Thuggish Ruggish Bone
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"Thuggish Ruggish Bone" is the debut single of the rap group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
, from their debut EP
Creepin on ah Come Up
. It features local Cleveland singer Shatasha Williams. The song reached #22 on the Billboard Hot 100
. The song was included in the soundtrack of the video game True Crime: Streets of LA
.
The music video was shot near the Cuyahoga River
on Cleveland's westside, near from the Lakeview Estates public housing units.
verse was reused on the track Family Scriptures on the Mo Thugs Family
debut album, Family Scriptures
.
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony is an American Hip-Hop/R'n'B band from Cleveland, Ohio formed in 1991. It originally consisted of rappers Layzie Bone, Flesh-n-Bone, Bizzy Bone, Krayzie Bone, and Wish Bone. Rapper Eazy-E of the group N.W.A signed Bone Thugs-N-Harmony to Ruthless Records in 1994, when Bone...
, from their debut EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
Creepin on ah Come Up
Creepin on ah Come Up
Creepin on ah Come Up is an EP by rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. The album was released on June 21, 1994 on Ruthless Records. In 1998 the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums .-History:...
. It features local Cleveland singer Shatasha Williams. The song reached #22 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
. The song was included in the soundtrack of the video game True Crime: Streets of LA
True Crime: Streets of LA
True Crime: Streets of LA is an action-adventure video game developed by Luxoflux and published by Activision for the Xbox, PlayStation 2 and GameCube in November 2003 and the first game in the True Crime series...
.
The music video was shot near the Cuyahoga River
Cuyahoga River
The Cuyahoga River is located in Northeast Ohio in the United States. Outside of Ohio, the river is most famous for being "the river that caught fire", helping to spur the environmental movement in the late 1960s...
on Cleveland's westside, near from the Lakeview Estates public housing units.
Track listing
- Thuggish Ruggish Bone (EP Version) (featuring Shatasha Williams) (4:40)
- Thuggish Ruggish Bone (Instrumental) (4:32)
- Thuggish Ruggish Bone (A Capella) (4:40)
- Intro - Calvin O. ButtsCalvin O. ButtsCalvin O. Butts, III , is the Pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in the City of New York, President of the State University of New York College at Old Westbury, and Chairman and founder of the Abyssinian Development Corporation, an engine for $500 million in housing and commercial development...
- Chorus & Outro - Shatasha Williams
- Verse 1 - Layzie BoneLayzie BoneLayzie Bone is rapper and hip-hop artist known primarily for being a member of the group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. He has also has gone by the names L-Burna and The #1 Assassin. He is the younger brother of fellow group member Flesh-N-Bone...
- Verse 2 - Wish BoneWish BoneCharles C. Scruggs, better known by his stage name Wish Bone, is an American rapper and former member of the Grammy-Award winning Cleveland rap group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony.-Early life:...
- Verse 3 - Krayzie BoneKrayzie BoneAnthony Henderson better known as Krayzie Bone, is an American rapper and is a former member of the rap group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony.-Solo career:Krayzie Bone recorded his solo debut, Thug Mentality 1999, in 1998...
- Verse 4 - Bizzy BoneBizzy BoneBryon Anthony McCane II , better known by his stage name Bizzy Bone, is an American rapper and a member of the Cleveland rap group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony.- Solo career :Bizzy Bone started his solo career in 1998...
Official Versions
- Thuggish Ruggish Bone (A Cappella) (4:40)
- Thuggish Ruggish Bone (EP Version) (4:40)
- Thuggish Ruggish Bone (Instrumental) (4:32)
Remix
- Thuggish Ruggish Bone (U-Neek's Mix), appears on Foe tha Love of $Foe tha Love of $"Foe tha Love of $" is the second single by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, featuring Eazy-E, from their debut album, Creepin on ah Come Up. The song was produced by DJ Yella and executive produced by Eazy-E. "Foe tha Love of $" was a huge success for the group, making it to #41 on the Billboard Hot 100, #37...
single.
Charts
| Chart (1994) |
Peak Position |
|---|---|
| Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
22 |
| Billboard Hot Rap Songs Hot Rap Songs Rap Songs is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. It lists the 25 most popular hip-hop/rap songs, calculated weekly by airplay on rhythmic and urban radio stations and sales in hip hop-focused or exclusive markets. From 1989 through 2001, it was based on how much the single... |
2 |
| Billboard Hot R&B Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
17 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
2 |
RIAA Certification
| Release Date | Certification | Certification Date |
|---|---|---|
| June 1, 1994 | Gold | March 31, 1995 |
Trivia
The second half of Layzie Bone'sLayzie Bone
Layzie Bone is rapper and hip-hop artist known primarily for being a member of the group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. He has also has gone by the names L-Burna and The #1 Assassin. He is the younger brother of fellow group member Flesh-N-Bone...
verse was reused on the track Family Scriptures on the Mo Thugs Family
Mo Thugs Family
Mo Thugs was an American hip hop collective from Cleveland, Ohio, formed and led by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. Together, the Mo Thugs collective released four studio albums from 1996 to 2003.-History:...
debut album, Family Scriptures
Family Scriptures
-Track listing:#"Intro" #"Searchin' 4 Peace" #"Ghetto Bluez" #"Killing Fields" #"Mo' Murder" #"Ain't No Reason"...
.
Personnel
- Featured Guest: Shatasha Williams
- Producer: DJ U-NeekDJ U-NeekTim Middleton is an American record producer. DJ U-Neek is the record producer behind the success of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, earning a Grammy Award for his work on the group's hit song, "Tha Crossroads"...
- Executive Producer: Eazy-EEazy-EEric Lynn Wright , better known by his stage name Eazy-E, was an American rapper who performed solo and in the hip hop group N.W.A. Wright was born to Richard and Kathie Wright in Compton, California...
- Recorded by: Kenny McCloud at The Blackhole Recording Studio
- Additional Recording and Mixed by: Donovan "Tha Dirt Biker" Sound at Audio Achievement Studios
- Mastered by: "Big Bass" Brian GardnerBrian GardnerBrian Gardner, also known as Brian "Big Bass" Gardner is a mastering engineer. He has worked on countless recordings since the mid-1960s, including classic rock, funk, disco, alternative rock, R&B, hip hop, pop punk, and dance pop. He is perhaps best known for his work on hip hop albums and in...
at Bernie Grundman MasteringBernie Grundman-Biography:He is most known for his mastering work and his studio, Bernie Grundman Mastering, which he opened in 1983 in Hollywood. The studio, which includes engineers Chris Bellman, Patricia Sullivan and Brian Gardner, mastered 37 projects which received Grammy Award nominations in 2005.Grundman... - Published by: Ruthless Attack Muzick (ASCAP), Dollarz N Sense Muzick, Keenu Songs (BMIBroadcast Music IncorporatedBroadcast Music, Inc. is one of three United States performing rights organizations, along with ASCAP and SESAC. It collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed...
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