Lords Of The Underground - Chief Rocka

From 1993 Album: "Here Come The Lords"...[Artist info below].....
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".

[@annabellerubi672]

29 years later and this still slaps

[@acholipride5764]

Thats right cuz its a heavy track..😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉specialy if u a breaker doing break dance them heavily😅😅😅😅

[@macdougl2122]

Make it 30yrs now 😂

[@Ultamami]

Indeed.

[@Pgeorges791]

Wow, damn time flies

[@superimposedfun]

This old school stuff is tight never gets old Kool G Rap and DJ Pollo 3rd Bass could civk it Das Efx always old Zbove the Law off living like a hustla Murder Rap another execution Untouchable. Then they had a second album going for a couple years and then they show up on NWA alwayz into Somethin the prelude. And OG Rap before all the BS on samplin I try to imagine Gangster of Love Without Sweet Home Alabama that riff playing and I looked it up Monday and they replaced it with the Joker from Steve Miller Band on a lot of them

[@davidl1144]

31 years later and still a banger. Who else is listening to this in 2024?

[@lilmayodrops]

Chief rockas

[@EternalFunk-vw1ct]

1:11 elpumadelfuego brussels

[@mpousseo]

And got my ticket to see them in Paris !

[@lonewulfmo9128]

No WAY!

[@barbaracarley3601]

Always🔥

[@ddawk1019]

They don't understand how I feel about the funk " I walk with the funk, I talk with the funk, I eat with the funk, I sleep with the funk"..... This was the classic era of hip hop

[@TheRelentless1ne]

D Nice my childhood was during this era.

[@a.k.a.theruggedmanchild9685]

D Nice I live for the funk and I'll die by the funk

[@micekmicek43]

Damn right ma man... Those were a great hip hop and rap times...

[@musiclover-cn7tb]

@@micekmicek43 biggie borrowed that line for machine gun funk.

[@musiclover-cn7tb]

@@micekmicek43 it sure was.

[@CommonSenseless1993]

"I live for the funk, I die for the funk." They went so hard that even Biggie had to sample them.

[@darrenjohnson7857]

This song had to influence Biggie smalls /

[@evintually]

^

[@hayatojap4199]

Machinegun Funk

[@davidmccarthy1741]

@@darrenjohnson7857 i feel they played a part in the wu tangs story telling

[@354allday]

​@@darrenjohnson7857 Inspired the voice on gimme the loot

[@dharmaboy75]

Still rock this in the ride to this day. Peace to all your true hip hop lovers.

[@jujuaful]

might like crooklyn dodger s [goes theme from crooklyn better known as brooklyn]

[@hellswindstaff91]

2019 still blast this in the whip too

[@jeonesevenv9]

🎶🎵🎼

[@Hare_Force_One]

2020 same

[@nistramo]

Respect.....same here.

[@chozin1976]

This should have 50million views, this is a legendary classic track 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@shadowsmith1386]

Straight facts

[@bredpill]

Numbers Are Not Reality

[@brentjames6049]

Knocking since 90s dope era

[@Gensis]

its so good

[@GiselleTrujillo]

Agree 100000000%

[@Chicago_Goofies]

I don’t care want anyone says the 90’s was the best era to be alive

[@mstate_]

1988-1998 was definitely the sweet spot!

[@OMBP20]

​@mstate_ after 98 it all went to shit.

[@SATURNIA.]

+1

[@TradingGzwithG]

NBA Street Vol 2 soundtrack was an instant classic. This was my favorite song on it back in junior high 🔥

[@rasheedcampbell2973]

I feel the same

[@c-bulletstheblackjesus4230]

WORD TF UP!

[@erickford1624]

We Legends out here to our children nieces and nephews. SALUTE

[@EddieJagr-zi1bq]

This shit is crazy...never gets old.... Am 56 years old . That where my heart is

[@whooelse9444]

Nothing but hard beats, rhymes, timbs & hoodies. If only these youngins were around during this era.....

[@aliciaforgym]

Thé younges dont no what IS Real hip hop

[@trrch5149]

One of the greatest hip hop songs.. still knocks 20 yrs later.. classic

[@pac_is_roberto_duran9467]

Absolutely unreal. Perfect rhythm.

[@Taxidermistification]

TR RCH Knocks boots. I noticed that this version is slightly different. Did you?

[@trrch5149]

Taxidermistification a slight difference, but still jumping lol

[@lilwayne22ize]

Bald head

[@pac_is_roberto_duran9467]

Taxidermistification This is the better version, the radio version. I like the chorus better. But both are sweet.

[@dylandadson7565]

hip hop will never be like it was in the 90's

[@philliprhinehardt6268]

Facts

[@N1na1995]

10 of the greatest seconds in 90’s hip hop 3:15-3:25 👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽

[@markukpokolo3278]

R.I.P Biggie

[@BostonSmitty]

100% remember listening to this non stop summer of 1993; still loving it 30 years later.

[@yousefbarber6013]

30 years later Cheif Roka still Bangs Hard!

[@ROAMWITJ]

This Vibe can't be duplicated...🤔💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@richiestarks6163]

Jersey represented crazy on this joint. Back when the radio was playing jams like this. Take me back to the 90’s.

[@glizzyhendrix]

one of the greatest hip hop songs of all time

[@TheHumanBallsack]

And after 29 years, Doitall just became the first Rap artist to be elected to public office in US history. And he dedicated his victory to none other than Tupac for having directly inspired him to go back to his roots and uplift his people.

[@businesseast]

1993 I was 13... Come home from school.. "knock-knock-knock" my friends at the door. My moms fix us all something to eat, we finish our homework... Watch rap city and go outside making at girls as we through the neighborhood....!!

[@dionemcdonald4091]

Loved this song and group back in the day it's 2023 and Im still bumping Chief Rocka😎 Here come the lords💪✌️

[@fernando25black]

"what goes up, must come down »But not me clown«" This bit always makes me laugh!

[@blackbull1970]

Who Rockin’ this in 2020😎

[@CCM1199]

Im still rocking the hip-hop and rap from the 90's Cant stand the new generation of hip-hop and rap...

[@evamckenzie2596]

🤗👍🏾😁

[@atlas5825]

Here my man

[@migaczone]

@@atlas5825 your mean who's rockin' this in 2030, right?

[@meredithlevi]

chief rockin!

[@BankrollRay]

It's the shoes!!! The shoes? It gotta be the shoes!!!! Love old school rap

[@kyleb9436]

I miss this 90's hip hop

[@zachski133]

This joint still blazes like gasoline with a match!!

[@chozin1976]

Still goes hard in 2022, legendary classic 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@hantz]

BIGGIE loved these guys !!!!

[@poody_Smoove994]

I was just gonna say that so this is where he got machine gun funk from

[@kambez]

NEVER GET Tired of this beautiful music. Old-school

[@shadowsmith1386]

Ikr me either

[@talikamurray1388]

You know they from my birth Town Newark NJ

[@niitorgbormensah3336]

This is Real Hip-Hop not the junkies on the scene lately. Pure Talents not fake cats. Am Proud to be in 80’S & 90’S Time frame

[@alexeyrybakov6155]

Nothing like real ole shit. ULTRA MAGNET MC'S. "CRITICAL BEAT DOWN". CHECK IT!!

[@alexeyrybakov6155]

Magnetic

[@alexeyrybakov6155]

Damn memory. Lol

[@Highheel-shoe-review]

Yep I was in high school and playing this on VHS after recording from MTV 😅. MISS those days.

[@leonardocalo8595]

Respect from Brindisi (Italy) old.. old skool 👊

[@joannehines7806]

Sending out love & congratulations to my Newark brother, Councilman Dupre Kelly ( West Ward, Newark, NJ) on his release of an album honoring the 50th anniversary of hip-hop!! ( He's a former member of the rao group, Lords of the Underground) Wishing you continued success & prosperity!! 🎶 💃 💸 🎼 🎖

[@losodinero]

This will forever be a classic.

[@RedCGaming12]

Whoever put this song on NBA street thank you. I was 7 years old when I first heard this🔥

[@LLOW1]

Class of 93 rockin butter leathers and Tim’s. Good old days

[@LonerBecause]

The first dude rhyme scheme was crazy!

[@4Frmcfff]

Stfu u don’t know about that real hip hop 😎

[@coachblwilliams]

I can't decide which I like better - 70's funk or 90's hip hop. Can't lose either way.

[@wilson0l]

BOTH!!

[@shortywompwompthejerseypri6134]

70's funk is trash..

[@Francisco-nq7dv]

You’re a whole trash can... so you’d know lol

[@bilalf.garcia6285]

The latest is partly due to the first one...😉

[@danbozo]

Both!!!

[@jimedwards4901]

One of the hardest beats I've ever heard.

[@cleavlenlandell]

Real hip hop 💯 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@big973e]

this was my shit on NBA Street Vol 2, used to get hyped up when this dropped

[@aarontyler5466]

You pooin

[@aarontyler5466]

You need money

[@SK8N71]

big973e the memories this and pete rock and cl smooth - t.r.o.y

[@jumpman2326]

Nba street vol 2

[@anthonystevens5294]

@@SK8N71 same bro 💯💯

[@BiGGCaiN24]

Back when you knew the music was going to be good as soon as the beat drop

[@scarsinizm]

Bomb after bomb

[@djibsondasilva454]

Word up!✌

[@alexeyrybakov6155]

Complete agreement

[@chriscaruthers4268]

Much Love from Houston. When this was playing at Club Oasis. It was over. J.Y. Lions y'all.

[@Ryan_the_Caffeinated]

“What goes up…must come down. Well, not me, clown.” GOOSEBUMPS

[@4Frmcfff]

The beat hard asf 🔥

[@Jaceson440]

Not too many know about Lords of the Underground and this song! Brings back memories of listening on my headphones in the bus on the way to high school!

[@DominiqueDeMann]

NBA STREETS VOL 2

[@nickm4041]

I don't know why these kids in 2016 do not understand This kinda music is real hip hop..

[@noahmack_12]

I love 90's rap it's all I listen to I'm only 13

[@ultimateoco8611]

I agree with you tho I'm only 16, I listen to this kind of music

[@xBeeeefy]

would you say that you were born in le wrong generation?

[@geraldjohnson3216]

Nick M they are lost cause

[@Anton5555sg]

smh people need to understand that everybody has their own preferences, just because you feel that old school Hip Hop is better doesn't mean that people liking most of the Hip Hop music today are in the wrong. Another thing you gotta keep in mind is that, of course things aren't going to stay the same, there's always going to be change, some people will like it, other's will not. you gotta Respect that. I'm not choosing sides either, just showing a bigger picture.

[@chuyhighman6927]

Man,...I Had to Come Back,...REALLY Like This Video

[@darousalamba1]

Please Lord give back the 90s

[@petergenao638]

Damn brings me back to H.S listening to the Walkman with coby headphones 🎧

[@nickm7289]

I'm going to say it again. I'm glad this kinda music was my era.. It was Real.. # can't duplicate

[@trinidivine]

One of the best beats ever! They never go to the level they truly should have been.

[@geraldjohnson3216]

trinidivine they still get paid unground kid

[@Phantom-vo8jy]

Dont matter as long as we here bumping them still. They'll always be legends.

[@kevinking4151]

Facts this beat like that

[@Smokeyvirgo]

It doesnt get better than this classic joint, this was their pinnacle stage

[@jaysonbourne8841]

I was born in 91 and I DIDN'T KNOOOOOOOO🤦🏿‍♂️💪🏿🔥🔥🔥 BARS 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@donduchiee6923]

94 here 😎

[@tomzadvydas1758]

‘93 …8th grade kid ….Brooklyn, NY ….constantly played this jam. 30 years old. Still kills it

[@darousalamba1]

Please God, give back the 90s

[@anthonytate2841]

This was and still is one of my favorites.. still gets play in my home.

[@jeremybear573]

I remember how hard this Knocked in my system! Two 12s in the back of a silver 93 Honda Civic Hatchback!

[@briana656]

freestylin on the block, now i chief rock!

[@GiselleTrujillo]

True Lyrics and MC's, real talent.

[@wolvie041007]

no cuss words. and they totally nailed it. WOW!

[@jakemiller8468]

Its the clean version, this version omits my favorite line: "if I was an indian I'd still be the chief, the only other difference is I smoke weed in a leaf!"

[@NY32986]

don't forget Marley "That Doesn't make no sense!"

[@tmccz1940]

wolvie041007 nah this is the censored version, in the original I’m pretty sure they say “...but they don’t understand I’m the motherfucking man

[@rahsaanthomas7030]

Nah, there was cursing in the album version. Funky Man was cursing in Español.. "For sharper type to battle make the people say ooh ah Think I won't curse, I'll break down and say puta Hey, madrigon, sesa me bichafi mi chocha? Say what I want because, I'm that type of guy." And... "'Cause they don't understand, I'm the muthf***kin' man!"

[@musiclover-cn7tb]

@@tmccz1940 they do I had that one on cassette.

[@coachpete8441]

I Miss the 90s, this is the Type of Rap that WE need

[@madskillz3906]

HUGE SHOUT OUT and RESPECT to the LORDS OF THE UNDERGROUND

[@truthseeker7967]

NJ definitely had a movement back in the day ✌ 2 true hop heads. From Cincinnati Ohio

[@chinaa6267]

Word!!!

[@rae97]

When i have kids I hope they’ll discover these gems ✨🎶❤️

[@chrispawelczyk1931]

You can have my kids, the oldest one is 17 and he loves oldschool 90's Rap mostly UGK , Pimp C And Bun B

[@mikewill1436]

Born in 91 my pops said I loved this as a baby im still rocking to this

[@kylekloewer951]

At least NBA Street Vol. 2 exposed a bunch of kids to good music

[@JironMitchell919]

💯💯💯

[@michaeljoseph3431]

i sweaarrrrr

[@MegaAye12]

😂😂

[@jayrobinson663]

Amen

[@gonzalezgonzalez631]

Me being onw of them I was only 12 and have listened to them ever since

[@patrickkambinga7371]

back in the time when hip hop was real and great

[@Thewolfguys.cartoons2000]

I'm 8 years late but I agreed with you man

[@caesar349]

@@Thewolfguys.cartoons2000 and I’m 8 years and four months late and you’re 100% correct

[@OTOWN2STOCKTOWN]

Still is...just gotta look for it

[@BFagan]

One of the best rap albums and artists, ever. The younger people just won't understand...

[@chisangamutale3525]

Real hip-hop of our times

[@HappyHusky-sf3kz]

Reminds me of playing nba street in Colorado with my family. Later ran off and went fishing caught nothing but won some games on the video game after and I was so happy still am. What a great memory.

[@lupussux85]

Hung out with them in a diner in East Orange in the 90's. Total gentlemen ❤

[@aidanfox8219]

Lord's of the underground are a legendary group.

[@johnstursky1886]

DoItAll killed his verse and the moves he makes while he rapping was really good🔥

[@SusieLostHerDog]

My mom introduced me to this Love it!

[@sweetpeepauline]

Hip Hop 50 Unplugged Jersey Finest 🎊🎉

[@dayson88]

i just remembered this song tonight in 2022.....i love the baseline line.....great rap and great chrous...infact everything about it is great..

[@kenithrice8445]

I've been listening to Hip Hop since nearly the beginning and you would not believe how many post'80s and '90s songs sampled this and so many different ways

[@naimahwhite9995]

i freaken love this song

[@nanarmushyan2351]

So glad I was raised in the 80’s and 90’sera!

[@hakeema454]

OMG! They Killed It Whaaaaaaatttttttttttttt 👈🏾Miss Them Dayzzzzzz! Still Banging This Hit On My Playlist Volume All The Way To 65 🆙🆙🆙🆙 2021💯 Thank God I Grew Up In This Era! 👍🏾😊😌😌 This Younger Generation Doesn’t Have A Clue Of Real Hip Hop👈🏾

[@armamenm]

this is still a bad ass beat. brings back my bboy days

[@CIRCUITRYCREW]

Legend Status the ladies in the 90's were so fine💯

[@AskChef]

HIPHOP is timeless from the 90's

[@artaguilera6843]

I wore their cassette out back in highschool...

[@ThanhNguyen-ft8vi]

This song is the shit and always will be. Cant get enough of this good stuff

[@MikeB1521]

Man great memories from my childhood.I remember having the cassette single.Miss those days.

[@ohcamnam9383]

New Jersey hip hop artist 🎨 always been 🔥 Shout out to Jersey ✊🏿

[@delfi7325]

Perfect example of what makes Hip hop great, this is an all time hip hop song.

[@Gwrightproductions1]

Chief rocka #1! Beat still goes hard

[@ahmadounjaay3069]

Back n time 🔥🔥

[@robmk5155]

These guys had the lyrics,wow loved this back in the day.

[@carlsebastienharris7793]

This is true hip hop i can relate to. All day,non stop

[@badley91]

white kid from the suburbs and didn't start listening to hiphop/rap till around 2000s. i love old school and this track is one of the most hype of all time!!!

[@camdiggity7514]

glad your in tune.. keep it real. pay attn. to how ish makes u feel. don't get caught in the wheel o bull ish. peace .

[@jukator5485]

when i was young. Great hit from my infancy was every day on my radio and still on my mind til now. Thank for Lords.

[@nesm1538]

This song had NYC going crazy in 1993. I remember seeing them live at the Fever. They had that hole in the wall deathtrap going bananas lol

[@philosophy20]

2 million views!? This can't be THAT slept on! This is a CLASSIC!

[@shawnjvojames96]

NBA street volume 2 is a huge reason why I love this song and many other 90s joints

[@littlegreen3556]

Same

[@MrWardelious]

Lo Dejo Pegao

[@ShamanTiers]

That game and nfl blitz was hot

[@rocklandadschannel]

31 years later and this still slaps…🧠

[@darksiedmenace4730]

It's tha shoes da shoes its gotta be tha shoes!!! Mann dis ish still got me rocking my head in 2020!!!