With Flesh-n-Bone appearing on fourteen of the album's sixteen songs, Krayzie Bone and Wish Bone took a lesser role, appearing on nine and eight songs, respectively. In 2000, Bone delivered BTNHResurrection, their first group album to prominently feature Flesh-n-Bone, whose presence was limited on previous releases because he had never signed with the group's label Ruthless Records. "Look Into My Eyes" (which charted at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100) the album had initial success, debuting at #1 on the Billboard 200 (with 394,000 copies sold in the first week). The Art of War philosophy is littered throughout the album. The album is also influenced by the book of the same name by author Sun Tzu. The album also included "Thug Luv" with Tupac Shakur. The album saw Bone further explore a wide variety of subjects and styles, with even more focus on God and family and an overall more ambient, mellow sound. In 1997, the group released the double-disc set The Art of War, backed by the single "Look into My Eyes", which also appeared on the soundtrack of the film Batman & Robin. One of the group's more commercially successful albums, it has since been certified 6x Platinum by the RIAA. A considerable portion of the album's concept was built upon violent subject matter, yet Bone also incorporated deeper themes, as its songs dealt with more spirituality and occult mysticism. The singles 1st Of Tha Month and Tha Crossroads were both huge successes, the second of which reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The G-Funk style beats were smoothed by DJ U-Neek (with co-production from Tony Cowan and Kenny McCloud). It debuted at #1 with 307,000 copies sold in its first week.
In 1995 E 1999 Eternal saw Bone diversify its content and musical style.
The album has been certified 2x Platinum by the RIAA.
Beats were supplied by Kenny McCloud, Rhythm D, DJ Yella, and newcomer DJ U-Neek. Videos for the mega hits "Foe tha Love of $" and "Thuggish Ruggish Bone" increased the group's reputation among audiences. After a slow start that saw the album's success limited to gangsta rap audiences, it broke through to the mainstream with the release of the singles "Thuggish Ruggish Bone" and "Foe tha Love of $," the second of which featured a verse by Eazy-E. Released in June 1994, the EP Creepin on ah Come Up, was Bone Thugs-n-Harmony's debut with Ruthless Records. Discovering that Eazy-E was performing back in their hometown of Cleveland, the group took a charter bus back to their home turf to open Eazy-E's show and they were then signed to Ruthless Records on the spot. In hopes of securing a record deal, the group was given an audition over the phone receiving an unfulfilled promise from Eazy-E to call them back. After adding current member Flesh-n-Bone to the group and heading to Los Angeles in search of famous producer and N.W.A. Their first album, Faces Of Death, was recorded in 1993 under the name B.O.N.E. They are currently signed to their own label, BTNH Worldwide with a distribution link from Warner Bros.įormed in the early 1990s, the group consisted of four members: Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone, Bizzy Bone and Wish Bone. being the only artists to work with all of them while they were still alive. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony also collaborated with 2Pac, Eazy-E, Big Pun, and The Notorious B.I.G. Since its conception in 1993, the group has been honored with numerous other awards. In 1997, the group was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance with their song "Tha Crossroads" from their E 1999 Eternal album. The group was mainly produced by Los Angeles producer, DJ U-Neek. They are best known for their fast-paced, aggressive rapping style and harmonizing vocals. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony is an American hip hop group from the Glenville section of Cleveland, Ohio.
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