My review today will be about the new album from Onyx, Wakedafucup. Onyx is a veteran New York rap group, and it has been a whopping ten years since their last album. Onyx has always been known in the hip-hop scene for their sheer aggressiveness. Nothing these guys do would ever be called soft, as they go over some the hardest hitting, grimiest beats ever. Plus, Fredro Starr and Sticky Fingaz have some really energetic, attention-grabbing voices. Will Onyx complete their comeback with an awesome studio album?
After giving this project multiple listens, I can safely say I was disappointed. Onyx didn't come through with what I wanted here. While i had a lot of problems with this album, let's talk about what I liked with it. First of all, Onyx sure does know how to make an energetic track. Every song here, whether or not its a good song, will bring the energy and hype you up. These guys yell pretty much all the choruses here, and its just very attention grabbing. My favorite hooks are on The Tunnel, Hustlin Hour, and Whut Whut. I also liked the features on this album. I felt that the songs with features were much better than the ones without, in terms of rapping. The two features I was looking forward to were ASAP Ferg and Sean Price, who were on the track We Don't Fuckin Care. They didn't disappoint, as Ferg may have spit the best verse I've ever heard from him. His flow was on points and his voice came off really unique. It was just a creative verse from Ferg, and I loved it. As far as Sean Price, you know what you will get from him, and he supplied it with his verse. It was the features I wasn't looking forward to, though, that really surprised me, particularly Cormega and Papoose. These two showed up on the track The Tunnel, and both of them killed it, as I loved both the verses. Papoose's verse was an awesome way to end the song. Finally, I thought Reks had a solid contribution to the song One 4 da Team. The features here were consistent, and if not for them, the album wouldve really suffered.
Now it's time to talk about the things I didn't like. Unfortunately, like i said before, this album was a disappointing listen. My main problem is the severe lack of variety. All these songs followed the same formula: A sometimes catchy hook, a Fredro Starr verse, then the hook again, then a Sticky Fingaz verse. They never changed it up. This was why I loved the features so much on this album, because they broke up the monotony. As for these two as MCs, they are nothing like what they used to be. At this point, they are just sounding old. Fredro's verses are straight out of the early 2000s, and I feel Sticky Fingaz was trying a little too hard on many songs here. He is just sounding a little too crazy, to the point where I really get tired of hearing it. Lyrically, these guys came off a little corny, too. As far as production goes, there is not much to say. The Snowgoons put together some very outdated and boring beats, in my opinion. The only beats I liked here were Buc Bac, Wakedafucup, and We Don't Fuckin Care. These were not great, but at least they were a little different and unique. I feel like I wouldn't be able to tell these songs apart if there was no rapping on them.
WAKEDAFUCUP WRAP UP
+Some catchy, energetic hooks
+Solid guest verses, they brought a lot to the album
-Repetitive song structures
-Rapping was very average from Onyx
-Production was outdated and boring
Best: We Don't Fuckin Care, Hustlin Hour, The Tunnel
Worst: Trust No Bitch
Onyx- Wakedafucup
5.6/10
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