| Chief Rocka | |
| Cover: | Chief Rocka.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Lords of the Underground |
| Album: | Here Come the Lords |
| Released: | June 3, 1993 |
| Recorded: | 1992 |
| Genre: | Boom bap |
| Length: | 4:07 |
| Label: |
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| Producer: | K-Def |
| Chronology: | Lords of the Underground |
| Prev Title: | Funky Child |
| Prev Year: | 1993 |
| Next Title: | Here Come the Lords |
| Next Year: | 1993 |
"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 successful single and has become their signature song.[1] It peaked at #55 on the Billboard Hot 100, the group's highest appearance on that chart, and went to #1 on the Hot Rap Singles. The song has been sampled several times, including on The Notorious B.I.G.'s song "Machine Gun Funk" from his 1994 album Ready to Die,[2] and on Kanye West's "Guilt Trip" from his 2013 album Yeezus, which contains an interpolation of "Chief Rocka" chorus.[3]
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[4]
| Chart (1993) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100[5] | 55 |
| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[6] | 35 |
| US Hot Rap Singles[7] | 1 |
| US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales[8] | 10 |