Author Topic: * Camp Lo Returns With SRC/Universal Records * (Read 67 times)

Elano · « **on:** April 28, 2008, 12:01:31 PM »

Last month, '90s emcee-turned-Aphilliates president La The Darkman announced to HipHopDX that he had reached a deal with SRC/Universal Records for his sophomore album [click to read]. Today, DX learned from a SRC executive that the label has also signed another '90s Hip Hop outfit - Camp Lo.
The Bronx-born duo of Sonny Cheeba and Geechi Suede has been releasing records since 1996's Uptown Saturday Night on the now-defunct Profile Records. The duo scored mainstream success in the form of the single "Luchini." With a unique blend of slang vocals, '70s references and production from Ski Beatz of Reasonable Doubt fame, Camp Lo would reach their pinnacle early, as Profile merged to Arista Records, where Camp Lo later said they were asked to compromise their art.
2002's Let's Do It Again and last year's Black Hollywood [click to read] have followed on an independent level, neither able to register a commercial single or mainstream presence. Reportedly from the help of Mister Cee of Notorious B.I.G., Big Daddy Kane and Hot 97 fame, Camp Lo was taken to SRC/Universal Records and changed their name to The Lo, marking their first time on a major label since Arista eight years ago.
The duo is presently recording a yet-untitled album. They have premiered their first single, "Lumdi," incorporating elements of the hit "Mickey's Monkey" by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles.