Erick Onasis

Erick Onasis
Studio album by Erick Onasis
Released	May 16, 2000
Genre	Hip hop, East Coast hip hop
Length	47:09
Label	DreamWorks
Producer	Bernard Alexander (exec.), Erick Sermon (exec.), DJ Scratch, Redman
Erick Onasis chronology
Double or Nothing (1995) Def Squad Presents Erick Onasis (2000) Music (2001) Singles from Def Squad Presents Erick Onasis "Focus" Released: 2000 "Get Da Money" Released: 2000 "Why Not" Released: April 25, 2000

Erick Onasis is the third studio album from American hip hop artist Erick Sermon (under the moniker Erick Onasis), released May 16, 2000 on DreamWorks SKG.

The album peaked at number fifty-three on the Billboard 200 chart.

Album title significance

In regards to the album's title, it was also an alias that Sermon briefly adopted at the time for this particular album. In regards to the meaning, he stated:

"The name is something I came up with when I was watching the [coverage of the] death of JFK Jr. They [were] talking about him and his family and his mom came up, and then Aristotle came up. Then I read something on him, about four or five pages. And it was interesting to me, about how he was, how spiritual he was, how he was just coming up in the game until he mastered his field and became who he became. So I took that name."^[1]

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

The album peaked at fifty-three on the U.S. Billboard 200 and reached the fifteenth spot on the R&B Albums chart.^[3]

M.F. DiBella of Allmusic gave the album a fairly positive review, stating "while musically this album drives along in basically one gear, overall the ride is pretty smooth and enjoyable.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Music	Sample(s)[4]	Length
1.	"Talk to Me (Intro)"	Sermon		1:41
2.	"I Do 'Em"	Sermon, Spivey		2:23
3.	"Don't Get Gassed"	Aldenhour, Boxley, Sadler, Sermon		2:41
4.	"Why Not" (feat. Slick Rick)	Sermon, Walters		3:00
5.	"Live It Up (Interlude)" (feat. Khari and Redman)	Noble, Santiago, Sermon		2:40
6.	"Hostility" (feat. Keith Murray and Redman)	Crudup, Murray, Noble, Sermon		2:52
7.	"Mastering with E (Skit)"	Gist, Sermon		0:28
8.	"So Sweet" (feat. Eazy-E)	Diamond, King Ad Rock, MCA, Rubin, Sermon, Wright		3:17
9.	"Focus" (feat. DJ Quik and Xzibit)	Blake, Joiner, Sermon, Troutman, Troutman		4:25
10.	"Feel Me Baby" (feat. Khari and Sy Scott)	Santiago, Scott, Sermon		3:16
11.	"Can't Stop" (feat. Dave Hollister and Peter Moore)	Hollister, Moore, Sermon		4:05
12.	"Get Da Money" (feat. Ja Rule)	Atkins, Sermon	"Maceo" by Maceo & All the King's Men	3:38
13.	"Ain't SHHH to Discuss" (feat. Noah and Tephlon Da Don)	Crudup, Jones, Roberts, Sermon, Stephenson		3:36
14.	"Sermon [Speech]"	Sermon		0:56
15.	"Vangundy" (feat. Big Kim, Billy Billions, Boe & Ruck, Nolan Epps, PMD, and Sy Scott)	Crudup, Dixon, Epps, Scott, Sermon, Sermon, Sherman, Smith, Warren		4:51
16.	"Fat Gold Chain" (feat. Too Short)	Sermon, Shaw		3:20

Chart history

Album

Chart (2000)[3]	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	53
U.S. R&B Albums	15

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions[5]
		U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	U.S. Hot Rap Singles
2000	"Focus"	63	—
	"Get Da Money"	—	48
	"Why Not"	89	—

"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Personnel

Information taken from Allmusic.^[6]

• composing – Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
• engineering – Troy Hightower, Tommy Uzzo
• executive production – Bernard Alexander, Erick Sermon
• mixing – Troy Hightower, Erick Sermon, Tommy Uzzo
• performer(s) – DJ Quik, Erick Onasis, Dave Hollister, Ja Rule, Keith Murray, Slick Rick, Tephlon Da Don(Rick Ross)
• photography – Jonathan Mannion
• production – DJ Scratch, Redman, Erick Sermon
• project coordination – Chris Tricarico

Notes

1. ^ http://new.music.yahoo.com/erick-sermon/news/erick-sermon-explains-erick-onasis-name--12055748
2. ^ ^{a b} DiBella, M.F.. "allmusic ((( Def Squad Presents Erick Onasis > Review )))". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r480276. Retrieved 2010-12-05. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "allmusic ((( Def Squad Presents Erick Onasis > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r480276. Retrieved 2010-12-05. 
4. ^ "Rap Sample FAQ - Quick FAQ Search: Erick Sermon". The-Breaks.com. http://www.the-breaks.com/search.php?term=Erick+Sermon&type=6. Retrieved 12-05-2010. 
5. ^ "allmusic ((( Def Squad Presents Erick Onasis > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r480276. Retrieved 2010-12-05. 
6. ^ "allmusic ((( Def Squad Presents Erick Onasis > Credits )))". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r480276. Retrieved 2010-12-05. 

External links

• Def Squad Presents Erick Onasis at Allmusic
• Def Squad Presents Erick Onasis at Discogs