Blazin' Squad were an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 pop

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

-rap vocal group. The group enjoyed significant success in the UK, achieving six top ten hits, including "Crossroads", a cover version of the Bone Thugs-n-Harmony

Bone Thugs-n-Harmony

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony is an American Hip-Hop/R'n'B band from Cleveland, Ohio formed in 1991. It originally consisted of rappers Layzie Bone, Flesh-n-Bone, Bizzy Bone, Krayzie Bone, and Wish Bone. Rapper Eazy-E of the group N.W.A signed Bone Thugs-N-Harmony to Ruthless Records in 1994, when Bone...

 original.

In The Beginning: 2002

The band released a cover of the Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony is an American Hip-Hop/R'n'B band from Cleveland, Ohio formed in 1991. It originally consisted of rappers Layzie Bone, Flesh-n-Bone, Bizzy Bone, Krayzie Bone, and Wish Bone. Rapper Eazy-E of the group N.W.A signed Bone Thugs-N-Harmony to Ruthless Records in 1994, when Bone...

 song "Crossroads

Tha Crossroads

"Tha Crossroads" is a Grammy Award–winning song performed by the hip hop group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, dedicated to the late rap icon Eazy-E and released in 1996...

" as their debut single in August 2002, reaching #1 on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

 selling over half a million copies. Their debut album, In the Beginning

In the Beginning (Blazin' Squad album)

In The Beginning is the debut studio album by British ten-piece garage band Blazin' Squad. The album was released on November 25, 2002 in the United Kingdom, peaking at #33 on the UK Albums Chart. The album spawned the singlescontains the singles "Crossroads", "Love on the Line" and the double...

 achieved gold status in the UK and spawned two further top ten hits, "Love on the Line

Love on the Line (song)

"Love on the Line" is a song by British boy band Blazin' Squad from their debut album, In the Beginning. The song was released on 11 November 2002, and peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart. It was written by Christian Ballard, Andrew Murray, and Russ Ballard, and it was produced by Danish...

" and double A-side single, "Reminisce/Where the Story Ends

Reminisce/Where The Story Ends

"Reminisce"/"Where The Story Ends" is the third single from hip-hop/garage band Blazin' Squad. Both songs were taken from their debut album, In the Beginning. It reached a peak position of #8 on the UK Singles Chart...

".

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'

We Just Be Dreamin'

We Just Be Dreamin is the fourth single from hip-hop/garage band Blazin' Squad. It was the first single to be released from their second album, Now or Never...

" reached number three in July 2003, and "Flip Reverse

Flip Reverse

"Flip Reverse" is the fifth single from pop group Blazin' Squad. It was the second single to be lifted from their second album, Now or Never. The single was released in November 2003, and peaked at #2 on the UK Singles Chart, making it their most successful release since...

" reached number two in November. "Flip Reverse" was subsequently used to re-launch Top of the Pops

Top of the Pops

Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. After 25 December 2006 it became a radio program, now hosted by Tony Blackburn...

, with a special performance was recorded outside the BBC Television Centre

BBC Television Centre

BBC Television Centre at White City in West London is the headquarters of BBC Television. Officially opened on 29 June 1960, it remains one of the largest to this day; having featured over the years as backdrop to many BBC programmes, it is one of the most readily recognisable such facilities...

 with 100 or so hooded back-up dancers. With chart success of their singles, the group group recorded their second album, Now or Never

Now or Never (Blazin' Squad album)

Now or Never is the second studio album released by British ten-piece garage pop group Blazin' Squad. The album was released on November 20, 2003 in the United Kingdom, peaking at #37 on the UK Albums Chart. The album spawned the singles "We Just Be Dreamin'", "Flip Reverse" and "Here 4 One"...

Times Like These: 2005-2006

In 2005, Strider, Flava & Kenzie began recording an album under the name Friday Hill, named after a location in their hometown in Chingford

Chingford

Chingford is a district of north east London, bordering on Enfield and Edmonton to the west, Woodford to the east, Walthamstow and Stratford to the south and Essex to the north. It is situated northeast of Charing Cross and forms part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest...

. In October 2005, the group released their debut single, "Baby Goodbye", which reached #5 in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

, staying in the Top 10 for over a month and selling over 100,000 independently. In February 2006, they released a second single, "One More Night Alone", which reached #13 on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

. Their album, entitled Times Like These

Times Like These (Friday Hill album)

Times Like These is a studio album released by British hip-hop band Friday Hill, consisting of three members of the UK ten-piece garage group Blazin' Squad. The album was released on February 27, 2006, peaking at #67 on the UK Albums Chart and selling less than 4,000 copies. The album spawned the...

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Greatest Hits: 2009

In 2009, Strider, Flava, Kenzie, Krazy and Rocky B released a track independently , 'Let's Start Again'. Writing and producing the leading track aswel as remix ft Bashy

Bashy

Ashley Thomas , better known by his stage name Bashy, is an English recording artist and actor. He rose to prominence in 2007 after the release of his controversial track "Black Boys".-Early life:...

 and Chimpunk

Chipmunk (rapper)

Jahmaal Noel Fyffe known by his stage name Chipmunk, is a British hip hop rapper and songwriter from Tottenham, London....

Future

During an appearance on Celebrity Juice

Celebrity Juice

Celebrity Juice is a British television comedy panel game show on ITV2 that has been airing since 24 September, 2008. The show is presented by Keith Lemon, with regular captains Holly Willoughby and Fearne Cotton, alongside regular panellist Rufus Hound...

, Kenzie admitted the possibility of all ten original members of Blazin' Squad reuniting.

Albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions		Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales threshold)
		UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	GER Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...
In the Beginning In the Beginning (Blazin' Squad album) In The Beginning is the debut studio album by British ten-piece garage band Blazin' Squad. The album was released on November 25, 2002 in the United Kingdom, peaking at #33 on the UK Albums Chart. The album spawned the singlescontains the singles "Crossroads", "Love on the Line" and the double...	Release date: 25 November 2002 Label: East West Records East West Records East West Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group, and operates under WMG's Independent Label Group.-History:... Formats: CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , cassette Compact Cassette The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel...	33	—	UK British Phonographic Industry The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies... : Silver
Now or Never Now or Never (Blazin' Squad album) Now or Never is the second studio album released by British ten-piece garage pop group Blazin' Squad. The album was released on November 20, 2003 in the United Kingdom, peaking at #37 on the UK Albums Chart. The album spawned the singles "We Just Be Dreamin'", "Flip Reverse" and "Here 4 One"...	Release date: 20 November 2003 Label: East West Records Formats: CD, cassette	37	57	UK: Silver
Times Like These Times Like These (Friday Hill album) Times Like These is a studio album released by British hip-hop band Friday Hill, consisting of three members of the UK ten-piece garage group Blazin' Squad. The album was released on February 27, 2006, peaking at #67 on the UK Albums Chart and selling less than 4,000 copies. The album spawned the...   (As Friday Hill)	Release date: 27 February 2006 Label: Polydor Records Polydor Records Polydor is a record label owned by Universal Music Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom.-Beginnings:Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and German branches of the Gramophone... Formats: CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , Digital Download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...	67	-
Greatest Hits Greatest Hits (Blazin' Squad album) Greatest Hits is the first compilation album released by British garage pop group Blazin' Squad. The album was released digitally via 7digital.com on June 22, 2009...	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 UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	GER Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	IRE Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...
2002	"Crossroads"	1	82	13	In the Beginning
	"Love on the Line"	6	—	28
2003	"Reminisce / Where The Story Ends Reminisce/Where The Story Ends "Reminisce"/"Where The Story Ends" is the third single from hip-hop/garage band Blazin' Squad. Both songs were taken from their debut album, In the Beginning. It reached a peak position of #8 on the UK Singles Chart... "	8	—	28
	"We Just Be Dreamin' We Just Be Dreamin' We Just Be Dreamin is the fourth single from hip-hop/garage band Blazin' Squad. It was the first single to be released from their second album, Now or Never... "	3	75	31	Now or Never
	"Flip Reverse Flip Reverse "Flip Reverse" is the fifth single from pop group Blazin' Squad. It was the second single to be lifted from their second album, Now or Never. The single was released in November 2003, and peaked at #2 on the UK Singles Chart, making it their most successful release since... "	2	22	15
2004	"Here 4 One Here 4 One "Here 4 One" was the sixth single from hip-hop and garage band Blazin' Squad. It was the third single to be released from their second album, Now or Never... "	6	—	18
2005	"Baby Goodbye Baby Goodbye (song) "Baby Goodbye" was the first single from hip-hop and garage band Friday Hill, consisting of members of the ten-piece garage band Blazin' Squad. It was the first single to be released from their album, Times Like These... " (As Friday Hill)	5	—	—	Times Like These
2006	"One More Night Alone One More Night Alone "One More Night Alone" was the second single from hip-hop and garage band Friday Hill, consisting of members of the ten-piece garage band Blazin' Squad. It was the second single to be released from their album, Times Like These... " (As Friday Hill)	13	—	—
	"All Nite Long All Nite Long "All Nite Long" was the seventh single from hip-hop and garage band Blazin' Squad. It was the first single to be released after the band's initial re-formation in 2006, with only four of the original band members.- Track listing :CD1... "	54	—	—	Greatest Hits
2009	"Let's Start Again Let's Start Again "Let's Start Again" was the eighth and final single from hip-hop and garage band Blazin' Squad. It was the first single to be released after their second re-formation, with only five of the original band members. The single was released in June 2009, and peaked at #51 on the UK Singles Chart.... "	51	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

External links

• 2009 Interview & Feature on Music.Virgin.Com