St. Lunatics

St. Lunatics
Origin	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Genres	Hip Hop, R&B
Years active	1995-Present
Labels	Derrty Entertainment, Universal Records, U.C Me Entertainment
Associated acts	DJ Jay, Big Boi, Nelly
Members
Nelly Murphy Lee Ali City Spud Kyjuan
Past members
Slo'Down

St. Lunatics are a hip hop group from St. Louis, Missouri formed by Nelly, Ali, Murphy Lee, Kyjuan and City Spud. Slo'Down left the group after a dispute.

Career

The group was formed in 1995 and came out with their local hit "Gimme What U Got" in 1997. The group thought it would be easier for Nelly to get signed than the whole group. In 2000 Nelly got signed to Universal Records. Then got the rest of the group signed. While Nelly was working on his solo album Country Grammar, City Spud was arrested and sentenced to 10 years in prison for robbery. After Nelly's breakthrough success in 2000, the St. Lunatics released their debut album Free City (2001), with hits such as "Summer in the City" and "Midwest Swing". In 2002, Ali released his solo album Heavy Starch and Murphy Lee released his solo album Murphy's Law in 2003. Murphy has now launched his own label UC ME Entertainment and is currently promoting his new artists.

In 2009, the St. Lunatics were reportedly working on a new album City Free to be released in the summer of 2009 however the album has been pushed back to 2011. They released a song titled "St. Lunatics", the song was leaked in early March 2009,^[1] other track leaked is "Get Low 2 Da Flo", (produced by Play-N-Skillz).^[2] The first official single released from the album is "Money Talks" featuring rapper Birdman. The second official single released from the album is "Polo". The album is set to be released on late 2011.^[3]

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions			Certifications (sales threshold)
		US [4]	US R&B [5]	CAN [6]
2001	Free City First studio album Release date: June 5, 2001 Label: Universal Records	3	1	18	US: Platinum[7] CAN: Gold[8]
2011	City Free Second studio album To be released: 2011 Label: Derrty Ent./Universal Records	To be released

Compilation albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US [4]	US R&B [5]
2006	Who's the Boss First compilation album Release date: February 21, 2006 Label: Fast Life Music	114	28

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions		Album
		US [9]	US R&B [10]
2001	"Midwest Swing"	88	41	Free City
2010	"Money Talks" (featuring Birdman)	—	—	City Free
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

1. ^ "City Free St Lunatics Album". 1VIBE.NET. http://1vibe.net/tag/city-free-st-lunatics-album/. Retrieved 2010-11-16. 
2. ^ “” (2009-04-30). "St.Lunatics- Get Low To Da Flo". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSjwnHBOeN8. Retrieved 2010-11-16. 
3. ^ http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/music/article_c9d0f755-5aad-5395-b209-7e6ffc721200.html/
4. ^ ^{a b} "St. Lunatics Album & Song Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard. Nielsen Company. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/st-lunatics/chart-history/383330?f=305&g=Albums. Retrieved November 3, 2010. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "St. Lunatics Album & Song Chart History - R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Nielsen Company. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/st-lunatics/chart-history/383330?f=333&g=Albums. Retrieved November 3, 2010. 
6. ^ "St. Lunatics Album & Song Chart History - Canadian Albums". Billboard. Nielsen Company. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/st-lunatics/chart-history/383330?f=309&g=Albums. Retrieved November 3, 2010. 
7. ^ "RIAA - Gold & Platinum - November 3, 2010: St. Lunatics certified albums". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=St.%20Lunatics&format=ALBUM&go=Search&perPage=50. Retrieved November 3, 2010. 
8. ^ "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum - July 2001". Canadian Recording Industry Association. http://www.cria.ca/gold/0701_g.php. Retrieved November 3, 2010. 
9. ^ "St. Lunatics Album & Song Chart History - Hot 100". Billboard. Nielsen Company. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/st-lunatics/chart-history/383330. Retrieved November 3, 2010. 
10. ^ "St. Lunatics Album & Song Chart History - R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Nielsen Company. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/st-lunatics/chart-history/383330?f=367&g=Singles. Retrieved November 3, 2010. 

External links

• St. Lunatics on Myspace