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.
Hold up
Onyx Lyrics
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Yeah nigga... haha yeah (South Suicide Queens)
That's right... uh uh, Q.U. nigga (yea yea)
Shit like that, know what I'm sayin' put these drinks up
Ya heard? - let's do this right, what yo
[X-1]
Hold up, this is for my thugs on the block
Sittin' on crates, gettin' loaded, get that cake
Dodgin' drinks, spit and hafta cover they face
Kick some tye, big truck with tricks inside
In too deep, tryna sell bricks from the side
See no games, with real niggaz from other hoods
Car titles get lost, some niggaz get jooked
But God forgive me if a nigga cross the fam
Holdin the heat, the streets'll make me force ya hand
From my wild crew, sets the new guns off the roof
To them slick dudes, hot and they workin the phone booth
'Cause Lord knows I'm gonna reload and bust back
Incredible gats, indicted for a federal rap
They ain't duck low enough, shots shredded they hat
Murdered and gone, nigga it's a medical fact
[Hook: x 2]
Hold up, this is for my gangsta team
And my dime little mamis rockin Timbs and jeans
When it's on, know we ain't afraid to clap them things
In the club, gettin bent, goin cra-zay!
[Sonsee]
Hold up, this is for my chicks in the spot
All my bus stop bitches that be pushin them drops
Playin' the gate, get it ma, get those papes
Hustle that face, seven G's below ya waist
Project chick, dippin whips, cruisin the strip
Gettin money for tuition, go to school and she strip
Kill in the club, when niggaz dicks get hard
Murda mami set you up and niggaz bricks get robbed
Help her soul if a chick try to set my team
I'm tying her up, rep till the death of Queens
All my staircase niggaz keep flippin the jun's
All my outta state niggaz keep gettin them ones
Guns in the air, hit you with invisible glocks
that mean you never see it comin nigga, 52 shots
I'm takin ya block nigga, if you like it or not
You either roll or get rushed (blaow bloaw!) I guess not
[Hook: x 2]
[Sticky Fingaz]
Sticky Fingaz, the nigga that be stickin them spots
For all my gun-cock niggaz that be bustin off shots
Lay in the straight, black mask raidin ya gate
Show me ya safe before I put two in ya face
Dirt on my kicks, hoodies all lookin for whips
Catch a rat nigga, leave his Bentley sittin on bricks
Bloody ice-pick fights in the yard
Ten times outta ten, step to me and ya life get scarred
Shoot-outs in broad daylight, bustin at feds
Dirty cops with a ki of coke, bring 'em out dead
For my jail niggaz, stashin bangers deep in they cots
For my grimy niggaz, hidin under cars from cops
Empty the glock, hitchu with disposable gats
Bust you, wipe it off, throw it away, it's a rap
What nigga? I see you back in the hood scrap
Turn ya Benz to a coffin nigga, straight like that
[Hook: x 2]
Hold up...
"South Suicide Queens"
"Enjoy!"
"South Suicide Queens"
"Enjoy!"
The song "Hold Up" by Onyx feat Mobb Deep is a depiction of the life of gangsters and thugs who frequent the club scene. The song's talking intro sets the mood for the thuggish track as the artists hail from South Suicide Queens, which is renowned for the high rates of crime and violence. The lyrics describe the use of drugs and alcohol and the dodging of drinks while partying. The song also highlights the harsh realities of life on the streets, where people sell drugs on the side, and car titles get lost, some niggas get juked. Sticky Fingaz, who is one of the artists in the song, mentions the violence he commits to rob people, including killing them and raiding their gates.
The hook emphasizes the act of being fearless and daring, to hold in the club, get bent, and go crazy when it's on! The second and third verses depict women's life on the streets, where they earn degrees through illegal means such as stripping, robbing men's jewelry, and stealing their money. Sticky Fingaz concludes the song by calling out grimy niggas who hide under cars from cops and empty the glock on anyone who attempts to thwart their illegal activities.
Line by Line Meaning
Hold up, this is for my thugs on the block
This song is dedicated to those who dwell and operate in the streets.
For my one stop niggaz that be huggin the spot
It is for those who work in one place and are occupying it as if it were their permanent home.
Sittin' on crates, gettin' loaded, get that cake
People are engaging in various activities like drinking, smoking and drug dealing to make money
Dodgin' drinks, spit and hafta cover they face
They are avoiding incoming bottles, spits, and fighting back by covering their face.
Kick some tye, big truck with tricks inside
The artist is bragging about having a big truck on which he can do tricks.
In too deep, tryna sell bricks from the side
They are in too deep to back out of the drug world and are actively peddling drugs.
See no games, with real niggaz from other hoods
There is no playing games when it comes to real guys from other neighborhoods.
Car titles get lost, some niggaz get jooked
Some people's car titles get lost and other people get ripped off.
But God forgive me if a nigga cross the fam
The artist will take drastic measures if someone steps out of bounds against him or his family.
Holdin the heat, the streets'll make me force ya hand
He is capable of various violent acts and is willing to do them on the command of streets.
From my wild crew, sets the new guns off the roof
His crew is dangerous, and they set off new guns from the roofs.
To them slick dudes, hot and they workin the phone booth
He is also aware of the smart guys in the game who work undercover in their phone booths.
'Cause Lord knows I'm gonna reload and bust back
The singer will reload and retaliate if someone attacks him or his family.
Incredible gats, indicted for a federal rap
The guns he and his team possess are of high quality; he has been charged with a federal offense
They ain't duck low enough, shots shredded they hat
The targets didn't duck low enough, and the bullets hit their hats.
Murdered and gone, nigga it's a medical fact
If hit, they will get murdered and die, it's a bitter truth.
This is for my gangsta team
The song is directed towards a team of gangsters.
And my dime little mamis rockin Timbs and jeans
It's also for the women in their life who wear Timbs and Jeans.
When it's on, know we ain't afraid to clap them things
They will never hesitate to use their weapons if the situation or the opposition demands it.
In the club, gettin bent, goin cra-zay!
They don't fear anything, even when they are partying in clubs and getting drunk.
Hold up, this is for my chicks in the spot
This part is dedicated to the women who work in the same place as the artist.
All my bus stop bitches that be pushin them drops
Women who commute through the bus stop and sell drugs.
Playin' the gate, get it ma, get those papes
They operate by playing the gate, and the women are encouraged to hustle for money.
Hustle that face, seven G's below ya waist
They are asked to hustle and make as much money as they can, which includes sex work too.
Project chick, dippin whips, cruisin the strip
The women who work for the singer come from the projects and drive expensive cars, cruising through the streets.
Gettin money for tuition, go to school, and she strip
Some of the women in the game are college-going and use stripping as their bread and butter.
Kill in the club, when niggaz dicks get hard
The women take advantage of the men in the club and lure them to their trap to rob them.
Murda mami set you up, and niggaz bricks get robbed
The women are murderous and will set up a trap to rob the target, mostly drug dealers.
Help her soul if a chick tries to set my team
If one of the women operating with him tries to betray him or his team, they will pay a significant price.
I'm tyin' her up, rep till the death of Queens
He will tie them up, and they'll be dead till the end of time.
All my staircase niggaz keep flippin the jun's
The guys who work with him who live in multi-story apartments sell drugs on a staircase.
All my outta-state niggaz keep gettin them ones
He has trans-state workers that keep making money for him.
Guns in the air, hit you with invisible glocks
They raise their weapons and use invisible weapons, which gives no time for the enemy to react.
That mean you never see it comin nigga, 52 shots
You cannot see it coming, and they will shoot 52 times.
I'm takin' ya block nigga, if you like it or not
He will take over the block, whether the residents of that block want it or not.
You either roll or get rushed (blaow bloaw!) I guess not
You either join them or get attacked, and he assumes that the guy he's talking to chose to be attacked.
Sticky Fingaz, the nigga that be stickin them spots
Sticky Fingaz introduces himself by saying that he is the one who occupies their territory.
For all my gun-cock niggaz that be bustin off shots
It's for all the men who take pride in carrying and shooting guns.
Lay in the straight, black mask raidin ya gate
They will straighten up everything, wear masks, and raid their gate.
Show me ya safe before I put two in ya face
They demand to see the target's money or anything valuable in the safe, or they will shoot them.
Dirt on my kicks, hoodies all lookin for whips
Their lower body is covered in dirt and looks for what they can steal.
Catch a rat nigga, leave his Bentley sittin on bricks
They will catch any rat who tries to fool them and leave their Bentley on bricks.
Bloody ice-pick fights in the yard
They are so cruel that they even use ice picks to fight in the yard.
Ten times outta ten, step to me and ya life get scarred
If someone tries to mess with him or his team, they will come out of it with scars on their life in ninety-nine percent of cases.
Shoot-outs in broad daylight, bustin at feds
They have encountered shootouts even in broad daylight and have no problem firing at federal officers.
Dirty cops with a ki of coke, bring 'em out dead
Even cops who have been corrupted will get out dead, and the artist will make sure of that.
For my jail niggaz, stashin bangers deep in they cots
He has got people in jail that keep guns stored deep in their cots.
For my grimy niggaz, hidin under cars from cops
He's also aware of those who seek refuge by hiding under cars from the authorities.
Empty the glock, hitchu with disposable gats
They'll empty their magazines and use disposable guns to take down their targets.
Bust you, wipe it off, throw it away, it's a rap
They'll shoot the target, and then they'll wipe it off and throw the gun away.
What nigga? I see you back in the hood scrap
The singer acknowledges the person he is threatening that he'll see him again in the neighborhood if there's going to be trouble.
Turn ya Benz to a coffin nigga, straight like that
Pay the price, or your fancy car will become your part and parcel of your coffin straight like that.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: JERRY PETERS, SEAN COMBS, TROY JAMERSON, GLENN JOHNSON, KEJUAN WALIEK MUCHITA
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@jameleason1530
Summer 2002
@titoubangalito3215
Damn...i heard that song only one time at the french radio...i recordered and never heard again i always searched for this song...20 years after i got it!Thanks youtube
@zjt3156
this shit is dope as fuck
@sdot6519
That track is fire!!
@Culpepper206
S dot Production by Havoc of Mobb Deep. (That’s him on the chorus, too)
@TheMack-km5lz
I used to have this album
@str1kerxx
Even in germany they are legend. Bought the album 16 years ago.
@TheMack-km5lz
@@str1kerxx 💯💯💯
@Durchi1403
7jahre beziehung danach is schon ne hausnummer😂😂😂
@ShinkuKaioken
Heat.