It was released on May 11, 1993 by JMJ Records and Rush Associated Labels as the second single from Onyx's debut album, Bacdafucup.

[2] The song was sampled by more than 25 rap artists including GZA, Eminem, PMD, Shaquille O'Neal and Krazy Drayz of Das EFX.

It was also included in the baseball video game MLB The Show 21 and in Saints Row on the radio station The Cipher 99.5 FM.

By the time the album was done, Jam Master Jay decided Onyx didn't have its hit single yet.

When we was writing the album, [Nirvana's] 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' would come on all the time [on MTV] and they had slam dancing in that video.

"[8] Funkmaster Flex was one of the first DJs who played "Slam" on his show Friday Night Street Jam on station Hot 97.

[9] The song also played on The Stretch Armstrong & Bobbito Show before the single was officially released.

[12] The video was filmed on Broadway Stages (Queens, NYC) and Compton, California in February 1993, and was premiered on The BOX on March 25, 1993.

[13] Russell Simmons, Run-DMC, Boss, Flatlinerz and Biohazard had a cameo appearance in the video.

Lyor Cohen came up with an idea to do a cover version of "Slam"; Onyx initially resisted the project, wanting to avoid selling out.

This rap rock[17] version was released as a maxi-single entitled "Slam: The Alternatives" on June 22, 1993.

In May 1993, Parris Mayhew shot the third video for Onyx, for the song "Slam (Bionyx Remix)".

The video for the song "Slam (Bionyx Remix)" was used in an American animated sitcom Beavis and Butthead in the 1993 episode "Buff 'N' Stuff".

Crashing Into each other and passing the mic back and forth, the hard heads attack the track's sparse bass and drum sounds with a frenzied level of energy that picks up right where “Gunz" Ieft off.

The lyrics are hard and foul, and the shout-along chorus demands that "B-boys make noise.

[citation needed] In 2014, the British newspaper The Guardian placed the song in their list Def Jam: 10 of the best.

[51] In 2017, Complex placed Biohazard & Onyx "Slam (Bionyx Remix)" in their list The Best Rap-Rock Songs.