2 in a Room
{{short description|American hip hop duo}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = 2 in a Room
| image = 2 in a Room.jpg
| caption = Rog Nice and Dose
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| alias =
| origin = Washington Heights, New York City, New York
| genre = House, hip-hop, freestyle
| years_active = 1987–1995
| label = Cutting/Charisma/Virgin/EMI Records
| associated_acts =
| website =
| current_members = Rafael "Dose" Vargas
Roger "Rog Nice" Pauletta
| past_members =
| background = group_or_band
}}
2 in a Room was an American hip hop, freestyle and hip house duo. The group, formed in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City, New York and active between 1987 and 1995, consisted of rapper Rafael "Dose" Vargas and producer/remixer Roger "Rog Nice" Pauletta.{{Cite journal |last=Martin |first=Andrew |date=5 March 1991 |title=Wiggle It review |journal=Q Magazine |volume=55 |pages=80}}
Musical career
They are best known for their 1990 hit single "Wiggle It", written and produced by George Morel and Rafael Vargas. It spent two weeks at number one on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart and number three on the UK Singles Chart,{{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 571}}) and then crossed over to mainstream radio, and climbed to number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100, eventually becoming a gold single. In early 1991 they released the album Wiggle It that Andrew Martin in Q Magazine called intelligent, modern hot-making".
Before that, they were known for a track called "Do What You Want" (1990) that got a lot of club and DJ play in New York and Chicago. "El Trago (The Drink)" was a number 86 Billboard Hot 100 chart entry (the last of their pop hits), but they did chart several more singles on the dance chart through the 1990s. Their first release in the UK was "Somebody in the House Say Yeah!" in the late part of 1989. They later changed their name to Fulanito; and style of music to merengue. Vargas, also known under Dose Material, was also member of 740 Boyz from 1991.
Discography
=Albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of albums, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Album details ! scope="col" colspan="2" | Peak chart |
| scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:85%" | AUS ! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:85%" | UK |
|---|
| scope="row" | The Album Vol. 1
|
| — || — |
| scope="row" | Wiggle It
|
| 45 || 73 |
| scope="row" | World Party
|
| — || — |
=Singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications ! rowspan="2"| Title ! rowspan="2"| Year ! colspan="10"| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2"| Certifications ! rowspan="2"| Album |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| US {{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/431864/2-in-a-room/chart?f=379|title=2 in a Room - Chart history | Billboard|website=Billboard.com}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| US ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| AUS
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| AUT ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| BEL ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| FIN ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| GER ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| NLD ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| SWI ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| UK |
|---|
| scope="row"| "Somebody in the House Say Yeah!"
| 1989 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 66 | | align="left" rowspan="3"| The Album Vol. 1 |
| scope="row"| "Do What You Want"
| rowspan=3| 1990 | — | 9 | 120 | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | — | |
| scope="row"| "Take Me Away" (NED only)
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| scope="row"| "Wiggle It"
| 15 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 39 | 19 | 17 | 24 | 14 | 3 |
|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx |title=Certified Awards Search: 2 in a Room |publisher=BPI |accessdate=2010-08-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511120001/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx |archivedate=2011-05-11 }} | align="left" rowspan="3"| Wiggle It |
| scope="row"| "She's Got Me Going Crazy"
| rowspan=2| 1991 | — | — | 72 | — | — | 30 | — | 40 | — | 54 | |
| scope="row"| "Body to Body" (ITA only)
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| scope="row"| "El Trago (The Drink)"
| 1994 | 86 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | | align="left" rowspan="5"| World Party |
| scope="row"| "Ahora Es (Now Is the Time)"
| rowspan=2| 1995 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 43 | |
| scope="row"| "Giddy-Up"
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 74 | |
| scope="row"| "Carnival"
| rowspan=2| 1996 | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| scope="row"| "Get Up and Move" (SPA only)
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| align="center" colspan="17" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. |
In popular culture
In 1991, Alvin and the Chipmunks covered "Wiggle It" for their album The Chipmunks Rock the House.
See also
References
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External links
- {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p14573|label=2 In A Room}}
- [http://www.discogs.com/artist/2+In+A+Room 2 In A Room] at Discogs
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Category:American dance music groups
Category:American house music duos
Category:Musical duos from New York (state)
Category:Charisma Records artists
Category:Electronic music groups from New York (state)
Category:American hip-hop duos
Category:American male musical duos
Category:Hip-hop groups from New York City
Category:Hip house music groups
Category:Musical groups established in 1987
Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1995
Category:American rappers of Dominican Republic descent