{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = SnowMads | type = studio | artist = Onyx | cover = Onyx - Snowmads.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|2019|11|15}} | recorded = 2018–2019 | venue = | studio = {{hlist|Steakhouse Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California)|A2Z Studio (Prague, Czech Republic)}} | genre = {{hlist|East Coast hip-hop|hardcore hip-hop}} | length = 43:53 | label = Goon MuSick | producer = {{hlist|DJ Illegal (exec.)|Fredro Starr (exec.)|Snowgoons|Tengo}} | prev_title = Black Rock | prev_year = 2018 | next_title = | next_year = | misc = {{Singles | name = SnowMads | type = Studio | single1 = Ain't No Time To Rest | single1date = September 16, 2019 | single2 = Kill Da Mic | single2date = November 13, 2019 | single3 = Mad Shoot Outs | single3date = December 13, 2019 | single4 = Rat Tat Tat | single4date = March 7, 2020 | single5 = Street Art | single5date = April 16, 2020 }} }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = ''UndergroundHipHopBlog'' | rev1Score = {{rating|8|10}} <ref>[https://undergroundhiphopblog.com/reviews/onyx-snowgoons-snowmads-album-review/ UndergroundHipHopBlog Review]</ref> | rev2 = ''HipHopDX'' | rev2Score = 3.7/5<ref>[https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.3575/title.review-onyx-snowgoons-connect-like-lego-blocks-for-snowmads-lp HipHopDX Review]</ref> }}
'''''SnowMads''''' is the eighth studio album by American hip-hop group Onyx, released on November 15, 2019 via Goon MuSick.<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://music.apple.com/us/album/snowmads/1488133278|title=Onyx - Snowmads| website=music.apple.com |access-date=2019-11-16}}</ref>
The album is entirely produced by Snowgoons. This is not the first time the two groups have worked together. Five years prior, Snowgoons had forced Onyx to release the LP #WakeDaFucUp, which was named as one of the best hip-hop albums of 2014 by ''XXL''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2014/06/25-best-albums-of-2014-so-far/5/|title=The 25 Best Hip-Hop Albums Of 2014 (So Far)|website=xxlmag.com|access-date=2019-11-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706122255/http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2014/06/25-best-albums-of-2014-so-far/5|archive-date=2014-07-06|url-status=live}}</ref> Over the course of 5 years, Onyx had collaborated several times with Snowgoons and had also performed in Europe together. ''SnowMads'' included 15 tracks and guest appearances from rappers Bumpy Knuckles, Nems, Knuckles (N.B.S.), Quadro, Ufo Fev, SickFlo, Flee Lord and Dope D.O.D.<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.53483/title.onyx-snowgoons-link-up-for-snowmads-album|title=Onyx & Snowgoons Link Up For 'SnowMads' Album (by Justin Ivey) (November 14, 2019)|website=hiphopdx.com |date=14 November 2019 |access-date=2019-11-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url= https://urbanvault.co.uk/2019/11/15/onyx-snowgoons-snowmads-album-audio-limited-edition-vinyl-cd/|title=ONYX & Snowgoons – SnowMads (Album/Audio/Limited Edition Vinyl/CD) (by UV Admin) (15/11/2019)| website=urbanvault.co.uk |date=15 November 2019 |access-date=2019-11-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url= https://hiphop4real.com/onyx-snowgoons-snowmads/|title=ONYX & Snowgoons — "SnowMads"| website=hiphop4real.com |date=14 November 2019 |access-date=2019-11-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url= https://hiphopcorner.fr/rap-us/onyx-snowgoons-album-snowmads-stream/|title=Onyx et Snowgoons reviennent avec l'album SnowMads [Stream]| website=hiphopcorner.fr |date=15 November 2019 |access-date=2019-11-16}}</ref>
==Critical response== In his review of the album for ''UndergroundHipHopBlog'', Legends Will Never Die rated the album 8 out of 10 and added: "I’ve been wanting a #WAKEDAFUCUP follow-up for a while now & I’m finally glad they did it. Some of the features I could do without, but the Snowgoons‘ raw production yet again fits the duo’s cutthroat lyricism".<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://undergroundhiphopblog.com/reviews/onyx-snowgoons-snowmads-album-review/|title=Onyx & Snowgoons – "SnowMads" (Album Review by: Legends Will Never Die) (November 15, 2019)| website=undergroundhiphopblog.com |date=15 November 2019 |access-date=2019-11-16}}</ref>
In his review of the album for ''HipHopDX'', Riley Wallace rated the album 3.7 out of 5 and added: "This isn’t a perfect album, but in a year that’s seen some of the genre’s most revered icons treat fans to gems worthy of their collections, Sticky and Fredro provide a polished slice of refined, hard-edged Hip Hop — the same flavor that birthed some of the game’s grimiest (whether they get roses for it or not)."<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.3575/title.review-onyx-snowgoons-connect-like-lego-blocks-for-snowmads-lp|title=Review: Onyx & Snowgoons Connect Like Lego Blocks For 'SnowMads' LP (Album Review by: Riley Wallace) (November 23, 2019)| website=hiphopdx.com |date=23 November 2019 |access-date=2019-11-24}}</ref>
The album was chosen as "The best rap album of 2019" by the Russian website Rap.Ru,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rap.ru/reading/20524|title=Лучшие артисты и главные альбомы-2019: выбор читателей (January 9, 2020)|website=rap.ru|access-date=2020-01-09}}</ref> as well as "one of the best rap albums of 2019" by the editors of the Russian website HipHop4Real.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hiphop4real.com/top-albums-2019/|title=Лучшие зарубежные альбомы 2019 года (14 января 2020 года)|website=hiphop4real.com|access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref> The album was featured on a Russian late-night talk show ''Evening Urgant'' hosted by Ivan Urgant on Channel One, where Onyx performed their most famous hit "Slam",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.1tv.ru/shows/vecherniy-urgant/muzyka/onix-slam-vecherniy-urgant-fragment-vypuska-ot-20-02-2020|title=«Onyx» — Slam. Вечерний Ургант. Фрагмент выпуска от 20.02.2020|website=1tv.ru|access-date=2020-02-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flITJ_K1p7k|title=Onyx - Slam. Вечерний Ургант. 20.02.2020|website=youtube.com|access-date=2020-02-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rap.ru/video/8351|title=Live дня: Onyx зачитали трек «Slam» на «Вечернем Урганте» (21 февраля 2020 года)|website=rap.ru|access-date=2020-02-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://the-flow.ru/news/onyx-ugrant-live|title=Onyx читают "Slam "на "Вечернем Урганте" (21 февраля 2020 года)|website=the-flow.ru|access-date=2020-02-26}}</ref> as well as on the Bulgarian show ''Шоуто на Николаос Цитиридис'' on bTV, where members of the group gave an interview and performed the song "Kill Da Mic".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.btv.bg/video/shows/shoutonanikolaos/videos/onyx-izpolzvali-fragmenti-ot-pesen-na-lili-ivanova-v-novija-si-album.html|title=Onyx използвали фрагменти от песен на Лили Иванова в новия си албум (February 28, 2020)|website=btv.bg|access-date=2020-03-02}}</ref>
== Singles == On September 16, 2019, Onyx released "Ain't No Time To Rest" (feat. Dope D.O.D.) as the first single from the upcoming album ''SnowMads'' entirely produced by Snowgoons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://urbanvault.co.uk/2019/09/19/onyx-ft-dope-d-o-d-aint-no-time-to-rest-prod-by-snowgoons-audio-itunes-spotify/|title=ONYX ft. Dope D.O.D. – Ain't No Time To Rest (Prod. by Snowgoons/Audio/iTunes/Spotify) (by UV Admin) (19/09/2019)|website=urbanvault.co.uk|date=19 September 2019 |access-date=2019-09-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/aint-no-time-to-rest-feat-dope-d-o-d-single/1480247139?l=en|title=Onyx - Ain't No Time To Rest (feat. Dope D.O.D.) - Single|website=music.apple.com|access-date=2019-09-19}}</ref> On October 27, 2019, was released a video for the song "Ain't No Time To Rest", and it was also announced that a new album would be released on November 8.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://weeklyrapgods.com/2019/10/27/premiere-aint-no-time-to-rest-when-onyx-snowgoons-connect/|title=Premiere: "Ain't No Time To Rest" when Onyx & SnowGoons connect (by Weekly Rap Gods) (October 27, 2019)|website=weeklyrapgods.com|access-date=2019-10-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rap.ru/video/8005|title=ONYX, DOPE D.O.D., SNOWGOONS В НОВОМ ХОРРОР-КЛИПЕ «AIN'T NO TIME TO REST» (28 октября 2019 года)|website=rap.ru|access-date=2019-11-16}}</ref> In an interview for ''FileUnderHipHop'' DJ Illegal from Snowgoons announced a new release date for the album - November 15.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fileunderhiphop.com/snowgoons-x-onyx-snowmads/|title=Snowgoons x Onyx = Snowmads (by Admin) (November 8th, 2019)|website=fileunderhiphop.com|access-date=2019-11-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hiphop4real.com/snowgoons-onyx-snowmads-svezhee-intervyu-pered-vyhodom-alboma/|title=SnowGoons + ONYX = SnowMads. Свежее интервью перед выходом альбома (by Smoke) (09.11.2019)|website=hiphop4real.com| date=9 November 2019 |access-date=2019-11-09}}</ref> On November 10, 2019, the group released a video for the song "Kill Da Mic"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://insomniacmagazine.com/onyx-deliver-kill-the-mic-video/|title=ONYX DELIVER "KILL THE MIC" (VIDEO)|website=insomniacmagazine.com|date=11 November 2019 |access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref> and three days later a self-titled single was released on digital platforms.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/29ucY3mHEc9ugJbJzYctAI|title=SnowGoons + ONYX = Kill Da Mic on Spotify (November 13, 2019)|website=open.spotify.com|access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref> Onyx has released a new visual for their single "Monsters Gorillas" (featuring Knuckles) on November 29.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spitfirehiphop.com/videos/2019/11/onyx-ft-knuckles-monsters-gorillas/|title=ONYX ft. Knuckles – Monsters Gorillas (November 29, 2019)|website=spitfirehiphop.com|date=29 November 2019 |access-date=2019-11-30}}</ref> The third single from the album, "Mad Shoot Outs", was released on December 13.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/com/album/mad-shoot-outs-feat-flee-lord-single/1491659525|title=Onyx - Mad Shoot Outs (feat. Flee Lord) - Single (December 13, 2019)|website=music.apple.com|access-date=2019-12-20}}</ref> A new video for the song "Hoodies Down" was released on January 7, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rap.ru/video/8005|title=Настоящий рэп в новом клипе Onyx «Hoodies Down - Rap.ru (7 января 2020 года)|website=rap.ru|access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref> The fourth single "Rat Tat Tat" (feat. Quadro & Ufo Fev) was released on March 7, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/track/6MZVv0OxIcya8GwjMd8eQk|title=SnowGoons + ONYX = Rat Tat Tat on Spotify (March 7, 2020)|website=open.spotify.com|access-date=2020-03-07}}</ref> The fifth single "Street Art" (feat. SickFlo) was released on digital platforms on April 16, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/in/album/street-art-feat-sickflo-single/1508299029|title=Onyx & Snowgoons = Street Art (feat. SickFlo) - Single on Apple Music (April 16, 2020)|website=music.apple.com|access-date=2020-04-17}}</ref>
==Track listing== {| class="wikitable" |- ! # ! Title ! Length |- | 01. | "SnowMads Intro" | 0:41 |- | 02. | "Who Da Fuc" | 2:31 |- | 03. | "Robbing Hip Hop" (feat. Bumpy Knuckles & Nems) | 4:01 |- | 04. | "Monsters Gorillas" (feat. Knuckles (N.B.S.)) | 3:42 |- | 05. | "Rat Tat Tat" (feat. Quadro & Ufo Fev) | 3:13 |- | 06. | "Hoodies Down" | 2:47 |- | 07. | "Kill Da Mic" | 2:56 |- | 08. | "Street Art" (feat. SickFlo) | 3:09 |- | 09. | "Trolling" (feat. Knuckles (N.B.S.)) | 2:26 |- | 10. | "Ringolevio" | 3:05 |- | 11. | "Built Like That" | 2:49 |- | 12. | "Mad Shoot Outs" (feat. Flee Lord) | 3:26 |- | 13. | "I Got The Tec-9" | 2:32 |- | 14. | "Ain't No Time To Rest" (feat. Dope D.O.D.) | 3:50 |- | 15. | "Good Fight" (Bonus Track) | 2:37 |- |}
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== External links == * [https://www.discogs.com/Onyx-SnowMads/release/14412758 SnowMads] at Discogs * [https://genius.com/albums/Onyx-and-snowgoons/Snowmads SnowMads] at RapGenius * {{YouTube|QvVgTgmOSz8|Music video "Ain't No Time To Rest"}} * {{YouTube|pIVLwmt2GH0|Music video "Kill Da Mic"}} * {{YouTube|Z6xOKvcFyHg|Music video "Monsters Gorillas"}} * {{YouTube|QjnV88lyD4g|Music video «Hoodies Down»}}
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