''Def Squad Presents Erick Onasis'' is the third solo studio album by American rapper and producer Erick Sermon. It was released on June 27, 2000 via

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. The album peaked at #53 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 and reached the fifteenth spot on the

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chart. The album is notable for the recording debut of rapper

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who went by his original name Teflon Da Don.

Album title significance

In regards to the album's title, it was also an alias that Sermon briefly adopted at the time for this particular album. In regards to the meaning, he stated:

"The name is something I came up with when I was watching the overage of thedeath of JFK Jr. They eretalking about him and
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and his mom came up, and then
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came up. Then I read something on him, about four or five pages. And it was interesting to me, about how he was, how spiritual he was, how he was just coming up in the game until he mastered his field and became who he became. So I took that name".

Another reason for the album's title was due to contractual issues stemming from Sermon's previous label Def Jam Recordings. Because of the issue, ''Def Squad Presents Erick Onasis'' was promoted as a

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, despite Sermon's appearance and production on most of the songs.

Track listing

Chart history

References

External links

Def Squad Presents: Erick Onasis
on

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