The group then released their second and third albums Room and Part III ; the latter peaked at number two on the Billboard The albums spawned the Billboard Hot top 20 singles including their debut, " Only You " featuring the Notorious B.
The group had its start when the members met while attending high school. The original group, consisting of Daron Jones, Michael Keith and Reginald Finley , sang together while Jones and Keith were in middle school and Finley was in high school. Once all three were in high school, they met fellow schoolmate Aldon Lagon, who was working at a local McDonald's in Atlanta, and they added him due to his deep bass voice.
They met a high tenor vocalist, Marvin Scandrick, who sang with them in the school chorus. Known as Forte , the group performed talent shows and performed at churches and schools around Atlanta. They started developing them from their living room to the studio in hopes of the duo producers first signing to Rowdy Records run by their then boss Dallas Austin.
Also Kevin Wales was able to secure an audition for the group outside of Atlanta's Club in Buckhead ; the boys sang for Combs and impressed him. The group then changed their name from Forte to , the name of the nightclub where they had auditioned for Combs. Soon afterwards, they found themselves living in New York City, recording their debut album, Released in , the album eventually went double platinum. It featured the hit singles " Only You " and "Cupid", both of which peaked at No. The group eventually went on the road as the opening act for the Isley Brothers at Ron Isley's request, the first of four separate tours that saw the group criss-crossing the U.
In the years that followed, they toured with other performers such as Whitney Houston and Janet Jackson. By August, "Cupid" went platinum. The group spent 18 successive months on the road fulfilling tour commitments.
