AND ONE OF MY FAVORITES
How come onyx don't get the props they deserve
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AND ONE OF MY FAVORITES
Peace. I liked ONYX back in my HS days when Bacdafucup came out, but in hindsight, they were just a gimmick. I tried listening to that album again like 5 years ago and could only listen to like 2 or 3 songs through. Not sure if the really deserve Props. They're like Das EFX. Cool for a minute, then meh after a their debut....I think since they debuted around the same time Wu Tang came out takes away any Props they might have received....
I am so vain I thought this thread was about me..........
Bioootch, if you don't go ahead with that....
But back to topic, because they were a flash in the pan. 2 solid albums and done. The rest were meeeeehhhh. Now the first album is sort of a classic - second only had a few singles.
Oh, and Onyx was basically a mouthpiece for a then unknown Def Jam ghostwriter called Earl Simmons - aka - DMX.
So when DMX wanted to kick-off his own career, Onyx couldn't source any good material.
It did get kinda gimmicky but i've been listen to them a lot lately and its bangin'
onyx is old news and got their due when they deserved it,
Sticky Fingaz on the other hand should go down as one of our best story telling emcees ever,
and i mean that shit,
On this album he tells a movie like story from start to finish and completely rips it,,
each song is a scene or a chapter out of a quirky ass story he came up with.
Creative as hell and on point.
Sticky Fingaz on the other hand should go down as one of our best story telling emcees ever,
and i mean that shit,
On this album he tells a movie like story from start to finish and completely rips it,,
each song is a scene or a chapter out of a quirky ass story he came up with.
Creative as hell and on point.
He also did an actual movie where there was no written dialouge,
everything was spoken through rapp music,
the actual movie was whack but it was dope as hell to have the entire cast of characters spitting throughout the entire movie.
everything was spoken through rapp music,
the actual movie was whack but it was dope as hell to have the entire cast of characters spitting throughout the entire movie.
The rhymes sounded like he wrote a majority of the movie.
the first 3 onyx albums and sticky's solo = CLASSIC!!!!
Because they were frauds who got outed real quick, go-go music beginnings if I remember correctly. They did an event for Rosie Perez and HBO back in 90's, were performing Slam, when my boy Ade jumped on the stage and got thrown off by security. Stage was kinda high and he though peoples would catch him so he went spread eagle, everyone moved out the way and he hit the ground. Got up, chanted war cry and everyone rushed the stage, gave Onyx a quick what for and event was stopped and everyone was thrown out, every one.
Onyx was sitting against the wall, little dude crying, "Why it got to be like that, they broke my cell phone..."
Word spreads quickly in NY so they were a wrap here after that, some years later one of them got that ass whupped on MTV by white boy.
Onyx was sitting against the wall, little dude crying, "Why it got to be like that, they broke my cell phone..."
Word spreads quickly in NY so they were a wrap here after that, some years later one of them got that ass whupped on MTV by white boy.
The rhymes sounded like he wrote a majority of the movie.
Never heard of this, but it looks interesting.
*looks for download link*
Before all the gossiping bitches ruin the thread. Onyx deserves a lot of props. Like someone stated earlier, to music fans (not gossiping females), their first 3 albums and the Sticky solo are certified classics. When Bacdafucup dropped, it changed the musical direction of the 90's. Listen to anything dropped within 6 years of it's release. 
I am so vain I thought this thread was about me..........
me too thought i was going to come in here and see your booty
The rhymes sounded like he wrote a majority of the movie.
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Before all the gossiping bitches ruin the thread. Onyx deserves a lot of props. Like someone stated earlier, to music fans (not gossiping females), their first 3 albums and the Sticky solo are certified classics. When Bacdafucup dropped, it changed the musical direction of the 90's. Listen to anything dropped within 6 years of it's release.
Certified classics for what generation, and on what coasts?
Not understanding how some of you people define rappers, either they supposed to rap what they actually live or they can completely make up these pseudo images and aren't supposed to be called out on it.
Never been like that in NYC, you talked the talk back in the day you had to represent that. From Big daddy kane, to LL Cool Jay, Lost Boyz, Special Ed, PM Dawn, MOP and do many more, you got a pass on the first album dissing the average joe, maybe the second, after that you was going to have to prove it.
Point being, its cool to drop a bravado record upon entering rap but you couldn't keep rapping about how everyone ain't shit or winless compared to you, it got tired quick and brought to light quicker.
KRS 1 being one of the few who garnered a universal respect in NYC.
Maybe things different where you from but that was how it WAS here, now it's fake beef to generate record sales.
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Sticky always been nice, but dis nigga Fredro is still rhyming the exact same way!
It's very simple. Beats and Rhymes. That's it. Leave all that other shit for females to discuss.
Thank you very much,
i was telling my brother about this movie,
he an old school hip hop dude that love onyx, black moon and all that good shit that ain't relevant anymore
this is a quick clip an example of the type of shit in the movie, its extra low budget but you gotta give a nigga props for being that creative,
how many rappers you know can still tell story rapps, let alone a whole movie with white people rhyming and all
Before all the gossiping bitches ruin the thread. Onyx deserves a lot of props. Like someone stated earlier, to music fans (not gossiping females), their first 3 albums and the Sticky solo are certified classics. When Bacdafucup dropped, it changed the musical direction of the 90's. Listen to anything dropped within 6 years of it's release.
Onyx doesn't get the props they deserve for changing the game the way they did with the first album
veronica>>>
that was that shit,
and that one joint when sticky said,
I'm thinking bout taking my own life,
i might as well,
except they might not smoke weed in hell
'Cos they're WACK!!!!!
"All We Got Iz Us" (Evil Streets) >>>>>>>>>
"Last Dayz" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
they came out at a bad time. it was a transitional time in rap music, and they didn't fit where the industry execs were taking things.
You still didn't answer my question on what generation of rap you're referring too, secondly, now I'm curious as to who did their beats?
idk but the legendary jam master jay signed them 2 his label, u not givin them enough credit fam
They got their props. How much more do they need?
exactly,
thats like saying naughty by nature need more props,
they got them when they deserved them, now that shits in the wind
i remember seeing throw your guns on video music box and turning the channel at first. then i made a tdk [remember those?] dub of a friends tape and 
bacdafucup is a classic to me. i could play it the whole way through without skipping a track. ahh the days of being a knucklehead high school
people tried to emulate them to the point doug e fresh of all people spoke on it @ 2:25
bacdafucup is a classic to me. i could play it the whole way through without skipping a track. ahh the days of being a knucklehead high school
people tried to emulate them to the point doug e fresh of all people spoke on it @ 2:25
Bioootch, if you don't go ahead with that....
You know you seen my booty before
me too thought i was going to come in here and see your booty
***dips out***
I remember there was a breaking news story on MTV or BET news back when Treach lost that curved knife he always held during their performances. Looking back, that shit was corny.
I give onyx big props. Only mistep they made was fuckin with 50 cent. They made that loser believe he had the potential to do it.
But yeah, they changed the game. They came with that I don't give a fuck, party rap. They brought that energy that rock songs bring.
They also brought a lot of ignorance and thug shit, but it was so much fun I couldn't think about that too long. Their music was the cause o me getting into lots of fights that year. No bullshit. When "throw ya guns" or "slam" came on, me and my crew thought we were invincible, and we tended to act like it. That was prolly the peak of my ignorant period.
It took meeting some niggas more ignorant than us that didn't have anything to lose to remind me that I wasn't really up for all that LMAO.
Ah well, I'm still alive and I can rock out to onyx. I'm Finna cut it in right now.
But yeah, they changed the game. They came with that I don't give a fuck, party rap. They brought that energy that rock songs bring.
They also brought a lot of ignorance and thug shit, but it was so much fun I couldn't think about that too long. Their music was the cause o me getting into lots of fights that year. No bullshit. When "throw ya guns" or "slam" came on, me and my crew thought we were invincible, and we tended to act like it. That was prolly the peak of my ignorant period.
It took meeting some niggas more ignorant than us that didn't have anything to lose to remind me that I wasn't really up for all that LMAO.
Ah well, I'm still alive and I can rock out to onyx. I'm Finna cut it in right now.
They're underrated, and helped save Def Jam
But they also ushered in the fake thug rappers era
I also think Sticky is highly underrated, and made some career missteps that should have had him on the level of Busta back in the 90's. Em wanted to sign Sticky back in the day.
But they also ushered in the fake thug rappers era
I also think Sticky is highly underrated, and made some career missteps that should have had him on the level of Busta back in the 90's. Em wanted to sign Sticky back in the day.
they were more about mood than skillful lyricists
during their reign the economy was shit, the streets were full of people not caring.. there was west coast rap but at the end of the day we couldnt relate to bloods and crips and perms, while i liked west coast rap they didnt represent that new york emotion at the time.. wu tang was out but seen more of a rap group than a group of kids raging against the world..
onyx fit that void, they were young, angry, their beats and music while popular but still street accepted, they werent icy or had a club look/vibe..
then hip hop got pretty and iced out and wore shiny button down shirts that someone bought at an astronaut depot on mars (yeah talking about your faggot ass puffy)
onyx didnt fit in, freddo started guest starring on moesha, sticky couldnt carry the group alone, and the other two.. what was their names again?
say what you want but onyx was more representative of the streets that most rap phases, broke, robbing, angry, running around in the streets not in cars, clubs or mansions.. fake or not their style was definitely more true to life of people in new york than puffy and the rest of the world...
everyone wanted to be promoter, a king, a drug lord, a pimp, a gang member but in reality.. everyone was more like onyx.. just some street kids in army jackets
during their reign the economy was shit, the streets were full of people not caring.. there was west coast rap but at the end of the day we couldnt relate to bloods and crips and perms, while i liked west coast rap they didnt represent that new york emotion at the time.. wu tang was out but seen more of a rap group than a group of kids raging against the world..
onyx fit that void, they were young, angry, their beats and music while popular but still street accepted, they werent icy or had a club look/vibe..
then hip hop got pretty and iced out and wore shiny button down shirts that someone bought at an astronaut depot on mars (yeah talking about your faggot ass puffy)
onyx didnt fit in, freddo started guest starring on moesha, sticky couldnt carry the group alone, and the other two.. what was their names again?
say what you want but onyx was more representative of the streets that most rap phases, broke, robbing, angry, running around in the streets not in cars, clubs or mansions.. fake or not their style was definitely more true to life of people in new york than puffy and the rest of the world...
everyone wanted to be promoter, a king, a drug lord, a pimp, a gang member but in reality.. everyone was more like onyx.. just some street kids in army jackets
i swear that shit was extra corny, they had people going,
i think thats the difference in music now,
back in the day people really did believe in artist and being extra hardcore was plausable,
i don't know when and what made people wake up all of a sudden but that type of image is played out,
the moment somebody claim to be a gangster rapper we go
,back in the day you couldn't convince me that easy e and das efx wouldn't have beat the shit outta somebody
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