Decade: "...but wait it gets worse" is the second studio album by Onyx member Sticky Fingaz, released on April 29, 2003 by D3 Entertainment. The album is the follow-up to Black Trash: The Autobiography of Kirk Jones.
Decade was produced by several producers including Scott Storch, S-Man, DSP and Sticky Fingaz. It features guest appearances from Onyx's member Fredro Starr, Onyx's affiliate X1, actor Omar Epps, Missy Elliott and others.
The album picked at number 176 on the US Billboard 200, number 37 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums and debuted at number 9 on the Top Independent Albums chart.
Background Sticky Fingaz made a deal with D3 Entertainment to release one album. He chose this label because he into owning his masters and getting the most from his work, 7 dollars a record over here. Basically, D3 Entertainment is just like a distributor and the really label is OPM aka Other People's Money.
The first half for the album title, "Decade...", refers to 2003 being the 10th anniversary since the first Onyx album was released. The second half, "But Wait It Gets Worse", is a reference to a lyric from Sticky's verse in Onyx's 1993 hit single "Slam" and was intended to help lead up to Sticky’s third solo album "A Day in the Life of Sticky Fingaz", which was released later in 2009. The song "I Love da Streets" was said to be Sticky's favorite song on the album.
The album is dedicated to the memory of the late DJ of Run-D.M.C., Jam Master Jay, Sticky Fingaz mentor."...I dedicate this album to my mentor, my brother, the N*gga that put me on. I am not going to mourn his death, I am going to celebrate his life!"
The album was released in two versions: one is an enhanced disc which features a short behind the scenes documentary on the making of album, and the other without. The album is now out of print.
Track listing
#TitleFeaturingProducer(s)Length1"Intro"IcemanS-Man2:272"Let's Do It"X-1 & Columbo The Shining StarS-Man3:003"What Chu Here For"Omar Epps, Detroit Diamond & RioS-Man3:404"Can't Call It "Missy ElliottScott Storch2:335"Hot Now"Scott Storch3:556"I Love Da Streets"Omar EppsDSP, Sticky Fingaz2:517"Bad Guy"My QuanDSP, Sticky Fingaz3:318"Shot Up"Porky2:529"Girl"DSP, Sticky Fingaz2:4710"Caught In Da Game"Blaze Da TyrantDSP, Sticky Fingaz4:4511"No More"My QuanDSP, Sticky Fingaz3:5012"Do Da Dam Thing"E.S.T., X-1Scott Storch2:5613"Another Niguh"DSP2:2014"I Don't Know"Fredro StarrDenny Smothers, Porky3:3215"Suicide Letter"S-Man3:0916"Just Like Us"X1, GeneveeseGoldstein4:4317"Get Smashed Up"Seven O.D., Lex & ThirtyBird4:20
Personnel Credits for Decade: "...but wait it gets worse" adapted from AllMusic.Decade: "...but wait it gets worse" credits adapted from the AllMusic review
Columbo - Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Vocals Detroit Diamond - Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Vocals DSP - Producer Omar Epps - Executive Producer, Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Vocals Geneveese - Featured Artist Iceman - Primary Artist K. Jones - Composer Kirk T. Jones - Composer Lex & Thirty - Featured Artist Brian Porizek - Artwork, Design Porky - Producer My Quan - Featured Artist Rio - Featured Artist Riviera - Record Label The S-Man - Producer Seven O.D. - Featured Artist Fredro Starr - Executive Producer, Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Vocals Sticky Fingaz - Executive Producer, Primary Artist, Producer, Vocals Scott Storch - Executive Producer, Producer Esbjörn Svensson Trio - Featured Artist 30 - Guest Artist, Vocals X 1 - Guest Artist, Vocals X-1 - Featured Artist Debra Young - Photography
Charts Weekly charts Chart (2003)Peakposition
References
External links Decade: "...but wait it gets worse" at Discogs Decade: "...but wait it gets worse" at RapGenius