Breezy Beat MC is widely considered to be one of the top Miami Bass rappers of the late 1980s/early 1990s. He took a special interest in fusing Miami Bass with pre-rave House music, as well as recording more traditional Hip-Hop songs as b-sides to his singles.
Born 1969 in Chicago, Illinois to a musical family, the young Puerto Rican rapper-to-be first took to playing the guitar, impressing his father by performing Billy Joel songs. He spent his childhood moving between Chicago and Puerto Rico. He became hooked on rap music with the release of Kurtis Blow's seminal 1980 single The Breaks, and decided to become a rapper after hearing The Treacherous Three's 1981 release of Feel the Heartbeat. While in Puerto Rico, he began playing guitar with a local Folkloric quartet, which served as a great educational tool for learning the classic standards of legendary Puerto Rican songwriters such as Rafael Hernandez and Don Felo. After returning to the U.S., his family finally settled on living in South Florida as a way to lessen the effects of his asthma.
Upon arriving in South Florida in 1986, he met aspiring musician DJ Nasty, who in turn introduced him to established local recording artists such as Double Duce's Mighty Rock, entering the world of Miami Bass and local Hip-Hop. After Breeze and Nasty began working up performance routines, they signed with a booking agent who got the duo shows touring with LeJuan Love, Beatmaster Clay D, Afro-Rican, and opening for the established New york Hip-Hop act Whodini in 1987.
Finding a somewhat outdated local studio, Breezy and Nasty began recording a demo version of their debut song Shake the Joint, which led to a meeting with a former DJ for DXJ/Maggotron turned producer named Claudio 'DJ Debonaire' Barella. Debonaire offered the duo a deal to release a two-song 12" single, on the condition that the song be re-recorded and produced by Deb himself. Reluctant to give up the role of producer, the group took the deal, and also recorded the traditional Hip-Hop flavored track Catch My Drift as the b-side. Immediately upon release in 1988, the single made waves on all three of the big radio stations in South Florida, and more performances followed. After two shows working with Debonaire, distrust arose, and the partnership between the act and Debonaire ended.
Breezy and Nasty decided to take their act into their own hands, booking time with an unknown studio to record their folow up entitled Partytime (Louie's House), but the new engineer wouldn't allow Breezy hands-on production, compromising the record. Regardless, the crew was approached by the infamous record promoter Nick Salerno, who created Showroom Records in 1989 for the release of the duo's work. Nick had also worked with Debonaire, and due to a debt between the two, Nick took control of Debonaire's SP1200 sampler for Breezy to use to produce their follow up record, No Money, No Girlfriend (b/w Puerto Rican House Rocker). Shortly after, the Breezy ended his partnership with Nick to seek out further options, while DJ Nasty remained at Nick's side.
Breezy then signed to Momentum Records to finance his debut album, but before the album could be finished, the deal abruptly ended with only the single and video for No Good Unless They Love You was recorded. Breezy was allowed to take his new song to another label, Tone Def Records, owned by Danny Cannary and the now famous Diaz Brothers. This partnership proved fruitful as Breezy was hired to produce other acts on the label such as A Step Beyond. During this time, outside sources also began hiring Breezy to produce songs, including the Henry Stone and Paul Klein's empirical label Hot Productions.
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