The quintet’s popularity could be attributed to their appealing blend of vocal harmonies and tough street raps, as featured on the hugely successful singles ‘1st Of Tha Month’ and ‘Tha Crossroads’. 1999 Eternal went to number 1, selling over 330, 000 copies in its first week of release and subsequently becoming one of the bestselling rap albums of all time. Their 1994 EP Creepin On Ah Come Up, featuring ‘Foe Tha Love Of $’, spent over 70 weeks on Billboard’s Top 200 album chart, and sold well over four million units. The group’s initial impact was astounding, even within a musical genre associated with a fast turnover of star acts. Enterpri$e, was released on 1993’s Faces Of Death collection without the group’s consent). (Their early material, billed as B.O.N.E. Stanley Vernell Howse, 10 June 1974, Cleveland, Ohio, USA), they were signed and nurtured by the founder of Ruthless Records, the late Eazy-E. Charles Scruggs, 17 February 1975, Cleveland, Ohio, USA) and Flesh-N-Bone (b. Anthony Henderson, 17 June 1973, Cleveland, Ohio, USA), Wish Bone (b. Bryon Anthony McCane, 12 September 1976, Columbus, Ohio, USA), Krayzie Bone (b. Formed in the early 90s by Layzie Bone (Steven Howse, 23 September 1975, Cleveland, Ohio, USA), Bizzy Bone (b. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony was one of the most successful 90s rap outfits to break into the mainstream.
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