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│ Artist ........ Bone Thugs N Harmony │
│ Album ......... E 1999 Eternal │
│ Ripper ........ OAkIE │
│ Release Date... Oct-23-2003 │
│ Quality ....... VBR / 44.1kHz / Joint-Stereo │
│ Grabber ....... EAC │
│ Encoder ....... Lame │
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│ Following the surprise success of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's summer 1994 │
│ anthem "Thuggish Ruggish Bone," the group returned a year later with E │
│ 1999 Eternal, an impressive debut full-length that dismisses any │
│ notion that the group was merely a one-hit wonder. From beginning to │
│ end, the album maintains a consistent tone, one that's menacing and │
│ somber, produced largely by DJ U-Neek, who frames the songs with dark, │
│ smoked-out G-funk beats and synth melodies. The Bone Thugs interweave │
│ their voices well, trading off verses and harmonizing on the choruses; │
│ plus, they sound more enthused and collaborative here than they ever │
│ again would, as they would later splinter and grow apart. There are a │
│ few standout moments, most notably the Grammy Award-winning ballad │
│ "Tha Crossroads" and the feel-good welfare ode "1st of the Month," as │
│ well as, of course, some obligatory blaze-some-to-this tracks, │
│ "Budsmokers Only" and "Buddah Lovaz." The intermittent tracks are good │
│ old-fashioned gangsta rap about murder, drugs, and money, though │
│ Bone's harmonious delivery makes them exceptionally interesting. In │
│ the end, the consistent tone that makes E 1999 Eternal such a │
│ beginning-to-end listen is unique among Bone's subsequent albums, │
│ which tend to be jumbled, as is the remarkable group cohesiveness, │
│ which is central to the appeal of standout songs like "Tha Crossroads" │
│ and "1st of the Month." Putting aside the disappointments that laid │
│ ahead for Bone, E 1999 Eternal stands as one of the most accomplished, │
│ unique hardcore rap albums of the '90s, one that's often unfairly │
│ overlooked, if not dismissed entirely. [The original release featured │
│ a different version of "Tha Crossroads" titled simply "Crossroad" that │
│ was quickly replaced by a radio-aired, Grammy-winning remix.] ù Jason │
│ Birchmeier │
│ www.allmusic.com │
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│ ┌──────────────────────────────[ Tracklist ]─────────────────────────────┐ │
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│ 01 da introduction 04:25 │
│ 02 east 1999 04:22 │
│ 03 eternal 04:04 │
│ 04 crept and we came 05:04 │
│ 05 down `71 (the getaway) 04:50 │
│ 06 mr. bill collector 05:01 │
│ 07 budsmokers only 03:32 │
│ 08 tha crossroads 03:44 │
│ 09 me killa 00:56 │
│ 10 land of tha heartless 03:06 │
│ 11 no shorts, no losses 04:52 │
│ 12 1st of tha month 05:15 │
│ 13 buddah lovaz 04:44 │
│ 14 die die die 02:52 │
│ 15 mr. ouija 2 01:17 │
│ 16 mo' murda 05:45 │
│ 17 shotz to tha double glock 04:41 │
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│ Total Album Time: 68:30 min │
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