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Mr. Lee (born Leroy Haggard Jr.[1] in 1968), sometimes credited as Lee Haggard or Mr. Lee & Kompany, is an American hip-house rapper, producer and DJ from Chicago, Illinois.[2] He is known in the Chicago house music scene as one of the pioneers who brought hip hop to the genre, which would later be coined as hip house.
Mr. Lee | |
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Birth name | Leroy Haggard Jr. |
Born | 1968 (age 55–56) |
Origin | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
Genres | |
Instrument | Turntables |
Years active | 1986–present |
Mr. Lee charted three times on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart with "Get Busy" (#2, 1989), "Pump That Body" (#1, 1990) and "Get Off" (#32, 1992). His tracks "Pump Up London" (#64, 1988) and "Get Busy" (#41, 1989) featured in the UK Singles Chart.[3] Mr. Lee released two albums, Get Busy in 1990 and I Wanna Rock Right Now in 1992.
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||
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US Dance [4] |
US R&B HipHop | AUS [5] |
NZ [6] |
NED [7] |
BEL (FLA) [8] |
GER [9] |
UK [10] | ||||
1986 | "Shoot Your Best Shot" (as Mr. Lee & Kompany) (US only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | singles only | |
1987 | "Can You Feel It" (as Mr. Lee & Kompany) (US only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"I Can't Forget" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 88 | |||
"Come to House" (US only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
1988 | "House This House" (US only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Pump Up Chicago / Pump Up London" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 64 | |||
"Acid Fantaslee" (US only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
1989 | "Rock This Place" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Get Busy" | 2 | — | 159 | 50 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 41 | Get Busy | ||
1990 | "Pump That Body" | 1 | — | 139 | 41 | 7 | 21 | — | 79 | ||
"I Like the Girls" | — | — | 165 | — | 34 | 36 | — | — | |||
"Make It Funky" (Europe only) | — | — | — | — | 47 | — | — | — | |||
1992 | "Hey Love (Can I Have a Word)" (featuring R. Kelly) | — | 15 | 183 | 23 | — | — | — | — | I Wanna Rock Right Now | |
"Take Me Higher" (Europe only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Get Off" | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Do It to Me" (US only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. |
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