Pay As U Go or Pay As U Go Cartel were a

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crew formed in 2000. In 2002, the collective achieved a No. 13 UK hit with "

Champagne Dance "Champagne Dance" is a song by UK garage crew Pay As U Go. In April 2002, the single charted at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart. It remains the group's only charting hit single before they disbanded with members going on to join Grime (musi ...

". After Pay As U Go disbanded, Wiley went on to form the

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crew

Roll Deep Roll Deep (formerly Roll Deep Entourage) are a British grime crew. They were founded in 2001 by Wiley shortly before the disbandment of UK garage crew Pay As U Go Cartel. The group have had two UK No. 1 singles, " Good Times" and " Green L ...

with fellow Pay As U Go members. Roll Deep would eventually include prominent artists such as

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and

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. The crew has been credited for paving the way for

music, alongside

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and Heartless Crew.

History

In 1998, Maxwell D and his friends Carl, DJ Target, and Wiley began performing on London

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station

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. Together they formed a group called 'The Ladies Hit Squad'. Major Ace, Plague, God's Gift, and DJ Slimzee also hosted their own show on Rinse FM every Sunday. In the summer of 2000, the Pay As You Go phone network was experiencing network errors coincidentally every Sunday coinciding with their show, allowing everyone to call into the radio show for free. After three weeks of this, Plague dubbed the show the "pay as you go show". The pay as you go radio show and Ladies Hit Squad's show on Rinse FM were the most popular shows on Rinse FM at the time, leading to the owner of Rinse FM suggesting that Ladies Hit Squad and the pay as you go show merge, leading to the official Pay As U Go crew being formed.

Flowdan Marc Veira (born 17 March 1980), better known by his stage name Flowdan, is an English grime MC and record producer from Bow and Poplar, East London. A founding member of Roll Deep, he was responsible for naming the group and remained a membe ...

, Riko Dan, Dom P, Breeze and Bubbles later joined the group. The group released a

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, "Know We", in late 1999. The song was officially released in 2000 as their debut single. In 2001, Wiley, Flowdan, Bubbles and Breeze recorded a song entitled "Terrible", which record stores perceived to be a follow-up to "Know We". Wiley decided he did not want to release it under the Pay As U Go name, so Flowdan suggested the name

; a homage to the phrase "rolling deep", popular within

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songs. Following the creation of Roll Deep, Dogzilla and Lady J joined Pay As U Go in 2003. Flowdan cited the introduction of

to Roll Deep and his subsequent popularity as the reason why Pay As U Go eventually disbanded and Roll Deep rose to prominence.

Discography

Albums

*''Pay As U Go'' ( mixed compilation) (2001),

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Singles

*"Know We" (2000), Solid City *"Be Real" (2000), Relentless *"

" (2001),

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/INCredible - UK #13

References

External links

* Musical groups established in 2000 UK garage groups English electronic music groups English hip hop groups Musical groups from London INCredible artists Relentless Records artists Sony Music UK artists {{UK-band-stub