does one know who sings "the roof is on fire"?

Answer 1

The song is called"The Roof is On Fire" by Rock Master Scott and the Dynamic Three from 1985.

This old-school rap song is famous for the chant, "The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire. We don't need no water, let the motherf--ker burn." While the chant has been used in movies, dance competitions and live shows by various Funk or Rap artists (It's a staple of P-funk shows), the song remains fairly obscure.
The famous chant does not appear on the record - it was something Rockmaster Scott had the people shout back only at live shows. Back in the day of true old school rap, you didn't record curse words on your track for fear radio stations wouldn't play your songs. If you were a B-boy, you pretty much would only swear live to get a pop from the fly girls.
One of Rockmaster Scott's "Dynamic Three" was none other than Slick Rick. Rockmaster gave him his start, before he made the jump to become Doug E Fresh's hype-man and later a solo artist of his own. He is most known today for climbing the rap charts with "La-di-Dah-di We Like To Party," a song that was covered many years latter by Snoop Dogg.

The Bloodhound Gang used the chant as the basis for their 1996 song "Fire Water Burn." This song was used in the Michael Moore movie Fahrenheit 9/11.
Some of the song that have sampled this: "Hey Boy Hey Girl" by The Chemical Brothers, "Cool Breeze On The Rocks" by De La Soul, "More Than U Know" by Prince Paul.




Bloodound gang did a version using lyrics from "the roof is on fire" by Rock Master Scott and the Dynamic Three .

The band is also known for the single "Fire Water Burn" which is featured on their album, One Fierce Beer Coaster which contains the chorus of "The roof/The roof/The roof is on fire/We don't need no water/Let the motherf****r burn/Burn motherf****r burn." (This lyric was borrowed from the 1985 hit "The Roof is On Fire" by Rock Master Scott and the Dynamic Three.) In 2004, it was featured in the film Fahrenheit 9/11, playing while showing a Bradley Fighting Vehicle firing Stinger missiles on a city.

Answer 2

Bloodhound Gang, Bizzy Bone, Rockmaster Scott and the Dynamic Three, Kumbia Kings, and unofficially by Afrika Bambaataa and George Clinton's Parliament/Funkadelic.

The phrase supposedly originates with the assault on the MOVE compound in Philadelphia in 1985. A bomb was dropped on the roof of the compound, which ignited a fire on the roof which spread to the whole building. Despite the presence of firefighting equipment trained on the roof, a decision was made by police chief Gregory Sambor to let the fire burn. Eleven lives were lost in the fire. That was the chant used during the MOVE firestorm. It was a sarcastic retort to the decision of the Philadelphia Fire Department to let the buildings burn down. It then was incorporated in early rap.

Answer 3

The Roof Is On Fire

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does one know who sings "the roof is on fire"?

Answer 5

Rockmaster Scott And The Dynamic Three

Answer 6

Bloodhound Gang
Uproar
Bone Thugz n Harmony
2livecrew
Cake

All of them covered it anyway lol

Answer 7

Coal Chamber Heavy metal version I think it was first made in th e50s or 60s

Answer 8

there is more than one version. coal chamber does one and so does the blood hound gang. They are different songs but have the same chorus.

Answer 9

the original was by Funkadelic, later known as Parliament

Answer 10

The blood hound gang on the album "hooray for boobies"