"React" | ||||
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Single by Onyx featuring 50 Cent, Bonifucco, Still Livin' and X-1 | ||||
from the album Shut 'Em Down | ||||
B-side | Shut 'Em Down (remix) | |||
Released | June 2, 1998 | |||
Format | Vinyl, CD | |||
Recorded | 1998 | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 4:09 | |||
Label | Def Jam | |||
Writer(s) | Onyx, 50 Cent, X-1 | |||
Producer(s) | Bud'da | |||
Onyx singles chronology | ||||
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"React" is the lead single released from Onyx's third album, Shut 'Em Down. It featured Onyx affiliates X-1, Bonifucco and Still Livin' and a then unknown 50 Cent in his first official appearance on a song. React was released on June 2, 1998 through Def Jam Recordings and was produced by Bud'da. This was the more successful of the two singles from the album, peaking at #62 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks and #44 on the Hot Rap Singles. The song samples the Slick Rick song "Mona Lisa". Allmusic highlighted the song itself when they reviewed the album.