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RAZAH RUBIEZ Recording history
Da Last Future & Sunz of Man
Razah made his rap debut in the early 90s as a member of the group Da Last Future, an early incarnation of the Sunz of Man, which included Killah Priest, Shabazz the Disciple, Prodigal Sunn, Supreme and 7th Ambassador[2]. Razah and 7th Ambassador self-released the single "Livin' in Hell" b/w "Mental Combat" independently before the group adopted the Sunz of Man moniker[3]. Razah recorded a number of tracks with the group before their induction into the Wu-Tang family, including "Deep in the Water", "Writing Rhymes With a Liquid Pen" (aka "Elements"), "Lulla Bye" and "Psychic Hotline"[4].
In 1995, the group adopted the moniker Sunz of Man, and signed a record deal with Wu-Tang/Priority Records[5]. SoM released a number of singles on Wu-Tang Records, including "Soldiers of Darkness", "No Love Without Hate" and "Bloody Choices"[6], in anticipation of their 1996 debut album Nothing New Under the Sun. Due to internal conflicts and label complications, the album was shelved[7]. Sunz of Man later signed a record deal with Red Ant Entertainment for the release of their official 1998 debut The Last Shall Be First, with the group's roster shaved down to just Razah, Killah Priest, Prodigal Sunn and 60 Second Assassin[8]. The album was one of the most successful Wu-Tang affiliate releases, debuting at 20 on the Billboard 200 album chart, and 7 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart[9].
After the departure of Killah Priest in 1998, the group took a hiatus. 1999 saw the release of The First Testament, which featured previously recorded material from the group, including the early tracks from Da Last Future[10]. Razah, Prodigal Sunn and 60 Second Assassin returned in 2002 with the album Saviorz Day, the second official Sunz of Man studio album[11]. The group has yet to release a third studio album, but it has been reported that the group has reconciled with Shabazz the Disciple, Killah Priest and Supreme[2].
[edit]Solo career
Razah made his solo debut in 2001 with the independent release When All Hell Breaks Loose. The album featured guest appearances from 7th Ambassador, Killah Priest, Prodigal Sunn and Timbo King of Royal Fam, and production from Supreme[12]. The album spawned the single "Champaigne Room" b/w "Ghetto Love"[13]. The tracks "Must B tha Music", "Oh! Now You Bangin'", "Ghetto Government", "Champaigne Room", "Like It or Not", "What We Came to Do", "B.B.P. (Business Before Pleasure)" and "Rowdy, Rowdy" made up roughly half of the 2004 Sunz of Man compilation Elements, with the other half made up of tracks from The First Testament[14].
Razah's next solo album, Renaissance Child, was released in early 2007 on Nature Sounds Records. The album featured appearances from Timbo King, Tragedy Khadafi, R.A. The Rugged Man, Talib Kweli, Viktor Vaughn, Bronze Nazareth, Killah Priest and Ras Kass, and production from Godz Wrath, MF DOOM, Bronze Nazareth and 4th Disciple[15]. The album was well-received, but sold poorly, moving only 3,311 units as of September 2007 according to SoundScan[16]. The album featured the singles "The Renaissance"[17] and "Buried Alive" b/w "Project Jazz"[18].
In October 2007, Razah released his next album, Razah's Ladder, entirely produced by the acclaimed production duo Blue Sky Black Death[19]. The album became Razah's most acclaimed[20], due largely to BSBD's soulful production work, and also to Razah's new spiritual lyrical direction, inspired by the recent death of his father[21]. The album featured guest appearances from Prodigal Sunn, Shabazz the Disciple, Crooked I, Ill Bill and Sabac Red, and featured no singles[22]. Self-funded videos were shot for the tracks "Razah's Ladder"[23] and "Audiobiography", the latter directed by Sunz of Man producer Supreme[24].
Collaborations
In 2004, Hell Razah and 4th Disciple released a full-length collaboration album, Freedom of Speech, under the title "Sunz of Man presents". The album featured fifteen newly recorded tracks with 4th Disciple, and five other previously released tracks from When All Hell Breaks Loose[25]. The album featured the single "Article One" b/w "Project Love"[26].
In 2005, Razah, Killah Priest, Royal Fam's Timbo King, Tragedy Khadafi and William Cooper formed the underground supergroup Black Market Militia. The group released their self-titled debut album Black Market Militia that same year, with production from Godz Wrath and Bronze Nazareth, and guest appearances from dead prez and Abiodun Oyewole of The Last Poets[27]. The album spawned the singles "Audobon Ballroom" b/w "Thug Nation"/"Hood Lullabye" and "Gem Stars" b/w "Mayday!"[28]. Like Renaissance Child, the album was well-received but sold poorly, pushing 5,341 units as of September 26, 2007[16].
Future projects
Razah's next solo album is titled Heaven Razah, and is scheduled for release in 2008. Other releases announced for 2008 are T.H.U.G. Angelz, a collaboration with Seraphim, Shabazz the Disciple and producer Ayatollah, and Article 2: Right to Bare Arms, a second full-length collaboration with 4th Disciple[29]. In an October 2007 interview, Razah also announced plans for numerous other releases for the year. He announced that the Sunz of Man were reunited and planned on releasing an album in 2008. He also stated that The Maccabeez, a group consisting of himself, Killah Priest and Timbo King, were nearly finished recording their debut album, and that it would be released in 2008. Black Market Militia are also planning to release their second album in 2008. Another possible release is a collaboration between Razah, Shabazz and Blue Sky Black Death, and a project from G.G.O. (Ghetto Government Officialz), which consists of Razah, 7th Ambassador, Lazarus, Face God and other Red Hook locals[30].
Discography
Albums
Album information
When All Hell Breaks Loose
▪ Released: 2001
▪ Label: Echo International
▪ Singles: "Champaigne Room"/"Ghetto Love"
Freedom of Speech (with 4th Disciple)
▪ Released: October 26, 2004
▪ Label: X-Ray Records
▪ Singles: "Article One"/"Project Love"
Renaissance Child
▪ Released: February 20, 2007
▪ Label: Nature Sounds
▪ Singles: "The Renaissance", "Buried Alive"/"Project Jazz"
Razah's Ladder (with Blue Sky Black Death)
▪ Released: October 23, 2007
▪ Label: Babygrande Records
▪ Singles:
With Sunz of Man
Album information
Nothing New Under the Sun
▪ Released: Unreleased, planned for 1996
▪ Label: Wu-Tang/Priority Records
▪ Singles: "Soldiers of Darkness"/"Five Arch Angels", "No Love Without Hate", "Bloody Choices"
The Last Shall Be First
▪ Released: July 21, 1998
▪ Label: Red Ant Entertainment
▪ Singles: "Natural High", "Shining Star"/"Cold", "The Plan"/"Collaboration '98"
The First Testament
▪ Released: January 31, 1999
▪ Label: Red Hook Records
▪ Singles: "Deep in the Water"/"In the Beginning..."/"The Sins of Man",
"Who are the Sunz of Man?"/"The Valley of Death"/"Bring Back the Mike"/"Valley of Kings"
Saviorz Day
▪ Released: September 3, 2002
▪ Label: D3 Entertainment
▪ Singles: "Savior's Day"
Elements (The First Testament re-release)
▪ Released: July 13, 2004
▪ Label: X-Ray Records
▪ Singles: "Deep in the Water"/"In the Beginning..."/"The Sins of Man",
"Who are the Sunz of Man?"/"Bring Back the Mike"
The Old Testament
▪ Released: April 4, 2006
▪ Label: Green Streets Entertainment
▪ Singles:
With Black Market Militia
Album information
Black Market Militia
▪ Released: March 22, 2005
▪ Label: Nature Sounds
▪ Singles: "Audobon Ballroom"/"Thug Nation"/"Hood Lullabye", "Gem Stars"/"Mayday!"
Guest appearances
▪ 1997: "Wake Up" (from the Killarmy album Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars)
▪ 1998: "Concrete Jungle" & "Co-Defendant" (from the compilation Wu-Tang Killa Bees: The Swarm)
▪ 1998: "One Step", "Tai Chi" & "Science Project" (from the Killah Priest album Heavy Mental)
▪ 1998: "Play IV Keeps" (from the Method Man album Tical 2000: Judgement Day)
▪ 1999: "Hip Hop Fury" & "Feel Like an Enemy" (from the GZA album Beneath the Surface)
▪ 1999: "Pleasure or Pain" & "Shell Shock" (from the U-God album Golden Arms Redemption)
▪ 2000: "Musical Chairs" (from the Royal Fam album Yesterday, Today, Iz Tomorrow)
▪ 2000: "We Made It" (from the Ghostface Killah album Supreme Clientele)
▪ 2003: "Mind as a Weapon" & "Street Opera" (from the Killah Priest album Black August Revisited)
▪ 2007: "Masked Avengers" (from the compilation Wu-Tang Unreleased)
▪ 2007: "Melodic Pt. 2", "The Offering" & "Till Thee Angels Come (For Us)" (from the Killah Priest album The Offering)
▪ 2007: "Holy Grail", "Mac Riderz", "Under the Vatican" & "Verbal Divorce" (from the Blue Sky Black Death mixtape Dirtnap)
DVDs
▪ 2006: The Razah Code Underground Hip-Hop Vol. 1
Hell-Razah a.k.a Heaven Razah is back! He has risen from the Red Hook section of SouthBrooklyn, New York with his eagerly anticipated first official solo album release. Introduced by Shabazz Tha Disciple and Supreme as a member of the group Da Last Future, which included 7th Ambassador, they pressed up a single independently and recorded a video that aired on local video stations.
Hell Razah originated from the Sunz of Man group, who first earned acclaim in 1995 with an independent underground buzz that sparked the torch for a new genre of hip hop music: spiritual rap music. By 1996, they released 2 singles and Sunz of Man sold 20,000 copies independently before Priority Records stepped in for the release of the album.
The album was delayed and the group was bought out by Red Ant Records/BMG. By 1998 the classic album THA LAST SHALL BE FIRST was released and sold 350,000 units. The album featured platinum artists including Earth,Wind & Fire, Wyclef, Method Man and O.D.B. Due to unfortunate circumstances, like the bankruptcy of Red Ant Records, their careers were placed on hold and the individual members were practically buried alive.
Hell-Razah kept himself in the game with various guest appearances with albums from the GraveDiggaz, Gza, GhostFace, Wu-Tang Killa Beez “The Swarm”, Killah Priest, Method Man albums and many others which all sold at least 500,000 units. Hell-Razah continued to build his solo career, doing live performances, video cameos, and DVD appearances, and even being featured on Showtime’s American RapStars, which was in heavy rotation in 2002.
Hell-Razah proceeded to release an internet mixtape that sold 5,000 copies independently, called When All Hell Break Loose. Capitalizing from the buzz, Sunz Of Man recorded their second album Savior’z Day on D3 Entertainment, the label which later went bankrupt after selling 40,000 units. During that period, Razah also worked with Jenny Frost from the Atomic Kittens in the U.K. and I AM from France. He also was on tha Million Man March Compilation, O.D.B.’s Trials and Tribulations of Russell Jones and U-God’s Redemption album.
Never one to relax for long, Hell-Razah then teamed up with famed Wu-Tang producer 4th Disciple and recorded their duo album Freedom Of Speech and formed the group Ghetto Government. Then he joined forces with Killah Priest, Tragedy Khadafi, and Timbo King to create the masterpiece Black Market Militia, was released in 2005 on Nature Sounds Records. After touring overseas with R.A. tha Rugged Man, Hell-Razah then hit the studio to begin the beginning of his Rennasiance Era and to complete the long-awaited project, and his official solo album,Renaissance Child which showcases his maturity as an artist and that he is consistently one of the most talented, yet underrated m.c.’s.
RECENTLY released on BABYGRANDE Records featured on BSBD/RAZAH'S LADDER a back to back classic album for 2007 Hell-Razah is reborn and ready to drop some project political jewels and paint some revolutionary vivid pictures complemented by the most incredible production that can compete with anything existing. The way he blends the streets with scriptures and reality he makes you feel like Jesus was in Brooklyn.
On the song the Black Holocaust he says:
“Children of Zion was choked by the yokes of iron
Now they screaming let bygones be bygones
And burnt icons
Before they whitewashed everything bronze
And told the Israelites
They took away they right to bare arms”
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2010 is going off!!!! Got many projects on the go and many available for the new year!!! Look out for my Weapon X Project featuring - Shabazz, Hellrazah, Holocaust, Gage, Deewuallah, Rheto, Seventh Circle, Freestyle, Dstroy, Frantik, Gambino, Serum, Manifesto, Dialog, Seekz, Celph Titled, Macro, Tame One, JBiz, Prince Po, Ripshop, Black Silv, Sticks, Resek, Sinister Stricken, White Lotus, Kinetic 9, Kevlaar 7, Crucial The Guillotine, Aslan, Tragic Allies and more!!!! It's gonna be a banger!!!!! Dj Extremidiz Metal Barz Records
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hey baby, havent been on here for a while so I had to grace ur space with my beautiful face...lol.. Im so excited about our new venture..wink... nothing but peace, luv and blessings in store for us......wingz up Daddy!
Peace god! i was reading in the scriptures and in the Bible it says, that a man with nothing more than swagger doesn't have much of anything. Today the word swagg is glorified by lost souls who have no idea of what they praise. Peace g! Jammaj.
PEACE AND BLESSING MY BROTHER .. THEY DONT UNDERSATND YOUR MOVEMENT FAMZ WORD.. FUCK THE GOVERMENT!!!!!! ANYWHOM.. KKEP DOING WHAT U DO .. MAKING REAL , GOOD, MUSIC.. RAZAH IS FOOD FOR THOUGHT KIDS..
SHALOM RAZAH .YO YOUR SOUNDS BRING ME BACK TO THE " JUST YOU" BARBER SHOP DAYS FAMZ. REAL TALK. YOU ARE BY FAR ONE OF MY FAVORITE M.C.'S IN THE GAME PERIOD FAMZ.AND THATS WORD TO THE MOST HIGH. YOU STAY BRINGIN' THE VERBAL REVELATIONS TO THE 144,OOO .I SALUTE YOU .HOLLA @ ME.
i got all your albums fam u are one of the illestt MC's to ever bless the mic. Thug Angels im with you Those Humble Unda God i feel you homie much respect keep droppin Classics Heaven Razah
