What Happened To The St. The Lunatics?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 มี.ค. 2022
- In today’s video we are going to be discussing one of those ever-so-classic hip hop groups that were popular in the early 90’s. This group in particular, is one of those half-forgotten memories that dominated the music scene and released an absolute banger of an album, before fading away almost instantly. St. Lunatics is where it’s at today and we are gonna be discussing where they came from, what happened to them after their platinum album and and where each individual is today. So get settled in and lets get stuck into it - prepare for some absolutely Covid-contagious beats.
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The fact they did all this before the steaming era is crazy 🔥 and it’s crazy he didn’t mention Air Force 1s lol
I remember when Country Grammar and E.I came out. The E.I beat is Straight 🔥🔥🔥 till this day
Greed Hate Envy was a banger!
I’m 37 and at the time we went crazy 🤣🔥😩 we didn’t stop playing it up Midwest..
E.I. came out when I was in college. We stayed playing it st parties and in the club! I still bang it in the car on road trips.
Shoutout to Beenie Mahn
Still hit still listen to it till this day
their heyday was epic AF. they put the Midwest on- Country Grammar, Free City, & Nellyville go in ❕
Nelly told me himself that the record lable only wanted to put his solo music out and they didn't think the other members was worth the investment. That's the reason it wasn't a second album
What's crazy is we thought Murphy Lee was going to be a big Star. SMH nobody knows what Happened. Glad you made this One!!! Keep Em Coming
I really thought he was gone be something Frfr
Are you from St. Louis? I ask that because I think the only ppl who thought Murphy Lee was gonna be a big star were from St. Louis. Personally, I never thought any of them were going to reach Nelly's level of success.
@@amandadunn7678 nigga we ALL thought they would be stars, whether you were from the city or not
@@Iknowyoumadnow Nigga, don't address me as "nigga". WTF is wrong with you?!
@@Iknowyoumadnow 😂😂😂
I have to disagree with Ali on “Nellyville.” The biggest song on that album was “Hot in Herre.” That song is still a monster today.
*Dilemma
Ironically I was never a fan of it.
Check much views dilemma has compared to hot in here and you'll have your answer
@@taylorscrews2284 lol 😂
Real nikkaz hate that song
The music industry can end musicians career faster than a Twista verse 😃😃😃
Omg I was a HUGE ‘Tics Fan! Thank You Ali for this Video! Murphy Lee is My Favorite wish he could’ve blew up as big as Nelly!🔥🔥🔥🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
He shouldn't have messed around with Puffy "Honey" Combs, then he could've!🥴
Loved Murphy!!!
He should have let Nelly be a part of his contract signing and maybe he would have been. He said it himself that if he was signed to Nelly he would be good. Nelly got him on Tailfeather and the Welcome to Atlanta remix. I think he let jealousy cloud his judgment.
You should do lil Jon and the Eastside Boyz next
Yesss been waiting on this! They was very popular & the album was platinum. I remember u could play with all of them on NBA Street Vol. 2 🔥 Great research as usual with what happened with them 💯
I was just thinking about playing that before I clicked into this video 😭💯
Lmao man on God 😂 always wondered what happened to em.
slodown had cross overs and nelly had 3s and lee had d
I forgot they was on volume 2
Shout out to my hometown St.louis,MO all members of the tics are humble and doing well, health and blessed 🙌 ❤🤣# Im from the ucity and I'm proud 👏 🥲 🥰
U.city in here 💯
Hey friend!!
Murphy was my guy back in the days!!!! THE SKITS FROM THE ALBUM FREE CITY IS STILL PURE COMEDY
That Memphis bleek example took me out 😂😂😂
We need what happens to I-20, And roscoe dash
9:50 You completely skipped over Nelly's 2010 album 5.0 that has the hit song Just A Dream
that album wasn't as commercially successful
@@timoaksproductions Neither was M.O. but he still mentioned it
TALK!!!
I like that Nelly experimented outside of hip-hop and collaborated with other artists. I can switch from "Hot in Here" or "Flap Your Wings" and get sentimental with "Over and Over" or "Dilemma" lol. I noticed that what seems to be a trend with these hip-hop groups is that the lesser known members think they "deserve" more money than the actual star when that star can just pull a David Ruffin and say "ain't nobody comin' to see you,. Otis!" and it would be 100% true. He gave you a spotlight; find a way to put yourself on instead of depending on him. The fact that Nelly could go on making hits but the rest of the group couldn't should be your answer as to why he got half and y'all had to split. Slo It Down even admits that he didn't write anything or rap/sing but feels that deserves more money for what? Wearing half a mask and acting like he had too much caffeine? People were imitating the band-aid, not the mask. That should have been an obvious clue.
They really had a lot of potential to be bigger than what they was
Being a kid from STL, I was a huge fan of the hometown heroes. A lot of us in STL didn’t realize at the time how huge these guys were getting, because it happened so fast. Especially seeing them before they blew up. From what I remember, Nelly was presented with a gold plaque at his album release party. As far as “Who’s The Boss”, there was an EP going around back in 2001, so I had it back then. Fun fact, D2 Entertainment had a studio in the back of a skating rink (Saints), and that’s where their early work was recorded.
That's a fun fact and I never knew that about D2 entertainment and I had heard alot about them when nelly had discussed it In his interview when the label was trying to boot him off their group song because he didn't sing the contract when the group had already signed but then later on nelly read the contracts and he said that it wasn't right so that was really like the beginning of the feud even though their were more problems heading towards the groups way after the success.
@@jarellbrown6974 my brother was a producer in their studio (but not on any of the STLunatic projects), so he would tell me stuff about them and how they were about to blow up. Before 2000, I always heard the name STLunatics around the city, but I didn’t know who the individual members were until Country Grammar, which we was hearing in 1999.
@@Xolanidj oh okay and that's kind of how it was with me because I had never heard anything about the st lunatics until they came out with midwest swing but as far as nelly goes I heard the world premiere of the country grammer record in the midnight of 1999 while growing up in kansas city missouri on hot 103 jamz and the record was a instant hit.
@@jarellbrown6974 another fun fact, and I remember watching when this happened. Country Grammar was the first #1 video on 106th & Park. It was a huge time for STL, with them blowing up, and The Rams had just won the Super Bowl.
@@Xolanidj man that's cool cause that video was dope and it showed all the st lunatics members and the whole neighborhood was on the video
I'm In St.Louis Now. I'm from Here as well. It's a Good Sad Story!! Lots of Money change people!!! Simple as That
I never could get my headbands crossed correctly😅
😂😂😂
I never tried. I just rocked the white tank top look with some Air Forces. 😅
I had just moved to St. Louis when all this popped off. What a time to live in St. Louis.
15:24 During their verzuz battle Ludacris played the original version of his 2006 song Money Maker that has Nelly on the hook. As Nelly ended up getting replaced by Pharrell Williams on the version of the song that was released
Really I like Moneymaker I didnt realize Nelly was on the original
WoW didn't know that!
Right he asked him should he re-release it
I always thought "Summer in the City" was fire.
Ali, this was so worth the wait! Thank you!❤
Ali is wack he's mad at nelly because he's broke😆😂
@@thelastdon6562 huh
Murph L was lowkey the best one. Don’t @ me though
I agree
You spittin all facts.💯💯💯💯
Ima @ u bcuz I agree 🤣😭😭
💯💯💯 AGREED
I didn't know Murphy Lee's real name was Ricky Hoosier 😂😂
I liked "Over and over". It was catchy and a new look for rap" , ijs
The bandaid actually wasn’t for City spud it was for his sister who was battle and breast cancer I believe or some illness at the time and it was interribute to her
His sister wasn't even sick during that time dumb dumb
I remember being in high school everybody wanted to be like Nelly even though he wasn’t really that lyrical or he wasn’t lyrical at all but he just had the energy and he may hit songs and good dance records and it was great for its time but I always knew in the back of my mind he wouldn’t last long as far as music went I’m assuming he’s still super rich though
Not where I'm from. It was Hov, Nas, and X. We thought Nelly was corny. He was for girls and white kids. Maybe it's a regional thing but NY and the north east
@@kharrington5268 well of course as far as legendary music.. those who you mentioned no rapper can compare. Nelly definitely didn’t have the streets. Big L is actually one of my favorite rappers. Actually just went to a Fabolous show. Hip hop in nyc is another level
@@kharrington5268 where I’m from we thought Jay and Nas were corny. Still do. Jay was for mindless drones that THINK they hustle and women. And still won’t admit how much he stole even from Nas
And Nas was for wannabe intellectuals that can’t even really comprehend what he was rapping about.
X is the only one we rocked with
Still do
This didn't age well
@@2010DERT2010 how so ? Please tell me
Murphy Lee was the best out the group 💯
Perhaps. But, he never really hit. I was expecting that he would. I guess it wasn't meant to be...
Nelly and that Scorpio energy is what happened to them lol 😝
thanks for doing a video on the st.lunatics I loved them growing up I have the album free city and all of nelly's albums and the movie snipes I was super into nelly back than and I'll always be a fan of nelly and the st. Lunatics
*then* ,not than.
Nelly, Do or Die and little Flip are going to be in Fort Wayne Indiana soon…I won’t be there.
Want to know what happened to the St.. Lunatics.. Thanks Ali Talks Music 💪🏽🙏🏽🔥
I had that Heavy Starch back in 2002
Appreciate the video Ali its on point as always think you can do any on Slum Village or Tela check in to that for me salute fam✌🏿
That shit was huge around here in So IL. Couldn't go anywhere without hearing they music during early 00s
Why is there no mention of Nelly's success with Florida Georgia Line??????
That give Nelly more crossover appeal. I wasn't really a fan.
This is flipmode situation Nelly was the main artist even tho he brought them on it was hard to focus on the whole group but you did hear them on 90 percent of his projects
It was said Nelly wore that bandage because he was playing basketball and got a scar on his face right before the video shoot where he first was seen wearing it
They were one of my faves growing up
I wonder what happened to Lil Jon and the Eastside boyz they had Hits in the 2000 era
Me too
They got too crunk and collapsed.
@@d2dar459 Lmmfao
I think Ali meant to say early 2000s
The more I learn about Luda, the more I get a little disappointed at how he be snaking people
Right
Cup full of cap 🫤😐😑.
Early 2000s not early 90s is when they really popped off.
The problem with the St. Lunatics, is that no one ever took them seriously, nothing about them stood out whatsoever, if there was a top 20 rap group of all time list they would not make it. Another reason why is because Nelly couldn't lead them like he should have. Unfortunately when he came out he was like a place holder for the transition, right before Nelly came on you had Outkast, Eminem, Snoop, Dmx, and the ascension of Jay z and Nas. He made a little noise because he was new, but the next phase of rappers is when his career started to fade, once 50 cent, Kanye West, T.I, Jeezy, and the rise of Lil Wayne came, Nelly became an afterthought
Yeah, Nellys style was hot but it was very much of its time. Plus, his style only really worked on certain producers beats without having to resort to just straight up singing.
Not a bad artist by any means, just limited.
Also when his sister got sick that kinda of slowed him down but 2000 to 2004 is a hella of a run
i agree and they were also overshadowed by Nelly who was a major star 2000-2005
Remember he's still one of the top selling artists period.
@@philgranderson576 well it depends how big a list it is but regardless he sold more of just one of his albums then some sell in their entire career it's just a shame he couldn't keep it moving past 2005
Album on my playlist till this day
I appreciate you doing research and shouting out my city.
U.city
Nelly got so far because of his good looks. Facts
Chicks loved him, young nikkaz wanted to be him because they admired him, his looks his while style
You said they were popular in the early 90's but it was early 2000's lol
They had the game in a choke hold!!!
There will never be a better Nelly video than “Tip Drill”. I remember seeing it for the first time and I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.
You forgot about Slo Down. He’s got a dope clothing line. And is back supporting St. Louis artist
Thanks for the video! Can you do a video on "People under the Stairs"? 👍
Good work like always Ali! WHT to raps supposed super group C.R.S.?!!!!!!✊🏿🖖🏿
Can u do j Kwon next ? I really wanted to know what happen to him he should b rich just off making the term “tipsy”
There is one online just not from this content creator. It’s on BET
I remember playing street vol 2 and they were in it good times
God bless you all and their family friends and also their fans love you all miss you all so much 🙏📖😊❤️
Ps you all have a wonderful fantastic awesome bless safe beautiful day 🙏📖😊❤️
People i was in St. Louis the summer Country Grammer dropped.. Nelly had the City on lock 🔐
Trap Lore Ross and Quake now Ali you are my favorite TH-cam Channel...📌
Nelly run was crazy🔥🔥🔥🔥
Yo the memph bleek line. 🤣🤣🤣
they also did song off of the hunted mansion soundtrack for Eddie Murphy disney movie. i think it call is you are something like that idk
I løve this group and Nelly just has incredible music
Yay
Why in the hell is Get Low remix video playing while you're talking about Tip Drill?? Also, Dilemma is NOT the biggest hit, it's Hot In Herre. I don't get how you other people in here like this video when there's so much wrong here. Are y'all just ignoring this??
Murphy Lee🤟🏾🔥🔥🔥🔥
Slo Down was nothing like a hypeman, he was like the group's mascot dancing on stage. He never rapped or write any music. Flavor Flav and Spliff Starr are hypeman, plus they can rap and write music.
Lmaooo
Don't forget Diddy. He even leveraged that to put himself in position, so even when Biggy passed he wasn't out of a job.
What happened to Foxx A Million from Trill Entertainment
WHT to NAPPY ROOTS?!!
I ❤ Murphy Lee back in the day
He was low-key very skilled on the mic.
Who cares?
thanks i ask 4 this
That girl really had a credit card slid between her ass just to spite Ludacris lmaooo most hilarious origin story for a twerk song ever
Nelly's best bar was "I got secrets that can't leave Cancun", somebody said Nelly slept with a dude
Oh my
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Popular in the early '90's? Brotha what?
Murphy Lee is touring right now with Zeus aka rukka puff im n stl no then personally I have records with them
CORRECTION: They were popular in the early 2000s. Don't warp history, pls. Thanks.
City Spud is Nellys actual brother
I not going to lie I liked the Nelly crew but I loved Luda more till this day I play Luda and Tip drill right after lmao 🔥 hot my lineup is because BET uncut I liked all songs on that show
Mane middle school days Nelly had everybody rocking a "Band-Aid" on they face in the hallways
Nelly actually said himself that the bandaid was to cover a pimple he had jus got before a show and it caught on from there.
I think the St lunatics was just a novelty... little by little the fans got tired
I just listened to Heartland, it's a pretty good album.
No what the hook gonna be by Murphy lee? Smh
Can’t lie I use to be a fan of Nelly. I remember back in the days “Country Grammer” was The First song that I Downloaded on Napster.
Biggz Was Here. Peace.
Nelly.
Was one of the members of The St Lunatics.
Can you do one on Philly’s Most Wanted? I always wondered what happened to them.
What did they have other than "Cross the Border"?
Imo . They got blackballed after tht cross the border record and around tht same time , u had state property who of course blew up heavy here and they became a afterthought
@@twowitnesses7 Philly Most Wanted had Please Don’t Mind was my shit. Omg
@@twowitnesses7 if all you know is the song then clearly you don't know nothing. They had a seriously buzz and background and was on the rise. Coming from philly working with pharell the battles they had and pretty much the clipse getting the push instead of them. Its a lot to them more than just the song.
@@petter215jones Yes. They were grinded up by the industry after investing time and talent that they will never recoup. They are a precautionary tale.
Free City 2 me please!
I miss the old Nelly country grammar and nellyville... Murph Lee was hard
Damn Ali looking like Boyce Watkins.
please do slum village
Murphy Lee said he his 2nd album was done and ready to Go. Universal records changed execs. Him and Nelly got losted the sauce. There you go
That's the music industry for ya. 😕
Tail feather won a Grammy playa.
Who says St Louis ain't hip hop, Dirty we Hop to what's Hip
I don't know if I believe if this guy facts are straight cause Murphy lee was 16 when Nelly album came out in 2000 so you tell me that Murphy lee join the group in the beginning so he was only 9 when they started in 1993
Industry age 💯
@@johnlove3032in 1993 Lee had to be 9 years old because in batter up Nelly's 2000 hit he mentioned he was 16 years old
St “Louie” 😂😂😂😂😂
Kyjuan is the only member who didn't released a solo album
UNIVERSAL WANTED NELLY
unfortunately it's pretty much the same thing that happens to most rap crews..u got a crew that very few had heard of til one of em(we all know who) blew up and then the rest of the crew tried to play catch up but unfortunately despite a few releasing their own albums none of em could replicate the success of the lead member..same thing happens in alot of bands and boy and girl groups unfortunately..sometimes i think it's cuz there's not enough success to go around but i think the main problem is the breakout member overshadows the others so much in people's mind that they'll barely even pay the other members any mind at all and also imo at least they just wasn't enough about any of em that stood out..sad to see that...dope video as always Ali
I always thought this too
Only rap group I know that made it by theirselves(together or not.) was BTNH(Bone Thugz N Harmony.)
Murphy Lee had a chance but the other ones didnt have the IT factor
@@rod5654 I suppose but we not really talking about potential though we talking about executing that potential and for whatever reason Murphy couldn't keep it moving..i mean really neither could Nelly even after a monster debut and an even bigger monster to over the sophomore slump Nelly started falling after 2003 but I'll give him til 2006 cuz Grillz was a big hit and it's still a classic but even Nelly with all his success couldn't keep it moving past Sweat Suit and a few singles afterwards so imagine the rest of the St Lunatics...i wish they did make it though i mean they didn't need Nelly success either just maybe Styles P like Success
@@friendlyfire2374 Krayzie was always my favorite since i first heard Bone in 94 when i was just 8 there was just something special about him but really there's something special about every member of Bone..well not so much Flesh but I'm talking the core 4 they all had mad ass skills like Wu Tang
Have you ever done a "what happened to" featuring someone who passed? You should do one on rapper Dolla.
Mane Kids these days don't even know Dolla had that big as song with Tpain "Who The Fuck is That". It's sad that he was murdered like that
@@timoaksproductions Yeah bro super sad story. I think Dolla's older brother is a rapper also and he even wore Dolla's bloody shirt in a tribute song. 😔
@@timoaksproductions nigga named himself Dolla, who tf would remember such a dumb name in rap, can't take that name seriously just like you can't 50 cent
@@mefman9 he made that song the same day he died .shit was a tough song tho