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Mar 05, 2008

Everything You Wanted To Know About L.O.N.S. (But Were Afraid To Ask Chuck D) · by R.H.S.

Leaders of the New School

L.O.N.S. were one of the illest and most recognizable rap crews of the early ’90s and one of the first to fully embrace the concept of multimedia. Taking more than a few cues from their Strong Island ancestors Public Enemy, L.O.N.S. stomped on to the scene with a knack for uniting the old to the new in a format that was decidedly futuristic; their sounds and visuals dazzled and enthralled. It’s only right that we present Leaders of the New School in word, song,and video – enjoy!

Background

Group Name: Leaders of The New School (abbrev. L.O.N.S.)
Origin: Turtle Hook Middle School, Uniondale, NY, early ’80s.

Members: Busta Rhymes, Charlie Brown, Dinco D. and Cutmonitor Milo (stage monikers christened by Chuck D during the recording sessions for It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back).

First Recorded Appearance: “Mt. Airy Groove” from the Rubaiyat compilation, Elektra 1990.

Known For: Call and response and harmonizing styles reminiscent of old school crews like the Cold Crush Brothers, “The East Coast Stomp,” wonderfully imaginative and raucous videos and live shows, and arguing on the set of Yo! MTV Raps just before disbanding.

Music

A Future Without a Past

T.I.M.E. (The Inner Mind’s Eye)

source: Wikipedia article “Leaders Of The New School”

Link To Full Discography @discogs.com



DOWNLOAD “L.O.N.S. Non-Album Cuts”
1. International Zone Coaster (Stimulated Dummies Remix)
2. Case Of The PTA (Remix)
3. Sobb Story (Remix)
4. Scenario
5. Scenario (Remix)
6. Scenario (7 MCs Mix)
7. Scenario (Young Nation Mix)
8. Rub Off The Wax (w/ Powerule)
9. Can’t Get Any Harder (w/ James Brown)
10. Shining Star
11. What’s Next (Large Professor Remix)
12. Classic Material (Diamond D Remix)
13. Spontaneous (Remix)
14. Freestyle w/ Kurious Jorge
15. Scenario Juggle (DJ Eclipse)
16. Mt. Airy Groove

Leaders Of The New School Video Playlist @youtube.com

1. Case of The P.T.A.
2. Sobb Story
3. International Zone Coaster (SD50s remix)
4. Teachers, Don’t Teach Us Nonsense (live perfomance on comedy sketch series In Living Color, 1991)
5. 1991 Interview (from “The Files of Wavelength” ...???)
6. Scenario
7. Scenario (live performance on The Arsenio Hall Show, 1992)
7. Scenario (live performance on MTV, 1992)
8. What’s Next
9. Classic Material
10. T.I.M.E.
11. What’s Next (live performance on The Arsenio Hall Show, 1993)

Press

L.O.N.S. Reviews, Interviews & Articles (a downloadable PDF file painstakingly transcribed by our friend Roy Johnson)

1. A Future Without A Past (reviewed in The Source, September 1991)
2. T.I.M.E. (reviewed in The Source, November 1993)
3. L.O.N.S. interview w/ Bonz Malone (The Source, December 1993)
4. T.I.M.E. Travels (Rap Pages, December 1993)
5. Out of T.I.M.E. (The Source, April 1994)

Comments for "Everything You Wanted To Know About L.O.N.S. (But Were Afraid To Ask Chuck D)"

  1. Dope post, lots of memories on those YouTube vids.

    We know about Busta but what happened to the rest? I saw an interview with Dinco last year where he was pretty bitter but I’ve heard nothing about Charlie Brown or Cut Monitor Milo in years.


    — ADB    Mar 5, 05:01 AM   

  2. Great post, RHS. Artists should seriously be paying you guys to make these compilations.
    For now, I’m glad you’re doing it for free.
    I was 2 when the debut dropped so I can’t really say I was checking for it!
    But I’m glad I did pick it up. A very underrated classic.


    — AaronM    Mar 5, 10:48 AM   

  3. fantastic blog post!


    — woo hah    Mar 5, 12:25 PM   

  4. Gotta love your LONS...

    Always been a big fan of the sophomore release over the debut.

    Purists shoot me now.

    Peace,

    Dan


    — Dan Love    Mar 5, 12:34 PM   

  5. The sophomore release is definitely more interesting and ambitious than the debut. Not sure if one can be said to be definitively better than the other, though…


    — R.H.S.    Mar 5, 02:09 PM   

  6. This may be straight cold-as-ice, but does anyone have “A Future Without a Past” they could dish off to a brother?


    — T    Mar 5, 05:30 PM   

  7. Great work, fellas.


    — Roy Johnson    Mar 6, 11:14 PM   

  8. “This may be straight cold-as-ice, but does anyone have “A Future Without a Past” they could dish off to a brother?”

    I have it on DigAlog cassette. I’ll wrap it up and mail it to you for 5 dollars total if you’re interested. Just click the link on my name right here vv


    — Jay B    Mar 8, 10:07 AM   

  9. Jay B-

    I thank ya kindly, but I don’t have a tape player anymore.

    But, thanks for the offer!


    — T    Mar 9, 06:49 PM   

  10. GOOD JOB, now you gotta
    work on the LONS, family tree! from Rumplitskins, to Flip Mode, Cracker Jaxs, etc…


    — kavet the catalyst    Mar 10, 03:05 AM   

  11. Whatever happened to Rampage?


    — T    Mar 10, 06:04 PM   

  12. Lord Have Mercy was the illest, Flipmode was wack compared to LONS


    — kavet the catalyst    Mar 11, 05:16 AM   

  13. By the way, “Can’t Get Any Harder” is simply classic!


    — T    Mar 11, 11:21 AM   

  14. Excellent post! A Future Without a Past is one of my all time favorite hip-hop albums- seriously.
    I loved them all- but isn’t dinco d mad underrated? i always loved his verses!


    — dinco d fan    Mar 14, 02:33 PM   

  15. Dinco D was the illest emcee out of LONS, in my opinion, and the youtube videos of their live performances prove this.


    — R.H.S.    Mar 14, 07:25 PM   

  16. Its a shame Charlie Brown didn’t blow up and Busta did. I remember listening to keep it movin, I figured LONS would drop another album. Busta sold out his boys for flipmode. C brown had a great verse in a funk master flex song with old dirty bastard. He had the skills but for some reson his career died. He would of been as big as busta today.


    — joe smith    Apr 17, 03:41 PM   

  17. I dunno about that. C Boogie Brown was cool and all but he couldn’t hold a candle to Dinco or Busta in terms of flow.


    — R.H.S.    Apr 17, 03:50 PM   

  18. dinco d was in atlanta hanging w/ switch-hitters…
    I could see that being a cause for friction.


    — gangalee    Apr 25, 10:32 AM   

  19. Dinco D didn’t have the charisma that busta or Boogie Brown did. Growing up listening to scenerio and scenerio remix, me and my boys always had the c brown verses down because he came at you so hard. I dunno where u are at C Brown but you still got fans. Maybe it was his teeth and Elektra didn’t want to spend the money to fixed them.


    — joe smith    Apr 25, 03:42 PM   
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