Determined to reach him, they scrounged together the money for one-way bus tickets to Los Angeles. In hopes of securing a record deal, the group was given an audition over the phone, receiving an unfulfilled promise from rapper Eazy-E to call them back. Like so many aspiring rappers around the country, they put in calls to executives at record companies, hoping to find someone who would listen. Enterpri$e, which consisted of four members-Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone, Bizzy Bone, and Wish Bone (all except for Flesh-n-Bone)-and recorded an album titled Faces of Death in the studio of their then-mentor, Kermit Henderson on his indie label Stoney Burke in 1993. Enterprise early yearsįormed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1991, the group was originally called “Band Aid Boys”. Layzie Bone has since re-united with the group, and they toured in 2018. In the same month, BTNH signed with eOne Entertainment (formerly known as Koch Records), with whom they had previously partnered to release 2006’s Thug Stories. In August 2013, however, Layzie Bone announced that he was stepping aside to work more on his solo career. They later returned, officially re-unifying the group. ranked them No. 12 on its list of the 25 Best Rap Groups of All Time, and MTV called them “the most melodic hip-hop group of all time.”ĭue to conflicts within the group, longtime members Krayzie Bone and Wish Bone officially left the group in April 2011 to work with their independent label The Life Entertainment. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony is the only group that has worked with Tupac Shakur, the Notorious B.I.G., Eazy-E, and Big Pun while they were all still living. The group is regarded as one of the greatest hip hop acts of all time. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony “officially” returned with their 2010 album Uni5: The World’s Enemy, released by their own record label, BTNH Worldwide, with distribution by Warner Bros. In 2007 they had another major-label release, Strength & Loyalty, on Swizz Beatz’s label Full Surface Records. After that album, the group went on hiatus from their label and released their sixth studio album, Thug Stories, independently in 2006.
In 2000, BTNHResurrection reached platinum in one month, while 2002’s Thug World Order received more moderate sales and promotion, going gold and peaking at No. 3 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The Art of War, the group’s third album, was released in 1997.