Halrazzers

Da Halrazzers were born in the 1980's when a young cat, later knows as PM, moved with his family from the Crown Heights neighbourhood of Brooklyn, NY to Liberty City, Miami, Florida. He moved next door to another young cat, later known as Rockmaster. Their first experiences were of playing basketball on the local courts but they built a friendship through their mutual passion for Hip Hop culture. After a failed attempt to get into college on a football scholarship, Rock began to get heavy into beats and rhymes. In the family's garage the two knocked up a 7 track demo and began to push it. Through a good friend who was tight with a label owner in Miami they got signed on a multiple single deal to Showcase Records They were now exposed to real studio gear and techniques for the first time. Previously, Rock had constructed beats by looping breaks on his Gemini mixer and overlaying beats and samples. Through Showcase he was introduced to their in-house producer Ephraim Enriquez who would produce their first 2 singles. The first "Here We Come" dropped in 1992 and the second "Stylez Of Uh Razzer" in 1994. Following the second release, they began to get more exposure and found themselves opening for the big acts of the day when they came to Miami. If you were anyone at that time you would play at The Carver Club at 61st and 7th Ave in Miami - that was the Hip Hop Mecca in those days. The Halrazzers opened for acts like Black Moon, Method Man and many more during the early - mid 90's.... The group parted ways with the label soon after the second release, on friendly terms. The fellas didn't want to compromise their sound to achieve radio play which they found was the direction they were increasingly being led in. They continued to write hardcore Hip Hop tunes and furthered their craft independently while looking for new avenues. Through contacts they got themselves a show at the Lyricists Lounge club night in NYC, being the first Florida based group to do so. After that successful show in early 1995 they were introduced to Black Pride Management who would soon after sign them to their management company. At this point a new MC was added to the fold, called Sin. The group moved up to NYC and made Crown Heights their new base. The third single "Death Rattle" was released while they were up their trying to secure a deal. But as usually happens when real life gets in the way, the group slowly grew apart. Again, the split was amicable; families, jobs and different musical experiences made it hard to focus on the Halrazzers mission and the third single was unfortunately their last.