Digital underground
Digital Underground was an American hip-hop band that is classified as alternative hip-hop .
Its members came from Oakland , California and were best known for their fancy costumes and shows as well as the humorous lyrics.
Career
In 1987 the band was founded as a duo by Shock G and Chopmaster J, who together recorded the single Underwater Rimes , which was a hit especially in the Netherlands and took first place in the charts. In 1989 they signed a record deal with the record label Tommy Boy Entertainment and in the same year they released the underground hit Doowutchyalike . At this point the band had expanded to include DJ Fuze, Money-B and Schmoovy-Schmoov. In 1990 they released the debut album Sex Packets with the hit single The Humpty Dance , to which Shock G slipped into the role of "Humpty Hump". The single reached eleventh place on the US Billboard charts, the album went platinum .
In 1991 the album This Is An EP Release followed , on which Tupac Shakur also participated. Like the following album, Sons Of The P (1991), it could not build on the success of the first album, although the single Kiss You Back brought gold. The "Body-Hat" Syndrome (1993), Future Rhythm (1996), Who Got The Gravy? (1998) and The Lost Files (1999), which were recorded on various record labels, sold even worse.
In 2004 Shock G released a solo album entitled Fear Of A Mixed Planet . In 2008, after almost 20 years of tournament, Shock G announced that the group would officially split at the end of 2008. The record ..cuz a you party don't stop! should be the last studio shot.
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 UK
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 US
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| 1990 | Sex packets |
UK59 (1 week) UK |
US24  (31 weeks)US |
First published: March 26, 1990
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| 1991 | Sons of the P | - |
US44  (27 weeks)US |
First published: October 15, 1991
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| 1993 | The Body-Hat Syndrome | - |
US79 (4 weeks) US |
First published: October 5, 1993
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| 1996 | Future Rhythm | - |
US113 (3 weeks) US |
First published: June 4, 1996
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EPs
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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UK
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US
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| 1991 | This is an EP release | - |
US29 (27 weeks)US |
First published: January 15, 1991
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more publishments
- 1998: Who Got the Gravy?
- 1999: The Lost Files
- 2001: No Nose Job: The Legend of
- 2003: Playwutchyalike: The Best of
- 2008: ..Cuz a DU Party Don't Stop!
- 2010: The Greenlight EP
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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UK
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US
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| 1989 | Doowutchyalike Sex Packets |
UK79 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: August 1989
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| 1990 | The Humpty Dance Sex Packets |
UK80 (5 weeks) UK |
US11 (23 weeks)US |
First published: January 1990
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| 1991 | Same Song This Is an EP Release |
UK52 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: January 1991
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| Kiss You Back Sons Of The P |
- |
US40 (20 weeks)US |
First published: October 1991
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