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Slam

Onyx

Album: Bacdafucup

Genre: Rap

Composer: Jones/Parker/Scrugg


Slam		3:38

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Show Track Metadata

ALBUM_ID	169103
TRACK_NAME	Slam
COMPOSER	Jones/Parker/Scrugg
TRACK_NUMBER	12
RUN_TIME	3:38
TRACK_ID	942142
ALBUM_TITLE	Bacdafucup
ARTIST_NAME	Onyx
SEARCH_NAME	Onyx
RATED	7
GENRE_DESCRIPTION	Rap
FLAGS	*
SPIRALFROG_AVAILABLE	Yes
OFFICAL_LENGTH	0:03:38
SITE_REVIEW	At the time that Bacdafucup hit the record racks and airwaves, Onyx seemed to be inventing a genre all their own: heavy metal rap. Of course, on closer inspection, it is not at all surprising stylistically, given their link to Def Jam and Run DMC, the record company and crew that introduced heavy guitar riffs into hip-hop. Onyx, though, seemed far more threateningly hardcore than Run DMC ever were, and each song on their debut album seems like a quick-triggered, menacing chip set squarely on the shoulders of MCs Big DS, Suavé, Fredro, and Sticky Fingaz. That the entire album from beginning to end circumvents almost any backlash by being so brilliantly catchy as well, is a sterling tribute to how strong a quartet Onyx truly is on this first effort. The group gives the impression that they wanted to spotlight the sort of cartoonish, directionless anger that existed in a lot of hardcore rap, and then funnel that sort of energy into songs full of singalong choruses and joyous, chanted hooks that lend a certain feeling of camaraderie to the whole album. The release is mostly co-produced by Run DMC's Jam Master Jay and newcomer Chyskillz, and its music has a tense, wired edge that amplifies the vividness of the threatening lyrics. Sonically, it has a hardcore East Coast/New York City cast, full of throbbing bass and screeching siren-like effects. The grimy urban vibe is matched by Onyx's narrative thuggery, discharged straight from the streets like pumped-up news dispatches and predating the roughneck rap trend by several years. It's hard to imagine, given the gritty content of the album, that Onyx was aiming for airplay with Bacdafucup; nevertheless, almost in spite of itself, it was so good that it earned just that. ~ Stanton Swihart, All Music Guide
ARTIST_ID	40738
UPC	00731452344724
ISRC	USRL19300012
VOLUME	1
SIZE_OF_FILE	3545901
ASSOCIATEDISRC
LABEL	Def Jam/RAL
LABEL_GROUP	UMG
Genre	Hip Hop
ExplicitLyrics	Yes

media	label
LP	Universal/Def Jam
LP	Def Jam
CD	Def Jam
CS	Def Jam
CD	Def Jam

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