A Lighter Shade of Brown (LSOB) was a Latino hip hop group from Riverside, California. History LSOB was formed in 1990 by Robert Gutierrez, AKA ODM (One Dope Mexican) and Bobby Ramirez, alias DTTX (Don't Try to Xerox).[LINK: http://wc02.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:wpfyxqt5ld6e~T1] Biography, Allmusic.com They recorded demos and landed a record deal soon after, debuting with the 1991 disc Brown and Proud. After their second LP, 1992's Hip Hop Locos, they provided songs for Latino-market movies such as Mi Vida Loca and I Like It Like That. Their chart performance (which included "On a Sunday Afternoon", a #1 hit in New Zealand for two weeks in 1992) netted them a deal with major label Mercury Records, who released their third disc, Layin' in the Cut, in 1994. Their earlier hit "On a Sunday Afternoon", a success in the U.S.,