beats. Newark, NJ's Doitall and Mr. Funke met Cleveland-native DJ Lord Jazz at Shaw University in North Carolina; since the deuce were looking for a DJ, they dependent up with Jazz. A friend of Doitall's introduced the group to fabled producer Marley Marl, world Health Organization invited them to criminal record at his studio with help from K-Def. Before their debut album (Here Come the Lords) even appeared, the Lords placed trey hit singles ("Psychotic person," "Funky Child," "Foreman Rocka") on the rap charts. By the goal of 1993, the Lords had received an award from BET as best rap grouping of the year. Keepers of the Funk, released in 1994, failed to keep the momentum leaving, and in that location was a five-year waitress earlier third album Resurrection dropped in 1999.
