| Fun DMC | ||||
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| Studio album by People Under the Stairs | ||||
| Released | September 30, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 2007 | |||
| Genre | Hip Hop | |||
| Length | 1:15:39 | |||
| Label | Gold Dust Media | |||
| Producer | Thes One, Double K | |||
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Fun DMC is the sixth studio album by People Under the Stairs, released on Gold Dust Media, a division of Studio !K7. Recorded throughout the summer of 2008, the theme of the album is summertime fun in Los Angeles, and the background and intros/outros of most songs on the album have audio recorded across LA that summer. The name of the album is a homage to Run DMC, and in anticipation of the album the group released the mixtape "Funner than Leather", a play on the Run DMC inspired, Rick Rubin directed film Tougher Than Leather.
After touring extensively throughout Australia from 2004–2007, Thes One and Double K wrote the song "The Wiz" about their travels down under. In summer of 2008 the group worked with director Matt Bird to film the video for The Wiz on location in Sydney. The filming of the video involved underwater cameras, cranes, and a helicopter shot that almost killed both members, and is the group's most elaborate music video to date.
On October 18, 2009 the Fun DMC debut on the Billboard charts as #6 on the Heatseekers List [1] Following a nationwide tour in support of the album, People Under The Stairs celebrated their 10-year anniversary in December 2008 with a sold out show at Los Angeles’ historical El Rey theatre.
In spring of 2011, the group released an dub version of the album that Thes One had made while mixing the album in 2008, available exclusively on their recently launched website.[2]