And their lyrics entailing tales of drug use, violent acts and occult references aren’t that observably commendable for being ‘gangsta’ or ‘satanic.’Īll their ingredients are EPIC, but are seemingly stale in their sub-qualities. Their chill, spiritual smoke beat format – consisting of enlightened and creepy synths, dark and light piano samples, gentle percussion, and twinkles – just aren’t what they should be. The soulful, raptor quick, half-singing, half-rapping of the Bone family seems great in principle, but comes off as boring. I understand the theoretics of why they produced a quadruple platinum EP and won a Grammy. It’s easy to see why they’d be successful.
But, they don’t, and I have not a clue as to why. With a thumbs up from one of my favorite rappers Eazy-E, lyrical mimicking of my all time favorite group Three 6 Mafia, lightning fast deliveries, and a good R&B/Soul smoke beat format, BTNH should make me do backflips. Technically speaking, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony should be my favorite group ever. Cleveland families have a tendency to do that. All the right ingredients are there, but I think they’ll just somehow mess it up. Epic superstar LeBron, heavy hitting big man Shaq, solid point guard Mo, a good coach in Mike Brown, and a deep bench. Hell, the Cavs haven’t won any championships, and although they’re favored to win the Larry O’Brien this year, I don’t think they will. The Indians last won in ’48, which is the second-longest baseball drought behind the Cubs, and the Browns last won in ’64, before the Super Bowl even EXISTED. They’ve gone forty-six years without a championship, which is the longest drought than any other city with at least three pro sports teams. They just absolutely, totally fuck up the recipe somehow. In the end, 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, because of the group's subsequent unraveling.Review Summary: The Bone family has all the tip-top ingredients needed to make a five-star meal. There are a few standout moments, most notably the Grammy-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. The Bone Thugs interweave their voices well, trading off verses and harmonizing on the choruses. From beginning to end, the album 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. 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.
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