Black Rock is the seventh album by American rap group Onyx, released on February 16, 2018, via X-Ray Records. The whole album was produced by 18-year-old Slovenian producer Emiljo Albert Cassagrande. The album features appearances by American rappers Optimus (also known as Jordy Towers), Skyzoo, R.A. the Rugged Man, Sick Flo, Snak the Ripper and DJ Nelson Background In 2004, Onyx began work on a new album under the title "Black Rock", but for some reasons the album's release was postponed for years. Onyx returned to the process of recording the album in 2006, when Sticky Fingaz first announced that Onyx is working on a new album called "Black Rock"."...There is a new Onyx album coming out the end of this year," he revealed. "The name of the new album is called 'The Black Rock'. That will be on [Jones' new company] Major Independents as well." Onyx back to talk about a new album in 2008."...Black Rock is a hybrid album – Rock influenced with Hip Hop underneath it. It's us repping for the rebels of the world, the rebels of the street who Onyx represents. It's a where hip-hop meets the mosh pit." In 2008, Fredro Starr and Sticky Fingaz met a young talented singer Optimus (also known as Jordy Towers), who featured on 3 songs for the album "Black Rock": "The Greatest Day of My Life", "Chasing The Devil" and "Blinded By The Light" and even starred in a video for the last song. The whole album was produced by Desmond "DSP" Powell. The album was done in June 2008 according to the interview with Sticky Fingaz. In a 2008 interview for AllHipHop Fredro said that the album should have been released in 1994. It should have been Onyx second album. Controversy The album was due out in late 2009. In the summer of the same year Onyx did a tour "Black Rock U.S.A. Tour Summer 2009" consist of the cities of United States. But the album's release was postponed because of Damon Dash, one of the three founders of Roc-A-Fella Records, who together with Ohio-based rock duo The Black Keys with the participation of New York City-based rappers like Mos Def, Billy Danze, Q-Tip and RZA released an album called "Blakroc" in late 2009 (a collaboration of rap and rock), thus destroying the plans of Onyx. The first single from Damon Dash's project "BlakRoc" was released on