More Fire Crew
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More Fire Crew was an east London-based grime crew from Waltham Forest, and was one of the first crews in the grime scene.
The crew was formed when Ozzie B and Lethal Bizzle went to secondary school together. Ozzie and Lethal soon joined up with their friend Shaunie B, who was a DJ on Amy FM, and formed a crew called the 'Cream Team'. Meanwhile, More Fire's third prospective member Neeko was in a sound engineering training programme. All three would join up when Ozzie left the Cream Team in the summer of 2000 for the Mad Dog Crew and Neeko, also a Mad Dog member, was invited to guest emcee on Amy FM by Shaunie B. This led to them hooking up with Lethal, who had become a resident MC at the same station, then they formed the More Fire Crew.
They are most known for their track "Oi!" in 2002 which reached number 7 in UK Single Chart.[1] In 2002 their first album, More Fire Crew CV, was released, and they contributed a cover of Gabrielle's "Dreams" to the album NME & Warchild Presents 1 Love.[2] In the same year they were dropped by their record label, with Lethal setting up his own eponymous record label and going on to a successful solo career.[3]
In 2005, Neeko left, with Ozzie B and Lethal Bizzle continuing as Fire Camp,[4] In May 2007, Lethal Bizzle stated that there would be no further new material from More Fire Crew.[4]
Members
- Lethal Bizzle - MC
- Neeko - MC
- Ozzie B - MC
- Shaunie B - DJ
- Commander B - DJ
- The Zismail - MC
Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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| UK | ||
| 2003 | More Fire Crew C.V.
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Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||||||||||
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| UK | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | "Oi!" | 7 | More Fire Crew C.V | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | "Back Then" | 45 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "What's The Point?" | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes that the release failed to chart or was not released in that territory | ||||||||||||||||||||||
GMTA
Ozzie B left to form a new group 'Great minds think alike'. They currently have released a song (Maybe Ting Refix) and have several unreleased singles and are under management of sharon at Blaxtalion Talents Ltd. GMTA have released their first mixtape - Dj Raph presents 'GMTA volume 1.' After huge success, volume two will be dropping mid 2011. They currently own a website under construction and have made several performances. They Include members...
- Ozzie B (aka Zed)
- Wizz - Formally Wizz Kid
- Bagz - Money Bags
- Drama
- Lip E - Formally 2LipE
- Knowledge
- Jizz
References
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 378. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Various - NME & Warchild Presents 1 Love
- ^ imagine.ie - welcome to imagine
- ^ a b Rapnews.co.uk