All We Got Iz Us

All We Got Iz Us is the second studio album by American hip hop group Onyx, released on October 24, 1995, by JMJ Records and Rush Associated Labels.

The album features guest appearances from rap group All City and rapper from Queens, Panama P.I.

In March 1994, when Fredro Starr was on the set of Dangerous Minds, Lyor Cohen came to him and offered him a million dollars for recording a new album, All We Got Iz Us.

It is widely considered to be a great follow up to their debut Bacdafucup with many fans actually citing it as Onyx's best album.

Turning away from the more humorous approach of their debut, All We Got Iz Us had an overall darker and more serious tone, dealing with subjects such as suicide, heavy substance abuse and racism.

For example, the intro/opening track features a split-personality monologue: Sticky Fingaz threatening himself at gunpoint, eventually committing suicide.

For the cover of the album All We Got Iz Us, Sticky and Fredro just wanted to paint a cracked mad face.

only found minor success on the R&B and rap charts, becoming the group's first single not to reach the Billboard Hot 100.

Music videos were released for the tracks "Last Dayz", "All We Got Iz Us", "Walk In New York" and "Live Niguz".

Raymond Cunningham of The Source gave the album three and a half stars out of five, saying "...Although the LP is packed with sure shots, there are a few sure misses.

Q gave the album three stars out of five, saying "...The lyrics are quickfire and the sound is dense..." Bonz Malone of Vibe said "...Now, after a two-year hiatus, they're back with All We Got Iz Us, and the shit is hardcore.

"[13] NME gave the album seven stars out of ten, saying "although there's nothing to rock the Wu's place at the top of the NY tree, Onyx sound convincingly with it.

They still paint pictures of NY that turn it into a warscape, but they've deliberated their moves so as not to re-emerge as the latest rap washouts...".

Rowald Pruyn of RapReviews gave the album nine and a half stars out of ten, saying "...In Onyx' New World Order, everything is upside-down.

[15] In 2008, Keith Murphy of Vibe named it the best-produced album of 1995 and selected as one of the magazine's 24 Lost Rap Classics.