Shock G played three different characters which sometimes intersected in the same song. In addition to Shock, he was also Humpty Hump and MC Blowfish. When "The Humpty Dance" became a huge hit, there was more demand for that character, but he didn't want to oversaturate it.
The group formed in the San Francisco Bay area, which didn't have much hip-hop presence at the time (MC Hammer and Tony! Toni! Toné! were the biggest acts). This compelled them to create their own unique sound, as they didn't have a regional standard.
The big, swirling bassline heard in "The Humpty Dance" became the bedrock of their sound. Chopmaster J told us how it happened: "We were kind of arguing about something when a loop of the bass ended up getting stuck in a sequencer, and it was a wonderful, beautiful mistake. It kind of locked in there when we had too much MIDI gear hooked up and too many things going at once where that bass was being played. That ended up looping in a way that was something we hadn't heard before and quite honestly no one's ever been able to duplicate since."
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