| Erick Onasis | ||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||
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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.
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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]
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| 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]
| No. | Title | Music | Sample(s)[4] | Length |
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| 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 |
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| 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 (2000)[3] | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard 200 | 53 |
| U.S. R&B Albums | 15 |
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions[5] | |
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| 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.
Information taken from Allmusic.[6]
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