Bizzy Bone has been considerably estranged from Bone Thugs-n-Concord over the previous few years, a sample that has continued all through his profession. Typically instances when the legendary Cleveland-bred rap group is on the invoice, it’s Krayzie, Layzie, Want and Flesh who usually present up. In actual fact, it’s uncommon lately to see all 5 members on the identical stage.
Nevertheless it seems like that’s about to alter. Over the past week, Bone Thugs—and Bizzy, particularly—has been sharing behind-the-scenes snaps of them laborious at work on one other album.
On Friday (February 21), Bizzy posted a handful of images with the caption, “Bizzy walks within the studio daps all people up drops a giant ole bag uh dat medical and proceeds to go loopy. Now no music was ‘posed to be leaked…. (the fellas guidelines btw) every thing was ‘supposed’ to be high secret (this was established throughout a gathering in management room , i didn’t say a factor) however you recognize the satan not gonna let that occur! Ya’ll understand how the satan tries to p### bb off …. I didn’t give 1 hoover dam no method LET THEM HEAR!!”
Not solely did Bizzy Bone verify he would seem on the album, he additionally plugged a kids’s challenge he’s engaged on, which is anticipated to reach on September 12.
“I’m solely there to destroy the sales space , benefit from the second and get house to my household. As an unbiased i do what need. I rap with who i please …. do visitor appearances with who i need and when i need. LET THEM LISTEN! Idga hoot.
“Gd proper imma be on the following Bone report and imma go the f awf women and gentleman. Additionally i’m mixing and mastering my kids’s new challenge in addition to 9/12/25. I’ve a lot music and love in me.”
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On Saturday (February 22), Bizzy Bone offered a second replace and promised Bone Thugs’ day-one followers can be happy with the path the album goes. He additionally revealed the group’s longtime collaborator DJ U-Neek can be a part of the challenge.
U-Neek was signed to Ruthless Information together with Bone Thugs within the early ’90s and nominated for a Grammy Award for Finest Rap Album on the thirty eighth Annual Grammy Awards for his manufacturing duties on E. 1999 Everlasting, Bone’s highest-selling album to this point.
“This new report is reintroducing the NEW UNI-VERSE type,” Bizzy wrote. “Now we’ve got perfected it. We wished to offer the folks one thing new and revolutionary but additionally sticking to the roots. DJ UNEEK has reappeared per request! The fam base goes to understand this challenge. Rather a lot happening this manner!!!!! I’ve numerous music in me.”
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Different developments coming from the Bone Thugs camp embrace attainable visitor options from Bun B and the Geto Boys’ Scarface, who each popped up on the studio.
If every thing goes in keeping with plan, the following album will mark the primary to function all 5 members since 2010’s Uni5: The World’s Enemy. Each 2013’s The Artwork of Conflict: World Conflict III and 2017’s New Waves featured simply a number of the members on account of numerous causes.
For the uninitiated, Bone Thugs-n-Concord emerged as probably the most influential Hip-Hop teams of the Nineteen Nineties, mixing rapid-fire flows with melodic harmonies to create a singular sound that set them aside.
Found by Eazy-E and signed to Ruthless Information, Bone Thugs gained nationwide consideration with their 1994 EP Creepin on ah Come Up, which featured the hit single “Thuggish Ruggish Bone.” Nonetheless, it was E. 1999 Everlasting that solidified their legacy, propelled by tracks like “1st of tha Month” and the Grammy Award-winning “Tha Crossroads.” Their skill to fuse road narratives with melodic, nearly choral components helped redefine any perceived boundaries of Hip-Hop.
The group’s success prolonged properly into the late ’90s and early 2000s, with platinum-selling albums like The Artwork of Conflict and BTNHResurrection, proving their endurance in an ever-evolving rap panorama. Their affect might be seen within the kinds of many fashionable artists who incorporate quick flows and harmonized hooks, a testomony to Bone Thugs’ innovation.
Regardless of inside conflicts and trade adjustments, the group has maintained a devoted fanbase and continues to carry out, cementing their standing as hip-hop legends. Their affect on the style is simple, influencing artists from Kendrick Lamar to Migos, and their legacy stays robust as probably the most distinctive and profitable rap teams of all time.
Bone Thugs is booked on the Hollywood Bowl on June 8 for the Roots Picnic Expertise alongside Lil Kim, Methodology Man, The Roots, Redman, DJ Quik, Goodie Mob and extra. Discover extra particulars right here.
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