Lords Of The Underground - Tic Toc

From the 1994 album: 'Keepers Of The Funk'
The Lords of the Underground (L.O.T.U.G.) is 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. Fellow New Jersey rapper Redman served as one of the groups early DJ's.
The group released their debut album, Here Come the Lords on March 9, 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".
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". As stated in a 2013 interview, the group had never disbanded.
They reunited for a third album with 1999's 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, 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?", 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 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, 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.
Keepers of the Funk is the second album by rap group, Lords of the Underground. The album was released in November 1, 1994 for Pendulum Records and was produced by Marley Marl, K-Def, Lords of the Underground and Andre Booth. Though Keepers of the Funk was not as successful as Here Come the Lords, the album did gain some success, making it to #57 on the Billboard 200 and #16 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The album is now out of print.
Three singles made it to the Billboard charts, "Tic Toc", "What I'm After" and "Faith".

[@d.derreck_2191]

I swear I wish I had lived in that era. Fucking dope when Hip-Hop was real and you had countless real MCs

[@therealEXMO]

Well I lived in that era and even got to see them all around my city of Newark nj...doitall is now a councilman of the west ward in Newark..the early 90s was the bomb so much better back then.

[@d.derreck_2191]

@@therealEXMO I envy you right now brother 😄 Must have been dope af. So you see doitall every now and then?

[@echidna210]

im a late 2000s kid i wish i lived throug the 80s and 90s

[@davidoconnor9369]

Lmaoo i only listen to 90s shit the newest rap I’ll listen to is fabolous Ann’s 50

[@snkrheadndaatl77]

It was definitely an experience to be alive in the 90s

[@TheLawMan1980]

42 year old me thanks 14 year old me for listening to this album endlessly. It's a timeless piece of work.

[@Hasenhans]

43 xD same here

[@wraith8323]

Also 43 lol, growing up in 90s Brooklyn this was one of the anthems. Very different place now, but in some areas still the same

[@colinlarson9656]

Haha! I am 42 as well and the sentiment is mutual.

[@Gamer_4life873]

43 year old me thanks you too

[@jamiesimms7084]

79 baby here

[@selimjodeci3765]

Real hip hop...90s

[@beanjohnson5342]

Selim jodeci 90s and 80s very true sir I agree with you this was real rap and hip hop times 👌🏻👌🏻 where their is actually creativity instead of everyone now that’s just like. “ hey look at all my money “ 😂😂

[@paladin3116]

Everyone now is just a generic mumble/pop rappers, there all just carbon copy’s of each other

[@UpzydeDown]

WORD!

[@michaelromeo9567]

SEGA Game GEAR at 0:54.. 💖💖💖

[@guilhermegames2852]

Ola americanos

[@MrMiki300]

The second verse is one of the greatest in the history of hip hop. He fucking killed it. That flow is crazzzzyyy

[@TBgunsandbutter]

Funky Man, stayed stuntin', what you ain't know ? him and Hard Bernard, NWK all day

[@JayPeeh455]

Mr funkeeeee

[@abubakr5627]

Still know the lyrics word for word. Heard this joint back in 95' in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

[@3bdbd15]

هلا والله ب ابو ابكر

[@abubakr5627]

@@3bdbd15 ي هلا وغلا بوعابد

[@lecobra418]

Miss the '90s so much... Thanks for the track.

[@jvelez1998]

Significantly underrated group... two albums of legit classics... Marley on production... epic

[@Quisto317]

Tictoc 2020 June. Covid ain't doing nothing to me. God Almighty over evil. East Africa Kenya🇰🇪

[@Stickky-]

Still banging to the boom bap in Nairobi,Kenya....Big up

[@alejandrochaves2292]

Respects from Costa Rica.

[@catchwreck98]

Cool seeing another Kenyan over this side of KZbin Kabisa!

[@chriss1152]

I was 24 years old when this come out I’m now 54 what memories of the 90s I had to tell boy I miss those days

[@danielelkins740]

41 year old from the UK here. Back in the 90’s, while all my mates were playing football or Super Nintendo I was stood in the corner with a Sony Walkman listening to lords of the underground, cypress hill, pharcyde etc. can’t beat those 90’s beats!!

[@SalamiStayFly]

🔥🔥🔥💯💯

[@mikejones9122]

If u ain't have this CD in ur whip back in da 90's, u ain't official... This a 90's hip-hop anthem! 😤😤 2023 still bangin 👌

[@joshuabeldo2656]

Man I miss the 90’s I’m from Brooklyn,but I always had love for Dirtee Jerz..🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🔥🔥Classic

[@gucheddie3204]

"if you think you are the bomb then i'm hiroshima" hahahaha ---- Mr Funky flow is still fresh in 2022 !!!!! mad talent.

[@markadams9335]

June 20 2024! Played it back 6 times!

[@willgamer0849]

These guys are so freaking dope. Real Hip Hop never dies.

[@imJGott]

I still rock this album to this day!

[@albert813]

Real hip hop respect from Uzbekistan 🇺🇿

[@Jairinho2006]

Real hip hop. Greetings from Brazil.

[@jefersongonzaga1508]

Jairinho2006 é nóis BR

[@pdrbeats8286]

nois do br tem o "tic tac" o tempo vai passando...

[@davisousa4631]

Real Rap

[@cesarlopes7062]

eo rraaappp

[@cesarlopes7062]

tamo ai

[@chillp1409]

Respect from Thailand. Old school ya don’t stop ✊🏼

[@cwrichardson3]

Yeah... I think it stopped around '95.

[@zachariah7114]

@@cwrichardson3 old school stopped in 95, good one

[@tha_cyruz]

One of the best hip hop tracks ever made. 💯True Heads will remember this jewel forever. CLASSIC. 🙏🙏

[@theinstructor7578]

Whatcha Want? Funk, Knowledge, Hard Core,? The full menu of the 90's Hip Hop to feed your soul!!!

[@teodorbogdan]

f you say tic toc to somebody today, they will NEVER think about this...

[@pavelpavlov2298]

Real hip hop, respect from Bulgaria

[@filipfilipko4485]

top clasic rap original rap respect from slovakia

[@theone-os8kj]

Tomu ver

[@Robert_Zaludek]

from slovakia too

[@donnydarko2186]

Cez desať rokov fičim na 90tkach a ešte ma to neomrzelo 😁

[@stevokordiak948]

Velka vec toto a som rad ze sa najde este par ludi co maju sluch a nepocuvaju calamady ako Rytmus a pod. 💩💩💩💩

[@stevokordiak948]

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[@wellingtondasilva5359]

Classic rap, respect from Brazil. 🇧🇷

[@Wiseman189]

Underrated group man these guys are legends never forgotten still banging in 2020

[@mikejunge5797]

Legendary. Tic tac ... Twenty years later my Heart Tic tacs to this Masterpiece of tha Lordz

[@neox9369]

Released in 93, 26 years ago

[@musiclover-cn7tb]

@@neox9369 oh my I was sooo young I am 36 now.

[@musiclover-cn7tb]

@@neox9369 the same year my brother graduated high school he told me about L.O.T.U.G.

[@TeddyWangui]

Lordz of tha Underground - Tic Toc, from Kenya, the 90's is one era I wish it'd re-live itself. This was an era of pure raw talent, great music. 90's rap was and is still on another level.

[@markrichardson1657]

shit never died, the livest lives.

[@nyumbanituthegendaheka7222]

From Tz Ankoo Magu Land✊🏿225🇹🇿2021

[@yourmom9828]

REAL HIP HOP!! BRING IT BACK!

[@kennethhinds5471]

Its coming back slowly

[@muhammadtv8646]

@@kennethhinds5471 : Starting from?

[@daddysgirllilg9574]

I played this so mucb........

[@feryfez]

Tic Toc, this is how rock! Golden hiphop, love from Austria.

[@MrPlaidFace]

Neva faded is a classic too. Love the funk!

[@ananasek800]

Klasyka nie wychodzi z mody!!! Cały czas słucham :)

[@philipomondi8794]

In the 90s you could easily tell a East Coast beat and flow from a west coast one......

[@codyburton4348]

The rap starting around 2 minutes is one of the illest raps ever he just HAS IT

[@njdevil8950]

The funk man coming correct

[@frenkiog]

If you are under 25 and listen to this, u have my respect

[@drewhiz7334]

NJ right here from East Orange. I'm listening on the job and man, my childhood was dope. This bring back memories.

[@elliot2177]

Yep..I was rocking to this in Brownsville Brooklyn..Memories..Shout out to Dirty Jerz..#Kings County

[@joshuabeldo2656]

BK salute💯 reppin

[@onyxwutang1282]

Cette chanson me rappelle mes années lycées. Depuis Paris France. Toujours présent en 2023. Tic toc

[@tobennaagogbua3940]

This was one of the soundtracks of our lives in the 90s growing as teens. Tap in if you are one.

[@83GruppeB]

Tic Toc i love real hip hop!

[@MonteSounds]

Keepers of the Funk - Keepers Of The Funkwas one of my first Hip Hop albums that I bought in 1994. As an 80s Kid this band influenced my musical taste until today. One Love, Real Hip Hop

[@enockapolinary2624]

Hip hop 90s was fantastic watching from Tanzania here in East Africa

[@KashidRome]

Classic joint

[@dassolosyndikat5113]

this just made me wanna listen to the whole album again

[@mrkeitt]

Jesus Christ I'm so grateful to have lived through this era 🙏🏾🔥🔥😢 #WhatATimeToBeAlive #YouHadToBeThere #EssexCountyStandUp

[@carlosmoreira3725]

Respect from Portugal.

[@NJGhost34]

I'm glad I was of this era. Seen LOTUG in Newark as we were all coming of age. Timeless era and music. Peace to Mr Funky, Lord Jazz and DoItAll. The real educated 3!! Brick City

[@CHRISTOFOROS33]

Tic toc, this is how we rock Throw your hands in the air and do it for your block (um) Tic toc, this is how we rock Throw your hands in the air and please don't stop (um) Tic toc, this is how we rock (tic toc, you don't stop) Tic toc, this is how we rock We're those same (um) brothers that brought you "chief rock" Now, um, underground's my style To this I have vows And I swear to my god I'll always rock a crowd So (um) peace to my area, n.w.k. Which is scarier So if your on the deals, Who cares, the more the merrier Now right off south orange On the block of one-nine Of course, thirteenth ave Is my stomping grounds I open up my chest And to my 'hood give my heart 'cause without the heart Then your 'hood falls apart So respect to the cement The park called "the corner" 'cause that's where the doitall two was performing Runnin' from the cops I couldn't be stopped 'cause I was jumpin' big gates that connected the blocks Now before making records The 'hood was my savior But now I'm making tunes to make you jam wit 'cha neighbor Tic toc, this is how we rock Throw your hands in the air and do it for your block (um) Tic toc, this is how we rock Throw your hands in the air and please don't stop (um) Tic toc, this is how we rock Throw your hands in the air and represent your block (um) Tic toc, this is how we rock (tic toc, you don't stop) Well, I be the funk-ular Ultra-funk-ular Gamma-funk-ular Half you rappers out there couldn't see me with binoculars Anyone who thinks he'll take me out is just a dreamer If you think you're the bomb, then I'm hiroshima When I die, I hope they're making records up in heaven On a scale of one to ten I'm like 100-5th-11 And sticks-and-stones-may-break-my-bones But if you ever try to dis the lords, then it's on I go on beat Off beat Then jump right back on time I drop another rhyme And talk about your fat ugly mama M.c.'s cannot rock me I'm stone-proof Me grabbin' the mic Is like superman running to a phone booth Straight from martin luther king boulevard In the heart of newark, new jersey Make you say "lord have mercy" If you step up in my face Then it's do or die And I'm gonna make you cry! Tic toc, this is how we rock Throw your hands in the air and do it for your block (um) Tic toc, this is how we rock Throw your hands in the air and please don't stop (um) Tic toc, this is how we rock Throw your hands in the air and represent your block (um) Tic toc, this is how we rock (tic toc, you don't stop) Well, times have changed Not only for the urban But also for suburban We get props, we're deservin' From black kids, to white kids I see them bob their heads, From the blond hair, to redhead I even seen a dread So now it doesn't matter As the clock winds down With the tic and the toc Because they love the sound But people 'round your area Say you sell out Because you sell a million copies And your tour goes baow So do it for yourself And do it for the 'hood But do it from the heart 'cause that's when it's good Now tell me what's gonna happen After the rappin' When the clock ticks away And ain't nothin' happenin' I remember way back in the days on my block When the kids used to meet up in the hallway and rock On martin luther king's boulevard With p.c., wise, easy ed, and my brother hard bernard Used to hit the ill rhymes from the head While I'd hit the beat on the wall until my hands turned red You had the shorty two m.c.'s The educated three I have to give them props for helping me be me Now I'm the one who's educated I suffered but I made it I only write rhymes that will be appreciated No matter how large I get The fire still burns 'cause from the 'hood I came And to the 'hood I must return Tic toc, this is how we rock Throw your hands in the air and do it for your block (um) Tic toc, this is how we rock Throw your hands in the air and please don't stop (um) Tic toc, this is how we rock Throw your hands in the air and represent your block (um) Tic toc, this is how we rock (tic toc, you don't stop)

[@tomazstajer3749]

Even tik tok was better in 90' 😂

[@j-s788]

he is not referring to that tic toc

[@naturesown1807]

@@j-s788 No shit 😂

[@theo1220]

@@j-s788 tell me youre stupid with out telling me

[@JayPeeh455]

@@j-s788 thanks for saying it

[@QuitWorkMakeMusic]

Wow J-S You’re a pretty fucking slow Huh guy? LMAO HOW DID YOU NOT GET THE JOKE HAHA DUMMY

[@cookingsam3203]

Been jamming this since 96. Hip hop in the flesh! Love from New Zealand 🇳🇿

[@TheHumanBallsack]

Respect from a little village in Greater London called Denham

[@yzrider3326]

Worn out Testicles Greetings from Indiana in the USA

[@nyakadot.esq.2746]

Blazin it up from Nairobi.Kenya 🇰🇪

[@skeelo69]

The embarrassment of riches that was the classic era of Hip Hop which i was fortunate to have been part of my youth , supplemented by Yo MTV Raps , those were great days.

[@theoutsiders7784]

The Lordz ... This was such a special time to be in highschool while this was the soundtrack to our everyday

[@cbas7017]

Respect from colombia. ✊

[@Tremens1]

This track is the essence of hip hop.

[@andreasfassbender5150]

Best hiphop music! Big Thx from Germany 💃🎶

[@jascocrip3619]

Andreas Fassbender old school Alter immer cool🇩🇪🇺🇸😎😎🤙🤙

[@ThiloT86]

Karlsruhe in the house!💪

[@user-ki7fn7oj3o]

Mcs represent IRA-PURA underground desde Medellín Colombia ok 1990/2024 forever family hip-hop.

[@jackyoung5950]

Yessss real hip hop, love from Wolverhampton, England

[@maxvyros432]

Do u wanna drink a cuppa tea? :D

[@jackyoung5950]

Hahaha! Na i prefer a large pepsi with pancakes and waffles bud! @@maxvyros432

[@samrose3205]

JACKYOUNG Haha great comeback man 😂👍 Respect from Essex

[@outlawwillis8951]

JACKYOUNG Cannock in the house! Real hip hop!

[@SuperStrutt]

Sam Rose Essex 👊🏼

[@jafar2940]

Spent a few days searchin for this tune. So glad I finally found it. All I remembered was the hook “tick tock..this is nana nana..” so it was nightmare to Googling this and avoiding tiktok search results.

[@bigdawg1872]

😂😂😂

[@MrLokito82]

Kicking Back with a few beers enjoying the GOLDEN ERA of HIP HOP Damn i miss those days REAL BOOM BAP HIP HOP.. who ever dislike this must be a MIGOS fan

[@MrExtraFINESSEtrial]

Back when the whole Hood "Rocked Tims" Yuh Era REAL 💯

[@prolla100]

Hip Hop Old Schol..RESPECT FROM BRAZIL!

[@tanyag1200]

Yes I remember this still 🎧🎶 Still 🔥🔥🔥🔥in 2019. I even remember some of the guys in the 90s rocking the cornrow up style Funky wore in this video. Shout out to Lords Of The Underground.

[@DeadlyTyper42]

The sunny delight of hip hop songs. Can’t get enough. This is the purp’ stuff..

[@burr9379]

From Senegal 🇸🇳 west Africa ✌️back to 90's réal hip hop

[@acop2389]

Yeahhhhhh! Baby.. Hip hop.. Oldschool. Love..

[@davisnganga6266]

Man this is dope. Still never getting old.

[@ralphduck9415]

there is this certain ind of music that can elevate you to higher levels of emotion, or rhythym, or clarity ... you name it. now this right here is exactly that. real hip hop neva faded!

[@mojnemeni]

RUNNIN FROM DA COPS I COULDNT BE STOPPED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@minutepapillon5060]

Le maximum du hip hop underground avec un magnifique lord jazz aux platines !!!

[@davidbabylone3974]

C'est clair et ça fait du bien d'entendre un pur son underground

[@minutepapillon5060]

@@davidbabylone3974 exactement fréro ravi de lire un compatriote avec des oreilles averties , big up !!!

[@looneybinjim]

Classic Game Bouncer. Much respect from the 🇬🇧

[@RbkIBORG]

So good, so lovely oldschool, big up from Jerusalem

[@ilijapetrusic3923]

Best Rap song ever !!!!!!!!!

[@chrysoulakakania9690]

Real hip hop ladys and gentelmen!!! Respect!!✌❤🇬🇷

[@PACS_BIGGEST_WHITE_FAN]

Wish hip hop.was still like this

[@kylosolo8815]

facts

[@mohannadsaad7400]

The idea that I was living this golden era of hip-hop makes me happy and also sad at the same time because I am now witnessing the transformation of the entire industry and everything has changed about this music, the clothes, the way of writing, the look of mcs, their way of life... Unfortunately, everything that was real has turned into something. Fake is meaningless and also has no soul

[@theodorebelmont7922]

After 2pac and Biggie died it really changed forever

[@americathefree2000]

Exactly

[@feca2825]

Still rockin this jam after all this years!!! LOTUG!

[@TheDutchyNL]

Tic toc this is how we rock! I get this stuck in my head at least once a week.

[@roelofmunnik3648]

Love from holland

[@alpacio7554]

Respect Poland!

[@andrzejkukulski3870]

Polska zawsze tam gdzie dobry rap

[@user-zi2oz6nh9o]

@Jacob Makavelian nie, u lie kurwa lox

[@user-rr2yr5dq1d]

Polska kurwa. NATO waterclozet

[@adgefromdaj4319]

Sick dude

[@dawidpagacz2552]

@@andrzejkukulski3870 wiadomka! :D

[@blueknight5754]

I miss how we use to dress..hockey jerseys were my favorite! Tim boots..just flyyyyyyyyyyy

[@lakealcazar3508]

This Absolutely Original Tic Toc

[@anthonytruman]

"Do it from your heart, because that's when it's good"

[@mariaelz9687]

respect from the Netherlands

[@wisdomakoto2044]

Real Hiphop ..Respect from Ghana(Africa)

[@siaaack]

Un poco de TIC TOC desde Barcelona!

[@1997Bobson]

Grandeee

[@ricardotellez6622]

💯💯💯

[@Peterstevoli]

No mumble rap real flow - talent skillz

[@trevormuir8421]

Rap city ,90s real masterpiece,after school,Lord's of the underground, Jamaica still listening.

[@ggc9336]

From 1995 to 2022!

[@mcdonaldsfreewifi7262]

TIC TOC THIS IS HOW WE ROCK 🙌🏽

[@3d-sbsbestx-tremehdvideos332]

This is real OG flow need to comeback!

[@pr_tr4p_g4wd20]

Real hip hop representing from Puerto Rico.🇵🇷✊🏽

[@arekfontana5603]

100% hip hop👍👍👍

[@bandilenkabinde5672]

This beat's fire 🔥. All the way from South Africa ✊🏿.

[@gritzgravy1760]

I absolutely love Doitall

[@brucekrom3298]

This is how we Rock, fearless during this pandemic 💪

[@KazaBlanka]

The only tic toc i wana hear about

[@nevralgyk4215]

Track’s in the top 100 all time !!! Yes or not ???

[@leeleebee1598]

This "tic toc," - no attention, to any other. Many are right. Respect to these Lords of course. LLB x 🙏🍃

[@Green.ghostgolem]

TOP SONG!!!!!!!!! RESPECT AND LOVE FROM Czech republic :)

[@MYERS77.]

2024 quem ainda tá escutando? Isso é fogo!

[@sergiomirando4594]

Muy bueno 👍 el clásico 💪 saludos desde chile 🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱