1999 Eternal as one of The Top 100 Rap Albums of 1990s. 1999 Eternal as "an impressive debut full-length that dismisses any notion that the group was merely a one-hit wonder", adding that it "maintains a consistent tone, one that's menacing and somber, produced entirely by DJ U-Neek, a Los Angeles-based producer who frames the songs with dark, smoked-out G-funk beats and synth melodies." The Source hailed E. Retrospectively, Jason Birchmeier of AllMusic described E. Easily one of the most worthwhile rap purchases of the year."
Coker of the Los Angeles Times wrote that the group "has raised the stakes of the gangsta rap game, not only in terms of pure, gritty excess, but also in rhyme-style, cadence and delivery", concluding: "This is the kind of album that starts out good and gets better with repeated listenings-as the dark, subliminal references clear up. 1999 Eternal was met with critical acclaim.
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Reception Professional ratings Review scores In 2015, the group toured in support of the 20th anniversary of the album, performing it in its entirety for the first time. The album was nominated for the inaugural Grammy Award for Best Rap Album, ultimately losing to Naughty by Nature's Poverty's Paradise at the 1996 Grammy Awards. It topped the US Billboard 200 for two consecutive weeks. 1999 Eternal became the group's best-selling album, with four million copies sold in the United States. The album sold 307,000 copies in the first week. Clair Avenue where the group is based and the then-future year 1999. The album title is a portmanteau of Cleveland's eastside neighborhood centering on East 99th Street and St. Following up on the surprise success of their breakthrough single " Thuggish Ruggish Bone", it became a popular album and received positive reviews from music critics, earning praise for the group's melodic rapping style. Both the album and single " Tha Crossroads" are dedicated to him. The album was released four months after the death of rapper Eazy-E, the group's mentor and the executive producer of the album. 1999 Eternal is the second studio album by American hip hop group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, released July 25, 1995, on Ruthless Records. He later tells DX that he learned of Eazy’s death on MTV News.E. I packed mine up, funky-hustled up some paper and got all my kids back to Cleveland and was back to the hood, like the crack-selling hood.” Despite an EP out and an album on the horizon, Bizzy fumed at his label. It was like main house, gate and everything, really cool. Dre.īizzy Says He & Krayzie Are The Ones Capable Of Creating New Waves For Bone Thugs (Video)Īngry at the man who signed them when they showed up in L.A., Bone responded. The Ruthless CEO was in talks with Ice Cube, and reportedly pursuing friend-turned-foe, Dr. Allegedly, Eazy, DJ Yella, and MC Ren had begun pre-production of a third N.W.A. While that was going on, we were sitting at that mansion with no food in that motherf*cker.” The members of Bone were resorting to stealing food from grocery stores just to survive, during a challenging period at Ruthless Records. We didn’t know the whole thing about him getting N.W.A back together. “Our records was platinum and all of this stuff was going on and we didn’t know what was going on. At the time, the Cleveland collective had not been paid royalties. Bill Collector.” “When all the stuff was going on wasn’t returning our phone calls, and we were stuck in the mansion,” said the Columbus, Ohio native about living in Eazy’s Chatsworth, California residence. deliberately erased an Eazy-E verse from E. Speaking with HipHopDX, Bizzy Bone reveals that B.T.N.H. The tribute single that would help carry the 1995 album to more than four million sold ( per the RIAA) was “Tha Crossroads.” Eazy, who had died four months earlier, did not rap or make beats on the album, despite his executive production role. Thirteen months later, Bone followed up their half-hour debut with their first full-length, E. He produced the intro, co-produced “Foe Tha Love Of $” with DJ Yella, and appeared on three songs. Eazy-E was greatly involved in Bone Thugs-n-Harmony debut EP, Creepin’ On Ah Come Up.
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