2 in a Room was an American hip hop, freestyle and hip house duo. The group, active between the late 80's and 90's, consisted of rapper Rafael "Dose" Vargas and producer/remixer Roger "Rog Nice" Pauletta.
They are best known for their early 90's 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,) 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.
Links to Peel[]
Peel seemed to have first played them in July 1989 via their 12" single and would also some tracks from their debut album in the same year, but didn't play further material until 1999 when he played their tune, 'Dar La Vuelta', on German radio station, FSK.
Shows Played[]
- 31 July 1989: A Passing Thought (12" - Somebody In The House Say Yeah!) Cutting
- 17 August 1989: As It Grooves (album - The Album Vol. 1) Big Live
- 05 September 1989: Kamikaze (Took My Love) (album - The Album Vol. 1) Cutting
- 07 September 1989: Rock The Bells (Of Saint Mary) (album - The Album Vol. 1) Big Life
- 1999
- August 1999 (FSK): Dar La Vuelta (v/a CD - Parate Muevete - Get Up & Move) Cutting