Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three is an old school rap group that is best known for their single “The Roof Is on Fire” that was copied by many. They all grew up in the Bronx of NYC. Three of the members lived in the same building on Webster ave. Before they became a rap group – they were doing their own thing. Richard aka Slick Rick and Gregory aka MBG were hangout partners. They played sports together while Charles aka Charlie Prince was in the house playing music and watching them from out the window as they played football; baseball etc. Richard was also into music, played drums mixed music and was with another group, but it was never known to Charles. Now Gregory on the other hand was a photogragher and still is til this day had a knowledge of both of these guys and decided to put them two together for a show performance in New Haven CT. at a club called the (Le Joint) run by his cousins Cody and Andre. Richard did not want anything to do with Charles due to the fact they had a discrepancy over his childhood sweetheart. So he wanted another guy to go with him named Buster who also lived in the building across from them. Gregory took Charles anyway along with Richard and Buster. So they made their way to New Haven CT.

They never had a group name at that time. People just called them: Charlie D and the crew. They did the show and stayed out there with Gregory family members for a few days and then went back to New York. They then decided to call the group: Devilish Three. Unfortunately Buster could not continue to be with the group because he was a MC for another DJ named Smitty Rock. His MC partner Name was Charlie Rock. That is when Gregory decided to take the place of Buster as a MC. They still was called Devilish Three until They entered a battle at a club across the street from their building called: Your Spot formally known as Burger King. A man by the name of Jerry Blood Rock changed it into a club and needed to get some known MCs to perform there as a grand opening. They happened to be one of the groups he asked and others were also asked. The only problem they had – they did not have a DJ. They all knew of a neighborhood DJ who played in the parks known as Kool Dee and because Charles was taught by him – how to mix and scratch records- asked him to be their DJ for the battle. He became their DJ but they never had time to practice with him so they practiced amongst Themselves. When the day came for the battle – he was there to DJ – and they won of course. But it came to the point where they had to get a reliable DJ. That is when they met up with Mark aka Master Scott before it was Rockmaster.

Let me explain how he got the name Rockmaster. Since Jerry Bloodrock was the producer – he took the (Rock) from his own name and then put it together with (Master) and it became Rock Master. Anyway, Scott was waiting the next day across the street by the club they had the battle and the three of them came down stairs to vote him in as a member of the group. Scott was The DJ of another group, who were also in that battle, but he decided to take the DJ position for the winning group. He was always on time for practice. They were inspired by The Cold Crush Brothers and The Fantastic Five, when they use to have their battles. They practiced at Gregory aka MBG’s mother house who was very kind to them, but at night they had to practice quietly. Their main spot to practice was at Richard aka Slick Rick’s mother house (RIP). Before we go any further – let’s clear the Slick Rick name because there were two Ricks. If you look at the date release of Request Line by RockMaster Scott and the Dynamic Three (1984 ) who started the Reality label – then look at the date release of The Show by Dougie Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew (1985), you would see that the Original Slick Rick was with the group Dynamic Three and the other Rick aka Ricky D was with Dougie Fresh. Both groups were on the same label (Reality Records) that is why people got their information wrong about these two characters. Dynamic Three wanted Dougie to be on the label with them because their main purpose were to get all the good rappers signed to that label with them like other labels before them. But of course it was never acknowledged by Dougie Fresh. But any way Richard aka Slick Rick moms, she was like their mentor and gave them alot of inspiration.

They would be in her living room rehearsing and she would be sitting on the couch watching them and making sure they did it right. She fed them, gave them something to drink when they were out of breath. She been with them from the beginning til her departure. She been with them on many road trips and met some of the other performers like Force MDs, Rappin Duke and a few others. This was during the times they made (Request Line and The Roof Is On fire). But prior to that, they were doing shows with other local groups that were well known such as, The Cold Crush Brothers; Grand Wizard Theodore and The Fantastic Five; Master Don Committee; DJ AJ when he was with Chief Rocker Busy Bee Etc. They started performing in places like T Connection; Harlem World; also places in Jersey with other groups such as, Sweet, Slick and Sly. They did shows for another promoter named Armstrong. Now Scott had a connection with another promoter named Man Dip Lite, who always had shows in Long Island lined up for Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five. He also had shows lined up for Rockmaster Scott and The Dynamic Three at this roller skating rink up in Long Island. After doing a few shows here and there, finally the day came when Jerry Blood Rock wanted to record the group in the studio. It took one year from the time of him asking them, but finally that time came. They recorded their first song called: It’s Life (You Gotta Think Twice).

DJ Wiz Kid (RIP) was responsible for the music. This was the first time they have ever seen a recording studio, which was called unique recording studio. Once the song was complete they waited for about one to two weeks and Jerry Blood Rock (the producer of the song) came around the block of their neighborhood and called them downstairs to show them the pressing of the records on the label called Reality Records – they were happy to see the progress. The first thing they did was take them to the local record stores to sell boxes of the new song. During that time, Charles aka Charlie Prince was working in one of the top record stores called Rock N Soul part time and was able to get the owner to buy a few boxes. Charlie Prince use to sleep with the radio alarm clock set for 7:00 am. One morning the alarm went off and BAM, there it was – their song was being played on the radio by Ken Spider Web on 98.7 kiss. He called the other members and told them the great news. They were like The Five Heartbeats hearing their song (I’ve Got Nothing But Love), jumping and cheering. That is when Profile Records got involved and did the distribution. It became a regular rotation in the morning. They started performing at places like Broadway International, Cerlebrity Club Etc.

They became the neighborhood super stars in the year of 19 and 83. In the year of 19 and 84, they were back in the studio recording the songs (Request Line and The Roof Is On Fire), but at that time, they were in different studios. One was in a small studio in New Jersey at Joey Moore’s house – one of Jerry Blood Rock’s Associates. They laid the track, “The Roof Is On Fire” there along with “Request Line” then took it to unique studio to complete the work. During their travels around with Jerry Bloodrock, they met people like Clark Jay who was the quiet man behind the scene, but had a big part in putting this project together. They saw Clark Jay one or two times in Jersey and have not seen him for along time. Meanwhile, Clark was looking for the group and the group never knew much of Clark Jay until Charles aka Charlie Prince decided to research. The day finally came when Clark Jay was located. This was in the early 90s. He was so happy to hear from the group members. It was like Jesus finding his lost sheep. So he wanted to know where were the rest of the group. Once he knew where they were, he started taking care of the group and even invited them where he was. Now back to the songs. Finally when the song was recorded on Reality Reords, it was put out.

It took off pretty good. All they knew was that they had to take a flight out to Fayetteville NC. to perform a show, only thing with that, was that Scott and Charlie Prince went there while Rick and MBG was out in New Jersey. They were booked to be both places. That is when they met Divine Sounds. Next thing, shows started coming up back to back. After doing so many shows with other groups they were then put on a tour called the Jamatron. They met up with other rap artist such as, Kurtis Blow, Dougie Fresh, UTFO, Lisa Lisa, Roxanne Shante, Whodini, The Real Roxanne and alot of others who are not mentioned.

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