Onyx

Oxbow Live: Onyx with special guest Ben Shorr

** 21+ **

| Onyx |

A combative and in-the-red style of hardcore rap brought Queens MCs Onyx unlikely Top Ten pop success in 1993 with “Slam.” That instant hip-hop classic pushed the parent album Bacdafucup to Top 20 placement on the Billboard 200 and opened a route to the mainstream for similarly rowdy if otherwise distinctive hits by and , two of the many artists with whom central members and would later collaborate. After their second and third albums for ‘s label, namely All We Got Iz Us (1995) and the Top Ten hit Shut ‘Em Down (1998), and a couple independent releases early the following decade, and paused the group for a while. The mid-2010s saw them begin a prolific run of releases, ranging from #WAKEDAFUCUP (2014) and Onyx 4 Life (2021) to Versus Everybody (2022) and Blood on Da X.

Originating from Queens’ South Jamaica neighborhood, Onyx formed in 1988 and two years later made their recorded debut on the label. “Ah, and We Do It Like This” presented permanent members and , along with Suavé (aka Sonsee and Sonny Seeza) and Big DS, as an eager if comparatively reserved crew. The group subsequently found an admirer in ‘s , who signed them to his /-affiliated label and co-produced their first album, Bacdafucup (1993). The set was led by the menacing “Throw Ya Gunz” and the highly energized and anthemic “Slam.” Both singles topped Billboard’s rap chart, but the latter was even more successful, a number four hit on the Hot 100. Bacdafucup consequently reached number 17 on the Billboard 200 and, like “Slam,” went platinum. Shortly after their commercial impact was made, Onyx courted the metal crowd with a pair of collaborations: the “Bionyx” remix of “Slam,” and the title track to the motion picture Judgment Night. Bacdafucup went on to win Best Rap Album at the 1994 Soul Train Music Awards.

| Ben Shorr |

Ben Shorr is an American hip-hop artist signed to the record label Goon MuSick, which is operated by the German production team Snowgoons. Known for a traditional boom-bap and “goon bap” style, Shorr frequently collaborates with legendary underground figures.

[ Doors 730 PM | Show 830 PM ]

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