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$ History of Bone Thugs -N- Harmony $
When Bone Thugs-N-Harmony first exploded on the rap scene in 1994 with their fast rhymes, harmonious choruses, ominous G-funk, and gangsta attitude, no one knew whether the uncanny Cleveland group were for real or if they were a novelty success. After all, at this point in time, few rap groups outside of New York or California had been able to prove themselves on a commercial level. And Bone Thugs-N-Harmony leap-frogged cult success, instantly rising to the top of the charts with their summer anthem "Thuggish Ruggish Bone."
By the time their first full-length album, E 1999 Eternal, dropped a year later, it not only debuted at number one but also proved to be one of the decades most important and enduring albums..
Yet following the unprecedented success of E 1999 Eternal and, more so, the Grammy-winning success of "Tha Crossroads," Bone struggled to meet unreasonable expectations and also struggled with redundancy, having realized their apparent summit on their debut album. Yet even if the group was unable to repeat their success, they remained a vital group as few were able to bite on their signature style.Conceived in the post-industrial Midwestern ghettos of Cleveland, OH, the Bone Thugs -- Krayzie Bone, Wish Bone, Flesh-N-Bone, Layzie Bone, Bizzy Bone -- didn't have good probability of ever being a successful rap group.
Initially driven by the lingering success of Creepin on Ah Come Up and the first two singles from E 1999 Eternal, "1st of tha Month" and "East 1999," the album was then catapulted to multi-platinum success thanks to the amazing success of "Tha Crossroads," a heartfelt, radio-friendly remix of "Crossroads" from the album; the single was actually so popular that it tied the Beatles' 32-year-old record for the fastest-rising single and remained at the number one spot for eight weeks before eventually winning the group the 1996 Grammy for best rap performance.
Bone Thugs N Harmony - Hardtimes
Krayzie: im just tryin to protect myself you know what im sayin for the wars to come straight warrior what cho gonna do when they come for you yall feel me times, hard times lord my hard times you know it got me feelin bent up n stuff smokin and drinkin too much again, it slowly erase my sunshine (x2)
cant he see that we are in need to be free(free) (x4)
and yes we would be blessed if we could rest in heaven( heavin, heavin, heavin) and wouldnt you be blessed if you could rest in heaven(heaven, heaven, heaven) now I can I facts with God as my witness that this wickedness will not remain youve got to make up your mind you wanna be saved? make up your mind or do you wanna die? you wanna die oh yes were thugs were more than thugs got soldiers wastelands warriors were on a mission for
God so bartenda, bartenda, bartenda so much hurt and pain bloddy murders man so much hurt and pain bloody murders man it makes me erase my sunshine (x4)
if I pray for you (you) pray for me (x2)
it makes me erase my sunshine (x4)
