Shawty Lo
Atlanta born-and-bred trap rapper Shawty Lo (born Carlos Walker) did not reach national prominence with his street-hustling raps, but by ushering in the "snap dance" craze with the Billboard-topping "Laffy Taffy" as part of his four-man crew, D4L, in 2005. He co-founded both the group and, acting as CEO, the D4L Records label two years earlier with the intention of only working behind the scenes and never really contributing many verses to the group. D4L's debut single, "Betcha Can't Do It Like Me," was a big local hit in Georgia in 2004 and hinted at the group's potential crossover success. Before Shawty Lo saw any of that success, he was convicted on drug charges and had to serve a one-year prison sentence. By the time he was let out in July 2005, the "Laffy Taffy" song, which would later reach number one on the pop charts and break several digital and ringtone sales records, had blown up. Moreover, D4L and their independent label earned a distribution deal with Atlantic via Asylum Records, which issued their Down for Life (2005) album debut nationwide. Gaining more confidence about his own rapping abilities, Shawty Lo took his solo feature on the Down for Life album, "I'm da Man," and released it locally as an independent single in 2006. After a pair of solo mixtapes with Atlanta's DJ Scream, Shawty Lo obtained his own record deal with Asylum in summer 2007 and delivered his debut album, Units in the City, the following year. The LP was preceded by the hip-hop/R&B chart-climbing single "Dey Know." In the years that followed, he stayed busy with no less than ten mixtape releases and preparations for his official LP follow-up, which was titled Still Got Units. On September 21, 2016, Shawty Lo was killed in a hit-and-run accident outside an Atlanta club at the age of 40.
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Discography
20 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Units In Da City
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Firefly Entertainment on 5 May 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Ain't Telling You
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Hustlaz Intentions Ent. on 4 May 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Foolish (2008 Remastered)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by D4L Records on 3 Aug 2022
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Live My Life
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Black Sheep Music on 27 Apr 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Units in the City
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Black Sheep Music on 26 Feb 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Units in da City
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Firefly Entertainment on 1 Oct 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Highs With Lo - [The Dave Cash Collection]
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by The Dave Cash Collection - OMP on 9 May 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Live My Life
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Orange Leisure on 20 Feb 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Need Work
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Low key Entertainment - Rapbay - Urbanlife Music on 22 Mar 2024
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Paid the Plug (Remix)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Mobb Lyfe Entertainment on 15 Dec 2016
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
B.I.G (feat. Lil Boosie & Alexis Branch)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by 300 Entertainment on 10 Mar 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
My Love (feat. Lyfe Jennings)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by 300 Entertainment on 24 Feb 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
We Gon Ride
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Marylebone Records on 30 Jan 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bank Boy
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Music Access, Inc. on 28 Mar 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Let's Get It
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Vantage Music on 30 Jan 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Feels Good To Be Here
Humour/Spoken Word - Released by Blood For Blood Records on 14 Jul 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Lets Get It
Humour/Spoken Word - Released by Street Rules Records on 23 Nov 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Let's Get It
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Heaven And Earth Music on 30 Jan 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo