September 14, 2009, and thus announced the release of a new project. A week later, on September 21, on Angela Yee and Leah Rose's "Lip Service" radio show on Shade 45 Onyx spoke about this: "...Niggas is biting the whole fuckin' movement", Fredro Starr explained. "The 'Black Rock' shit, we been rocking with that. Now I'm hearing other niggas coming out with it. I ain't sayin' no fuckin' names. You know what it is man, holla at me niggas, 100 mad niggas with guns niggas, stop playing games with me!" "...Onyx is putting out a 'Black Rock' project, and that's it! And anybody else, tryna put putting out a black rock project, you biting!", blustered Sticky Fingaz. "If that shit come out, I promise you I put trademarks around your fuckin' eyes. All of y'all niggas. I'm do to y'all niggas like the fuckin' candyman, come find y'all niggas one at a fuckin' time! It ain't about who put it out first, it's about who getting punched in they fuckin' eye first." New "Black Rock" "Black Rock" is a hybrid album of hip hop and rock and roll. Onyx mixes hardcore vocal delivery with heavy guitar riffs to create the most aggressive release of the group's career. All the songs were produced by 18-year-old Slovenian producer Emiljo Albert Cassagrande. In March 2017, Emiljo sent his beats to Fredro Starr and hoped for further cooperation. Fredro immediately appreciated the experience of the young beatmaker, and from the following month began work with his cousin Sticky Fingaz on the new album "Black Rock". Fredro and Sticky re-recorded their 10-year-old acappellas over new music from Emiljo. Then they pulled up to the project other rappers – Sick Flo (from Atlanta), Snak the Ripper (from Canada) and DJ Nelson (from France). In late July they were joined by two rappers from New York: Skyzoo and R.A. the Rugged Man. The vocals that Optimus (also known as Jordy Towers) recorded in 2008 was decided to remain unchanged. The inspiration for this new album came from their 1993 "Judgement Night" track with Brooklyn's hardcore punk/heavy metal fusion band Biohazard which was the lead single on the influential Judgment Night movie soundtrack, where hip-hop meet rock in many of its various forms. Singles "Ima F*ckin Rockstar" is the first single from "Black Rock" featuring Skyzoo was released on January 30, 2018. The single was premiered on XXL