| Here Come the Lords | |
| Type: | album |
| Artist: | Lords of the Underground |
| Cover: | Here Come the Lords.jpg |
| Released: | September 28, 1993 |
| Recorded: | June 1992 – February 1993 |
| Length: | 63:10 |
| Next Title: | Keepers of the Funk |
| Next Year: | 1994 |
Here Come the Lords is the debut studio album by American hip hop group Lords of the Underground.[1] It was released in 1993 by Pendulum and Elektra Records. It was produced by Marley Marl and K-Def.[1]
The album was a success for the group, making it to No. 66 on the Billboard 200 and No. 13 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Five singles from the album managed to make it to the Billboard charts, "Chief Rocka," "Here Come the Lords," "Funky Child," "Flow On," and "Psycho."
Trouser Press 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."[2] The Washington Post noted "the often-hyper vocals—which sometimes sound like annoying, high pitched yelling" and "tired, formulaic, saxophone and drum samples."[3]
Spin called the album "one of the most consistent East Coast rap records from a year of boom-bap abundance."[4]
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 K-Def. All tracks produced by Marley Marl and co-produced by K-Def.