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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
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Onyx, Producer, MainArtist - Don Elliott, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sticky Fingaz, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tyrone Taylor, ComposerLyricist - Onyx, MainArtist - Fred Scruggs, ComposerLyricist - Chylow M. Parker, ComposerLyricist - Keith Everette Horne, ComposerLyricist - Sticky Fingaz, ComposerLyricist - Anthony "Latief" King, Producer
℗ 1998 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Tyrone Taylor, ComposerLyricist - Onyx, MainArtist - Fred Scruggs, ComposerLyricist - X-1, MainArtist - Gaines Spivey, ComposerLyricist - B. Sandlin, ComposerLyricist - Sticky Fingaz, ComposerLyricist - D.J. Scratch, Producer - Vinnie Nicoletti, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Carl Nappa, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tyrone Taylor, ComposerLyricist - DMX, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Onyx, MainArtist - Fred Scruggs, ComposerLyricist - Sticky Fingaz, ComposerLyricist - Mary Flowers, Producer - Randy Acker, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1998 The Island Def Jam Music Group
DJ LS ONE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - MICK JAGGER, ComposerLyricist - Tyrone Taylor, ComposerLyricist - Onyx, Producer, MainArtist - Ken "Supa Engineer" Duro, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Fred Scruggs, ComposerLyricist - Keith Everette Horne, Producer, ComposerLyricist - X-1, MainArtist - B. Sandlin, ComposerLyricist - Sticky Fingaz, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1998 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Tyrone Taylor, ComposerLyricist - Onyx, Producer, MainArtist - Don Elliott, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Fred Scruggs, ComposerLyricist - Sticky Fingaz, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kenneth Gamble, ComposerLyricist - Joe Delia, ComposerLyricist - LEON HUFF, ComposerLyricist - Anthony Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Onyx, MainArtist - Ken "Supa Engineer" Duro, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Fred Scruggs, ComposerLyricist - Keith Everette Horne, Producer, ComposerLyricist - B. Sandlin, ComposerLyricist - Sticky Fingaz, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Edward Hinson, ComposerLyricist - DJ LS ONE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Mccracklin, ComposerLyricist - Lowell Fulson, ComposerLyricist - Tyrone Taylor, ComposerLyricist - Self, Producer - LL Cool J, ComposerLyricist - Erick Sermon, ComposerLyricist - Onyx, MainArtist - Ken "Supa Engineer" Duro, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - PMD, ComposerLyricist - Fred Scruggs, ComposerLyricist - Sticky Fingaz, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Onyx, Producer, MainArtist - Don Elliott, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sticky Fingaz, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tyrone Taylor, ComposerLyricist - Onyx, MainArtist - Ken "Supa Engineer" Duro, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Fred Scruggs, ComposerLyricist - Gaines Spivey, ComposerLyricist - B. Sandlin, ComposerLyricist - Sticky Fingaz, ComposerLyricist - D.J. Scratch, Producer
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tyrone Taylor, ComposerLyricist - Onyx, MainArtist - Fred Scruggs, ComposerLyricist - Gaines Spivey, ComposerLyricist - B. Sandlin, ComposerLyricist - Sticky Fingaz, ComposerLyricist - D.J. Scratch, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Vinnie Nicoletti, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Onyx, Producer, MainArtist - Don Elliott, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sticky Fingaz, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stephen Anderson, ComposerLyricist - DJ LS ONE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tyrone Taylor, ComposerLyricist - BUD'DA, Producer - Onyx, MainArtist - Ken "Supa Engineer" Duro, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Fred Scruggs, ComposerLyricist - B. Sandlin, ComposerLyricist - Sticky Fingaz, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1998 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Edward Hinson, ComposerLyricist - Harry Middlebrooks, ComposerLyricist - Mike Shapiro, ComposerLyricist - Tyrone Taylor, ComposerLyricist - Self, Producer - Perry Carlton Buie, ComposerLyricist - Onyx, Mixer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - James B. Cobb, ComposerLyricist - Ken "Supa Engineer" Duro, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Fred Scruggs, ComposerLyricist - B. Sandlin, ComposerLyricist - Sticky Fingaz, ComposerLyricist - Clay The Raider, Producer
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Edward Hinson, ComposerLyricist - DJ LS ONE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sunshine, MainArtist - Tyrone Taylor, ComposerLyricist - Self, Producer - Bubba Smith, MainArtist - Onyx, MainArtist - Don Elliott, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Fred Scruggs, ComposerLyricist - X-1, MainArtist - B. Sandlin, ComposerLyricist - J Mega, MainArtist - Greg Valentine, MainArtist - Sticky Fingaz, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
T. Kelly, ComposerLyricist - Kurt Walker, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Anderson, ComposerLyricist - Tyrone Taylor, ComposerLyricist - LAWRENCE SMITH, ComposerLyricist - BUD'DA, Producer - Denzil Miller, ComposerLyricist - R. Rogers, ComposerLyricist - Onyx, MainArtist - Ken "Supa Engineer" Duro, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Fred Scruggs, ComposerLyricist - Robert Arthur Ford Jr., ComposerLyricist - James B. Moore, ComposerLyricist - B. Sandlin, ComposerLyricist - Sticky Fingaz, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Onyx, MainArtist - Ken "Supa Engineer" Duro, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Keith Everette Horne, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Sticky Fingaz, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Isley, ComposerLyricist - C. Smith, ComposerLyricist - J. Grant, ComposerLyricist - Christopher Jasper, ComposerLyricist - Ernest Isley, ComposerLyricist - C. Woods, ComposerLyricist - Tyrone Taylor, ComposerLyricist - Onyx, MainArtist - O'Kelly Isley Jr., ComposerLyricist - Don Elliott, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Fred Scruggs, ComposerLyricist - Keith Everette Horne, ComposerLyricist - B. Sandlin, ComposerLyricist - G. Cordew, ComposerLyricist - L. Troupe, ComposerLyricist - Sticky Fingaz, ComposerLyricist - Lateif, Producer
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tyrone Taylor, ComposerLyricist - DMX, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Onyx, MainArtist - Fred Scruggs, ComposerLyricist - Sticky Fingaz, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
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
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 01:10:46
- Main artists: Onyx
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Def Jam Recordings
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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