DRS (brief for Soiled Rotten Scoundrels) had been a gangsta rapR&B music group from Sacramento, California that consisted of members John “Jail Bait” Rhone, LaMarr “Deuce Deuce” Lubin, Lavell “Endo” Brown, Ejay “Blunt” Turner and Ontario “Pic” Haynes.
The group was found by manufacturing crew, The Complete 9, who signed a manufacturing take care of MC Hammer’s Roll Wit It Leisure label and introduced D.R.S. with them. M.C. Hammer helped signal them to a document take care of Capitol Information.
In October of 1993, they launched their debut single, “Gangsta Lean” which turned a success, topping Billboard’s Scorching R&B Singles chart for six weeks (staying on the chart for 21 weeks). The music was profitable on the pop music charts, peaking at #4 on the Billboard Scorching 100.
It additionally peaked at #1 on Billboard’s Scorching Dance Music Singles Gross sales chart and #2 on Billboard’s Rhythmic High 40 chart. Internationally, the music topped the music charts in New Zealand and it was later licensed platinum in the USA by the RIAA.
Throughout that very same yr, DRS launched their debut and solely studio album, “Gangsta Lean” which peaked at #34 on the Billboard 200 and #6 on Billboard’s R&B Albums chart. It was licensed Gold by the RIAA with gross sales of 500,000.
The group’s follow-up single, “Skoundrels Get Lonely” didn’t match the success of their debut single, peaking at #87 on Billboard’s Scorching R&B Singles chart, staying on the chart for under 4 weeks.
In 1994, they had been featured on the soundtrack to the movie, “Jason’s Lyric” with the observe, “No Extra Love” and as a part of the music group, Black Males United on the observe, “U Will Know”. Afterwards, it appeared as if DRS pale into obscurity.
Today (based on analysis), LaMarr Lubin is pursuing a solo profession. Ontario Haynes works for the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers as a senior licensing supervisor and regional account supervisor. It’s unknown what the opposite members of DRS are presently as much as as of late.
To observe LaMarr Lubin on Instagram, go to:
https://www.instagram.com/drs_gangstalean/
To observe Ontario Haynes on Twitter, go to:
https://twitter.com/ohsoblesssed1
To see a video for “Gangsta Lean”, go to:
To see a video for “Skoundrles Get Lonely”, go to:
To see a video for “No Extra Love” (from the “Jason’s Lyric” soundtrack), go to:
