Onyx

东岸超级硬蕊狂妄份子 Onyx ，成军於 1990 年纽约皇后区，由 Fredro Starr 丶 Sticky Fingaz 丶 Bad DS 及 DJ Suave Sonny Caeser 四人所组成，因从事美发工作而相互结识，彼此结下对音乐的不解之缘，很快的他们组成4人饶舌团在纽约当地的 Club 四处走唱，卖力的演出终被 Run D.M.C 的团员 Jam Master Jay 发掘，引领 Onyx 与主流公司签下一纸合约，於 1993 年发行首张大作" Backdafucup Part 1” ，不负众所期望的专辑快速大破百万销售量，连续 2 首单曲连庄饶舌榜冠军！成名作 Slam 还被 N.Y.C. 硬蕊金属猛团 Biohazard 拿来混音取样！他们更是了得地将当年众所瞩目 Dr. Dre 的强片” The Chronic” 一脚踢开，获得灵魂列车年度最佳饶舌专辑奖！过近 10 年的光阴， Onyx 推出” Bacdafucup Part II” ，将再展 Part I 的威猛实力，甫发行即冲入全美独立榜亚军，节奏蓝调 / 饶舌榜 11 名，全美流行榜 46 名！开场凶猛狂暴的硬帮单曲" What´s Onyx” 呈献如 DMX 令人大呼过瘾的音韵！直袭听者脑门的” Bring ‘Em Out Dead ”，听 Fredro 与 Sticky怒气冲天的呛声猛调，弥漫著不安的气氛；瞬间变成 Party 感十足的” Slam Harder ”，相当适合舞场播放的欢娱之作！事隔多年，能再度听到 Onyx 满溢著饱满精力的创作才情与震撼演出，这长久的等待都值得了！
by Greg Prato
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) met while working as barbers. The band honed their rhyming skills and act by performing at local clubs, which eventually gained the attention of Run-D.M.C.'s Jam Master Jay, who signed the group to his label, JMJ Records, and even helped produce Onyx's debut full-length, Bacdafucup, in 1993. The album turned out to be a platinum-certified smash, spurred on by the runaway success of the hit single "Slam," which went on to become one of the year's biggest rap hits. The group confirmed that they were just as content attracting a heavy metal audience by a pair of collaborations with the N.Y.C. hardcore metal outfit Biohazard (a remix of "Slam" credited to Bionyx, and the title track to the motion picture Judgment Night). The album even beat out such stiff competition as Dr. Dre's rap classic The Chronic at the Soul Train Awards for Best Rap Album that year. But Onyx was unable to continue their commercial success as such subsequent albums as 1995's All We Got Iz Us and 1998's Shut 'Em Down came and went without much fanfare. The late '90s saw members Sticky and Fredro try their hand at acting, landing spots on HBO's Strapped, Spike Lee's Clockers, the Rhea Pearlman/Danny De Vito-directed Sunset Park, and Brandy's hit TV show Moesha. The various members tried to launch solo careers, but the records never connected with audiences. With the rap genre's continuous changes and shifts, they decided to try a comeback and reappeared with 2002's Bacdafucup, Pt. II.