  Bone Thugs-N-Harmony hail from
Cleveland and consist of Krayzie Bone, Layzie
Bone, Bizzy Bone, Wish Bone, and
Flesh-N-Bone. Their music is considered
hardcore gangsta rap (also called by the
group as "Cleveland Sound") and
often provides more of a message than their
counterparts, as evidenced with their songs
"Tha Crossroads" and "If I Could Teach The
World."
The popularity of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony grows
with each LP release.
The rap grouped formed when they
were dirt poor and struggling, and was
discovered and produced in Los Angeles by NWA's
Eazy-E prior to his death in
1995. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony actually
auditioned for Eazy-E over the phone after
living on the streets of L.A. for months.
After getting no response from the rapper,
the group headed back to Cleveland and
convinced Eazy-E to have another listen to
their sound backstage at one of his
appearances. This time, Eazy-E grabbed the
group and signed them with Ruthless Records.
 # 139
Singles Artist of the Year
 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony had their
first release - the EP Creepin'
On Ah Come Up - and sold over 2 million
copies. Their first hit, "Thuggish Ruggish Bone" crossed over to
pop radio as well as hitting it huge on rap
and R&B charts. The follow-up single,
"Foe Tha Love Of $" also did well
on radio. The group had delivered a fresh
style of rap with their quick melodic
rapping.
Creepin'
On Ah Come Up was certified platinum.
 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony hit the Top
40 with "Thuggish Ruggish Bone."
 # 108
Singles Artist of the Year
The single "Thuggish Ruggish Bone" was certified
gold.
 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony released E.
1999 Eternal which became their
first #1 LP on R&B and pop charts. The
group hit big on radio and video with the
track "1st Of Tha Month" which gave the
group a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rap
Performance By a Duo or Group. The LP also
included the #1 track, "Tha Crossroads" which was
written in memory of Eazy-E and others who
have passed away, and sold over 4 million
copies in the U.S.
 E.
1999 Eternal topped the Billboard Pop Albums
chart for 2 weeks and the R&B Albums
chart for 3 weeks.
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony hit the Top
40 with "1st Of Tha Month."
The single "1st Of Tha Month" was certified
gold.
E.
1999 Eternal was certified 2x platinum.
 Creepin'
On Ah Come Up was certified 2x platinum.
 # 26
Singles Artist of the Year
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony were
nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Rap/Hip Hop
Artist.
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony were
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or
Group
("1st Of Tha Month") and Best Rap Album (E.
1999 Eternal).
 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony hit the Top
40 with "Tha Crossroads."
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony topped the
Billboard Hot 100 Single chart for 8 weeks,
the Hot 100 Singles Sales chart for 9 weeks,
the R&B Singles chart for 7 weeks, the
R&B Singles Sales chart for 6 weeks, and
the Rap Singles chart for 8 weeks with "Tha Crossroads."
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony hit the Top 10 with "Tha Crossroads."
E.
1999 Eternal was certified 3x platinum and
the single "Tha Crossroads" was certified 2x
platinum.
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony hit #1 for a week with "Tha Crossroads."
E.
1999 Eternal was certified 4x platinum.
 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony were
nominated for 5 MTV Video Music
Awards for Video of the Year, Best Group Video, Best Rap Video, Best Special Effects, and Viewer's Choice ("Tha Crossroads").
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony hit the Top
40 with "Days Of Our Livez."
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony formed Mo
Thugs Records and released a compilation LP, Mo
Thugs Family Scriptures, to showcase some of
the Cleveland-based acts they are developing.
 # 91
Singles Artist of the Year
The group was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Rap Hip Hop
Artist.
 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony won a Grammy
Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or
Group
("Tha Crossroads").
Stanley V. Howse
("Flesh-N-Bone") turned himself
into police to face charges stemming from a
1993 arrest. Howse was given a 5 month jail
term for several assault charges.
The group hit the Top 40 with
"Look Into My Eyes."
 The group's next LP, The
Art Of War , was released and quickly hit
#1. The LP included the hit "Look Into My Eyes" which was also
from the Batman
And Robin soundtrack. The
Art Of War went on to sell over 4
million copies in the U.S.
Howse was arrested again July
4th weekend for setting off explosives at his
Los Angeles home. Police reportedly found
"destructive devices" and also
several weapons. Howse (and his brother
in-law) were not charged with weapons
violations. According to his manager, Howse
was celebrating the holiday when the police
were called: "It's not like he had
bombs... he had big fireworks." Just a
few days later, Howse was arrested again at
his home after he allegedly threatened to
kill his 63 year old neighbor. The two men
had a history of feuding, including a June
incident when the neighbor was assaulted by
the rapper's bodyguards. Howse's lawyer is
claiming that both charges against the rapper
are racially motivated.
"Wish Bone" or Charles
Scruggs was arrested in Cleveland at a local
strip club. Scruggs allegedly slapped one of
the dancers on the butt, poured champagne
over her when she protested his actions, and
started smashing glasses when he was asked to
leave. Scruggs and his friends were arrested
and released on bail after pleading guilty to
aggravated disorderly conduct.
The
Art Of War topped the Billboard 200 Albums
chart and the Billboard R&B Albums chart
for a week.
 It was reported that Wish Bone
was being sued by a woman claiming that she
has suffered back injuries from an incident
last year in Arizona. The suit claims the
back injuries are the result of Wish Bone
leaping into the crowd of concert goers. The
City of Tucson is also named in the lawsuit,
which claims inadequate safety precautions at
the concert was a factor in the incident.
The group hit the Top 40 with
"If I Could Teach The
World."
The single "If I Could Teach The
World"
was certified gold and "Look Into My Eyes" was certified
platinum.
The
Art Of War was certified 3x platinum.
 # 154
Singles Artist of the Year
 The group won an American Music
Award for Favorite Rap Hip Hop
Artist.
The group teamed up with Mariah
Carey for the Top 40 hit "Breakdown" from her LP Butterfly.
Flesh-N-Bone pleaded no contest
to charges of assault and fireworks
possession. Flesh-N-Bone was found in
violation of his probation from charges
stemming from an incident last July, and was
sentenced to jail for 120 days.
The
Art Of War was certified 4x platinum.
 A hit compilation called The
Collection, Volume 1 was released.
The
Collection, Volume 1 was certified gold.
Flesh-N-Bone was arrested on in
California for numerous charges including
firearm possession, resisting arrest, and
making terrorist threats.
 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony released BTNH
Resurrection which topped the Billboard
R&B Album chart for a week.
BTNH
Resurrection was certified platinum.
Flesh-N-Bone (aka Stanley V.
Howse) was convicted of assault with a
semiautomatic firearm.
Flesh 'N Bone received an 11
year prison sentence for his conviction of
weapons possession and assault.
 The
Collection, Volume 2 was released.
The
Collection, Volume 1 was certified
platinum.
 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony released Thug
World Order.
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony had a
moderate R&B hit with "Get Up &
Get It" which featured 3LW.
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony members
announced Bizzy Bone was no longer a member.
Layzie stated: "We would like to clear
this rumor up about Bizzy Bone. That cat made
his own choices, his own decisions. He's no
longer in our group... Please believe we love
him, but he's doing his thing. We doing Bone
Thugs."
# 315 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony released Greatest
Hits.
Layzie Bone and Bizzy Bone
released Bone
Brothers.
 Layzie Bone had his finger
almost bitten off by an angry fan that was
upset after a Bone Thugs-N-Harmony show was
cancelled.
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony could be
heard on The Notorious
B.I.G. posthumous creation - Duets:
The Final Chapter.
 Greatest
Hits was certified platinum.
Bone Thug-N-Harmony released Thug
Stories.
 # 86
Singles Artist of the Year
Krayzie Bone was nominated for a
Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or
Group
("Ridin'" with Chamillionaire).
 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony hit the Top
40 with Akon with
"I Tried."
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony released Strength
And Loyalty.
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony won an American Music
Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop
Band/Duo/Group and were nominated for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album.
Strength
And Loyalty was certified gold.
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Creepin' On Ah Come Up
Released: June, 1994
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 12
Entertainment
Weekly: B
Tracks: "Intro"
- "Mr. Ouija" - "Thuggish Ruggish
Bone" - "No
Surrender" - "Down Foe My
Thang" - "Creepin' On Ah Come
Up" - "Foe Tha Love Of $"
- "Moe Cheese" |
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E. 1999 Eternal
Released: July, 1995
US: 4x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 2 weeks)
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "East
1999" - "Eternal" -
"Crept & We Came" -
"Down '71 (The Getaway)" -
"Mr. Bill Collector" -
"Budsmokers Only" - "Tha Crossroads" - "Me
Killa" - "Land Of Tha
Heartless" - "No Shorts, No
Losses" - "1st Of Tha Month" -
"Buddah Lovaz" - "Die Die
Die" - "Mr. Ouija 2" -
"Mo' Murda" - "Shotz To
Tha Double Glock" |
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The Art Of War
Released: July, 1997
US: 4x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 1 week)
Rolling Stone:
Tracks:
"Retaliation" - "Handle
The Vibe" - "Look Into My Eyes" - "Body
Rott" - "It's All Mo'
Thug" - "Ready 4 War" -
"Ain't Nothin' Changed" -
"Clog Up Yo Mind" - "It's
All Real" - "Hardtimes" -
"Mind Of A Souljah" - "If I Could Teach
The World" - "Family
Tree" - "Mo' Thug" -
"Thug Luv" - "Hatin
Nation" - "7 Sign" -
"Wasteland Warriors" -
"Neighborhood Slang" - "U
Ain't Bone" - "Get Cha Thug
On" - "All Original" -
"Blaze It" - "Let The Law
End" - "Who Die They Lie"
- "Friends" - "Evil
Paradise" - "Mo' Thug Family
Tree" |
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The Collection, Volume 1
Released: November, 1998
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 32
Tracks: "Foe Tha
Love Of $" - "1st Of Tha Month" -
"Shoot 'Em Up" - "Days Of Our Livez" -
"Breakdown" - "Notorious
Thugs" - "BNK" -
"War" (Battlecry Remix) -
"Tha Crossroads" (Original
Mix) - "Body Rott" - "Thuggish Ruggish
Bone" - "F*** Tha
Police" (Remix) - "P.O.D."
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BTNH Resurrection
Released: March, 2000
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: B
Tracks: "Show
'Em" - "Righteous Ones" -
"2 Glocks" -
"Battlezone" -
"Ecstasy" - "Murder
One" - "Souljahs Marching"
- "Servin' Tha Friends" -
"Resurrection (Paper, Paper)" -
"Can't Give It Up" - "Weed
Song" - "Change The World"
- "Don't Worry" - "Mind On
Our Money" - "No Way Out"
- "One Night Stand" |
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The Collection, Volume 2
Released: November, 2000
Tracks: "C Land
I.A." - "Don't Hate On Me"
- "Thug Luv" - "Hook It
Up" - "2 Glocks" (U-Neek's
Remix) - "Look Into My Eyes" (Atlantic
Remix) - "All Good" -
"Weedman" - "Frontline
Warrior" - "Change The
World" - "Can't Give It
Up" (Rock Remix) - "Ghetto
Cowboy" - "Sleepwalkers" |
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Thug World Order
Released: October, 2002
Billboard
peak:
# 12
Tracks: "T.W.O.
Intro" - "Bone Bone Bone"
- "Guess Who's Back" (with
LaReece) - "Home" - "What
About Us" - "Get Up & Get
It" (with 3LW & Felecia) -
"Bad Weed Blues" - "All
The Way" - "Non-Fiction Words
By Eazy-E" - "Pump, Pump"
- "Set It Straight" -
"Money, Money" - "Not My
Baby" - "Cleveland Is The
City" (with Avant) - "If I
Fall" - "A Thug Nation Soldier
Conversation" |
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Greatest Hits
Released: November, 2004
Billboard
peak:
# 95
US: Platinum
Tracks: "Carol Of
The Bones" - "Thuggish Ruggish
Bone" - "Foe Tha Love
Of $" - "1st Of Tha Month" -
"Shoot 'Em Up" - "Buddah
Lovaz" - "Days Of Our Livez" - "Tha Crossroads" -
"Notorious Thugs" - "Breakdown" (with Mariah
Carey) - "All Good" - "Look Into My Eyes" -
"Blaze It" - "Get 'Cha
Thug On" - "Thug
Mentality" - "Resurrection
(Paper, Paper)" -
"Ecstasy" - "Weed
Song" - "Still The
Greatest" - "Get Up And Get
It" - "Money, Money" -
"Ghetto Cowboy" - "Thugz
Cry" - "Home" -
"Cleveland Is The City" -
"Thug Mentality" |
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Thug Stories
Released: September, 2006
Billboard
peak:
# 31
Tracks: "Call
Me" - "Thug Stories" -
"She Got Crazy" - "Don't
Stop" - "Do It Again" -
"So Sad" - "Fire" -
"What U See (Reload)" -
"Stand Not In Our Way" -
"Still No Surrender" -
"This Life" |
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Strength And Loyalty
Released: May, 2007
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B+
Tracks: "Flow
Motion" - "Bump In The
Trunk" (with Swizz Beatz) -
"Wind Blow" - "I Tried" (with Akon)
- "Lil Love" (with Mariah Carey
& Bow Wow) - "C-Town" (with
Twista) - "Order My Steps (Dear
Lord)" (with Yolanda Adams) -
"Streets" (with The Game &
Will.I.Am) - "9mm" - "Gun
Blast" - "Candy Paint" -
"So Good So Right" (with
Felecia) - "Sound The Same" -
"Never Forget Me" (with Akon) |
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