Bone thugs 'n' harmony - E1999 Eternal

This is a very unique album. I'm tempted to say it's a great album because the good songs are excellent, but it's a bit spotty in places. "E.1999", "Eternal", "Bud Smokaz Only", "Crossroads" (original, not remix), "Me Killa", and "1st of tha Month" are the best tracks.

In retrospect, I am very surprised that no one really took their style and ran with it. I can't think of anyone who raps like they do in that highly melodic fashion-- part thug, part barbershop, part doo-wop.

Thinkin' bout back in the days when the year was '89
Little nigga on the grind
Gotta get mine doing my crime
Wid two in here
Steady stackin' my ends
Puttin' my serve down on the Claire 9-9
Hittin' up the Graveyard Shift with real
Little Will Big Wally and Wish Bone
Little Wally high rollerz and he wonda why niggaz so strong
Krayzie Bone, stack right check much love
Kept a nigga on his toes in the game
It's an everyday thang when you let ya nuts hang
Gotta make a grand atleast daily man
Them Cleveland hustlaz neva no bustaz thug to the heart
We niggaz from the land fool, and the old school
Just serve out ya sentence and be cool
Fuckin' with Trues rest in peace
My little nigga Ripster stress that Bone luv
Smokin' on bud, cause a nigga Mo Thug
Callin' up my niggaz when it's time to nut up
In the 9-9 niggaz gon' drop to the number 1 with ya gun so run run
Cleveland is the city where a nigga come from
Slangin' them dum dum dum dums

Cleveland is the city where we come from so run run run
Cleveland is the city where we come from so run run run
Cleveland is the city where we come from so run run run
Cleveland is the city where we come from so run run run

"Bud Smokers Only" is one of the best weed anthems ever, so joyous and with a great beat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpBP9dALcWw

haha i just searched for this thread to post the verse i already posted in this thread

These guys probably deserve to be in the discussions of canonical hip hop groups a lot more than they do.

true

they have some many weird little phrases and vocal tics and weird ways of saying stuff that i love

like saying "run run" instead of "run" or my personal fav "me killa"

never really read a good interview with these guys? i wonder if their style was dancehall influenced?

the sorta liquid phrasing and half-singing, half-rapping seems kinda dancehall....as well as stuff like "me killa"

http://soundcloud.com/pushingit/bone

I AM SO SORRY

also

http://www.vibe.com/photo-gallery/full-clip-bone-thugs-n-harmony-break-down-their-entire-catalogue/

Phil later told us, ‘The reason why I granted the song to be cleared is because I said to myself these dudes must have great taste in music because ‘Take Me Home’ is one of my favorite songs.’ That whole experience was great.”

wow has anybody heard Faces of Death? pretty curious about that

anyone read this? pretty fascinating, even if the layout gets super fucking annoying https://medium.com/@JordanLebeau/bone-thugs-n-harmony-b0e700e85eae

growing up in cleveland we all loved bone thugs but i never really had a sense of how they were received outside of cleveland, i was just a kid then too

sorry i posted the wrong link, this is what i was talking about: https://medium.com/@MatteoUrella/machetes-dipped-in-rum-e591d103b890

i never really had a sense of how they were received outside of cleveland,

i'm from nz and it was cool to see in that article that we're still supporting them

they were HUGE when i was in high school

Yeah, they were pretty big in most circles at my Catholic high school in Cleveland at the time. 1995 was also the year the Indians were absolutely dominant and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opened. It was a great time to be in Cleveland.

...and then, it all fell apart (/Behind the Music).

when i was in junior high in chicago i swear to god they were bigger than biggie

w/o Bone there'd be no Do Or Die Po Pimp and Crucial Conflict Hay in '96

when i was in junior high in chicago i swear to god they were bigger than biggie

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me too but i grew up in cleveland

anyway i drive near e. 99th and st. claire all the time on my way to work. also i learned that my mom's family lived in that neighborhood when she was young. e 94 and lowell

they were as big as tupac growing up in CA

d-40 do you keep up w/ anything in the current cleveland rap scene?

or know anyone who does?

i don't know too much aside from Lil Cray

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aqhoE28xHM

I also like "rico"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npXooU-V_wo

i liked the ski mask malley tape he released a couple years ago

I was trying to think of a terrible 'Ken Bone Thugs-n-Harmony' halloween costume - didn't get very far