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.
Throw Ya Gunz
Onyx Lyrics
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Shine 'em up, shine 'em up, shine a bald head (head)
One gun, two gun, three gun, four
You're mine, it's all about crime
Onyx
It's time to get live, live, live like a wire
I set a whole choir on fire (uh)
The no frills that try to diss me, they get crispy
(Ha, ha-ha-ha, and we do it like this)
And that, get back I attack tracks
'Cause they can burn in hell, shit, for all that I care (yeah)
Beware the bald heads, the dreads dead if they there (ooh)
Stick ups assassin, tracks a new reaction
(These fuckin' niggas shoulda made the All-Madden)
Onyx is wreckin' shit, slip slide step quick
Super on the tenant, the kids crash like a rented
The shit they write is black and white, well mine's got
Mad color, ain't that right my blunt brother?
Word up, raise it up
We do it with the crew that don't give a fuck
So throw your guns in the air
Throw your guns in the air
Buck-buck like you don't care
Uh oh, heads up, 'cause we droppin' some shit on you now
Chyskillz, Onyx, TEC-9 for a while
Keep your eyes open in a fight, I'm a swell 'em
The hardcore style, rowdy and wild hits I'ma sell 'em (sell 'em)
To all competition slide back, then listen
I'm kickin' all that shit to the doormat
Claimin' this domain cause mad pains
Blood stains, long range (Got gats)
Crazy clips, I sink ships, cut faces like a pirate
I've never caught a slug for the mad shit that I did
(Heard?) You got the word, so observe
I shatter and splatter bodies and bones, then bust nerves
(Open) I always leave my barrel smokin'
Throw your guns in the air
And buck, buck like you just don't care
Just throw your guns in the air
And buck, buck like you just don't care
Just throw your guns in the air
And buck, buck like you just don't care
Just throw your guns in the air
And buck, buck like you just don't care
I hate your fuckin' guts, and I hope that you die (uh)
Sticky Fingaz, the name and my life is a lie
Plus I'm havin' a bad day, so stay outta my way
(And what the pistol packin' people say, you better obey)
Just in the nick of time, I commit the perfect crime
Rip my heart out my chest, put it right into a rhyme (yeah)
I don't feel pain 'cause it's all in the mind
And what's mines is mines, and yours is mine
Don't fuckin' blink or I'mma rob yo' ass blind
Onyx is rippin' shit, I got the TEC-9
So what the bumbaclot, boy, buck-buck, buck-buck
It's a catastrophe, fuckin' with me G
I'm a bald head with a knife
I want your money or your life
So, so, so, so
Throw your guns in the air
And buck-buck like you just don't care
Just throw your guns in the air
And buck-buck like you just don't care
Just throw your guns in the air
And buck-buck like you just don't care
Just throw your guns in the air
And buck-buck like you just don't care
We the motherfuckin' Onyx
(And we don't give a flying motherfuckin' fuck)
Ayo, DS, man
We gon' come get you out of jail man, fuck that
(Ayo, Big DS, we comin,' man, we comin') We got the bail, we got the bail
We gon', we gon' break you out man, fuck that
(Yeah) We the fuck up out of this piece
The lyrics of Onyx's song Throw Ya Gunz are intense and aggressive, echoing the group's hardcore rap style. The song contains powerful lines that incite violence and call for rebellion, exemplified in the chorus's instruction to "throw your guns in the air and buck-buck like you just don't care."
The verse highlights the group's strong opposition to their enemies, with Sticky Fingaz's bluntly stating that he hates their "f***ing guts" and wishing for them to die while claiming that his life is built around a lie. The verse also speaks to the group's criminal legacy, with lines about committing perfect crimes and not feeling pain "because it's all in the mind."
Overall, the lyrics of Throw Ya Gunz exude machismo, violence, and rebellion, which was emblematic of Onyx's musical style at the time.
Line by Line Meaning
Take 'em up, take 'em out, bring 'em out dead
We're gonna take down our enemies and leave them dead
Shine 'em up, shine 'em up, shine a bald head
We're gonna make our guns shine and show off our bald heads, representing our toughness
One gun, two gun, three gun, four
We have multiple guns for the job, showing how well-equipped we are for crime
You're mine, it's all about crime
We're all about committing crimes and succeeding in the criminal world
It's time to get live, live, live like a wire
It's time to get hyped up and energized like an electric wire
I set a whole choir on fire
I'm causing a commotion and creating chaos
Well done on the grill, Chyskillz kills
Chyskillz is doing a great job with the beat, and we're killing it with our performance
The no frills that try to diss me, they get crispy
Anyone who tries to disrespect us or talk down on us will get destroyed, and come out burnt like something that has been cooked for too long
And that, get back I attack tracks
I'm not afraid to attack and take down anyone who comes at me in terms of music
Beware the bald heads, the dreads dead if they there
People should be careful of us, the bald-headed group members, because anyone with dreadlocks will end up dead
Stick ups assassin, tracks a new reaction
We're notorious for robbing people and committing crimes, which results in a new type of reaction from anyone who knows what we're about
Onyx is wreckin' shit, slip slide step quick
We're causing destruction and chaos everywhere we go, but we're quick on our feet and difficult to catch
Super on the tenant, the kids crash like a rented
We're dominating and powerful, and anyone who goes up against us crashes and burns just like a rented car
The shit they write is black and white, well mine's got Mad color, ain't that right my blunt brother?
Other people's music is plain and uninteresting, but ours is colorful and pizzazz-filled, and we're proud of it
Word up, raise it up
Let's raise the energy and hype up this situation
We do it with the crew that don't give a fuck
We're doing this with our squad who don't care about the consequences or the opinions of others
Uh oh, heads up, 'cause we droppin' some shit on you now
Warning, we're about to cause some trouble and make things difficult for everyone around us
Chyskillz, Onyx, TEC-9 for a while
Chyskillz, Onyx, and our guns are going to be in charge for a while
Keep your eyes open in a fight, I'm a swell 'em
Be careful in a fight with us, because we're going to make things worse and more difficult
The hardcore style, rowdy and wild hits I'ma sell 'em
We're known for our hardcore style of music and we're going to sell it to the masses, regardless of how wild or rowdy it may be
To all competition slide back, then listen
To anyone who thinks they can compete with us, step back and listen to what we have to say before making a move
I'm kickin' all that shit to the doormat
We're getting rid of anyone and anything that poses a threat or challenge to us
Claimin' this domain cause mad pains
We're taking over this area and causing intense pain and destruction
Blood stains, long range (Got gats)
We're not afraid to use our guns and leave a trail of blood behind us
Crazy clips, I sink ships, cut faces like a pirate
We have bullets that can take down entire ships, and we're not afraid to cut people's faces like a pirate would
I've never caught a slug for the mad shit that I did (Heard?)
Nobody has ever been able to catch me for the crimes I've committed
You got the word, so observe
Listen up and pay attention, because we're about to show you something impressive
I shatter and splatter bodies and bones, then bust nerves
We're not afraid to cause serious harm to people and leave them broken and shattered
I always leave my barrel smokin'
I'm always ready for another round of shooting, with my gun barrel still hot and smoking
I hate your fuckin' guts, and I hope that you die
I have a deep hatred for you, and I hope you die
Sticky Fingaz, the name and my life is a lie
Sticky Fingaz is my name, but my life is not what it seems
Plus I'm havin' a bad day, so stay outta my way
I'm in a bad mood, so don't even try to mess with me
(And what the pistol packin' people say, you better obey)
Be careful around people who carry guns, because they're not to be messed with
Just in the nick of time, I commit the perfect crime
At the perfect moment, I commit the perfect crime without being caught
Rip my heart out my chest, put it right into a rhyme
I put my emotions and feelings into my music, with lyrics that come straight from the heart
I don't feel pain 'cause it's all in the mind
I'm mentally tough and don't let pain affect me
And what's mines is mines, and yours is mine
I take what I want and don't care about anyone else's possessions
Don't fuckin' blink or I'mma rob yo' ass blind
Don't let your guard down or I'll take advantage and steal from you
So what the bumbaclot, boy, buck-buck, buck-buck
I don't care what anyone says, and I'm going to shoot my gun regardless
It's a catastrophe, fuckin' with me G
It's going to end in disaster if you mess with me
I'm a bald head with a knife
I'm a tough and intimidating person, with a knife as my weapon of choice
I want your money or your life
I don't care how I get it, but I want your money or I'll take your life
We the motherfuckin' Onyx
We're Onyx, and we're not to be messed with
(And we don't give a flying motherfuckin' fuck)
We don't care about anything or anyone else, and we're going to do what we want
Ayo, DS, man
Ayo, DS, we're talking to you
We gon' come get you out of jail man, fuck that
We're going to break you out of jail, because it's not fair that you're there
(Ayo, Big DS, we comin,' man, we comin') We got the bail, we got the bail
Don't worry, we're coming to get you out of jail and we've already paid the bail
We gon', we gon' break you out man, fuck that
We're determined to break you out, no matter what it takes
(Yeah) We the fuck up out of this piece
Let's get out of here and move on to the next thing
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Kirk Jones, Chylow M Parker, Freddie Scruggs, Tyrone George Taylor
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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Lyrics
[Intro: Onyx]
Take ’em up, take ’em out, bring ’em out dead
Shine ’em up, shine ’em up, shine a bald head
One gun, two gun, three gun, four
You’re mine, it’s all about crime
Onyx! Onyx!
[Verse 1: Fredro Starr]
It’s time to get live, live, live like a wire
I set a whole choir on fire (Uh!)
Well done on the grill, Chyskillz kills
The no frills that try to diss me, they get crispy
(Ha, ha-ha-ha, and we do it like this)
And that, get back I attack tracks
Cause they can burn in hell shit for all that I care (Yeah!)
Beware the bald heads, the dreads dead if they there (Ooh!)
Stick ups assassin,’ tracks a new reaction
(These fucking niggas shoulda made the All-Madden)
Onyx is wrecking shit, slip slide step quick
Super on the tenant, the kids crash like a rented
The shit they write is black and white, well mine’s got
Mad color, ain’t that right my blunt brother?
(Word up! Raze it up!
We do it with the crew that don’t give a fuck!)
[Bridge: Onyx]
So throw ya gunz in the air
Throw ya gunz in the air
Buck buck like ya don’t care
[Verse 2: Suavé]
Uh oh, heads up! 'Cause we dropping some shit on ya now
Chyskillz, Onyx, Tec-9 for a while
Keep ya eyes open in a fight, I’m a swell ’em
The hardcore style, rowdy and wild hits I’m a sell ’em (Sell ’em!)
To all competition slide back then listen
I’m kicking all that shit to the doormat
Claiming this domain, cause mad pains
Bloodstains, long-range (Got gats!)
Crazy clips, I sink ships, cut faces like a pirate
I’ve never caught a slug for the mad shit that I did
(Heard?) You got the word so observe
I shatter and splatter bodies and bones and bust nerves
(Open!) I always leave my barrel smoking
[Chorus: Onyx]
Throw ya gunz in the air
And buck buck like ya just don’t care
Just throw ya gunz in the air
And buck buck like ya just don’t care
Just throw ya gunz in the air
And buck buck like ya just don’t care
Just throw ya gunz in the air
And buck buck like ya just don’t care
[Verse 3: Sticky Fingaz]
I hate your fucking guts, and I hope that you die (Uh!)
Sticky Fingaz’ name and my life is a lie
Plus I’m having a bad day so stay outta my way
(And what the pistol packing people say ya better obey)
Just in the nick of time, I commit the perfect crime
Rip my heart out my chest, put it right into a rhyme (Yeah!)
I don’t feel pain 'cause it's all in the mind
And what’s mines is mines, and yours is mine
Don’t fucking blink or I’m a rob yo’ ass blind
Onyx, is ripping shit, I got the Tec-9
So what the bomboclaat, boy, buck-buck, buck-buck
It’s a catastrophe, fucking with me G
I’m a bald head with a knife
I want your money or your life
So, so, so, so
[Chorus: Onyx]
Throw ya gunz in the air
And buck-buck like ya just don’t care
Just throw ya gunz in the air
And buck-buck like ya just don’t care
Just throw ya gunz in the air
And buck-buck like ya just don’t care
Just throw ya gunz in the air
And buck-buck like ya just don’t care
[Outro: Sticky Fingaz, (Suavé), Fredro Starr]
We the motherfucking Onyx!
(And we don't give a flying motherfucking fuck)
Ayo, DS, man, we gonna
Come get you out of jail man, fuck that
(Ayo, Big DS, we coming man, we coming)
We got the bail! We got the bail!
We gonna break you out man, fuck that
(Yeah!) We the fuck up out of this piece
HOW TO RAP book
Onyx kicked science on the art form of being an MC in the books HOW TO RAP and HOW TO RAP 2...
Here is a quote they give in it:
''I look back in my rap books right now and I’ll look at the old
“Throw Ya Gunz” rhymes and “Slam” rhymes and my books
are totally different from the records that come out. You
could write a record and then change it, like you’ll record it
and then you’ll change certain things about the record. I like
to go in the studio and hear it, and if I don’t like it, I change
it up."
Buss Laden
A lovely song from a group of friendly young chaps.
Tacojerms
family-friendly!
Antoha0102
+BL Beats Soon to be on Hits for Kids Vol. 36.
visionprods1
+BL Beats you transpire Britishness through that comment...lol
Environ Pest Control
Simply wonderful old bean , reminiscent of bach
General Zod
+BL Beats Yes a cup of tea I drink while listening to this.
Alexandriaa clark
Onyx absolutely nailed it on this track, no doubt about it! That banger right here got me hyped like crazy, bangaa! I ain't even trippin' if Onyx used AUTHENTIC VIEWS to get that mad exposure and get the ball rollin'. Truth is, plenty of other artists be doin' the same thing, Keep slayin' those beats!
Clive Gameinn Mg
43 years old this year and i still bump these old skool classics. 90's always
Adrian Things
good old dayz
1st one
93 was a DAMN good year