Erick Onasis
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| Studio album by Erick Onasis | ||||||||||
| Released | June 27, 2000 | |||||||||
| Genre | Hip hop, East Coast hip hop | |||||||||
| Length | 47:09 | |||||||||
| Label | DreamWorks | |||||||||
| Producer | Bernard Alexander (exec.), Erick Sermon (exec.), DJ Scratch, Redman | |||||||||
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Erick Onasis is the third studio album from American hip hop artist Erick Sermon (under the moniker Erick Onasis), released June 27, 2000 on DreamWorks Records.
The album peaked at number fifty-three on the Billboard 200 chart and is notable for the recording debut of rapper Rick Ross who went by his original name Teflon Da Don.[1]
Album title significance
In regards to the album's title, it was also an alias that Sermon briefly adopted at the time for this particular album. In regards to the meaning, he stated:
"The name is something I came up with when I was watching the [coverage of the] death of JFK Jr. They [were] talking about him and his family and his mom came up, and then Aristotle came up. Then I read something on him, about four or five pages. And it was interesting to me, about how he was, how spiritual he was, how he was just coming up in the game until he mastered his field and became who he became. So I took that name."[2]
Another reason for the album's title was due to contractual issues stemming from Sermon's previous label Def Jam Recordings.[3] Because of the issue, Def Squad Presents Erick Onasis was promoted as a compilation album, despite Sermon's appearance and production on most of the songs.
Release and reception
| Professional ratings | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [4] |
The album peaked at fifty-three on the U.S. Billboard 200 and reached the fifteenth spot on the R&B Albums chart.[5]
M.F. DiBella of Allmusic gave the album a fairly positive review, stating "while musically this album drives along in basically one gear, overall the ride is pretty smooth and enjoyable.[4]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Talk to Me (Intro)" | Sermon | 1:41 |
| 2. | "I Do 'Em" | Sermon, Spivey | 2:23 |
| 3. | "Don't Get Gassed" | Ridennhour, Boxley, Sadler, Sermon | 2:41 |
| 4. | "Why Not" (featuring Slick Rick) | Sermon, Walters | 3:00 |
| 5. | "Live It Up (Interlude)" (featuring Redman and Khari) | Noble, Santiago, Sermon | 2:40 |
| 6. | "Hostility" (featuring Redman and Keith Murray) | Crudup, Murray, Noble, Sermon | 2:52 |
| 7. | "Mastering with E (Skit)" | Gist, Sermon | 0:28 |
| 8. | "So Sweet" (featuring Eazy-E) | Diamond, Yauch, Horowitz, Rubin, Sermon, Wright | 3:17 |
| 9. | "Focus" (featuring DJ Quik and Xzibit) | Blake, Joiner, Sermon, Troutman, Troutman | 4:25 |
| 10. | "Feel Me Baby" (featuring Khari and Sy Scott) | Santiago, Scott, Sermon | 3:16 |
| 11. | "Can't Stop" (featuring Dave Hollister and Peter Moore) | Hollister, Moore, Sermon | 4:05 |
| 12. | "Get Da Money" (featuring Ja Rule) | Atkins, Sermon | 3:38 |
| 13. | "Ain't SHHH to Discuss" (featuring Noah and Rick Ross) | Crudup, Jones, Roberts, Sermon, Stephenson | 3:36 |
| 14. | "Sermon [Speech]" | Sermon | 0:56 |
| 15. | "Vangundy" (featuring Big Kim, Billy Billions, Boe & Ruck, Nolan Epps, PMD, and Sy Scott) | Crudup, Dixon, Epps, Scott, Sermon, Sermon, Sherman, Smith, Warren | 4:51 |
| 16. | "Fat Gold Chain" (featuring Too Short) | Sermon, Shaw | 3:20 |
Chart history
Album
| Chart (2000)[5] | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard 200 | 53 |
| U.S. R&B Albums | 15 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions[6] | |
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| U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | U.S. Hot Rap Singles | ||
| 2000 | "Focus" | 63 | — |
| "Get Da Money" | — | 48 | |
| "Why Not" | 89 | — | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Personnel
Information taken from Allmusic.[7]
- composing – Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
- engineering – Troy Hightower, Tommy Uzzo
- executive production – Bernard Alexander, Erick Sermon
- mixing – Troy Hightower, Erick Sermon, Tommy Uzzo
- performer(s) – DJ Quik, Erick Onasis, Dave Hollister, Ja Rule, Keith Murray, Slick Rick, Teflon Da Don
- photography – Jonathan Mannion
- production – DJ Scratch, Redman, Erick Sermon
- project coordination – Chris Tricarico
Notes
- ↑ Burgess, Omar. "Rick Ross Recalls Drawing Inspiration From EPMD". www.hiphopdx.com. Cheri Media Group. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
- ↑ http://new.music.yahoo.com/erick-sermon/news/erick-sermon-explains-erick-onasis-name--12055748
- ↑ Burgess, Omar. "Rick Ross Recalls Drawing Inspiration From EPMD". www.hiphopdx.com. Cheri Media Group. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
- 1 2 DiBella, M.F. "allmusic ((( Def Squad Presents Erick Onasis > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
- 1 2 "allmusic ((( Def Squad Presents Erick Onasis > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
- ↑ "allmusic ((( Def Squad Presents Erick Onasis > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
- ↑ "allmusic ((( Def Squad Presents Erick Onasis > Credits )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-12-05.