Stagga Lee
Eric Newman (born July 4, 1977), better known by his stage name Stagga Lee, is an American rapper from Yonkers, New York. His stage name was adopted after hearing the classic 1959 No. 1 hit "Stagger Lee" by Lloyd Price.
Career
He signed to Artistdirect in 2004, and had a minor hit in his debut single, "Roll Wit M.V.P. (We Be Like! The La La Song)," which sampled Minnie Riperton's 1975 hit "Lovin' You," and peaked at #13 on the Rhythmic Top 40 in 2003. This began after a buzz was created from the video play the song was receiving on BET's late night video show "Uncut. " Following a 28 city promotional tour, his second single, as a featured artist of the Hip-Hop/Dance collective M.V.P., (which also featured Robert Clivilles, Vice Verse and Jasmine Ray), "Roc Ya Body (Mic Check 1 2)", which had a similar sound to the dancehall Diwali Riddim instrumental, was released to radio in 2004,and shot to #1 on the top dance format station in New York, 103.5 KTU. The exposure from this success allowed him to sign, as part of M.V.P., to Tommy Mottola's Casablanca Records. They parted ways with the label the following year. The song was released in the UK in 2005 on EMI, and quickly spread to other markets around Europe including Germany (#11), Netherlands (#1), and Spain (#4).
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ALBUMS
- Panic Attack LP released: 2014
- Attribute a. Beast released: 2004
- Promo Only Canada: Urban Radio, August 2003 released: 2003
- Promo Only: Mainstream Radio, September 2003 released: 2003
- NuMusic Traxx 114 released:
Promo Only Canada: Urban Radio, August 2003
Released 2003- Deliverance
- Ladies
- Shake Ya Tailfeather (feat. P.Diddy & Murphy Lee)
- Superstar
- Love @ 1st Sight (feat. Method Man)
- Officially Missing You
- Unpredictable
- Grippin the Grain
- Into You (feat. Tamia)
- U Don't Want That (feat. Lil' Jon)
- Crazy
- Step Daddy
- Candi Bar
- Dance With My Father
- Damn! (feat. Lil' Jon)
- Let's Get Down
- Light Your Ass on Fire
- Roll Wit M.V.P.
Promo Only: Mainstream Radio, September 2003
Released 2003- Bigger Than My Body
- Breathe (album version)
- Hey Ya
- Someday
- That's OK
- Just So You Know
- Stacy's Mom
- Stand
- Suga Suga
- Have a Little Faith in Me
- Headstrong
- Crazy
- Bright Lights
- Calling You
- Into You
- Perfect
- Follow Through
- Ice Cream (album version)
- Waiting for You (album version)
- Roc Ya Body "Mic Check 1, 2"
NuMusic Traxx 114
- Girlfriend (Pied Piper remix)
- That's OK
- American Life (Oakenfold remix No Rap)
- Catherine Zeta Jones
- X Gon' Give It to Ya
- Roll Wit MVP
- Step Daddy
- There's More to Me Than You
- Speed
- Almost Home
- Babies
- I Must Not Chase the Boys
- Intuition
- Rain
- The Horizon Has Been Defeated
- The New York Times
- Heaven
- Harder to Breathe
- Come with Me (Lullaby)
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Roll Wit MVP
by: Stagga LeeLa la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la la la la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la la la la la la la
We be like
They be like
And everybody's feelin' right singin'
They singin'
We singin'
That's how we do it all night like
Get 'em like
Feelin' like
And ain't damn thing wrong baby
Stagga Lee and we up in the zone
Got the keys to the crib
And ain't nobody home
Well I'm a sixteen spitter (um hum)
Mr. team hitter spleen splitter with a dream
Flip a scene green getter get 'em
Out in the streets with the 19" spinnin' me
Grinning because every single man on my team is winnin'
We sittin' in your trees reachin' up to the sky singin'
(La la la la la la la la la la la)
Yo, hey yo, we rock illa killa
Scratched off the serial
Brothers sayin' Stagga still ain't on that's a miracle
Fuck chicks in the sixes with their name on the leash
Whole reason why I speak on them beats freak on a leash
Ya, Stag cool like cotton clothes when I droppin' flows
Bros want me to stop and pose when I shop for clothes
And yo, I be lovin' it, just look in my eye, I feel like
(La la la la la la la la la la la)
Cars bumpin', CD pumpin' on your block in the summer
Showin' love for Stag we can get high if you wanna
We singin'
La la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la la la la la la la
We be like
They be like
And everybody's feelin' right singin'
They singin'
We singin'
That's how we do it all night like
Get 'em like
Feelin' like
And ain't damn thing wrong baby
Stagga Lee and we up in the zone
Got the keys to the crib
And ain't nobody home
We can get the rims spinnin'
And your team winnin'
And your chick screenin' just like me
We can pull an all nighter
I got my own driver
We can leave but your man might see
This for the fly hunnies with their own money
You just might meet a man like me
We can get the spot droppin'
There will be no stoppin' when you rollin' wit MVP
We I roll up they be like (um hum)
What you doin' pa
Brothers be like how you doing bro when I'm cruisin' by
Whenever I'm feelin' lovely I thank the Lord above me
And I be like (la la la la la)
And then we crackin' bubbly
You see me at the bar sittin' with the fine women
Sippin' on that white wine grinnin' while my time tickin'
I think that every girl got a little dime in 'em