This video leaves me speechless and full of emotion at the same time everytime I watch it. It’s an old video and you all probably see have seen it hundreds of time (I’ve seen it thousands). Our generation needs to wake up and realize that change is possible. No ONE man can do it, but it’s gonna take EVERY man to achieve it.

Release Date: October 27, 2009
Label: Asylum/Warner Bros.
Total Length: 6:33
Format: Explicit Lyrics

LISTEN: http://www.box.net/shared/yvxasr5xv5

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony is undoubtedly one of the most influential and often imitated groups in hip-hop history. Even younger fans who don’t remember or even know who Bone is have been influenced by their music. Their influence is heard on radio and seen on music-television every day. They were the first to sing on a rap record; the first to mix harmony and flow; the first to spit their rhymes quicker than people could even understand what was being said. You can hear a bit of Bone in almost every modern act, from Flo’Rida to Ja Rule, The Dream, and Ludacris to name a few. They even impressed Jay-Z and Dame Dash so much that Jay-Z didn’t even compete against Bizzy Bone in a battle that Dame had arranged in New York. The story goes that when Bizzy finished rapping, Jay forfeited the battle and said “man I ain’t never heard no shit like that. Take the money”, and asked the most important question of the decade: “Who are you?”. They were BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY, and they were ready to take over the hip-hop world…and they did. E. 1999 Eternal, the group’s most popular album, was certified Diamond by the RIAA for going 10X platinum, and still, Bone is rarely mentioned amongst the greats, and barely known now. What happened?

For as great and historic as they are, Bone is probably one of the most dysfunctional music groups ever. As early as 1997 when The Art Of War was released, rumors began swirling of bad blood between Bizzy Bone and the rest of the group. Accused of being an alcoholic, missing promo spots, and not showing up to concerts, Bizzy Bone wasn’t exactly holding his weight with the group. On top of that, their fifth member Flesh-N-Bone wasn’t even signed by their label, and was limited to a few guest spots on their albums. By 2000, things seemed to have been worked out. Flesh signed with the group and appeared on their entire BTNHRessurection album, and Bizzy was back on good terms with the group. This didn’t last long, however. BTNHRessurection was their least successful album up to that point, Flesh caught a gun charge and was sentenced to a decade in prison, and Bizzy Bone was off again, on again with his antics. Bone also had issues with their label. The wife of Eazy-E, Tomika Wright, didn’t seem to have the business mind to keep Bone in the limelight. Most of their albums have been plagued by delays, and they’ve struggled to deliver true hit singles despite their overall great music.

Bone spent the next 7 years trying everything they could to stay relevant. They released another album, subsequently kicked Bizzy out of the group, cut ties with Ruthless Records, and signed to Interscope, released 2 more albums and an EP, and at the end of the day, managed only one hit single and one gold album throughout that entire span. Bone as a group has not been a national icon since the late 90’s, so its not hard to see now how they’ve been so easily forgotten.

One thing that kept Bone Thugs-N-Harmony in the game though was the impending release of Flesh-N-Bone from prison in the summer of 2008. Loyal Bone fans always believed that Flesh’s release would heal the wounds between Bizzy and the group, and that the 5 original thugs would eventually reunite for a major comeback. This is exactly where Bone is at right now. As the end of 2009 approaches, Bone is expected to release their highly anticipated reunion album, Uni5: The World’s Enemy via Warner Bros. Records and BTNH Worldwide. The album is expected to drop Dec. 22nd, and the group’s first single “See Me Shine” is already being called one of their best songs ever.

Most of the songs for their new album have already been leaked via a live online listening party last month. However, these low quality video clips merely provide a teaser to what may be one of the best Bone albums to date. A Warner Bros. representative was quoted as saying “this album is a major piece of art”, and the fact that Warner picked up Bone in the first place is a sign that some folks still believe in them.

Can Bone Thugs-N-Harmony make the comeback of the decade? Will the group survive long enough to take over the world again? Only time will tell. But as a Cleveland native and long time Bone fan, I cannot wait.

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Marlow “Bow Wow” Jones, (Not the little one) was sentenced to 12 years in the pen on November 24^th for his part in the robbery of Bone Thugs-N- Harmony member Bizzy Bone.  Marlow as well as 3 other men all pleaded guilty to beating and robbing the member of the well known rap group.

The beating took place in Universal City, California in a hotel early this year in January.  The group of burglars came into Bizzy’s hotel room where they admitted to beating and chocking him while stealing his jewelry.

Contradicting to his actions, when Jones was arrested he was actually employed in a city sponsored anti-gang program known as “Unity One.”  According to the L.A. Times,

“Jones, 31, pleaded guilty to one count of burglary, in addition to admitting that his actions were done to benefit a street gang.”

Jones’ crew was not let off the hook however and received lengthy sentences as well.  Ricky Pearson was sentenced to 19 years, Vanquan Knott was sentenced to 11 years, and Markiece Goss was sentenced to six years in prison.

This is not the only reason Bizzy has appeared in court lately, Bizzy was recently sentenced to court ordered drug rehab, which will prevent him from promoting a lot of Bone Thugs’ new album Uni 5:  The World’s Enemy, dropping December 22nd. 

I guess they told Bizzy they didn’t want to “See Him Shine.”

Cronología esencial de la conocida como Golden Era del rap, tan añorada en estos two thousand and…

1990

• 2 pac participa como bailarín para Digital Underground.

• Se estrena en la emisora de radio WKCR de New York el “Strecht & Bobbito show”, programa dedicado a la música hip hop donde se hacían sonar demo-tapes (cintas de demostración) y freestyles (improvisaciones) en directo de rappers noveles que por aquel entonces no contaban con sello discográfico como Big L, Notorious B.I.G., Wu Tang Clan, Fugees o Fat Joe, todos ellos artistas reconocidos en la posteridad.

• Luther Campbell (2 Live Crew) y un propietario de una tienda de discos de Florida son arrestados por el polémico álbum de 2 Live Crew, “As Nasty as They Wanna Be” (Tan asquerosos como ellos quieran ser).

1991

• El álbum de N.W.A. “Niggaz 4 Life” vende alrededor de 954.000 copias en su primera semana, un trabajo que marcaría la ruta de muchos álbumes de rap hardcore en la posteridad.

• Cypress Hill lanza su primer disco e inician una campaña para legalizar el cáñamo.

• Notorious B.I.G. aparece en la sección “Unsigned hypes” (una sección de promoción para jóvenes sin sello descográfico) de la revista Source.

• Busta Rhymes aparece en el clásico de A Tribe Called Quest, “Scenario”.

1992

• Dr. Dre lanza “The Chronic”.

• Los Rock Steady DJ’s (DJ Qbert, DJ Apollo y Mix Master Mike) ganan el título mundial de la DMC (Disco Mix Club).

1993

• “The Chronic” alcanza el disco multiplatino.

• Wu Tang Clan lanza su álbum debut “Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers)” que se convertiría en disco de platino.

• Cypress Hill presenta su segundo disco, “Black Sunday”.

• Mobb Deep saca su disco début “Juvenile Hell”.

• DJ Qbert y Mix Master Mike (The Dream Team) ganan de nuevo el título mundial de la DMC, esta vez sin DJ Apollo.

• A Tribe Called Quest firma su tercer disco con “Midnight Marauders” con un Quién es Quién de la escena de por aquel entonces plasmado en la portada del LP.

1994

• La primera referencia de Nas, “Illmatic” , es calificada como uno de los mejores álbumes de Hip-Hop de la historia.

• Common presenta “Resurrection” y es aclamado como uno de los mejores liricistas de todos los tiempos.

• Warren G, hermanastro de Dr. Dre, consigue vender 4 millones de copias de su disco début “Regulate: The G Funk Era”.

• Tupac es asaltado y recibe cinco disparos en el vestíbulo de Quad Recording Studios en Manhattan, New York. Después de su recuperación acusaría a Puff Daddy, Notorious B.I.G. y Andre Harrell (mitad del dúo Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde) del ataque que sufrió.

• Notorious B.I.G. debuta con su LP “Ready to die” que se convertiría en disco multiplatino.

1995

• Queen Latifah gana un Grammy en la categoría “Best rap solo performance” por el tema “Unity”.

• Tupac firma por Death Row Records después de que Suge Knight pagase una fianza por él de 1,4 millones de dólares para sacarlo de la cárcel por una condena por supuestos abusos sexuales, Tupac siempre se declaró inocente.

• Eazy E muere de sida a los 31 años.

• Notorious B.I.G., apodado ya por aquel entonces por algunos como “King of New York”, es nombrado “Lyricist of the year” por la revista Source. Su single “One More Chance” fue directo al top de las listas.

1996

• “The Score”, una mezcla de letras conscientes y comprometidas con pinceladas de reggae, se convierte en el disco mas exitoso de The Fuggees. Debuta en el número uno y gana dos Grammys, aportando un respiro de aire distinto a la escena del Hip Hop.

• Los premios MOBO (Music Of Black Origin) celebrados en Reino Unido otorgan a The Fugees dos trofeos.

• Snoop Dogg y su guardaespaldas McKinley Lee son acusados de asesinar a Philip Woldemariam, un inmigrante etíope de 20 años de edad, tiroteado en agosto de 1993.

• Jay-Z lanza su después alabado debut, “Reasonable Doubt” (Duda razonable).

• Bone Thugs N Harmony en un tiempo récord pone en lo más alto su hit “Tha Crossroads”.

• El 7 de septiembre Tupac es tiroteado en Las Vegas después de asistir a una pelea de Mike Tyson. El día 13 de septiembre fallece a las 4:03 a.m.

1997

• Notorious B.I.G. es asesinado a golpe de bala el 9 de marzo en Los Ángeles a la salida de una fiesta que daba la revista Vibe en el Peterson Automotive Museum después de la gala de los premios Soul Train.

• Missy Elliott (Melissa Arnette Elliott) redefine el panorama con su primer álbum “Supa Dupa Fly”. Posteriormente se convertiría en líder de ventas como artista de rap femenino.

• Roc-A-Fella (disquera de Jay-Z) vende la mitad de sus acciones a Island Def Jam por millón y medio de dólares.

• Juice, MC de Chicago derrota a Eminem en la Scribble Jam, el mayor escaparate de Hip Hop underground en los Estados Unidos por aquel entonces.

• Interescope Records vende sus intereses en Death Row (disquera de Suge Knight, que contaba con Snoop Dog o Tupac entre otros).

1998

• Dr. Dre ficha a Eminem para su sello Aftermath después de escuchar un freestyle de este último en una emisora de radio de Los Ángeles.
• El debut en solitario de Lauryn Hill “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” es nominado diez veces a los premios Grammy y gana cinco de ellos incluidos Álbum del año y Mejor nuevo artista.

• Shyne (Jamal Barrow) firma un contrato discográfico con Bad Boy Entertainment, discográfica de P. Diddy.

1999

• Respaldado por Dr. Dre, Eminem vende 4 millones de copias de su debut, “The Slim Shady LP”.

• The Neptunes (Chad Hugo y Pharrell Williams) controlan las ondas con varios hits para la radio como “Got Your Money” de Ol’ Dirty Bastard o “Oh No” de Noreaga.

• Big L (Lamont Coleman) es asesinado el 15 de febrero cerca de su casa, en Harlem, New York.

• Dr Dre pone en el candelero de nuevo a la costa oeste estadounidense con su LP “2001”.

Bizzy Bone is an American rapper and is a member of the Cleveland rap group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony.

Bizzy Bone started his solo career in 1998. He is best known for his style, combining rapid fire raps and double – sometimes triple – harmony choruse. source: wikipedia

So, Bizzy Bone is someone i’ve recently really got into. I’ve heard his stuff before, but over the last year or so I decided to download pretty much everything I could find of his.

It was hard to find a lot of his stuff, but I feel I got pretty much all there is to get… and well, after a long time listening to his stuff, I made a list of my personal favorite Bizzy Bone songs.

So here it is. Download his greatest hits. There are 32 tracks, broken up into 2 rar files. I suggest checking out the first one first if you haven’t heard him before. Check it out, if you like the songs, download part 2 as well. All the songs are really good… and well i’m not really known for liking this kind of music, since I play guitar in a metal band and all… but my close friends know I listen to pretty much all kinds of music, and if you’re into rap at all and never heard of Bizzy Bone, I really suggest you check it out.

Download: Part 1 – http://www.mediafire.com/?dlngt2znywx

Download: Part 2 – http://www.mediafire.com/?dh52dodu2ki

oh man remember Nelly?

looks like he’s tryin to do a little LL Cool J phase, but more 80’s somehow than the 80’s. whaaa?  It’s kind of like if that and Luther Vandross made love to Bone Thugs N Harmony and made this song:

*note the sexy beenie-on doin-it sesh, the obligatory bling flash, the talking breakdown.

Wowzahs.

How’s your Tuesday? I’m MOOOOOOOVIN/Packin.

DJing a set this FRIDAY at the Missouri Lounge over in Oakland, ya’ll. My first EVER. Happy Hour. Come make it hahahhappy with me, will you? Then maybe I can get a regular night gig there, coverin for a little bit while Mr. Golden Gram is out touring with his band Port O’Brien.

6-10pm

p.s. i’m slowly putting up my NOLA trip photos HERE

“Crossroads” by Primal Rape

Here’s yet another unsolicited music video I made for Primal Rape’s cover of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony’s “The Crossroads.” This one is hardly an original. It’s just a modified version of the horrible Bone Thugs music video, with a little bit of re-editing and color-izing. The real appeal here is simply the song itself. This cover is insanely faithful to the original, with the exception of a few obvious lyrical digressions. Listening to their cover made me realize that Bone Thugs just might have been an early influence on their rapping and that Primal Rape’s rapping on their own songs impresses me infinitely more.

Earlier this week I uploaded a bunch of new live videos on their YouTube Channel as well. Check’em out!

Tha_Dogg_Pound-Money_Foldn__Feat_Krayzie_Bone_-2dope

Yall’ kno these they TRUE lyrcist; before Twista and all them folks.   ( And as a added treat, Ima let us see that they back with a re-mix of JayZ’s “D.O.A: Death of Autotune“).

The Killa, ‘Foe Tha Luv of Money’.

Everyone’s fav, “‘The 1st of Tha Month”

Tupac & Bizzy (Unreleased)  “Real Thug”

and NOW….

D.O.A , Death of AutoTune Remix

BTHN 2009

::shytin’ on’em!!::

volgens Bone Thugs-N-Harmony :

This is HipHop is een intiatief van thissis50.com en Court Dunn, een serie van filmpjes waar diverse artiesten zeggen wat hip hop is volgens hun. Eerste is dus met Bone Thugs-N-Harmony.

ThisIs50.com and director Court Dunn present the premiere installment of the THISISHIPHOP video series featuring BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY. Theme music produced by Reality.

Vezi:BTNH/Court Dunn .

This is super dope! Brand new short series Directed by Court Dunn and in association with Thisis50.com. Check out a few things Bone run down as Hip Hop. Do you agree? Big up BTNH for staying in the game this long! My very first CD single ever bought was “Tha Crossroads”. Let’s keep this one going.

source: Thisis50
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The track listing for Mariah Carey’s “Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel (Remix Album) have surfaced and boasts a number of favourable collaborations.

Check out the list below:

1. Betcha Gon’ Know (Remix) Ft. Diddy & R. Kelly

2. Obsessed (Remix) Ft. Gucci Mane

3. H.A.T.E.U. (Remix) Ft. OJ Da Juiceman, Big Boi & Gucci Mane

4. Candy Bling (Remix) Ft. T-Pain

5. Ribbon (Remix) Ft. Fatman Scoop & Jermaine Dupri

6. Inseparable (Remix) Ft. Trey Songz

7. It’s A Wrap (Remix) Ft. Beyoncé

8. Up Out My Face (Remix) Ft. Lil Wayne

9. More Than Just Friends (Remix) feat. Alicia Keys & Lil Wayne

10. The Impossible (Remix) Ft. Jodeci

11. Angels Cry (Remix) feat. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony

12. I Want to Know What Love Is (Remix) Ft. Styles P. & Jadakiss

13. Call Me Now (Japan Bonus Track)

14. That’s A Smash (Japan Bonus Track)

Looks set to be a hot cd, I just hope this puts Mariah back on the mark as I dont know what happened with her latest LP, it should have done really well the same as E=MC2, both had some really good cuts, so I just really shocked. Just proves you can be at the top and have the best music but if your not getting promoted right you aint getting NOWHERE!. It’s sad Mariah has now had to feel what Janet went through while at IDJ, I say she better get her ass on a next contract asap. Seem’s that label is only investing in Princess Riri right now.

i guess Bizzy & Flesh can’t leave the states because of legal issues…..and what the hell is up with Wish? Hommie never EVER Freestyles lol….. Krayzie still goin hard after all these years

Previous/Anterior Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – Rebirth Session/Notorious Thugs (Live/Video)

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Bone Thugs on HipHopDX’s 16 Bars series.