In August 1997, Bone thugs-n-harmony dropped their landmark double disc set, The Art Of War. In the 1996 Grammy Awards, “Tha Crossroads” was voted Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group. 1 R&B) and tied the Beatles’ 32-year-old record for the fastest-rising Hot 100 single (1964’s “Can’t Buy Me Love”). The album spun off two significant singles with “1st Of Tha Month” (#12 R&B) and “East 1999” ( #39 R&B).īut the bomb track was Bone-thugs’ stunning, spiritually-charged “Tha Crossroads.” This double platinum smash held the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks (seven weeks at No. 1 and sold more than five million copies in the US alone. 1999 Eternal entered the Pop and R&B Album charts at No. Bone thugs-n-harmony shocked the mainstream music industry when E. In August 1995, the group hit fans off with its first full-length album, E. 12 Pop and was soon certified double platinum. One year later, in 1994, Bone thugs-n-harmony exploded onto the national rap scene with their Ruthless debut EP, Creepin’ On Ah Come Up, and two gold singles, “thuggish ruggish Bone” and “Foe Tha Love Of $” (the latter featuring Eazy-E). This bumping LP proves ain’t nothing changed: Bone thugs-n-harmony remain the same tight and hungry clique who, back in 1993, hopped a one-way bus ride from Cleveland to land a record deal with Ruthless Records founder Eazy E. Rumors of a breakup were merely gossip: Krayzie, Wish, Flesh, Layzie and Bizzy have reunited to create a new album filled with their unmistakable soul-inflected raps. “Am I my brother’s keeper?” This is the question posed and then answered with a resounding yes by Bone thugs-n-harmony on their long-awaited fourth album, BTNHResurrection–in stores Februon Ruthless/Epic Records.
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