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Shut ’Em Down
Hip-Hop · 1998 · 19 tracks

Shut ’Em Down

Onyx

A relentless assault of shouted vocals and distorted East Coast production. This is the sound of 1998 New York at its most confrontational and unpolished.

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The rap equivalent of a mosh pit that never stops for breath.

Relentless, confrontational energy that feels like a physical assault on the listener's senses.

Shut ’Em Down · vs · Onyx
Urban Night+0.5σ

Urban Night saturates this record a touch more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 19 Tracks
01
It Was Onyx (skit)
0:48
02
Raze It Up
4:00
03
Street Nigguz
4:54
04
Shut ’Em Down
3:59
05
Broke Willies
3:49
06
For Nothin’ (skit)
0:18
07
Rob & Vic
4:54
08
Face Down
4:41
09
Cops (skit)
0:51
10
Conspiracy
4:32
11
Black Dust
3:54
12
One Nation (skit)
0:38
13
React
4:10
14
Veronica
4:30
15
Fuck Dat
4:59
16
Ghetto Starz
3:35
17
Take That
1:27
18
The Worst / Overshine
10:41
19
Shut ’Em Down (remix)
4:15
Moments Worth Waiting For
The explosive vocal entry on the title track where the beat drops into a menacing, minimalist loop.
The chaotic energy of the 'React' posse cut where the hand-offs between rappers feel like a relay race in a riot.
The sheer sonic weight of the drums on 'Raze It Up' which sound like they were recorded in a concrete bunker.
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