Shut 'Em Down (album)

Shut 'Em Down
Studio album by
Onyx
ReleasedJune 2, 1998
StudioStreetlight (New York City)
Sound On (New York City)
Track (North Hollywood, California)
Genre
Length70:46
Label
Producer
  • Onyx (exec.)
  • Jam Master Jay (exec.)
  • Randy Allen (exec.)
  • Keith Horne
  • DJ Scratch
  • Bud'da
  • Latief
Onyx chronology
All We Got Iz Us
(1995) 		Shut 'Em Down
(1998) 		Bacdafucup Part II
(2002)
Singles from Shut 'Em Down
  1. "The Worst"
    Released: December 23, 1997
  2. "Shut 'Em Down"
    Released: February 6, 1998
  3. "React"
    Released: June 2, 1998
  4. "Broke Willies / Ghetto Starz"
    Released: September 1998

Shut 'Em Down is the third studio album by American hip hop group Onyx, released on June 2, 1998, by JMJ Records and Def Jam. The album was produced by Keith Horne and Self, with help from DJ Scratch of EPMD, Bud'da and Latief. The album features guest appearances from Onyx's affiliate X1, DMX, a then-unknown 50 Cent, Still Livin from Gang Green, All City, Mr. Cheeks, Wu-Tang Clan, N.O.R.E., Big Pun and others.

Shut 'Em Down debuted at number 10 on the U.S. Billboard 200, and number 3 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart and sold 90,000 copies in its first week.[1] The album features three the Billboard singles The Worst, Shut 'Em Down and React. The album sold fairly well, moving over 500,000 units.[2]

"Shut 'Em Down" was the last album released by Onyx on Def Jam / JMJ Records, and Onyx were also officially removed from Def Jam on "Black Thursday" - January 21, 1999 - because the label PolyGram, who in 1994 purchased 50% of Sony's Def Jam, was sold to Seagram on December 10, 1998.[3]

  1. ^ "MASTER P CARVES OUT #1 SPOT ABOVE PUMPKINS". MTV News. June 10, 1998. Archived from the original on December 9, 2019.
  2. ^ Attaway, Kenneth (October 2006). In the Arms of Baby Hop (by Kenneth Attaway) - page 271. AuthorHouse. ISBN 9781425971069. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
  3. ^ Def Jam, Inc., Russell Simmons, Rick Rubin, and the Extraordinary Story of the World's Most Inf (by Stacy Gueraseva) - page 272. Random House Publishing. 30 March 2011. ISBN 9780307520395. Retrieved 2018-09-01. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)