#WakeDaFucUp is the sixth studio album by American hip hop group Onyx, released on March 18, 2014 by Goon MuSick.
The album features guest appearances from Sean Price, Makem Pay, Papoose, Cormega, Dope D.O.D., Reks, Snak the Ripper and ASAP Ferg.
[1][2] On November 6, 2013, in an interview with XXL, it was announced that Onyx is currently working on a new album, titled Wake The F*** Up, which will be entirely produced by German hip-hop production group Snowgoons.
If Sonsee ain't gonna rock with us, we gotta go get a nigga like Papoose to do a verse.
In an interview with Arena, Fredro says that Sonny Seeza himself decided to leave the group:[2]"...Sonsee is family, forever.
To this day, you got [New York] rappers trying to rhyme on trap beats, because they want a deal to pay their bills.
[7] The second single "We Don't Fucking Care" featuring A$AP Ferg & Sean Price was released on February 21, 2014.
Philip Cheek of HotNewHipHop gave the single a VERY HOTTTTT rating, saying "It sounds great, and A$AP Ferg especially delivers with a verse showcasing a talent we wish we saw more of on Trap Lord".
[8] In a February 2014, interview with HipHopDX, Onyx spoke about collaborating with ASAP Ferg on "We Don't Fuckin Care":[1] "...It's crazy how we connected with him.
[10] Onyx slams the alley-oop down with angry rapping about disfiguring your face and what will follow if you don't recognize.
[11] The brooding new song finds Sticky Fingaz and Fredro Starr trading aggro bars over ominous keys and stormy atmosphere.
Also Onyx released 11 official music videos from this album: "#WakeDaFucUp", "Whut Whut", "Hammers On Deck (Scarface version)", "Buc Bac", "TurnDaFucUp", "TurnDaFucUp (On Shade 45 With DJ Kay Slay)", "The Realest", "#WakeDaFucUp Reloaded", "Boom!!
Veterans like U-God of the Wu-Tang Clan and Diddy have said Hip Hop is getting too soft, so to see Onyx drop a record that's truer to its roots than most similar Rap music these days is both welcome and refreshing.
"[13] Kellan Miller of XXL gave the album an XL rating, saying "With Wakedafucup, Onyx have followed in the footsteps of what made the recent studio releases of their New York contemporaries Nas and Jay successful: having fun.
Ali Vegas, Nature, Steele & Sadat X), "Dirty Cops (Reloaded Remix)" (feat.
Also the delivery package included a free bonus disk Onyx "Against All Authorities" and an exclusive poster A year later, on April 18, 2017, #WakeDaFucUp Reloaded was released on vinyl with a limited edition of 300 copies.
The release was accompanied by the premiere of a new video for the track "Hustlin Hours" In December 2017, during a telephone interview for "Menu Melody Podcast", Fredro Starr said that Onyx has plans to record with Snowgoons album #WakeDaFucUp (Part 2).