Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
General information
Genre (s)	Hip-hop , R&B
founding	1992
Website	www.bonethugsnharmony.com
Founding members
rap	Krayzie Bone
rap	Layzie Bone
rap	Bizzy Bone
Current occupation
rap	Krayzie Bone
rap	Layzie Bone
rap	Bizzy Bone
rap	Wish bone
rap	Flesh-N-Bone

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony is an American hip hop group. The Cleveland based crew consists of Krayzie , Wish, Bizzy , Layzie and Flesh-N-Bone.

history

In 1992 the group began to appear publicly as BONE Enterprise. They produced the album Faces of Death , which was heavily influenced by old-school hip-hop . The group eventually tried to get a contract with a larger label and turned to Eazy-E , the owner of Ruthless Records . After lengthy negotiations their first EP Creepin on ah Come Up was released by Ruthless in 1994 . The released singles Foe tha Luv of $ and Thuggish Ruggish Bone achieved multiple platinum status. The EP itself made it to twelfth place on the Billboard charts. A total of around two million copies of this record were sold.

In 1995 Eazy-E died of the consequences of his AIDS illness. Shortly thereafter, the group released their second album E. 1999 Eternal . Among other things, the single Crossroads was released from the album . The accompanying remix, Tha Crossroads , was number one on the Billboard charts for eight weeks. The album was also able to reach the top position on the Billboard charts. In 1996 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony won the Grammy for “Best Rap Performance by Duo or Group”.

The group achieved their success on the one hand through their original style of harmonious soul singing and very fast rap. Her religious and spiritual texts were very well received in the mainstream US market. Encouraged by the success and following the example of many other successful rappers, they founded their own label ( Mo Thugs Records ) to produce other artists.

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony continued to publish on Ruthless. The double album Art of War was produced by Eazy-Es's widow Tomica Wright. Each of the four band members had a solo track on the record. They continued their mix of styles from harmonious songs and aggressive raps. Tupac Shakur appeared as a guest on the album . The single releases still reached platinum status ( Look Into My Eyes ) or Gold ( If I Could Teach The World ) but could no longer build on the outstanding financial success of the first album.

Due to disputes with Ruthless and the work on their own label, the crew was not artistically active in the following years, so rumors arose that they had split up. Ruthless released a best-of album, The Collection Vol. 1 , which fueled the rumors.

It wasn't until 2000 that the group released a new record: BTNHResurrection reached second place in the US charts and was also internationally successful. Mo Thugs, which after various internal disputes was now wholly owned by Layzie Bone, produced the third record in June 2000: The Mothership .

Eventually the problems with ruthless escalated. The group members felt cheated, canceled the contract with the label at short notice and reported the company. They founded a new record company together, Bone Thug Records, but failed to find a distribution partner. So they withdrew the charges against Ruthless, came to an agreement with Tomica Wright, and were there again under contract. The 2002 released album Thug World Order no longer achieved the success of previous releases. Flesh was in jail and only featured on the album through brief skits recorded over the phone . Bizzy Bone had left Bone Thugs-N-Harmony due to various disputes.

In 2007 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (excluding Bizzy & Flesh) released the album Strength & Loyalty , which sold 119,000 units in the first week. The group reached number 2 on the Billboard charts.

On July 13, 2008, Flesh-N-Bone was released from prison and has returned to Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. Just like Bizzy Bone, who got his quarrel with Krayzie Bone out of the world, he has returned to record the reunion album "Uni5: The Worlds Enemy", in which all five group members are involved for the first time in ten years.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1993	Faces of Death	-	-	-	-	-	First published: May 28, 1993
1995	E. 1999 Eternal	DE29 (14 weeks) DE	-	CH34 (4 weeks) CH	UK39 gold (5 weeks)UK	US1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (104 weeks)US	First published: July 25, 1995 US sales: + 5,100,000
1997	The Art of War	DE38 (4 weeks) DE	-	CH44 (1 week) CH	UK42 (2 weeks) UK	US1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (32 weeks)US	First published: July 29, 1997 Sales: +4,000,000
2000	BTNHResurrection	DE87 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	US2 platinum (28 weeks)US	First published: February 29, 2000 Sales: + 1,000,000
2002	Thug World Order	-	-	-	-	US12 (16 weeks) US	First published: October 29, 2002
2006	Thug Stories	-	-	-	-	US25 (4 weeks) US	First published: September 19, 2006
2007	Strength & Loyalty	-	-	-	-	US2 gold (20 weeks)US	First published: May 8, 2007 Sales: + 500,000
2010	Uni5: The World's Enemy	-	-	-	-	US14 (4 weeks) US	First published: May 4, 2010
2013	The Art of War: World War III	-	-	-	-	-	First published: December 10, 2013
2017	New waves	-	-	-	-	US181 (1 week) US	First published: June 23, 2017

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1998	The Collection, Vol. 1	-	-	-	-	US32 platinum (28 weeks)US	First published: November 24, 1998 Sales: + 1,000,000
2000	The Collection, Vol. 2	-	-	-	-	US41 (11 weeks) US	First published: November 14, 2000
2004	Greatest hits	-	-	-	-	US95 platinum (69 weeks)US	First published: November 16, 2004 Sales: + 1,000,000
2007	THUGS	-	-	-	-	US73 (2 weeks) US	First published: November 13, 2007
2013	Lost Archives, Vol. 1	-	-	-	-	-	First published: June 25, 2013

EPs

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1994	Creepin on ah come up	-	-	-	-	US12 × 4 Quadruple platinum (96 weeks)US	First published: June 21, 1994 Sales: +2,000,000

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1994	Thuggish Ruggish Bone Creepin on ah Come Up	-	-	-	-	US22nd gold (20 weeks)US	First published: April 20, 1994 feat. Shatasha Williams Sales: + 500,000
1995	Foe tha Love of $ Creepin on ah Come Up	-	-	-	-	US41 (14 weeks) US	First published: February 14, 1995 feat. Eazy-E
	1st of tha Month E. 1999 Eternal	-	-	-	UK15 (11 weeks) UK	US14th gold (20 weeks)US	First published: August 15, 1995 Sales: + 500,000
	East 1999 E. 1999 Eternal	-	-	-	-	US62 (13 weeks) US	First published: November 21, 1995
1996	Tha Crossroads E. 1999 Eternal	DE15 (18 weeks) DE	AT34 (3 weeks) AT	CH19 (15 weeks) CH	UK8th silver (11 weeks)UK	US1 × 2 Double platinum (20 weeks)US	First published: April 23, 1996 Sales: + 2,200,000
1997	Days of Our Livez Soundtrack for the film Set It Off	-	-	-	UK37 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: January 27, 1997
	Look into My Eyes The Art of War	-	-	-	UK16 (3 weeks) UK	US4th platinum (20 weeks)US	First published: May 2, 1997 Sales: + 1,000,000
	If I Could Teach the World The Art of War	-	-	-	-	US27 gold (20 weeks)US	First published: September 30, 1997 Sales: + 500,000
2003	Home Thug World Order	-	-	CH85 (1 week) CH	UK19 (5 weeks) UK	-	First release: May 8, 2003 feat. Phil Collins
2006	Spit Your Game Duets: The Final Chapter	-	-	CH76 (2 weeks) CH	UK64 (1 week) UK	-	First release: February 24, 2006 feat. The Notorious BIG , Twista and 8Ball & MJG
2007	I Tried Strength & Loyalty	-	-	-	UK69 (3 weeks) UK	US6th Platinum (mastertone) (18 weeks)US	First release: February 12, 2007 feat. Akon ; Sales: + 1,000,000

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE  AT  CH  UK  US Number one albums DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US2US Top 10 albums DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US4thUS Albums in the charts DE3DE AT-AT CH2CH UK2UK US13US

DE  AT  CH  UK  US Number one singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US1US Top 10 singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK1UK US3US Singles in the charts DE1DE AT1AT CH3CH UK7thUK US8thUS

Awards for music sales

Golden record

•  Canada
  • 1997: for the album The Art of War
•  United States
  • 2006: for the video album Greatest Video Hits

Platinum record

•  Canada
  • 1996: for the album E. 1999 Eternal

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Canada (MC)	-	gold1	platinum1	150,000	musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA)	-	5 × gold5	19 × platinum19th	19,050,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	gold1	-	300,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	7 × gold7th	20 × platinum20th

Web links

• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony on Allmusic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
2. ^ US sales E. 1999 Eternal