Editing 24-7 Spyz (section)

===East West Records America===
Despite the loss of two of the band's four members, Rick Skatore and Jimi Hazel decided to continue on. Jeff Brodnax was brought in as the new vocalist along with former [[Cro-Mags]] and Bad Brains drummer, Mackie Jayson. Jayson only rehearsed with the band for a short time before leaving, to be replaced by Joel Maitoza.<ref name="LarkinHM"/> The new lineup received rave reviews and the band was soon signed to [[East West Records|East West Records America]], a division of [[Atlantic Records]] headed by label president, [[Sylvia Rhone]]. The company tested the marketability of the new band by releasing a five-song EP titled ''[[This is...24-7 Spyz!]]'',<ref name="LarkinHM"/> produced by Jimi Hazel and Bruce Calder in 1991.

In 1992, the band received their largest commercial exposure to date by appearing in a [[Budweiser (Anheuser-Busch)|Budweiser]] television commercial that aired for the first five months of the year. Soon after, the hour-long ''Strength In Numbers'' album,<ref name="LarkinHM"/> produced by [[Terry Date]] and Jimi Hazel, was released and proved to be the band's most critically acclaimed release to date. The album saw the band depart from its [[New York hardcore]] roots to concentrate more on [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] and [[Soul music|soul]]. Unfortunately, by that time, popular music had begun shifting away from musical dexterity and in favor of the simplicity of [[grunge]]. The album's single, "Break The Chains,"  received minor radio airplay and MTV exposure but Sylvia Rhone pulled the label's support before dropping the band altogether. To the band's dismay, the label only pressed 18,000 pieces and allotted 2,000 for press purposes, thus making the disc widely unavailable almost immediately.<ref>{{cite web| title = Adventures in Black-Rock with Jimi Hazel of 24-7 Spyz: part 5| publisher = sharemyguitar.com| url = http://sharemyguitar.com/blog/adventures-in-black-rock-with-jimi-hazel-of-24-7-spyz-part-5/| access-date = May 21, 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101219180324/http://sharemyguitar.com/blog/adventures-in-black-rock-with-jimi-hazel-of-24-7-spyz-part-5/| archive-date = December 19, 2010| url-status = dead}}</ref>

Disgusted by their dealings with East West and Sylvia Rhone, the band members began working on other musical projects. Hazel and Skatore looked to form a new band, Black Angus, with [[Follow for Now]] drummer Bernard "Enrique" Coley. The Black Angus sessions were eventually recorded with drummer and longtime friend Carlton Smith of the [[Royal Crescent Mob]]. Maitoza formed Shockhead with vocalist Joseph McCraw and Nixons bassist Ricky Wolking, recording one disc, titled ''Television'', which was produced by Jimi Hazel. Brodnax concentrated on his band, Egypt.