''Here Come the Lords'' is the debut

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

by American hip hop group

Lords of the Underground The Lords of the Underground (L.O.T.U.G.) is an American Hip hop music, hip-hop trio based in Newark, New Jersey. The group is composed of Dupré Kelly (professionally known as DoItAll) (born January 14, 1971), Al'Terik Wardrick (professionally ...

. It was released in 1993 by Pendulum and

Elektra Records Elektra Records (or Elektra Entertainment) is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, founded in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickolt. It played an important role in the development of contemporary folk and rock music between the 1 ...

. It was produced by

Marley Marl Marlon Williams (born September 30, 1962), better known by his stage name Marley Marl, is an American DJ, record producer, rapper and record label founder, primarily operating in hip hop music. Marlon grew up in Queensbridge housing projects ...

and

K-Def K-Def (full name Kevin Hansford) (born June 17, 1970) is an American, New Jersey based, hip hop producer/ DJ who has been actively involved in the music industry since the early 1990s. He has recently produced music for artists such as Ghostface ...

. The album was a success for the group, making it to #66 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and #13 on the

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chart. Five singles from the album managed to make it to the ''Billboard'' charts, "

Chief Rocka "Chief Rocka" is the third single released from the Lords of the Underground's debut album, ''Here Come the Lords''. The song was produced and featured scratches by K-Def, with K-Def and Marley Marl mixing it. "Chief Rocka" became the group's most ...

," "Here Come the Lords," "

Funky Child "Funky Child" is the second single released from the Lords of the Underground's debut album, ''Here Come the Lords''. Produced and mixed by the duo of Marley Marl and K-Def, "Funky Child" was a success for the group, making it to five different B ...

," "

Flow On "Flow On (New Symphony)" is the fifth and final single released from the Lords of the Underground's debut album, ''Here Come the Lords''. The original song was produced by Marley Marl and featured verses from the group's affiliates, Kid Deleon and ...

," and " Psycho."

Critical reception

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'' called the album "one of the most consistent East Coast rap records from a year of boom-bap abundance." ''

Trouser Press ''Trouser Press'' was a rock and roll magazine started in New York in 1974 as a mimeographed fanzine by editor/publisher Ira Robbins, fellow fan of the Who Dave Schulps and Karen Rose under the name "Trans-Oceanic Trouser Press" (a reference to ...

'' wrote: "Smoothly entertaining, loaded with diverting references, nearly wholesome and just loopy enough to make a lasting impression, ''Here Come the Lords'' walks a cagey line between straight-up hardcore and a slightly removed pop version of it."

Track listing

All tracks written by Al'Terik Wardrick, Dupré Kelly, and Marlon Williams. Tracks #1, #2, #3, #9, #11, #13, and #14 are also written by

. All tracks produced by Marley Marl and co-produced by

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

* Lords of the Underground albums 1993 debut albums Elektra Records albums Pendulum Records albums Albums produced by K-Def Albums produced by Marley Marl {{1990s-hiphop-album-stub