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 three are perhaps best remembered for the singles "Funky Child", "Chief Rocka" and "Tic Toc"; all of which were wildly eccentric manifestos. The music video for "Funky Child" features one of the group members parading around in a diaper.

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  • 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 three are perhaps best remembered for the singles "Funky Child", "Chief Rocka" and "Tic Toc"; all of which were wildly eccentric manifestos. The music video for "Funky Child" features one of the group members parading around in a diaper. Their chief producer was Marley Marl's protégé, K-Def. Pete Rock remixed their songs "Flow On" and "Check It" in 1994 . In their initial releases, their first two albums Here Come The Lords (1993) and Keepers of the Funk (1994), earned them an award from Black Entertainment Television in 1993 . They collaborated with George Clinton; their second album's title track, which samples his work, features him in a cameo. The track is generally more abrasive and less conventionally tuneful in its instrumentation than most of their work. Gangster posturing was rhetorically referenced, but never outright indulged in, by the group, except on their 1995 single "Burn Rubber", which took a cavalier pro-carjacking attitude and featured a line where Mr. Funke unapologetically said he'd "even jeopardize [his] friends" for the sake of a jacking. However, the song was recorded for and prominently featured in the Newark car-jacking film "New Jersey Drive," and can be seen as a reflection of that film's mentality, as well as the popularity of joyriding carjacks in that city in the 1990s, rather than an endorsement of violent crime. Because their dalliance in gangsterism was half-hearted, they were one of a number of groups lost in the shuffle when gangsta rap became dominant. Their reunion album Resurrection (1999), released via Queen Latifah's Jersey Kidz imprint, was so small-scale a release that few realized it had been recorded. Da Brat made an appearance on it. 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. The others featured include Positive K, Father MC, Rob Base, Redhead Kingpin, Monie Love, and members of Black Sheep, Salt-N-Pepa, Three Times Dope, the Jungle Brothers, the Fu-Schnickens and Das EFX. 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. Lords of the Underground also made a featured appearance on Pete Rock's 2008 album "NY's Finest" on the track "The Best Secret". DJ Lord Jazz currently resides in Paris, France.
  • Die Lords of the Underground (L.O.T.U.G. ) sind eine US-amerikanische Hip-Hop-Gruppe aus Newark (New Jersey). Sie besteht aus den MCs Mr. Funke und DoItAll Dupré sowie dem DJ Lord Jazz. Die Lords standen maßgeblich für das sogenannte Golden age of Hip Hop gegen Ende der achtziger, Anfang der neunziger Jahre. Ihre größten Hits waren die Singles "Funky Child", "Chief Rocka" und "Tic Toc". Die meisten ihrer Stücke produzierte Marley Marl. Für ihre erstes Album "Here Come The Lords" (1992) erhielten sie 1993 eine Auszeichnung als beste Rap-Gruppe 1993 von Black Entertainment Television. Auf dem Titeltrack des zweiten Albums "Keepers of the Funk" (1994) gibt es einen Cameo-Auftritt von George Clinton. Dieses Lied ist weniger roh und melodisch unkonventioneller als die meisten ihrer anderen Stücke. Da sie sich nur halbherzig zum Gangstertum bekannten, haben sie unter den zahlreichen anderen Gruppen die durch den aufkommenden Gangsta-Rap an Bedeutung verloren. Ihr Reunion-Album "Resurrection" erschien 1999 auf Queen Latifah's Label Jersey Kidz, wurde aber aufgrund mangelnder Promotion kaum wahrgenommen.
  • Lords of the Underground (L.O.T.U.G. ) est un trio de hip-hop des années 1990 originaire de Newark, dans le New Jersey. Les MC Mr. Funke et DoltAll ont rencontré DJ Lord Jazz alors qu'ils étudiaient dans la même université. Les singles Funky Child, Chief Rocka et Tic Toc sont probablement les plus connus; tous les trois sont des manifestes très excentriques de groupe. La vidéo de Funky Child met en scène ses membres défilant dans leurs sous-vêtements. Ils reçurent un prix de la Black Entertainment Television en 1993 pour leur album Here Come The Lords (1992). Ils travaillèrent également avec George Clinton, qui intervient dans leur second album Keepers Of The Funk (1994). Leurs chansons apparaissent dans plusieurs films (New Jersey Drive, Les Soprano).
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  • 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 three are perhaps best remembered for the singles "Funky Child", "Chief Rocka" and "Tic Toc"; all of which were wildly eccentric manifestos. The music video for "Funky Child" features one of the group members parading around in a diaper.
  • Die Lords of the Underground (L.O.T.U.G. ) sind eine US-amerikanische Hip-Hop-Gruppe aus Newark (New Jersey). Sie besteht aus den MCs Mr. Funke und DoItAll Dupré sowie dem DJ Lord Jazz. Die Lords standen maßgeblich für das sogenannte Golden age of Hip Hop gegen Ende der achtziger, Anfang der neunziger Jahre. Ihre größten Hits waren die Singles "Funky Child", "Chief Rocka" und "Tic Toc". Die meisten ihrer Stücke produzierte Marley Marl.
  • Lords of the Underground (L.O.T.U.G. ) est un trio de hip-hop des années 1990 originaire de Newark, dans le New Jersey. Les MC Mr. Funke et DoltAll ont rencontré DJ Lord Jazz alors qu'ils étudiaient dans la même université. Les singles Funky Child, Chief Rocka et Tic Toc sont probablement les plus connus; tous les trois sont des manifestes très excentriques de groupe. La vidéo de Funky Child met en scène ses membres défilant dans leurs sous-vêtements.
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