Lo-Key?
| Lo-Key? | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Lo-Key? is an American funk/R&B band that formed in Kansas City, Missouri and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Their single, "I Got A Thang 4 Ya!" (1993), reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart, and No. 27 on the Hot 100.
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 No. 1 on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart, and reached No. 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]
Alexander and Tolbert also were hitmaking songwriters and producers in their own right. Among the hit songs they've produced for other artists were "Butta Love" by the group Next, "Love Makes No Sense" for Alexander O'Neal, "I Wish" for Shanice and "Strawberries" for Smooth. Tolbert continued to work with Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, appearing as a songwriter and background vocalist on albums by Earth, Wind & Fire, Janet Jackson and Usher.
Discography
Albums
- Where Dey At? (Perspective Records, 1992) No. 121 Billboard 200, No. 18 US R&B Chart[3]
- Back 2 Da House (Perspective Records, 1994) No. 64 US R&B Chart[3]
- Third studio album(TBA)
Singles
- "Kansas City" (1992)
- "I Got a Thang 4 Ya!" (No. 27 Billboard Hot 100, No. 1 US R&B Singles, 1992)[4]
- "Hey There Pretty Lady" (No. 56 US R&B Singles, 1993)[4]
- "Sweet on U" (No. 91 Billboard Hot 100, No. 13 US R&B Singles, 1993)[4]
Tasty(1994) Good Ol' Fashioned Love(1995) Play with Me
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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Billboard, Allmusic.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Billboard Singles, Allmusic.com