# Lo-Key?

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American musical group

"Lo-Key" redirects here. For the hip-hop/horrorcore artist, see [Lo Key](/source/Lo_Key).

Lo-Key? Origin Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. Genres R&B, hip hop, new jack swing Years active 1991–present Label Perspective Members Andre "Dre" Shepard Darron "D" Story Tony "Prof-T" Tolbert Tyrone "T-Bone" Yarbrough Past members Lance Alexander

**Lo-Key?** is an American [hip hop](/source/Hip_hop_music)/[R&B](/source/Contemporary_R%26B) group that formed in [Kansas City, Missouri](/source/Kansas_City%2C_Missouri) and [Minneapolis](/source/Minneapolis), [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota). Their single, "I Got a Thang 4 Ya!" (1993), reached No. 1 on the [*Billboard* Hot R&B Singles](/source/Hot_R%26B%2FHip-Hop_Songs) chart,[1] and No. 27 on the Billboard [Hot 100](/source/Billboard_Hot_100) chart.

## History

Lo-Key? formed in [Kansas City, Missouri](/source/Kansas_City%2C_Missouri) and [Minneapolis](/source/Minneapolis), [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota), consisting of singer/trumpeter Darron "D" Story, singer/multi-instrumentalist Andre "Dre" Shepard, bassist Tyrone "T-Bone" Yarbrough, producer/keyboardist Lance Alexander and rapper/singer Tony "Prof-T" Tolbert. The group honed their skills on the Minneapolis club circuit, where Alexander and Tolbert became in-house [producers](/source/Record_producer) for [Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis](/source/Jimmy_Jam_%26_Terry_Lewis)' Flyte Tyme Productions. The group signed with Jam & Lewis' record label, [Perspective Records](/source/Perspective_Records), and released their debut album, *Where Dey At?*, on October 6, 1992. They scored a hit with the single "I Got A Thang 4 Ya!" in 1992, which spent a week at No. 1 on the [*Billboard* Hot R&B Singles](/source/Hot_R%26B%2FHip-Hop_Songs) chart, and reached No. 27 on the [Hot 100](/source/Billboard_Hot_100).[2] [Arthur Jafa](/source/Arthur_Jafa), [director of photography](/source/Director_of_photography) for the independent film *[Daughters of the Dust](/source/Daughters_of_the_Dust)* (1991), directed the video for the single. In 1992, their song (“A Job Ain’t Nuthin But Work”) featuring rapper [Big Daddy Kane](/source/Big_Daddy_Kane) appeared on the movie soundtrack of the film “Mo’ Money”.[3]

In 1994, Lo-key released their sophomore album, “Back 2 Da Howse” which didn’t make a lot of impact on the album charts like their previous album due to changes in their management. The only singles to chart from the album were the singles “Tasty”, which peaked at No. 50 and “Good Ole Fashion Love”, which peaked at No. 54 on the billboard’s r&b chart. In 1995, the group disbanded, and each member of the group went to make their own impact in the music business.

Alexander and Tolbert were also successful songwriters and producers in their own right. Among the hit songs they produced for other artists were "[Butta Love](/source/Butta_Love)" by the group [Next](/source/Next_(American_group)), "[Love Makes No Sense](/source/Love_Makes_No_Sense_(song))" for [Alexander O'Neal](/source/Alexander_O'Neal), "I Wish" for [Shanice](/source/Shanice) and "[Strawberries](/source/Strawberries_(song))" for [Smooth](/source/Smooth_(singer)). Tolbert continued to collaborate with Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, contributing as a songwriter and background vocalist on albums by [Earth, Wind & Fire](/source/Earth%2C_Wind_%26_Fire), [Janet Jackson](/source/Janet_Jackson) and [Usher](/source/Usher_(entertainer)). Meanwhile, Lance Alexander went on to found his own label called Baby Honey Records[4][5] and teamed up with Minneapolis producer Christopher Starr to form the group V.IP.[5] The group released the single entitled Lil Mama How Ya Do Dat[6] featuring Juvenile.

In 2018, most of the original members of lo-key, Tony, Darron, Tyrone reunited except for Lance Alexandre, so he was replaced by Anthony Saunders, and they still perform with each other today and they have been working on new music which has yet to be released, but as of 2025, they still perform with each other today in concerts and shows.

## Discography

### Albums

- *Where Dey At?* ([Perspective Records](/source/Perspective_Records), 1992) No. 121 [*Billboard* 200](/source/Billboard_200), No. 18 US R&B Chart[7]

- *Back 2 Da House* (Perspective Records, 1994) No. 64 US R&B Chart[7]

### Singles

- "Attention: The Shawanda Story" (1992)

- "I Got a Thang 4 Ya!" (No. 27 [*Billboard* Hot 100](/source/Billboard_Hot_100), No. 1 US R&B Singles, 1992)[8][1]

- "Hey There Pretty Lady" (No. 56 US R&B Singles, 1993)[8]

- "Sweet on U" (No. 91 Billboard Hot 100, No. 13 US R&B Singles, 1993)[8]

## See also

- [List of number-one R&B singles of 1992 (U.S.)](/source/List_of_number-one_R%26B_singles_of_1992_(U.S.))

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Whitburn_2006_809_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Whitburn_2006_809_1-1) [Whitburn, Joel](/source/Joel_Whitburn) (2006). *Billboard Book of Top 40 R&B and Hip Hop Hits*. Record Research. p. 809.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Rice, Glenn E. (October 22, 1996) "A rising star finds his true voice". *[The Kansas City Star](/source/The_Kansas_City_Star)*. p. 4.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Billboard_3-0)** McAdams, Janine (October 17, 1992). "Lo-Key? Well, Not really... Hi-Energy Quintet's Time Has Come". *[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Baby Honey Records | Credits | AllMusic"](http://www.allmusic.com/artist/baby-honey-records-mn0000322669/credits). *AllMusic*. Retrieved May 10, 2016.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-cspmusicgroup.com_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-cspmusicgroup.com_5-1) ["Lance Alexander (Lo-Key, Next, Michael Jackson, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis) | CSP Music Group"](https://cspmusicgroup.com/featured-recording-artists/lance-alexander-lo-key-next-michael-jackson-jimmy-jam-terry-lewis). *cspmusicgroup.com*. Retrieved May 10, 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["All Access by V.I.P. on iTunes"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160822101807/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/all-access/id338445359). *iTunes*. July 9, 2002. Archived from [the original](https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/all-access/id338445359) on August 22, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2016.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-amg1_7-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-amg1_7-1) [Billboard](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p26105), Allmusic.com

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-amg2_8-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-amg2_8-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-amg2_8-2) [Billboard Singles](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p26105), Allmusic.com

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