740 Boyz is a

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group founded in 1991, by Winston Rosa a.k.a. Big Win from

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. Big Win worked with several

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including

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and

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. While working in a studio called INS Studios in New York City, he met Rafael Vargas a.k.a. Dose Material. Vargas was also in the group 2 in a Room. Their first single, "Shimmy Shake", was successful in

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(#2 in late 1995) and

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, while it had a little success on the

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and

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charts. A few months later, the second single "Bump Bump (Booty Shake)" was released; it peaked at No. 14 in France and achieved minor success in other European countries, including Belgium and the

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."Bump Bump", in various Singles Chart
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(Retrieved February 13, 2008) In 2003,

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vs.

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featuring 740 Boyz reached No. 28 on the

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with "Shake Ya Shimmy".

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