Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's influence cannot be understated. The popular triplet cadence revitalized by Migos's "Versace" and subsequently used in an abundance of tracks since was first popularized by Bizze Bone, WIsh Bone, Layzie Bone, Krayzie Bone, and Flesh-N-Bone of the massively popular Cleveland group. The group has been called "the most melodic hip-hop group of all time" and has been named as one of the 25 best rap groups. The group has sold millions of albums and has racked up Grammy awards for their heartfelt, melody-driven approach to hip-hop. Last year, Krayzie Bone told HipHopDX that the group was planning on releasing an album entitled East 1999 Legends, an homage to their track "East 1999" from their second album, of which only one copy will be made and sold for over one million dollars. Now, the Cleveland group is rethinking this strategy, though they will release new music in the future.
When describing his initial idea, Krayzie Bone said, "When I heard about what [Wu-Tang Clan] was doing-and I think it was you who told me about it-I just thought it was a brilliant and genius idea." Wu Tang Clan famously recorded The Wu- Once Upon A Time In Shaolin and only pressed one copy of the album. This copy was later sold in an auction for five million dollars. The idea changed the way we consume and appreciate music as an art form.
Krayzie Bone told DX Daily, "We wanted to fall back and rethink everything as far as that album [is concerned] but we are going to work on something to get the whole campaign for the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame nomination moving and all that. It's going to be in a big movement like that so that's what I want to just like slow down and re-think everything and make sure that it's dope."
Evidently, timing is very important to the hip-hop group. When announcing the album, Krayzie bone explained, "We talked about it for a while then we were coming up on this world tour. We said, 'We need to do everything simultaneously. The idea for that is to make it the final group project. What better way to go out and to solidify the [Bone Thugs-N-Harmony] brand. I don't see no other way. It has to be big. We have to make sure we reach everybody. So I think doing it like this will be huge, especially for our last group album."
