Album · Tone Loc
Lōc‐ed After Dark by Tone Loc
Lōc‐ed After Dark is an album by Tone Loc, released in 1989. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 5 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Wild Thing”, on 5 lists with a best position of #9.
Lōc-ed After Dark, Tone Lōc's debut, hit on January 23, 1989 via Delicious Vinyl, and the rapper born Anthony Terrell Smith rode it all the way to number one on the Billboard 200, the first album by a Black rap artist to top that chart. Matt Dike, Michael Ross and the Dust Brothers produced, cooking up loose, party-starting grooves, and Lōc drawls over them in that gravel-pit rasp like the coolest guy at the barbecue.
"Wild Thing" and "Funky Cold Medina" were the hits, with "I Got It Goin' On" rounding out the singles, and the album went double platinum. Even the sleeve has style: it's modeled on Donald Byrd's 1963 album A New Perspective, with the headlight of a Jaguar E-type thrown in.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Lōc‐ed After Dark on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wild Thing | 5 | #9 | – | 1988–2021 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.