Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three
| Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three |
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|---|---|
| Genres | Old-school hip hop |
| Years active | Early 1980s |
| Labels |
Reality/Fantasy Records Profile Records |
| Past members |
Rock Master Scott Charlie Prince MBG Slick Rick |
Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three was an old school rap group best known for the singles "The Roof Is on Fire" and "Request Line", both of which have been sampled by many other groups, for a large variety of genres. Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three grew up in the Bronx, New York, New York, where three of the members lived in the same building on Webster Avenue.
As youngsters, Richard Fowler (a.k.a. Slick Rick; not to be confused with the much more famous rapper of the same name) and Gregory Wigfall (a.k.a. MBG or Master Blaster Greg) played sports together, while Charles Pettiford (a.k.a. Charlie Prince) preferred to remain indoors playing music. Richard was also into music, and he played drums, mixed music, and belonged to another group; however, this was never known to Charles. And MBG (Steve Ward)
Gregory, a photographer, gathered the two together for a show performance in New Haven, Connecticut, at a club called Le Joint which run by his cousin Cody. Richard did not want anything to do with Charles due to the fact they had a previous dispute about his childhood sweetheart. Therefore, he wanted another person, Buster, to accompany them. Buster also lived in the building across from them. Gregory brought Charles anyway, along with both Richard and Buster. At the New Haven show, they had yet to come up with a group name, so they were just called Charlie D and the Crew. They performed, stayed out there with Gregory's family members for a several days and then returned to New York City. They then decided to call the group Devilish Three. Buster could not continue to be with the group because he was an MC for another DJ named Smitty Rock and his MC partner's name was Charlie Rock. Gregory decided to replace Buster himself.
They were still called Devilish Three until they entered a battle at a club across the street from their building. The club, Your Spot, was a former Burger King fast food restaurant which was converted by Jerry Blood Rock to a nightclub. Rock needed to get some known MCs to perform there as a grand opening. The Devilish Three was one of the groups he asked. The only problem was they did not have a DJ.
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