Trampa de Amor

The group met Elvin Polanco during the 1995 Bronx Dominican parade. Polanco was the coordinator of that parade at the time so Anthony and Lenny approached him to ask if he could give them a chance to perform on stage for the parade. Polanco gave them the chance and was so impressed with their performance that he decided to become their manager to help the group in their pursuit of a music career. Polanco spent a few months trying to find an investor. He met Carlos Dalmasi, who was the leader of Dominican merengue group Los Paymasi. He also helped out trying to find an investor, but he too was unsuccessful. This led Polanco to use $5,000 out of his savings to invest in the recording of at least two to three songs (he was originally going to use the money to buy his mother a property in the Dominican Republic). This would also lead Dalmasi and Polanco to create their own independent record label called Elca Productions. The name came from the first two letters of their first names, Elvin and Carlos. With the money to start making the first three songs, Polanco worked with Dominican bachata musician Nelson Herrera, who was working with Polanco at the time, as he asked him to help him create songs for the group. Later on, Polanco and Dalmasi made more money from other artists they were working with and along with Herrera made seven other songs, thus completing the creation of the album. Polanco said in an interview that he had spent a total of $11,000 to $12,000. The album was titled Trampa de Amor, because Polanco thought it was a beautiful name. The band wanted the album to be called Cuando Volveras, which later on became their debut single, but Polanco thought his choice was better and the group in the end agreed. ==Album cover==