Onyx - Shut 'Em Down (1998) flac

Tracklist:

[0:48] 01. Onyx - It Was Onyx (Skit)
[4:00] 02. Onyx - Raze It Up
[4:54] 03. Onyx - Street Nigguz
[3:59] 04. Onyx - Shut 'Em Down
[3:49] 05. Onyx - Broke Willies
[0:18] 06. Onyx - For Nothin' (Skit)
[4:54] 07. Onyx - Rob And Vic
[4:41] 08. Onyx - Face Down
[0:51] 09. Onyx - Cops (Skit)
[4:32] 10. Onyx - Conspiracy
[3:54] 11. Onyx - Black Dust
[0:38] 12. Onyx - One Nation (Skit)
[4:10] 13. Onyx - React
[4:30] 14. Onyx - Veronica
[4:59] 15. Onyx - Fuck Dat
[3:35] 16. Onyx - Ghetto Starz
[1:27] 17. Onyx - Take That
[10:41] 18. Onyx - The Worst
[4:15] 19. Onyx - Shut 'Em Down (Remix)


**********

ABOUT THE ALBUM
1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
Total length: 01:10:46
Main artist: Onyx
Composer: Various Composers
Label: Def Jam Recordings
Genre: Rap
© 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc. A Def Jam Recordings Release
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.


Shut 'Em Down is officially the follow-up to All We Got Iz Us, but since that second album was largely forgotten, the record might as well have been a follow-up to Bacdafucup, the debut that briefly made Onyx a hip-hop sensation. Onyx haven't changed that much since then; their hardcore rhythms still hit hard, their lyrics are still profane and they still shout their lyrics as often as they rap. In short, they still make the oversized, near-parodic hardcore rap that made "Slam" a smash hit. Unfortunately, there isn't anything on Shut 'Em Down nearly as good as "Slam." There's nothing that's flat-out bad, on the other hand, but there's no denying that the horrorcore schtick wears a bit thin. At first, it sounds good to have Onyx back, but it soon becomes clear that they need to develop a new sonic direction, otherwise they will have shut themselves down.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo



**********