Lo-Key?
| Lo-Key? | |
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| Origin | Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Genres | R&B Funk |
| Years active | 1992–1995; 2009-present |
| Labels | Perspective |
| Members | |
| Lance "L.A." Alexander Andre "Dre" Shepard Darron "D" Story Tony "Prof-T" Tolbert Tyrone "T-Bone" Yarbrough |
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Lo-Key? is a American funk/R&B band that formed in Kansas City, Missouri and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Their single, "I Got A Thang 4 Ya!" (1993), reached #1 on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart, and #27 on the Hot 100.
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[edit] History
Lo-Key? formed in Kansas City, Missouri and Minneapolis, Minnesota, consisting of singer Darron "D" Story, singer/multi-instrumentalist Andre "Dre" Shepard, bassist Tyrone "T-Bone" Yarbrough, producer/keyboardist Lance "L.A." Alexander, and rapper/singer Tony "Prof-T" Tolbert. The group honed their skills around the Minneapolis club circuit, where Alexander and Tolbert became in-house producers (called the B-Team) for Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis' Flyte Tyme Productions. The group signed to Jam & Lewis' record label, Perspective Records, and released their debut album, Where Dey At?, on October 6, 1992. They had a hit with the single "I Got A Thang 4 Ya!" in 1992, which spent a week at #1 on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart, and reached #27 on the Hot 100.[1] Arthur Jafa, director of photography for the independent film Daughters of the Dust (1991), directed the video for the single.[2]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Where Dey At? (Perspective Records, 1992) #121 Billboard 200, #18 US R&B Chart[3]
- Back 2 Da House (Perspective Records, 1994) #64 US R&B Chart[3]
Third studio album(2011)
[edit] Singles
- "Kansas City" (1992)
- "I Got a Thang 4 Ya!" (#27 Billboard Hot 100, #1 US R&B Singles, 1992)[4]
- "Hey There Pretty Lady" (#56 US R&B Singles, 1993)[4]
- "Sweet on U" (#91 Billboard Hot 100, #13 US R&B Singles, 1993)[4]
Tasty(1994) Good Ol' Fashioned Love(1995) Play with Me
[edit] References
- ^ Rice, Glenn E. (October 22, 1996) "A rising star finds his true voice". The Kansas City Star. p. 4.
- ^ McAdams, Janine (October 17, 1992). "Lo-Key? Well, Not really... Hi-Energy Quintet's Time Has Come". Billboard.
- ^ a b Billboard, Allmusic.com
- ^ a b c Billboard Singles, Allmusic.com
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