Tha Lowa

Tha Lowa was a NYC based group from Alphabet City (Lillian Wald Housing) in the Lower East Side and was composed of Durty Rob, Da Uzi and Terra Devil. The crew was formed in 1993 and was also known under the name of L.E.S Niggas. Their first appearance was their demo on the ultra rare "Phat Flavor '93 Unsigned Hip Hop" tape. Da Uzi : "We all grew up together in the same project at the time we got started, we were all pretty much working on solo projects except for Terra he had a partner that went by the name of Bal short for Balance . I had a friend of mine that was for the most part managing me that went by the name of Big Shot and together we decided to form the Lowa. Terra was locked in a contract which initially stalled the union. I was able to run into Terra’s manager and through some let’s say persuasive dialogue was able to free Terra from the contract. We were all from the Lower East Side, just different parts, and were all involved in that Lower East Side music scene. Through mutual friends we all came together." Their EP was really a vinyl demo and was only used for promo not for sale at the time. Only about 500 copies were made, which lead to bootlegging in Japan in the late 2000's. It became sought after due to a mention in a book by Freddy Fresh as a classic 90's record. The rappers did a few demos after the record's release to the record pools and DJs but they were never to record again. The demos were supposed to be for an album that never happened. Unfortunately the masters were lost and DATs were destroyed. The reels may be in the possession of the executive producer "Big Shot" but he never officially confirmed. Their EP was the only release by Tha Lowa- after the release of the vinyl, one of the members had serious law problems and got locked up ... as a result the group ended. Bio courtesy of unikone ( https://hiphop-thegoldenera.blogspot.com/2018/01/tha-lowa-tha-lowa-ep-1994.html )