Raze
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- For the town in France, see Raze, Haute-Saône.
Raze is a music group assembled by instrumentalist and producer Vaughan Mason. He is the same Vaughan Mason who produced the hit "Bounce,Rock, Skate,Roll for Brunswick records in 1979. The group also contained vocalist Keith Thompson. The song also crossover to Urban radio stations where it became a moderate hit and remains a favour on the Urban radio format to this day. They hit #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1988 with "Break 4 Love." The song hit #1 on the dance chart again in 2001 when it was remade by Peter Rauhofer and the Pet Shop Boys under the name The Collaboration.
In October 2004 Break 4 Love appeared in popular videogame Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, playing on House Music radio station SF-UR.
Raze is also a Christian pop group formed by Donnie Lewis (vocals), Ja'Marc (vocals), J.D. (vocals), and Mizzie (vocals). A relative one hit wonder, they released several albums: The Plan (2000), Power (1999), and That's The Way - EP (1999). Their most famous song is "Always and Forever" found on their premier album, Power. In 2001, one of the leaders of the group, Ja'Marc Davis, pleaded guilty to three felony sex charges, including rape by instrumentation, lewd molestation and sodomy. [1] The band formally disbanded on November 12, 2001. [2]
