Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony is a US rap group from Cleveland, Ohio. Their career took off in 1993 after heading to Los Angeles on a Greyhound bus in search of Eazy-E. They auditioned over the phone and Eazy-E said he would call back but he never did. They then found out that Eazy-E was doing a show in Cleveland and came back to audition in person. Backstage live on The Box, they rapped for Eazy and were signed to Ruthless Records on the spot. Their first EP, "Creepin on ah Come Up", featured production by Yella of NWA fame and was released in 1994. The album sold over three million copies and contained the hit singles Thuggish Ruggish Bone and Foe Tha Love of $. Upon the release of their second album E. 1999 Eternal, their mentor Eazy-E died of AIDS. A new track was dedicated to Eazy-E called Tha Crossroads, which earned the group a Grammy Award and broke The Beatles' 32-year record for fastest rising single. Since then, E. 1999 Eternal has sold over 5 million copies domestically.

Discography

Main albums

• Faces Of Death (1993)
• Creepin on ah Come Up (1994) #12 US, 3x Platinum, 2,356,443 copies (April 2005)
• E. 1999 Eternal (1995) #1 US, 5x Platinum, 5,130,521 copies (July 2005)
• The Art of War (2-Disc Set) (1997) #1 US, 4x Platinum
• BTNHResurrection (2000) #2 US, Platinum
• Thug World Order (2002) #12 US, Gold
• Bone 4 Life (2005) Independent album
• The Bone Thug Story (TBA) Full Surface album

Compiliation albums

• The Collection Volume One (1998) #25 US, Platinum
• The Collection Volume Two (2000) #42 US
• Greatest Hits (2004) (2-Disc Set) #95 US, Gold, 344,000 copies (September 2005)
• Greatest Hits (Chopped and Screwed) (2005)

(All sales numbers are U.S only).

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