All We Got Iz Us | |
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![]() Studio album by Onyx | |
Released |
October 24, 1995 |
Recorded |
April 1994 - March 1995 |
Studio |
LGK Studios |
Genre(s) |
East Coast hip hop, Hardcore hip hop, Conscious hip hop, Horrorcore |
Length |
45:04 |
Label |
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Producer(s) |
Agallah (co.), Randy Allen (exec.), Fredro Starr, Jam Master Jay (exec.), Sonee Seeza, Sticky Fingaz |
Onyx chronology | |
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All We Got Iz Us is the second studio album by American hip hop group Onyx. It was released on October 24, 1995 through Jam Master Jay Records and Def Jam Recordings. the album was originally titled Three The Hard Way was slated for a September 1995 release. Recording sessions took place at LGK Studios in Leonia, New Jersey from April 1994 to March 1995. Production was handled entirely by Fredro Starr himself, with co-production from Agallah, Sticky Fingaz and Sonee Seeza, with Jam Master Jay and Randy Allen serving as executive producers. It features guest appearances from All City and Panama P.I.
In March of 1994, while Fredro was on the set of the movie Dangerous Minds. Lyor Cohen came up to him and offered him a million dollars to record a new album, Three The Hard Way. In the same year, Big DS left the group in the middle of recording the album to start a solo career. The group recorded 25 songs for this album, but only 15 of the songs were included on the album by Jam Master Jay's decision.
The group changed the title name of the album from Three The Hard Way to All We Got Iz Us. Also in 1994, Onyx formed a record label Armee Records and also signed production and distribution deals with Capitol Records and Mercury Records. Onyx signed contracts with the artists All City (J. Mega & Greg Valentine), Panama P.I., singer Choclatt and the group Gangrene (Still Livin', Who$ane, X1, Syfe and Iceman aka Chop).
The title All We Got Iz Us came up because it was the state of mind that the group was in at the time.
The album peaked at #22 on the US Billboard 200 and #2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. All We Got Iz Us released the singles: "Live Niguz", "Walk In New York", "Last Dayz" (which peaked at #89 on the Billboard Hot 100) and the title song "All We Got Iz Us (Evil Streets)". The album has sold over 500,000 copies in the US.
Track listing[]
No. | Title | Performer(s) | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Time |
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1. | "Life or Death (Skit)" | - | Aguillar, Jones, Scruggs, Taylor | Fredro Starr, Sticky Fingaz, Sonee Seeza, 8-Off Assassin (co.) | 0:49 |
2. | "Last Dayz" | Fredro Starr, Sonee Seeza, Sticky Fingaz | Jones, Klugh, Scruggs, Taylor | Fredro Starr | 3:57 |
3. | "All We Got Iz Us (Evil Streets)" | Fredro Starr, Sonee Seeza, Sticky Fingaz | Jones, Scruggs, Taylor | Fredro Starr | 4:13 |
4. | "Purse Snatchaz" | Fredro Starr, Sonee Seeza, Sticky Fingaz | Baker, Jones, Quinn, Scruggs, Taylor | Fredro Starr, Sticky Fingaz, Sonee Seeza | 4:08 |
5. | "Shout" | Fredro Starr, Sonee Seeza, Sticky Fingaz | Jones, Pomeranz, Scruggs, Taylor | Fredro Starr | 3:48 |
6. | "I Murder U (Skit)" | - | Scruggs | Fredro Starr | 0:22 |
7. | "Betta Off Dead" | Sonee Seeza, Fredro Starr, Sticky Fingaz | Aguillar, Jones, Scruggs, Taylor | Fredro Starr, Sticky Fingaz, Sonee Seeza, 8-Off Assassin (co.) | 4:04 |
8. | "Live Niguz" | Sonee Seeza, Fredro Starr, Sticky Fingaz | Hayes, Jones, Scruggs, Taylor | Fredro Starr | 3:20 |
9. | "Punkmotherfukaz" | Fredro Starr, Sticky Fingaz, Sonee Seeza | Aguillar, Jones, Scruggs, Taylor | Fredro Starr, Sticky Fingaz, Sonee Seeza, 8-Off Assassin (co.) | 1:01 |
10. | "Most Def" | Sonee Seeza, Sticky Fingaz, Fredro Starr | Jones, Scruggs, Taylor | Fredro Starr | 3:55 |
11. | "Act Up (Skit)" | - | Jones, Scruggs, Taylor | Sticky Fingaz | 0:24 |
12. | "Getto Mentalitee" | Fredro Starr, All City, Sonee Seeza, P.I., Sticky Fingaz | Cordew, Cubia, Jones, Scruggs, Taylor, Troupe | Fredro Starr | 4:22 |
13. | "2 Wrongs" | Fredro Starr, Sonee Seeza, Sticky Fingaz | Jones, Scruggs, Taylor | Sticky Fingaz | 3:58 |
14. | "Maintain (Skit)" | - | Jones, Scruggs, Taylor | Fredro Starr | 1:56 |
15. | "Walk in New York" | Fredro Starr, Sonee Seeza, Sticky Fingaz | Jones, Scruggs, Taylor | Fredro Starr | 4:56 |