After 16 years in the music industry, one would be hard pressed to find something Bone Thugs-N-Harmony haven’t accomplished. They helped usher in a new sound when they first appeared on the scene. Having won several awards and toured the globe numerous times over, they’ve enjoyed both critical and commercial success as well. However, with the return of incarcerated member Flesh-N-Bone, the group was finally able to achieve the one thing that has been out of their grasp for so long: record a studio album with the original members intact. With the release of Uni-5: The World’s Enemy, the Cleveland quintet’s reunion falls short to a glorious occasion as they fail recapture the creative spark they had earlier in their career. Read the rest of this entry »

If resilience were a music certification, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony’s legend would have grown to folklore years before this point. Arguably the most successful Hip-Hop group in terms of sales to longevity to song quality ratio, the Cleveland, Ohio quintet have endured every debacle the industry could possible heave at them and have still emerged as supreme victors. Read the rest of this entry »

Man, I don’t give a damn what TC says, the Bone Thugs are still good in my book.

Cleveland’s favorite fivesome has been heavy promoting their ninth album Uni5: The World’s Enemy with a steady flow of borderline bangers and have now put forth maybe the best of the bunch. “I’m Gone” finds the Bone boys’ sounding smooth as ever over a radio-ready single that’s as optimistic as a half-full glass of Hennesey and promotes the prolonged living that come as a result of prayer and persistence.

Definitely more of a “If I Could Teach The World,” than a “Mo Murda,” which is completely appropriate considering these vets have been miced up for twenty years.

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Download — Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – “I’m Gone”

While it may feel overwhelming at times, the new blood in Hip-Hop bring just that: new blood. Imagine if Robert Parrish was still allowed to linger on various team benches, taking up a slot that could be put to better use. You know he would if he could, but that would be detrimental to the team and entire NBA as a whole so they wouldn’t allow that to happen. So why is it that washed-up, outdated acts are allowed to plague our community simply living off past glory? Read the rest of this entry »

Now this is what I’m talking about.

After I openly questioned their inability to step out of an uncreative comfort zone, the Bone Boys finally decided to ditch the pissing and moaning, opting instead to kick some knowledge over a fresh flash of “Gangsta’s Glory.” Utilizing a slick Eazy-E vocal sample and low-octave keys as their foundation, these five former Cleveland thieves bestow their own illicit experiences as living testament to why the life of a thug isn’t for everyone. Read the rest of this entry »

As soon as the download completed and Bone Thugs’ new track “Break Up To Make Up” crept through iTunes, my high expectations were immediately let down.

But, I couldn’t bear to turn it off. Read the rest of this entry »

If K-Fed as a member of Bone Thugs didn’t sound right to you, this might.

Here’s a low-quality version of “The Game Ain’t Ready,” which is the first track featuring all five members of the Cleveland quintet in almost ten years. The track’s produced by Thin C and is supposedly on their reunion album, Uni5, which tentatively drops June 30th.

Based on this version alone, the song is Read the rest of this entry »

The 5th dog has been let loose. Bizzy’s bout his business. Everything is good. Read the rest of this entry »