E 1999 Eternal is a gangsta rap album by hip hop group Bone Thugs N Harmony, released on July 25, 1995 (see 1995 in music). following up on the surprise success of their breakthrough single, "Thuggish Ruggish Bone", E 1999 Eternal became a popular album that received substantial critical acclaim for Bone Thugs N Harmony's unique melodic style of rapping.
E 1999 Eternal peaked on Billboard's (North America) Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums and the Billboard 200 charts.
Track listing
"Da Introduction" (Bones/DJ U Neek/Hester)
"East 1999" (Bones/DJ U Neek/Tony-C)
"Eternal" (Bones/DJ U Neek/Eazy E)
"Crept and We Came" (Bones/DJ U Neek)
"Down '71 (The Getaway)" (Bones/DJ U Neek/Tony-C)
"Mr. Bill Collector" (Bones/DJ U Neek/Tony-C)
"Budsmokers Only" (Bones/DJ U Neek)
"Crossroad" (Bones/DJ U Neek/Tony-C)
"Me Killa" (Bones/DJ U Neek)
"Land of Tha Heartless" (Bones/DJ U Neek/McCloud)
"No Shorts, No Losses" (Bones/DJ U Neek/McCloud)
"1st of tha Month" (Bones/DJ U Neek/Powell)
"Buddah Lovaz" (Bones/DJ U Neek/Tony-C)
"Die Die Die" (Bones/DJ U Neek)
"Mr. Ouija 2" (Bones/DJ U Neek)
"Mo' Murda" (Bone Thugs N Harmony/DJ U Neek/Tony-C)
"Shotz to Tha Double Glock" (Bone Thugs N Harmony/DJ U Neek/Graveyard Shift/McCloud/Poetic Hustlas)
A new song dedicated to Eazy-E, entitled "Tha Crossroads", was featured on the re-release of the album and, upon its release as a single, in 1996, earned the group a Grammy Award and tied The Beatles' 32-year record for fastest-rising single.
Similarly, while a considerable portion of the album's concept was built around a violent subject, the album saw Bone delve more into spirituality and also introduced Bone's trademark "weed songs", tracks devoted entirely to the smoking of marijuana.
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