Chief Rockaby Lords Of The Underground

A 1993 classic from Lords of the Underground out of Newark, New Jersey. DJ Lord Jazz and rappers Mr. Funke and Doitall formed the group in 1990 while the three were undergraduates at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. The trio released their debut album, 'Here Come the Lords' in 1993 with production handled by Marley Marl and K-Def. The album featured five charting singles, including their signature song "Chief Rocka." The song's hook and riff was sampled from John Coltrane's "Amen." They also sampled Reggie Stepper's 1990 "Drum Pan Sound" and "Rapper's Delight" from Sugarhill Gang.

A 1993 classic from Lords of the Underground out of Newark, New Jersey. DJ Lord Jazz and rappers Mr. Funke and Doitall formed the group in 1990 while the three were undergraduates at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. The trio released their debut album, 'Here Come the Lords' in 1993 with production handled by Marley Marl and K-Def. The album featured five charting singles, including their signature song "Chief Rocka." The song's hook and riff was sampled from John Coltrane's "Amen." They also sampled Reggie Stepper's 1990 "Drum Pan Sound" and "Rapper's Delight" from Sugarhill Gang.

A 1993 classic from Lords of the Underground out of Newark, New Jersey. DJ Lord Jazz and rappers Mr. Funke and Doitall formed the group in 1990 while the three were undergraduates at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. The trio released their debut album, 'Here Come the Lords' in 1993 with production handled by Marley Marl and K-Def. The album featured five charting singles, including their signature song "Chief Rocka." The song's hook and riff was sampled from John Coltrane's "Amen." They also sampled Reggie Stepper's 1990 "Drum Pan Sound" and "Rapper's Delight" from Sugarhill Gang.

A 1993 classic from Lords of the Underground out of Newark, New Jersey. DJ Lord Jazz and rappers Mr. Funke and Doitall formed the group in 1990 while the three were undergraduates at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. The trio released their debut album, 'Here Come the Lords' in 1993 with production handled by Marley Marl and K-Def. The album featured five charting singles, including their signature song "Chief Rocka" - the song's hook and riff was sampled from John Coltrane's "Amen."

Another 1993 classic Lords of the Underground is an American hip hop group from Newark, New Jersey. DJ Lord Jazz and rappers Mr. Funke and Doitall formed the group in 1990 while the three were undergraduates at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. The group released their debut album, Here Come the Lords, in 1993 with production handled by Marley Marl and K-Def. The album featured five charting singles, including their signature song "Chief Rocka". -- The hook and riff in "Chief Rocka" was sampled from John Coltrane's "Amen."

Lords of the Underground is an American hip hop group from Newark, New Jersey. DJ Lord Jazz and rappers Mr. Funke and Doitall formed the group in 1990 while the three were undergraduates at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. The group released their debut album, Here Come the Lords, in 1993 with production handled by Marley Marl and K-Def. The album featured five charting singles, including their signature song "Chief Rocka". -- The hook and riff in "Chief Rocka" was sampled from John Coltrane's "Amen."

The line "I live for the funk, I die for the funk" was sampled for the hook of The Notorious B.I.G. song "Machine Gun Funk" from his 1994 classic Ready to Die. The chorus was also interpolated in Kanye West's "Guilt Trip" on his album Yeezus.