Thursday, March 19, 2015

Flashback Who's That???

Soul singing recording trio 702, named after the area code of their hometown of Las Vegas, Nevada, was an American platinum-selling trio. Originally a quartet, the group became a trio, which includes sisters Irish (born June 2, 1980), and LeMisha 'Misha' (born June 10, 1978) Grinstead, and lead singer Kameelah Williams. Irish's twin sister Orish Grinstead (June 2, 1980 – April 20, 2008) was a founding member and later a substitute vocalist.

702 was discovered by comedian Sinbad. He visited their home in order to convince their parents to send the trio to Atlanta for a convention and music competition. Though the girls missed the deadline for entry, Sinbad used his name to get them in.  They met Michael Bivins who was producing the group Subway, the ladies guest on Subway's 'This Little Game We Play' Bivins agreed to work with the sisters.   Their debut album, No Doubt shot to #1 on Top Heatseekers. Missy Elliott co-wrote & produced 4 songs on the album including the smash hit single "Steelo" and its remix. The album spawned the 3 hit singles: "Steelo", "All I Want" and "Get It Together".  Their debut album went 'gold'.  The Sophomore release featured the Missy Elliot smash 'Where My Girls At"  After a death of founding member, the group disbanded, for various reasons, but the same typical ego clashing that break up most groups.



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