In 1989, Onyx signed Jeffrey Harris as their manager, who helped them secure a single deal with the label Profile Records.

In 1990, at York Studio in Brooklyn, they recorded their first single, "Ah, And We Do It Like This", which was released to low sales on April 30, 1990, on Profile.

In Brian Coleman's book Check the Technique, Fredro Starr describes the song as made in a country style:[5]"...I went down south every summer to visit my grandmother and I kind of picked up a southern accent from my time down there.

[7] In Andrew J. Rausch's book I Am Hip-Hop: Conversations on the Music and Culture, Sticky Fingaz said that with this single Onyx is ahead of their time:[8] "...It wasn't the Onyx sound that we know today, but actually I think they were ahead of their time.

"According to Fredro, Kool DJ Red Alert played on the radio only instrumental from this single.