| Product Summary | | Label: Sony/columbia | | UPC: 00074646943922 | | Release Date: 1/13/2004 | | Buy.com Sku: 60083101 | | Item#: M9H4DJ | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25050 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Retaliation (Intro) ~ Bone Thugs-N-Harmony |  | | 2. Handle The Vibe ~ Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | | | 3. Look Into My Eyes ~ Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | | | 4. Body Rott ~ Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | | | 5. It's All Mo' Thug ~ Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | | | 6. Ready 4 War - (featuring Maje$ty) ~ Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | | | 7. Ain't Nothin Changed (Everyday Thang Part 2) ~ Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | | | 8. Clog Up Yo Mind ~ Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | | | 9. It's All Real ~ Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | | | 10. Hardtimes (Interlude) ~ Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | | | 11. Mind Of A Souljah ~ Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | | | 12. If I Could Teach The World ~ Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | | | 13. Family Tree ~ Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | | Disc 2
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Mo' Thug (Interlude) ~ Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | | | 2. Thug Luv - (featuring 2Pac) ~ Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | | | 3. Hatin Nation ~ Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | | | 4. 7 Sign - (featuring Maje$ty) ~ Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | | | 5. Wasteland Warriors - (featuring Souljah Boy) ~ Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | | | 6. Neighborhood Slang (Interlude) ~ Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | | | 7. U Ain't Bone ~ Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | | | 8. Get Cha Thug On ~ Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | | | 9. All Original ~ Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | | | 10. Blaze It (Interlude) ~ Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | | | 11. Let The Law End ~ Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | | | 12. Whom Die They Lie - (CD only) ~ Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | | | 13. How Many Of Us Have Them ~ Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | | | 14. Evil Paradise ~ Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | | | 15. Mo' Thug Family Tree ~ Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | |
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Bone Thugs-N-Harmony: Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone, Wish Bone, Bizzy Bone, D.J. U-Neek. | | Additional personnel: 2Pac, Maje$ty, Souljah Boy. | | Engineers: Virgil Davis, Jr., DJ U-Neek, Aaron Connor, Rhodri Davies. | | Recorded at U-Neek's Workshop, Los Angeles, California and Studio Cat Productions, Hollywood, California. | | Bone Thugs-N-Harmony: Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone, Wish Bone, Bizzy Bone, D.J. U-Neek. | | Additional personnel: 2Pac, Maje$ty, Souljah Boy. | | Engineers include: Virgil Davis, Jr., DJ U-Neek, Aaron Connor. | | Recorded at U-Neek's Workshop, Los Angeles, California and Studio Cat Productions, Hollywood, California. | | The double-disc album was occasionally the standard for mid-'90s hip-hop. Following releases by 2Pac and the Notorious B.I.G., Bone Thugs-N-Harmony entered the ring with Art of War. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine | | The double-disc album was the bane of mid-'90s hip-hop. Single-disc albums tended to be overlong in the first place, but double discs were even worse, since it required artists incapable of successfully filling out a 70 minute disc to produce twice as much music. And it wasn't a question of the two-disc set being an artistic statement -- as if the rappers had so much to say they couldn't contain themselves to one disc -- it was purely a commercial decision, so they could take home more royalties. It could be argued the first two double-disc rap albums, by 2Pac and the Notorious B.I.G. justified their length, since those guys were hip-hop giants, and the Wu-Tang Clan's Wu-Tang Forever more than justified its length with vision, depth, and variety. However, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's double-disc Art of War can only qualify as an exercise in pure indulgence. Unlike the aforementioned artists, Bone don't possess either a lyrical or musical vision; their most distinctive trademark, whiny "soulful" sung vocals alternating with ragga-inflected raps, was lifted from Snoop Dogg and Dre productions. While the group is capable of producing a catchy single, they don't have the personality to sustain an album, much less a double-disc set. By the end of the second disc, they have repeated all of their ideas at least five times apiece, and only a few of those ideas resulted in actual songs in the first place. Even hardcore fans will find Art of War to be an endurance test. As the clich? says, it's a double album that would have made an excellent single disc -- and in this case, that means a standard 45-minute record, not a 70-minute CD. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine | | Four years after their debut, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony prove that they're still the most unique group in hip-hop. This double-CD encompasses elements of both rap and R&B. Keeping it real is a high priority, as the four rappers/singers, Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone, Wish Bone & Bizzy Bone address such weighty subjects as life, death and God, topics that too many rappers tend to avoid. THE ART OF WAR also shows a softer side to Bone Thugs than their previous albums. On "It's All Real," a track that's more sung than rapped, they explain how the life they describe on record is truly their day-to-day reality. "If I Could Teach The World" and "Look Into My Eyes" are ballads that contain subtle positive messages. | | Four years after their debut, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony prove that they're still the most unique group in hip-hop. This double-CD encompasses elements of both rap and R&B. Keeping it real is a high priority, as the four rappers/singers, Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone, Wish Bone & Bizzy Bone address such weighty subjects as life, death and God, topics that too many rappers tend to avoid. THE ART OF WAR also shows a softer side to Bone Thugs than their previous albums. On "It's All Real," a track that's more sung than rapped, they explain how the life they describe on record is truly their day-to-day reality. "If I Could Teach The World" and "Look Into My Eyes" are ballads that contain subtle positive messages. |
Producer: DJ U-Neek |
Musical Guests | | 2Pac | | Maje$ty | | Souljah Boy |
| | Artist Overview | | Proteges of the late Erick "Eazy-E" Wright, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony quickly found a mass audience for their unique style, a predecessor of the South's screwed up movement. With a combination of syrupy R&B harmonies with gang-banger imagery and double-time, tongue-twisting rhymes reminiscent of the East Coast raggamuffin style, the five Bones (each of whom would have solo careers) earned their place in the hip-hop pantheon. "Tha Crossroads," a rare and elegiac ballad on death and the hood, became one of the biggest pop hits of the 1990s. |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 11/10/1998 | | Original Release Date : 1997 | | Catalog ID : 69439 | | Label : Ruthless Records | | Number of Discs : 2 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00074646943922 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (9/4/97, p.68)
- 3 Stars (out of 5)
- "...THE ART OF WAR packs a blast of break beats and mo'-hardcore-than-thou soliloquies....THE ART OF WAR is required reading..."Rolling Stone (9/4/97, p.68)
- 3 Stars (out of 5)
- "...THE ART OF WAR packs a blast of break beats and mo'-hardcore-than-thou soliloquies....THE ART OF WAR is required reading..." Entertainment Weekly (8/8/97, p.78)
- "...after two hours of these singsong melodies, WAR seems more like a siege than a surgical strike..." - Rating: B Entertainment Weekly (8/8/97, p.78)
- "...after two hours of these singsong melodies, WAR seems more like a siege than a surgical strike..." - Rating: B The Source (10/97, p.174)
- 4 Mics (out of 5)
- "...While MCs may have come before them with quick-tongued lyrical excursions, Bone put their own spin on the style, made it their own....THE ART OF WAR is filled with chest-beating narratives..." The Source (10/97, p.174)
- 4 Mics (out of 5)
- "...While MCs may have come before them with quick-tongued lyrical excursions, Bone put their own spin on the style, made it their own....THE ART OF WAR is filled with chest-beating narratives..." |
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