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E. 1999 Eternal 
Studio album by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony Released July 25, 1995 Recorded August 1994 – May 1995 Genre Midwest hip hop, G-funk, gangsta rap, horrorcore Length 57:18 (clean version)
68:06 (explicit version)
71:52 (re-release)Label Ruthless, Relativity Producer DJ U-Neek, Eazy-E (exec.) Bone Thugs-n-Harmony chronology Creepin on ah Come Up
(1994)E. 1999 Eternal
(1995)The Art of War
(1997)Singles from E. 1999 Eternal - "1st of tha Month"
Released: June 15, 1995 - "East 1999"
Released: November 21, 1995 - "Tha Crossroads"
Released: April 1, 1996
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]Robert Christgau (C) [2] Entertainment Weekly (B-) [3] Los Angeles Times [4]NME (7/10) [5] Q [5]Rolling Stone 
[6]Rolling Stone [7]Stylus Magazine (favorable) [8] Vibe (favorable) [9] E. 1999 Eternal is the second studio album by American hip hop group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, released July 25, 1995, on Ruthless Records. The album was released four months after rapper Eazy-E's death, who was the executive producer of the album. Following up on the surprise success of their breakthrough single "Thuggish Ruggish Bone", it became a popular album and received positive reviews from music critics, earning praise for the group's melodic rapping style.
E. 1999 Eternal became the group's best-selling album, with six million copies sold in the United States and ten million worldwide. It topped the US Billboard 200 for two consecutive weeks. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album, ultimately losing to Naughty by Nature's Poverty's Paradise (1995) at the 1996 Grammy Awards.[10]
Contents
Track listing
No. Title Producer(s) Length 1. "Da Introduction" DJ U-Neek 4:25 2. "East 1999" DJ U-Neek, Tony C 4:21 3. "Eternal" DJ U-Neek, Tony C 4:03 4. "Crept and We Came" DJ U-Neek, Tony C 5:03 5. "Down '71 (The Getaway)" DJ U-Neek 4:50 6. "Mr. Bill Collector" DJ U-Neek, Tony C 5:01 7. "Budsmokers Only" DJ U-Neek 4:43 8. "Tha Crossroads" Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, DJ U-Neek 3:46 9. "Me Killa" DJ U-Neek, Kenny McCloud 0:55 10. "Land of tha Heartless" Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, DJ U-Neek 3:05 11. "No Shorts, No Losses" Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, DJ U-Neek 4:52 12. "1st of tha Month" DJ U-Neek 5:14 13. "Buddah Lovaz" DJ U-Neek, Tony C 4:44 14. "Die Die Die" DJ U-Neek 2:51 15. "Mr. Ouija 2" Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, DJ U-Neek 1:16 16. "Mo Murda" DJ U-Neek, Tony C 5:44 17. "Shotz to tha Double Glock (featuring Poetic Hustla'z and Graveyard Shift)" DJ U-Neek, Kenny McCloud 4:42 Personnel
- Eric 'Eazy-E' Wright - Executive Producer, Album Concept
- D.J. U-Neek - Producer, Recording
- Aaron Connor - Engineer and Recording
- Don Cunningham - Design and Art Direction
- Tony Cowan - Recording
- Madeleine Smith - Sample Clearance
Chart history
Album
Chart positions from Billboard magazine (North America)
Year Chart positions Billboard 200 Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums 1995 1 1 Singles
Year Song Chart positions Billboard Hot 100 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Hot Rap Singles Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 1995 1st of tha Month 14 12 4 13 East 1999 62 39 8 — 1996 Tha Crossroads 1 1 1 21 End of decade charts
Chart (1990–1999) Position U.S. Billboard 200[11] 54 Chart procession and succession
Preceded by
Dreaming of You by SelenaBillboard 200 number-one album
August 12–19, 1995Succeeded by
Cracked Rear View by Hootie & the BlowfishAccolades
Publication Country Accolade Year Rank About.com United States Best Rap Albums of 1995[12] 2008 6 References
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r218518/review
- ^ http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=2566&name=Bone+Thugs-N-Harmony
- ^ http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,298190,00.html
- ^ http://articles.latimes.com/1995-07-22/entertainment/ca-26504_1_album-reviews
- ^ a b http://www.webcitation.org/5s37GDhyQ
- ^ http://www.webcitation.org/5s39Rsnqt
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&pg=PA92&dq=#v=onepage&q&f=false
- ^ http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/on_second_thought/bone-thugs-n-harmony-e1999-eternal.htm
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=aywEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA188#v=onepage&q&f=false
- ^ Grammy Best Rap Albums Winners. About.com. Retrieved on 2010-08-17.
- ^ Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s. Billboard. http://books.google.co.kr/books?id=9w0EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&lr&rview=1&pg=RA1-PA4#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
- ^ Adaso, Henry. Best Rap Albums of 1995. About.com. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
External links
- E 1999 Eternal at Discogs
- "Back to the Lab" series - E 1999 Eternal at RapReviews
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony Studio albums Faces of Death · Creepin on ah Come Up · E 1999 Eternal · The Art of War · BTNHResurrection · Thug World Order · Thug Stories · Strength & Loyalty · Uni5: The World's EnemyCompilations The Collection, Volume 1 · The Collection, Volume 2 · Greatest Hits · Greatest Hits (Chopped & Screwed) · T.H.U.G.S. · Thug Smoke Fest · Thuggish IISingles "Thuggish Ruggish Bone" · "Foe tha Love of $" · "1st of tha Month" · "East 1999" · "Tha Crossroads" · "Days of Our Livez" · "Look into My Eyes" · "If I Could Teach the World" · "War" · "Resurrection (Paper, Paper)" · "Change the World" · "Money, Money" · "Home" · "Take the Lead (Wanna Ride)" · "I Tried" · "Lil' L.O.V.E."Related articles Categories:- 1995 albums
- Bone Thugs-n-Harmony albums
- Ruthless Records albums
- Horrorcore albums
- Gangsta rap albums
- "1st of tha Month"
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