Exclusive: Krayzie Bone and Flesh-n-Bone remember meeting Eazy-E, detail the Ruthless Records years and explain what the future holds for them as a group.
Next year will mark the twentieth anniversary of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony’s 1994 EP, Creepin on Ah Come Up. While the album only consisted of eight tracks and didn’t see the commercial success of its successor E. 1999 Eternal, the release put Bone on the map. It also helped put Ohio on the Hip Hop map.
Previous to the Cleveland quintet’s success, the Midwest state didn’t have a nationally renowned Hip Hop group to call its own. Ohio’s succeeding urban sound was also heavily influenced by Bone Thugs’ on-beat cadence and West Coast, synth-infused instrumentals. Or maybe that was Eazy-E. The late Eric Wright was the one who discovered and signed the group to Ruthless Records in late 1993, or actually, it was Bone who discovered him.
“We took one-way bus tickets to L.A. and decided that we were either going to do this now or we never gonna make it,” Krayzie Bone said. “Somehow we got the number to Eazy-E’s office, and we just kept calling and calling, until one day the secretary was like, ‘I’m going to make sure he calls you back ‘cause I’m tired of y’all calling in. Y’all been calling every day, and I’ll make sure he’ll call you back.’ So, one day he called us back. I rapped for him on the phone, and it was just crazy. He was just trippin’.”
In an exclusive interview with HipHopDX, Krayzie and Flesh detail how they met the N.W.A. member, when they signed with Ruthless and the affect Eazy’s death had on their lives and careers. Flesh-n-Bone admitted that Eazy-E’s passing in 1995 and subsequent shuffling of operations at Ruthless put him into withdraw, placing him in the center of a harsh drug addiction that would take him years to shake.
Recently finishing up their “20th Anniversary Reunion Tour,” during which they performed many of the classic tracks from the mid-‘90s, the group’s future musical endeavors are uncertain. Bone signed a single deal with E1 Entertainment in late August, but with Layzie’s departure, the status of a future five-member Bone album is uncertain to say the least.
Next year will mark the twentieth anniversary of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony’s 1994 EP, Creepin on Ah Come Up. While the album only consisted of eight tracks and didn’t see the commercial success of its successor E. 1999 Eternal, the release put Bone on the map. It also helped put Ohio on the Hip Hop map.
Previous to the Cleveland quintet’s success, the Midwest state didn’t have a nationally renowned Hip Hop group to call its own. Ohio’s succeeding urban sound was also heavily influenced by Bone Thugs’ on-beat cadence and West Coast, synth-infused instrumentals. Or maybe that was Eazy-E. The late Eric Wright was the one who discovered and signed the group to Ruthless Records in late 1993, or actually, it was Bone who discovered him.
“We took one-way bus tickets to L.A. and decided that we were either going to do this now or we never gonna make it,” Krayzie Bone said. “Somehow we got the number to Eazy-E’s office, and we just kept calling and calling, until one day the secretary was like, ‘I’m going to make sure he calls you back ‘cause I’m tired of y’all calling in. Y’all been calling every day, and I’ll make sure he’ll call you back.’ So, one day he called us back. I rapped for him on the phone, and it was just crazy. He was just trippin’.”
In an exclusive interview with HipHopDX, Krayzie and Flesh detail how they met the N.W.A. member, when they signed with Ruthless and the affect Eazy’s death had on their lives and careers. Flesh-n-Bone admitted that Eazy-E’s passing in 1995 and subsequent shuffling of operations at Ruthless put him into withdraw, placing him in the center of a harsh drug addiction that would take him years to shake.
Recently finishing up their “20th Anniversary Reunion Tour,” during which they performed many of the classic tracks from the mid-‘90s, the group’s future musical endeavors are uncertain. Bone signed a single deal with E1 Entertainment in late August, but with Layzie’s departure, the status of a future five-member Bone album is uncertain to say the least.
