Blazin' Squad

Blazin' Squad
OriginHighams Park, London, England
GenresHip hop[1]
Years active
  • 2001–2004
  • 2006
  • 2009
Labels
SpinoffsFriday Hill
Members
Past members
  • Kenzie
  • Reepa
  • Krazy
  • Flava
  • Tommy-B
  • Strider

Blazin' Squad were an English hip hop group. The group had six top ten hits, including "Crossroads", a cover version of the Bone Thugs-n-Harmony original.

Career

In The Beginning: 2002

The band released a number of white label singles on the Weighty Plates label featuring remixes of the track "Standard Flow" from their album In the Beginning. "Standard Flow" was remixed by Ras Kwarme and Origin Unknown, with a version available featuring Jamaican dancehall musician Elephant Man on guest vocals. Even though the releases were issued as underground white labels, "Standard Flow" sold enough copies to chart as Blazin' Squad's first Top 100 chart entry, peaking at number 78 on the chart of 17 August 2002 with three weeks in the countdown.[2][3]

For their official debut, the band released a cover of the Bone Thugs-N-Harmony song "Crossroads" for Warner Music's East West Records label. This single was the first to reach the UK Top 40, and debuted in the number one spot on the UK Singles Chart of 31 August 2002.[4] The song was highly re-recorded and hardly contained any lyrics of the original. The single was heavily criticised by the media, some of whom claimed their rap skills were 'not to be taken seriously', and others sidelining them to a younger audience. Despite this, however, their debut album, In the Beginning achieved gold status in the UK and spawned two further top ten hits, "Love on the Line" and double A-side single, "Reminisce/Where the Story Ends". The album was released to general critical censure.[5][6] Jon O'Brien of AllMusic called them the "self-proclaimed pioneers of 'chav' culture".[7]

Now or Never: 2003–2004

The group went on to achieve further chart success in 2003, with two further top five chart hits. "We Just Be Dreamin'" reached number three in July 2003, and "Flip Reverse", which was co-written by former member Liam D'Souza reached number two in November. "Flip Reverse" was subsequently used to re-launch Top of the Pops, with a special performance recorded outside the BBC Television Centre with 100 or so hooded back-up dancers. Despite the chart success of their singles, the group failed to match their success with their second album, Now or Never, only peaking at #36 on the UK Albums Chart. A live recording of a concert in Liverpool was released on DVD for Christmas 2003 but failed to achieve any commercial success. It also failed to re-ignite the low sales of the album. "Here 4 One" was issued as the third single from Now or Never in early 2004, peaking at #6 on the UK Singles Chart, but sales failed to be strong enough to warrant a third album deal.

Friday Hill and Times Like These: 2005–2006

In 2005, Strider, Flava and Kenzie signed a record deal with Polydor records, and began recording an album under the name Friday Hill, named after a location in their hometown in Chingford. In October 2005, the group released their debut single, "Baby Goodbye", which reached #5 in the UK Singles Chart, selling over 80,000 copies. In February 2006, they released a second single, "One More Night Alone", which reached #13 on the UK Singles Chart. Their album, entitled Times Like These, was also released in February 2006, but only peaked at #67 on the UK Albums Chart, and such, were soon dropped from their label.[8]

In July 2006, Rocky-B, Reepa, Spike-E and Melo-D made an announcement that they were going to reform as Blazin' Squad, and record and release a new album under Peach Records. They released a single, "All Night Long", in August 2006, however, it only peaked at #54, which resulted in their record deal being scrapped and a further disbandment.

Greatest Hits: 2009

In June 2009, Strider, Flava, Kenzie, Krazy and Rocky B announced they would be re-uniting as a five piece, and subsequently released their comeback single, "Let's Start Again". The single fared slightly better than the previous single but could only peak at #51 on the UK Singles Chart. Despite their record label wanting to drop them following the lack of success of the single, they had signed a binding contract to release an album. The label issued a Greatest Hits compilation via digital download and thereby ended the contract with the group.

Members

  • James MacKenzie AKA "Kenzie" (2002–2004, 2005–2006, 2009)
  • Ollie Georgiou AKA "Freek" (2002–2004)
  • Marcel Somerville AKA "Rocky B" (2002–2004, 2006, 2009)
  • Chris McKeckney AKA "Melo-D" (2002–2004, 2006)
  • Stuart Baker AKA "Reepa" (2002–2004, 2006)
  • Lee Bailey AKA "Krazy" (2002–2004, 2009)
  • Sam Foulkes AKA "Spike-E" (2002–2004, 2006)
  • James Murray AKA "Flava" (2002–2004, 2005–2006, 2009)
  • Tom Beasley AKA "Tommy-B" (2002–2004)
  • Mustafa Omer AKA "Strider" (2002–2004, 2005–2006, 2009)

[9]

Discography

Albums

Title Details Peak chart
positions 		Certifications
(sales threshold)
UK
[10] 		GER
[11]
In the Beginning 33 —
Now or Never
  • Release date: 20 November 2003
  • Label: East West Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
 37 57
Greatest Hits
  • Release date: 22 June 2009
  • Label: Naughty Boy Records
  • Formats: Digital Download
 – –
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

Year Single Peak chart
positions 		Album
UK
[10] 		GER
[13] 		IRE
[14]
2002 "Crossroads" 1 82 13 In the Beginning
"Love on the Line" 6 — 28
2003 "Reminisce / Where the Story Ends" 8 — 28
"We Just Be Dreamin'" 3 75 31 Now or Never
"Flip Reverse" 2 22 15
2004 "Here 4 One" 6 — 18
2006 "All Night Long" 54 — — Greatest Hits
2009 "Let's Start Again" 51 — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Blazin' Squad - Weighty Plates Singles

  • Weighty Plates Volume 1: Standard Flow Remixes (Number 78 in the UK Top 100, 2002)[15][16][17]
  • Weighty Plates Volume 2: Standard Flow Ras Kwame Mixes (with Ras Kwame and Elephant Man)[18]
  • Weighty Plates Volume 3: Standard Flow: Origin Unknown & DND Remixes[19]

Friday Hill Discography

Album

Title Details Peak chart
positions 		Certifications
(sales threshold)
UK
[10] 		GER
[20]
Times Like These 67 –
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

Year Single Peak chart
positions 		Album
UK
[10] 		GER
[21] 		IRE
[22]
2005 "Baby Goodbye" 5 — — Times Like These
2006 "One More Night Alone" 13 — —

References

  1. ^ Titley, Megan (14 November 2018). "Hip hop group Blazin' Squad to count down New Year chimes at Preston's Bongo's Bingo". Lancashire Post. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Standard flow | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". OfficialCharts.com.
  3. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". OfficialCharts.com.
  4. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". OfficialCharts.com.
  5. ^ Williams, Alun (30 November 2002). "The beginning or end of Blazin' Squad?". BBC. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  6. ^ Simpson, Dave (22 November 2002). "Blazin' Squad: In the Beginning". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  7. ^ "Blazin' Squad Biography by Jon O'Brien". allmusic.com. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  8. ^ "The Games silver medallist and pop star reveals how the reality show turned his life around". The Herald. Glasgow. 10 July 2006. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  9. ^ O'Brien, Jon Rocky-B. Blazin' Squad. allmusic.com
  10. ^ a b c d "Official Charts: Blazin' Squad". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  11. ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: German Charts – Albums". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  12. ^ a b "BPI Searchable Database". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 24 September 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  13. ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet Charts – German Singles". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  14. ^ "irishcharts.com – Discography Blazin' Squad". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  15. ^ "Blazin' Squad | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". OfficialCharts.com.
  16. ^ "Standard flow | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". OfficialCharts.com.
  17. ^ Weighty Plates Records 2002, cat no: PLATE 01T
  18. ^ Weighty Plates Records 2002, cat no: PLATE 02T
  19. ^ Weighty Plates Records 2002, cat no: PLATE 03T
  20. ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: German Charts – Albums". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  21. ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet Charts – German Singles". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  22. ^ "irishcharts.com – Discography Blazin' Squad". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 March 2011.

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