Mr. Cheeks is a part of the legendary group, Lost Boyz. They released their debut album, Legal Drug Money, back in 1996. They released their first single a year prior to their album called Lifestyles of the Rich & Shameless. Jeeps, Lex Coups, Bimaz & Benz was their second single, and it was released a few months later. At the beginning of 1996, they dropped their third single, called Renee. Renee was a classic and became their most successful single by going gold. Renee also featured on the Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood Soundtrack. Music Makes Me High was another single that was released less than six weeks later. The Legal Drug Money album would sell over half a million copies. A little over a year later, the Lost Boyz returned with the Love, Peace & Nappiness project.
Love, Peace & Nappiness became their second consecutive album to go gold. The Lost Boyz would drop their third album, called LB IV Life, in September of 1999. Unfortunately, one of their members, Freaky Tah, was murdered, and Mr. Cheeks went solo afterwards. Two years after the Lost Boyz dropped their LB IV Life album, he released his first solo joint. John P. Kelly was the name of his album, and Lights, Camera, Action was the first single from the album. The song became Mr. Cheeks’ first and only major hit as a solo artist. Lights, Camera Action is my featured Throwback Thursday joint. The track reached No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Billboard R&B charts for one week. Check out the video for Lights, Camera Action above. Below you can check out the track listing and stream link for the John P. Kelly project.
John P. Kelly Track Listing
- Radio Intro
- Lights Camera Action
- Mama Say ft. Stephen marley
- Friday Night ft. Horace Brown
- Here We Come
- Bump Heads ft. Big Gipp
- Worldwide Bouncin’
- What the Fuck Is This?
- Till We Meet Again ft. Stephen Marley
- I Remember
- Let’s Go
- Fuckin’ With Walt
- Unanimous Decision
- Major
