Onyx
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Onyx is a hip-hop group from Queens, New York. They are known for their aggressive, confrontational style of rap, pioneering the subgenre that is now known as âhardcore hip-hop.â Through their song âSlam,â they were also the first to introduce slam dancing into hip-hop concerts. Onyx started in 1988 when schoolmates Fred Lee Scruggs (known as Fredro Starr), Tyrone Taylor (known as Sonny Seeza), and Mario Fletcher (known as Big DS) decided to form a group, recording demos in a basement and eventually releasing their first single through Profile Records. In 1991, the band signed to the label Jam Master Jay Records and added new member Kirk Jones (known as Sticky Fingaz). Onyx released their debut album Bacdafucup in 1993 and it was massively successful, with the single âSlamâ reaching Number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1995, Onyx released their second album All We Got Iz Us, containing the hit âLast Dayzâ (later used in the film 8 Mile). The group continued releasing albums throughout the following decades, such as 2001âs Bacdafucup Part II, 2014âs Wakedafucup, and 2019âs SnowMads. In 2021, Onyx released their ninth studio album, titled Onyx 4 Life, featuring beats by Chilean beatmaking duo Crack Brodas.
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- Slam
- Throw Ya Gunz
- Shifftee
- We Get Live by Myster DL
- Classic Terror
- Do U Bac Down by Onyx
- Logistis featuring Onyx
- My Purpose by Onyx
- I Don't Want to Die
- Mad World
- Ill Murda U by Gang Green
- Free Style
- Hard to Be a Thug
- Candy Man
- Return of the Madface
- Evil Streets
- Onyx Versus Everybody
- See U in Hell Pt. 2
- Ghetto Way of Thinking
- U.S.G.
- Wili'n Wili'n
- Purse Snatchaz Pt. 2
- Its Goin' Down
- Hydro
