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Artist
Lighter Shade Of Brown
12+ albums
old schoolHip-HopChicano RaprapWest Coast Rap
about
Lighter Shade Of Brown (L.S.O.B.) was formed in Riverside, California by ODM (One Dope Mexican, born Robert Gutierrez) and DTTX (Don't Try To Xerox, born Bobby Ramirez). Their debut album was titled Brown And Proud and it was released in 1990. Their second album, Hip-Hop Locos, was released in 1992 and helped L.S.O.B. get signed to Mercury Records. Their third album, Layin' in the Cut, was not marketed properly which contributed to poor sales and resulted in a hiatus for the group. They returned in 1997, signed to Thump Records, and releasing a self-titled album. Thump Records later released a Greatest hits album in 1999, and their fifth album, If You Could See Inside Me, was later released. LSOB was formed in 1987 by Robert Gutierrez who went by the stage name "One Dope Mexican" and Robert Bobby Ramirez who went by the stage name "Don't Try To Xerox". They recorded demos and landed a record deal soon after with small independent label Pump. Their debut album, 1990's Brown and Proud, brought the group their lone Top 40 single in the U.S. with "On A Sunday Afternoon," which contained samples of The Young Rascals' 1967 hit "Groovin' " and Tommy James and the Shondells' 1969 hit "Crystal Blue Persuasion", and peaked at #39 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song also went to #1 for 2 weeks in New Zealand. The duo provided songs for Latino-market movies such as Mi Vida Loca and I Like It Like That following the release of their second LP, 1992's Hip Hop Locos, which failed to chart.
