

2 on the Hot Rap Tracks chart, and "Foe tha Love of $" peaked at No. 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, it included the hit singles " Thuggish Ruggish Bone" and " Foe tha Love of $", the second of which featured a verse by Eazy-E. 12 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and No. The album's subject matter was focused almost entirely on violent criminal activity. Released in June 1994, Creepin on ah Come Up was Bone Thugs-n-Harmony's debut with Ruthless. Eazy signed the group (minus Flesh-n-Bone) to his label Ruthless Records. At this point, Eazy renamed them Thugs-n-Harmony, but as they wanted to keep the Bone name, they made their name Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. B.O.N.E Enterpri$e then traveled back to Los Angeles after the Cleveland show to seal the deal. There, on November 2, 1993, they auditioned for Eazy in his dressing room Krayzie performed his verse of "Flow Motion" from the Faces of Death album, and Eazy was impressed. The quartet returned to Ohio, where Diego Blak (born Diego Hodge), a marketer and promoter who had been co-executive producer of Faces of Death, introduced them to Eazy-E at a concert he promoted in Compton. Nothing came of their search except the news that Eazy-E was, in fact, on his way to Cleveland for a show. They left for a three-day Greyhound trek and spent four months on the city streets, putting in frequent calls to find him. Determined to reach him, they scrounged together the money for one-way bus tickets to Los Angeles. In hopes of securing a record deal, the group was given an audition over the phone, receiving an unfulfilled promise from rapper Eazy-E to call them back. Like so many aspiring rappers around the country, they put in calls to executives at record companies, hoping to find someone who would listen. Enterpri$e, which consisted of four members- Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone, Bizzy Bone, and Wish Bone (all except for Flesh-n-Bone)-and recorded an album titled Faces of Death in the studio of their then-mentor, Kermit Henderson on his indie label Stoney Burke in 1993. Enterprise early years įormed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1991, the group was originally called "Band Aid Boys". Layzie Bone has since re-united with the group, and they toured in 2018. In the same month, BTNH signed with eOne Entertainment (formerly known as Koch Records), with whom they had previously partnered to release 2006's Thug Stories. In August 2013, however, Layzie Bone announced that he was stepping aside to work more on his solo career. They later returned, officially re-unifying the group. 12 on its list of the 25 Best Rap Groups of All Time, and MTV called them "the most melodic hip-hop group of all time." ĭue to conflicts within the group, longtime members Krayzie Bone and Wish Bone officially left the group in April 2011 to work with their independent label The Life Entertainment. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony is the only group that has worked with renowned American rappers 2Pac, the Notorious B.I.G., Eazy-E, and Big Pun while they were all still alive. The group is regarded as one of the greatest hip hop acts of all time. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony returned with their 2010 album Uni5: The World's Enemy, released by their own record label, BTNH Worldwide, with distribution by Warner Bros.
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In 2007, they had another major-label release, Strength & Loyalty, on American producer Swizz Beatz's label Full Surface Records. Following that album, the group went on hiatus from their label and released their sixth studio album, Thug Stories, independently in 2006. In 2000, BTNHResurrection reached platinum status in the US in one month, while 2002's Thug World Order received more moderate sales and promotion, going gold and peaking at No. The Art of War, the group's third album, was released in 1997. Their hit song " Tha Crossroads", a tribute to then-recently deceased mentor Eazy-E, won a Grammy Award in 1997. 1999 Eternal, which included hits " 1st of tha Month" and " East 1999". In 1995, the group released its second album E. The EP included their breakout hit single " Thuggish Ruggish Bone". Formed in 1991, group signed to fellow American rapper Eazy-E‘s Ruthless Records in late 1993, on which they debuted with their EP Creepin on ah Come Up the next year. Enterprises) is an American hip hop group composed of rappers Bizzy Bone, Wish Bone, Layzie Bone, Krayzie Bone, and Flesh-n-Bone. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony (formerly known as B.O.N.E.
