"Chief Rocka" | ||||
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Single by Lords of the Underground | ||||
from the album Here Come the Lords | ||||
Released | June 3, 1993 | |||
Recorded | 1992 | |||
Genre | Boom bap | |||
Length | 4:07 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | Al'Terik Wardrick, Dupré Kelly, Kevin Hansford, Marlon Williams | |||
Producer(s) | K-Def | |||
Lords of the Underground singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Chief Rocka" on YouTube |
"Chief Rocka" is the third single released from the Lords of the Underground's debut album, Here Come the Lords. The song was produced and featured scratches by K-Def, with K-Def and Marley Marl mixing it. "Chief Rocka" became the group's most successful single and has become their signature song.[1] It peaked at #55 on the Billboard Hot 100, the group's highest appearance on that chart, and went to #1 on the Hot Rap Singles. The song has been sampled several times, including on The Notorious B.I.G.'s song "Machine Gun Funk" from his 1994 album Ready to Die,[2] and on Kanye West's "Guilt Trip" from his 2013 album Yeezus, which contains an interpolation of "Chief Rocka" chorus.[3]
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[4]
Chart (1993) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Hot 100[5] | 55 |
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[6] | 35 |
US Hot Rap Singles[7] | 1 |
US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales[8] | 10 |