Onyx

Onyx
Formed: 1990 in Queens, NY
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Styles: Hip-Hop, East Coast Rap, Hardcore Rap
Group Members: Sticky Fingaz, Fredro Starr, Big DS, DJ Suave Sonny Ca...
Biography: Onyx's shouting, in-your-face brand of high-volume rapping proved to be more at home in the slam pit than on the dancefloor and brought the rap quartet instant chart success. Originally formed in Queens, NY, during 1990, the members of Onyx (Fredro Starr, Sticky Fingaz, Big DS, and DJ Suave Sonny Caeser) ...Read full biography
Bacdafucup
Released: 1993
Label: RAL
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At the time that Bacdafucup hit the record racks and airwaves, Onyx seemed to be inventing a genre all their own: heavy metal rap. Of course, on closer inspection, it is not at all surprising stylistically, ...Read full review
All We Got Iz Us
Released: 1995
Label: RAL
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The second offering from Queens' Onyx is another fix of dark and psychotic microphone marauding. Unlike their debut album Bacdafucup, the trio's 1995 sophomore project contains no MTV-friendly cuts like ...Read full review
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