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Graced with a quick, sometimes
sung delivery, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony burst out of the Midwest in the mid-'90s with a pair of massive hits ("Thuggish Ruggish
Bone" and "Tha Crossroads") along with a great album (E 1999 Eternal) and then quickly unraveled. Eazy-E signed the group
-- initially comprised of Krayzie Bone, Wish Bone, Flesh-N-Bone, Layzie Bone, and Bizzy Bone -- to Ruthless Records and released
a debut EP, Creepin on ah Come Up (1994). The EP boasted "Thuggish Ruggish Bone," a conventional G-funk song with an unconventional
array of Bone Thug rappers that became an overnight summer anthem, especially throughout the Midwest. Amid the fervor, the
Cleveland rap group entered the studio immediately and emerged with a remarkable album, E 1999 Eternal (1995). The album topped
the charts and spawned a pair of popular singles, "1st of the Month" and "Tha Crossroads," the latter a Grammy Award recipient.
It was all downhill from here for Bone, though. As was in vogue at the time, the group members pursued respective solo careers
and also a Mo Thugs Family spin-off group, none of these ventures fruitful. At this point, the onetime cohesive group, who
specialized in interwoven, harmonious singing as well as rapping, became conflicted and failed to collaborate well, particularly
after their ambitious Art of War album (1997) sold poorly. A second round of solo albums sold even more poorly, and Bone became
somewhat of a has-been. Occasional reunions such as BTNHResurrection (2000) produced moments of glory, but these were brief
and few and far between. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide
I like BONE THUGS-N-HARMONMY because of how they rap. They are not like most rappers who use beats, They
can take a symphony and make it rap music.
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