Def Jam / JMJ / Respect The Classics (2013, Reissue)
Every Wednesday, in honor of Ed Lover Dance Day from Yo! MTV Raps, I take a break from rock and roll to write a little bit about hip hop. In the late 80s and early 90s hip hop ruled my musical life. During this often called 'Golden Era' I discovered so much incredible music. As I am slowly replacing the CDs I've had for twenty-five plus years with vinyl copies, I'm going to talk about some albums that had a really important impact on me during some very formative years.
Bacdafucup is one of those CDs that I had when I was in high school that made certain family members wonder what the hell I was getting into. Not that any of them listened to it, but just the fact that it was called what it was raised a few eyebrows. I can't say that Onyx was one of my favorites when it came out in 1993. I liked "Slam" from when I heard it on Yo! and I think I got the CD from BMG or Columbia House during one of those ten CDs for a penny gimmicks. But listening to it again in the last few years, I appreciate it more now than I did then.
What makes it stand out, like so many albums of that era, is how great the beats are. I love this era of hip hop and how the snare just cracks along with rumbling bass lines. Lyrically, Onyx isn't anything special. They're a group of gravely voiced MCs that stand out for sure as being unique, but the vocals can be a bit much from time to time.
Bacdafucup probably isn't one of those records I'd be prone to put on all that often, but there are moments where it is kind of the perfect album to listen to, for reasons I'm not really able to articulate. Plus this is one of the albums i had as a kid and I am still working through my goal of picking up everything I had back then on vinyl. One more down.
Onyx - Bacdafucup:
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m2P0AWCX11B6gQwzcRAKAR9lx3YKNYuRA
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