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1. An American hip hop group
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1. An American hip hop group
2. An Israeli trance musician
3. A Swedish metal band
4. Space music artist circa 1978
1. Onyx is a hip hop group from New York City. Originally formed in 1988 by Fredro Starr, Sonsee, the late Big DS, the group later added Sticky Fingaz, Starr's cousin, in 1991, managed by Diamond Cut Entertainment's Milton Lynch. The group was formed in 1988 and Onyx released its first 12" single, "Ah, and We Do it Like This", in 1990. The song sounded very jazz influenced, much unlike their later work. In 1991 Onyx was going to present a demo to Jam Master Jay at Def Jam, but Big DS and Sonee Seeza (then only known as Suave) were in Connecticut at the time, so Fredro Starr called up his cousin Sticky Fingaz (who lived in Brooklyn). Once Sticky Fingaz joined the group, the group released the Throw Ya Gunz EP in 1992. After the track Onyx inked a deal with Def Jam and were promised an album which became 1993's Bacdafucup LP. The album met with great commercial success, including heavy airplay on radio and MTV for the single "Slam". Onyx also performed with Biohazard on the tune "Judgement Night", taken from the soundtrack album of the same name. The song "Slam" was the #5 single on the Rap charts and the album went on to quickly sell 2 million copies. Onyx also received critical acclaim, winning Soul Train's album of the year. Despite the embrace of commercial outlets, the group maintained their hardcore image through raunchy live performances (not usually found in rap shows but rather at metal concerts), Sticky's arrest for assault on a flight, and when the NAACP deemed them a disgrace to blacks[citation needed], denying them access to perform a football game's half time show. A lot changed with Onyx in the next two years. Big DS left the group during the recording of All We Got Iz Us because he felt he wasn't getting enough time on the microphone. Onyx began to fade into obscurity. In 1995 Onyx released their second album All We Got Iz Us. While the album was much less successful commercially, many of their fans call it their best work ever. The album did not have any radio friendly tracks and the album's lead single "Last Dayz" peaked at #89 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, selling 500,000 copies. In the August, 2008 issue of VIBE, All We Got Iz Us was listed as the best produced rap album of 1995 and one of twenty albums every fan of hip-hop must own. The release was followed by another gap in albums, but the members remained in the public eye by appearing in several movies, including Clockers, Sunset Park (1996), and Dead Presidents(1995). Both rappers continue to appear in movies and television, appearing on the FX Network on The Shield and on HBO's The Wire. Onyx returned in 1998 with their third album Shut 'Em Down, which featured appearances from a then-unknown DMX, The Lost Boyz, Raekwon, Method Man, the late Big Pun, Noreaga and a then-unknown 50 Cent. This album found critical as well as commercial success. The underground scene loved the B-sides to the album and radio listeners liked songs such as "React" and the eponymous "Shut 'em Down", the latter featuring DMX. After Shut 'Em Down, Onyx left Def Jam and temporarily split up for solo releases. They reunited in 2002 with Bacdafucup Part II released on Koch Records, where they released the song Slam Harder which was a sample of the show "Welcome back Kotter". The song was basically welcoming them back. Followed by the 2003 release Triggernometry on D3 Entertainment. Both albums met with mediocre reviews and sales, but in a refreshing change from typical musicians, Onyx themselves admit to not liking both albums compared to their earlier releases and they actually tell their fans at live shows to not buy them. In other news, there has been a low-level argument between Onyx member Fredro Starr and 50 Cent. According to the Rap News Network, 50 Cent started a confrontation with Fredro Starr at the 2003 Vibe Awards. In a 2003 interview Fredro Starr explained, "50 Cent basically started shit with me, started a scuffle, and a bodyguard broke us up. He's a punk. He's disrespectful to Jam Master Jay ever since he passed. Fuck him. I'm doin shit with some ex G-Unit members now. 50 ain’t shit." In an interview with the Source magazine, Fredro Starr said that 50 Cent had been disrespectful towards the Onyx rap group even though Onyx had given him his first breakthrough on a song called "React" from the 1998 album, Shut 'Em Down.
In the summer of 2006 Fredro released a project known as Yung Onyx.
In June 2008, Onyx released their debut DVD: "Onyx: 15 Years of Videos, History and Violence". The DVD contains every Onyx video digitally remastered with optional commentary, all solo videos, and over an hour of rare footage all the way back from 1992.
A new Onyx album, titled The Black Rock, was rumored for a 2006/2007 release but did not surface. Black Rock is now scheduled for a late 2009 or early 2010 release.
In late September 2009, members of Onyx expressed their contempt for the Black Keys work BlakRoc.
Official website: http://www.onyxdomain.com/
2. Yanniv Goldfarb or Yanniv Gold, from Tel Aviv- Israel, is playing music since he was 9 years. When 15 he was a member in a metal band as a bass guitar player, ended up warming the big English bands Exploited and Carcass and started to DJ in a commercial club when he was 18.
Yanniv's Trance career began in the mid 90's, organizing and playing in Goa Trance parties in Israel and soon in Tokyo where he was living for a few years. In Tokyo Yanniv was a co-founder of Arcadia, a major productions company and music distribution.
Year 2000 – back in Israel - Yanniv started his own label Bionics Records along with his own music creation under the name Onyx and many live shows and DJ sets all over the world. During the same years Yanniv has got his sound practical engineering degree and ran very successful party lines in Luna & Ultrasound clubs for many years, combining Psy Trance with mainstream and Rock music.
The label was closed in 2005 and Yanniv has signed in the famous music label Yoyo/ BNE where he also released his first album "Groove On" in June 2007.
These days, Yanniv works on his next releases and as a co-mastering engineer at Domestic Studios with Ido Ophir along side with re-creating the new generation of Bionics Records.
Yanniv’s music is influenced from everything and anything. Each track is a new story and new structure built up on a massive sound wall, delivering to the listener different moods from deep and serious to high and fun!
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3.) Onyx was a metal band from Sweden formed in the 80s.
1. An American hip hop group
2.… Read Full Bio ↴There are four artists with this name
1. An American hip hop group
2. An Israeli trance musician
3. A Swedish metal band
4. Space music artist circa 1978
1. Onyx is a hip hop group from New York City. Originally formed in 1988 by Fredro Starr, Sonsee, the late Big DS, the group later added Sticky Fingaz, Starr's cousin, in 1991, managed by Diamond Cut Entertainment's Milton Lynch. The group was formed in 1988 and Onyx released its first 12" single, "Ah, and We Do it Like This", in 1990. The song sounded very jazz influenced, much unlike their later work. In 1991 Onyx was going to present a demo to Jam Master Jay at Def Jam, but Big DS and Sonee Seeza (then only known as Suave) were in Connecticut at the time, so Fredro Starr called up his cousin Sticky Fingaz (who lived in Brooklyn). Once Sticky Fingaz joined the group, the group released the Throw Ya Gunz EP in 1992. After the track Onyx inked a deal with Def Jam and were promised an album which became 1993's Bacdafucup LP. The album met with great commercial success, including heavy airplay on radio and MTV for the single "Slam". Onyx also performed with Biohazard on the tune "Judgement Night", taken from the soundtrack album of the same name. The song "Slam" was the #5 single on the Rap charts and the album went on to quickly sell 2 million copies. Onyx also received critical acclaim, winning Soul Train's album of the year. Despite the embrace of commercial outlets, the group maintained their hardcore image through raunchy live performances (not usually found in rap shows but rather at metal concerts), Sticky's arrest for assault on a flight, and when the NAACP deemed them a disgrace to blacks[citation needed], denying them access to perform a football game's half time show. A lot changed with Onyx in the next two years. Big DS left the group during the recording of All We Got Iz Us because he felt he wasn't getting enough time on the microphone. Onyx began to fade into obscurity. In 1995 Onyx released their second album All We Got Iz Us. While the album was much less successful commercially, many of their fans call it their best work ever. The album did not have any radio friendly tracks and the album's lead single "Last Dayz" peaked at #89 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, selling 500,000 copies. In the August, 2008 issue of VIBE, All We Got Iz Us was listed as the best produced rap album of 1995 and one of twenty albums every fan of hip-hop must own. The release was followed by another gap in albums, but the members remained in the public eye by appearing in several movies, including Clockers, Sunset Park (1996), and Dead Presidents(1995). Both rappers continue to appear in movies and television, appearing on the FX Network on The Shield and on HBO's The Wire. Onyx returned in 1998 with their third album Shut 'Em Down, which featured appearances from a then-unknown DMX, The Lost Boyz, Raekwon, Method Man, the late Big Pun, Noreaga and a then-unknown 50 Cent. This album found critical as well as commercial success. The underground scene loved the B-sides to the album and radio listeners liked songs such as "React" and the eponymous "Shut 'em Down", the latter featuring DMX. After Shut 'Em Down, Onyx left Def Jam and temporarily split up for solo releases. They reunited in 2002 with Bacdafucup Part II released on Koch Records, where they released the song Slam Harder which was a sample of the show "Welcome back Kotter". The song was basically welcoming them back. Followed by the 2003 release Triggernometry on D3 Entertainment. Both albums met with mediocre reviews and sales, but in a refreshing change from typical musicians, Onyx themselves admit to not liking both albums compared to their earlier releases and they actually tell their fans at live shows to not buy them. In other news, there has been a low-level argument between Onyx member Fredro Starr and 50 Cent. According to the Rap News Network, 50 Cent started a confrontation with Fredro Starr at the 2003 Vibe Awards. In a 2003 interview Fredro Starr explained, "50 Cent basically started shit with me, started a scuffle, and a bodyguard broke us up. He's a punk. He's disrespectful to Jam Master Jay ever since he passed. Fuck him. I'm doin shit with some ex G-Unit members now. 50 ain’t shit." In an interview with the Source magazine, Fredro Starr said that 50 Cent had been disrespectful towards the Onyx rap group even though Onyx had given him his first breakthrough on a song called "React" from the 1998 album, Shut 'Em Down.
In the summer of 2006 Fredro released a project known as Yung Onyx.
In June 2008, Onyx released their debut DVD: "Onyx: 15 Years of Videos, History and Violence". The DVD contains every Onyx video digitally remastered with optional commentary, all solo videos, and over an hour of rare footage all the way back from 1992.
A new Onyx album, titled The Black Rock, was rumored for a 2006/2007 release but did not surface. Black Rock is now scheduled for a late 2009 or early 2010 release.
In late September 2009, members of Onyx expressed their contempt for the Black Keys work BlakRoc.
Official website: http://www.onyxdomain.com/
2. Yanniv Goldfarb or Yanniv Gold, from Tel Aviv- Israel, is playing music since he was 9 years. When 15 he was a member in a metal band as a bass guitar player, ended up warming the big English bands Exploited and Carcass and started to DJ in a commercial club when he was 18.
Yanniv's Trance career began in the mid 90's, organizing and playing in Goa Trance parties in Israel and soon in Tokyo where he was living for a few years. In Tokyo Yanniv was a co-founder of Arcadia, a major productions company and music distribution.
Year 2000 – back in Israel - Yanniv started his own label Bionics Records along with his own music creation under the name Onyx and many live shows and DJ sets all over the world. During the same years Yanniv has got his sound practical engineering degree and ran very successful party lines in Luna & Ultrasound clubs for many years, combining Psy Trance with mainstream and Rock music.
The label was closed in 2005 and Yanniv has signed in the famous music label Yoyo/ BNE where he also released his first album "Groove On" in June 2007.
These days, Yanniv works on his next releases and as a co-mastering engineer at Domestic Studios with Ido Ophir along side with re-creating the new generation of Bionics Records.
Yanniv’s music is influenced from everything and anything. Each track is a new story and new structure built up on a massive sound wall, delivering to the listener different moods from deep and serious to high and fun!
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3.) Onyx was a metal band from Sweden formed in the 80s.
Cops
Onyx Lyrics
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The old neighborhood screamin out dirty cops
Cause they up to no good, fuck the dirty cops
Wanna slam me on the hood, dirty cops
Tried to rob me for my rights but I know
I know my rights I know I know I know I know
I'm on the block with a couple racks on me
Dirty cop tried to put a couple packs on me
Use his knife stick to fuckin
Beat the black off me then I ran
Bumped him made him spill his black coffee
Better back the fuck off me, I know my rights
Sais the kid had a gun
And ya know that's hype
Tried to throw me on the ground
On a cold ass night
But fuck a dirty, cop you know that's right
They only make like twenty three a hour
At the chinese spot
Always eatin sweet and sour
This where you find the cops, in hot pursuit
Late night tryin to find a prostitute
Dirty cops is good if you pay 'em off
Cause they could kill a nigga they
Won't even lay him off
Tryin to plant drugs so they could
Send them way up north
Keep the money comin in
It's like sprayin off
Cause you see, police won't bug a nigga
Won't fuck with me but put
The drugs on another nigga
But miss a payment
Then find yo' ass up the river
Keep my dirty cops paid off
Like whattup my nigga?!
If it's there word against yours
Then dead it now you got a felony and
A court case schedule
Get a good lawyer my nigga
Is what you better do
Should've paid the dirty cop
Now you in federal
Yo you dirty cops on the
Block watchin with binoculars
Wanna talk to us well piggy we
Ain't tryin to talk to ya
It's obvious you really got the
Low low on my shirt
Actin like you tough cause you know
Your a homo when it hurts
See you robbin drugs at work so you
Could sling 'em on the side
Pull me over with no warrant
To investigate my ride
But I know my fuckin rights so
I ain't lettin you inside
Every time you write a statement yo
I'm bettin it you lied you the
Only motherfucker let you serve and protect
Walkin with your chest out like
You deserve the respect
All the laws that you push you
Got the nerve to forget
Tried to arrest me for this verse
Cause every word is a threat bitch!
Cause they up to no good, fuck the dirty cops
Wanna slam me on the hood, dirty cops
Tried to rob me for my rights but I know
I know my rights I know I know I know I know
I'm on the block with a couple racks on me
Dirty cop tried to put a couple packs on me
Beat the black off me then I ran
Bumped him made him spill his black coffee
Better back the fuck off me, I know my rights
Sais the kid had a gun
And ya know that's hype
Tried to throw me on the ground
On a cold ass night
But fuck a dirty, cop you know that's right
They only make like twenty three a hour
At the chinese spot
Always eatin sweet and sour
This where you find the cops, in hot pursuit
Late night tryin to find a prostitute
Dirty cops is good if you pay 'em off
Cause they could kill a nigga they
Won't even lay him off
Tryin to plant drugs so they could
Send them way up north
Keep the money comin in
It's like sprayin off
Cause you see, police won't bug a nigga
Won't fuck with me but put
The drugs on another nigga
But miss a payment
Then find yo' ass up the river
Keep my dirty cops paid off
Like whattup my nigga?!
If it's there word against yours
Then dead it now you got a felony and
A court case schedule
Get a good lawyer my nigga
Is what you better do
Should've paid the dirty cop
Now you in federal
Yo you dirty cops on the
Block watchin with binoculars
Wanna talk to us well piggy we
Ain't tryin to talk to ya
It's obvious you really got the
Low low on my shirt
Actin like you tough cause you know
Your a homo when it hurts
See you robbin drugs at work so you
Could sling 'em on the side
Pull me over with no warrant
To investigate my ride
But I know my fuckin rights so
I ain't lettin you inside
Every time you write a statement yo
I'm bettin it you lied you the
Only motherfucker let you serve and protect
Walkin with your chest out like
You deserve the respect
All the laws that you push you
Got the nerve to forget
Tried to arrest me for this verse
Cause every word is a threat bitch!
The lyrics of Onyx's song Dirty Cops talk about corruption within the police force. The people in the neighborhood are screaming that the cops are dirty and up to no good, and the song's speaker has personal experience with this. He's on the block with a couple of racks, and the dirty cop tries to put a couple of packs on him. The cop tries to use force on the singer but fails as he knows his rights and stood his ground. The chorus of the song emphasizes this by saying, "I know my rights I know I know I know I know."
The second verse talks about dirty cops being paid off to keep drugs in the area, and in return, they let off the drug dealers who pay them. The police officers have the power to plant drugs and send someone off to jail. The chorus goes on to say that if it's your word against theirs, you better be careful, and the only way out is a court case with a good lawyer. The singer mentions how the cops walk with their chest out, thinking they deserve respect and forget all the laws they break themselves.
Lyrics © KIRK JONES, GREAT SOUTH BAY MUSIC GROUP INC, MMC PUBLISHING
Written by: Detfleft Keller, Fred Scruggs, Kirk Jones, Manuel Rueckert, William Fyvie
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@MsDasdads
We need more Snak The Ripper!
@SenshiNoKen
snak knows how to keep it real... onyx bringing that 90s feeling back... and the snowgoons production is awesome as usual.
@Qonvex
Snak kills it
@lidia544
He is fucking dope! :D
@RubberJama
amazing bro!
@Qonvex
..... wtf are you talking about?? I merely pointed out which verse I enjoyed the most. thats what heads do, we talk about who's the nicest.
@Qonvex
RascalFascal go fuck yourself, without competitive spirit, Kane, G Rap, KRS ONE, and Rakim would have never released the amount of classic albums that they have. why do you think the 90's is considered the golden era of hip hop? its because you had soo many dope emcee's all wanting to be the nicest and competing. even if they are doing features, they want to outshine one another.
@indyawichofficial1346
For me personally this track although decade old, took it all back to the era when those 4 letters shooked the the ground every time the album came out. 🙏🏽
@Pewling
They just keep producing hit after hit, Hip-Hop needs more radio play!
@sewerslidemg
only underground raido, fuck mainstream raido...