Onyx – #turndafucup-original Sessions (Red)

The Onyx #Turndafucup-Original Sessions (Red) vinyl is a 2022 LP release on Cleopatra Records (Cat. No. CLO 2538) that packages the raw, session-level material from one of New York hardcore hip-hop’s most enduring acts in a striking red pressing built for collectors who want something more than a standard black reissue.

Onyx: The Group Behind the Record

Onyx came out of South Jamaica, Queens in the early 1990s with a sound built on aggression, shaved heads, and a stage presence that set them apart from almost everything else in the genre at the time. Their debut run produced some of the most abrasive, high-energy rap records of the decade, and their influence on both hardcore hip-hop and the crossover rap-rock space that followed is still traceable today. They have kept recording and releasing music across decades, maintaining a core fanbase that values authenticity and rawness over polish. This record reflects exactly that.

What the #Turndafucup-Original Sessions (Red) Vinyl Contains

The tracklist here is the real draw. Fourteen cuts, several of them labeled as original sessions or unreleased, give this LP a document quality that a standard studio album does not have. Track 13, “I’m So 90s,” is listed explicitly as unreleased, which alone makes this pressing worth serious attention. The collaborators across the record are substantial: Busta Rhymes appears on “All Over,” Raekwon on “Frontline,” Ras Kass and Ill Bill show up together on “Mad Energy,” and Keith Murray closes the tracklist on “Is This Hood Were Mine.” That is a specific, well-chosen set of features that fits the Onyx universe without feeling forced or promotional.

Format, Label, and Why the Red Pressing Matters

Cleopatra Records has built a catalog around colored vinyl editions aimed directly at format-conscious buyers, and this red pressing fits that pattern well. The catalog number CLO 2538 is clean and traceable. For a collector, the colored vinyl here is not just aesthetic. It marks this as a distinct edition separate from any standard black pressing of the same material, which matters for shelf differentiation and long-term collectibility. The original sessions framing of the content also means this is not a straightforward reissue of something widely available. It is a specific configuration of material, some of it previously unreleased, pressed in a format designed to stand out. If you collect New York hip-hop on vinyl and you have any appreciation for the mid-90s through 2000s hardcore rap lineage, this one belongs in the consideration set.

Tracklist

1. WHAT U GONNA DO (ORIGINAL SESSION)
2. CRIME PAYS (ORIGINAL SESSIONS)
3. ALL OVER FEAT. BUSTA RHYMES
4. IT'S ON NOW (ORIGINAL SESSION)
5. FRONTLINE FEAT. RAEKWON (ORIGINAL S
6. CLASSIC TERROR
7. CUZO (ORIGINAL SESSION)
8. BELLY OF THE BEAST
9. WE GET LIVE FEAT. MYSTER DL
10. DO U BAC DOWN
11. MAD ENERGY FEAT. RAS KASS & ILL BIL
12. IT'S MY LIFE
13. I'M SO 90S (UNRELEASED)
14. IS THIS HOOD WERE MINE FEAT. KEITH