The Lacs

The LACs
Origin	Baxley, Georgia, United States
Genres	Country rap
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Side Ya Mouth Backroad Records Dirt Rock Empire
Members	Brian Andrew "Rooster" King Robert Clayton "Uncle Snap" Sharpe [1]
Past members	Dennis Morgan

The Lacs is an American country rap duo that consists of Robert Clayton (Clay) "Uncle Snap" Sharpe and Brian Andrew "Rooster" King. ^[2] At first, the group also featured Brandon Herndon on the three self-released albums on Side Ya Mouth Records. ^[3]

The Lacs have recorded six albums for Backroad Records, a subsidiary of Average Joes Entertainment, an independent label co-owned by fellow country rap artist Colt Ford. Four albums have entered the Billboard 200: Keep it Redneck (2013), Outlaw in Me and American Rebelution (2017).

The Lacs created their own record label Dirt Rock Empire ^[4] in 2017. On September 22, 2017, The Lacs released the first album from Dirt Rock titled Dirtbagz, Vol. 1 which is a compilation album featuring many of the labels artists such as Nate Kenyon, Crucifix and Hard Target.

Discography

Albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions					Sales
		US Country [5] [6]	US [7]	US Heat [8]	US Indie [9]	US Rap [10]
Midas Well Get Drunk	Release date: 2002 Label: Side Ya Mouth Records Formats: CD, music download	—	—	—	—	—
South on Fire	Release date: 2002 Label: Side Ya Mouth Records Formats: CD, music download	—	—	—	—	—
Lacology	Release date: November 17, 2006 Label: Side Ya Mouth Records Formats: CD, music download	—	—	—	—	—
Country Boy's Paradise	Release date: February 15, 2011 Label: Backroad Records Formats: CD, music download	52	—	27	—	—	US: 39,530 [11]
190 Proof	Release date: April 3, 2012 Label: Backroad Records Formats: CD, music download	16	68	—	9	8	US: 83,075 [11]
Keep It Redneck	Release date: August 20, 2013 Label: Backroad Records Formats: CD, music download	3	23	—	7	5	US: 100,000 [12]
Nothing in Particular [13]	Release date: October 28, 2014 Label: Backroad Records Formats: CD, music download	20	86	—	21	11	US: 26,000 [14]
Outlaw in Me [15]	Release date: May 26, 2015 Label: Backroad Records Formats: CD, music download	3	27	—	2	3	US: 31,600 [16]
Welcome to Dodge City (with Hard Target)	Release date: August 5, 2016 Label: Barn Burner Records Formats: CD, music download	22	—	—	16	10	US: 3,100 [17]
American Rebelution	Release date: April 7, 2017 Label: Backroad Records Formats: CD, music download	10	65	—	8	22	US: 21,600 [18]
Dirt Rock	Release date: May 4, 2018 Label: Dirt Rock Empire Formats: CD, music download	24	178	—	12	—	US: 15,700 [19]
Rise and Shine	Release date: October 18, 2019 Label: Dirt Rock Empire Formats: CD, music download	—	—	—	21	—	US: 3,200 [20]
Kickin' Up Mud	Release date: January 31, 2020 Label: Backroad Records Formats: music download	—	—	—	—	—	US: 1,500 [21]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

Title	Year	Certifications	Album	Credits
"Dirt Road Dollars" (with Nate Kenyon)	2017	RIAA: Gold [22]	Dirtbagz, Vol 1	Written by: Nate Kenyon and The Lacs Produced by : Wess Nyle Mixed by: Wess Nyle Mastered by: Dave Fore

Other certified songs

Title	Year	Certifications	Album
"Country Road"	2006	RIAA: Gold [22]	Lacology
"Kickin' Up Mud"	2010	RIAA: Gold [22]	Country Boy’s Paradise

Guest singles

Year	Single	Artist	Album
2014	"Throwdown"	Moonshine Bandits	Calicountry
2015	"Outback"	Moonshine Bandits (with Durwood Black)	Blacked Out

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
2011	"Kickin' Up Mud"	David Poag
	"Country Boy's Paradise"	Phivestarr Productions
	"Country Road"
2012	"Shake It" (with Big & Rich) [23]	Potsy Ponciroli
	"Let Your Country Hang Out"
	"Wylin'" (with Bubba Sparxxx)
2013	"Field Party" (with JJ Lawhorn)
	"Keep It Redneck"	Potsy Ponciroli
2014	"Smokestack"
	"Nothing in Particular"
	"Throwdown" (with Moonshine Bandits)	Scott Hansen
2015	"God Bless a Country Girl"
	"Outback (Extended Remix)" (with Moonshine Bandits, Durwood Black, Redneck Souljers, Bubba Sparxxx, D. Thrash, Lenny Cooper, Demun Jones & Moccasin Creek)
	"Make the Rooster Crow" [24]	IvinxPryor
	"Tonight on Repeat" (with Josh Thompson)	Ed Pryor
2016	"Back to Georgia" (with Craig Campbell)	Ed Pryor
	"Out Here"
2017	"Drink as a Team"	Casey Pierce
	"Jack in My Coke" (with Montgomery Gentry)
2018	"Redneck Rockstar"	Chris Hicky
	"Country Livin"	Crucifix & Joshua Kirk
	"Willie Nelson" (with Nate Kenyon)
	"Red Eyes"
2019	"City Boy's Nightmare" (with Nate Kenyon)

References

1. "DEAD MAN WALKING". ASCAP. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
2. "The Lacs' Score Career-Best Rank On Top Country Albums". Billboard. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
3. "SYM – LACS". Showcase Your Music. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
4. "DirtRockEmpire.com". DirRockEmpire.
5. "The Lacs Album & Song Chart History – Top Country Albums". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media.
6. "Country Boy's Paradise – The Lacs". Billboard.
7. "The Lacs Album & Song Chart History – Billboard 200". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media.
8. "Country Boy's Paradise – The Lacs". Billboard.
9. "The Lacs Album & Song Chart History – Independent Albums". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media.
10. "The Lacs Album & Song Chart History – Rap Albums". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media.
11. "2013/2014 HipHop album sales…". Anti Industry.
12. Bjorke, Matt (October 7, 2014). "The Lacs "Nothing In Particular" Tracklist & Cover Art". Roughstock.
13. Thompson, Gayle (July 29, 2014). "The Lacs Announce New Tour Dates". The Boot. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
14. "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on May 15, 2015.
15. Bjorke, Matt (March 16, 2015). "The Lacs "Outlaw In Me" Tracklist & Cover Art". Roughstock. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
16. Matt Bjorke (July 1, 2015). "Country Album Chart Report for July 1, 2015". Roughstock. Sales figure given here
17. Bjorke, Matt (August 14, 2016). "Top 10 Country Albums Sales Chart: August 15, 2016". Roughstock.
18. Bjorke, Matt (August 14, 2017). "Top 10 Country Album Sales Chart: August 14, 2017". Roughstock.
19. Bjorke, Matt (September 4, 2018). "The Top 10 Country Albums: September 4, 2018". Roughstock. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
20. "Top 10 Country Albums Pure Sales Chart: November 24, 2019". Roughstock. November 24, 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
21. Bjorke, Matt (March 10, 2020). "Top 10 Country Albums Pure Sales Chart: March 9, 2020". RoughStock. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
22. "American certifications – The Lacs". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved May 20, 2022.
23. "CMT : Videos : The Lacs : Shake It featuring Big & Rich". Country Music Television . Retrieved August 9, 2012.^{[ dead link ‍]}
24. "The Lacs | Make the Rooster Crow | VEVO – Yahoo Screen". Yahoo! Screen . Retrieved August 4, 2015.

External links

• Official website