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E. 1999 Eternal is the second studio album by American hip hop group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, released July 25, 1995, on Ruthless Records. The album was released four months after the death of rapper Eazy-E, the group's mentor and the executive producer of the album. Both the album and single "Tha Crossroads" are dedicated to him. Following up on the surprise success of their breakthrough single "Thuggish Ruggish Bone", it became a popular album and received positive reviews from music critics, earning praise for the group's melodic rapping style. The album title is a portmanteau of Cleveland's eastside neighborhood centering on East 99th Street and St. Clair Avenue where the group is based and the then-future year 1999.

In 2015, the group toured in support of the 20th anniversary of the album, performing it in its entirety for the first time.

Reception

Upon release, E. 1999 Eternal was met with critical acclaim. Cheo H. Coker of the Los Angeles Times wrote that the group "has raised the stakes of the gangsta rap game, not only in terms of pure, gritty excess, but also in rhyme-style, cadence and delivery", concluding: "This is the kind of album that starts out good and gets better with repeated listenings—as the dark, subliminal references clear up. Easily one of the most worthwhile rap purchases of the year."^[5]

Retrospectively, Jason Birchmeier of AllMusic described E. 1999 Eternal as "an impressive debut full-length that dismisses any notion that the group was merely a one-hit wonder", adding that it "maintains a consistent tone, one that's menacing and somber, produced entirely by DJ U-Neek, a Los Angeles-based producer who frames the songs with dark, smoked-out G-funk beats and synth melodies."^[2] The Source hailed E. 1999 Eternal as one of The Top 100 Rap Albums of 1990s.

In a second thought review in Stylus Magazine, the album was described as "Lyrically speaking, Bone Thugs have much in common with countless mainstream rap acts. The themes running throughout E.1999 Eternal are familiar—drugs, violent crime and death make regular appearances. It's the manner in which the lyrics are framed and delivered that makes the group such a bizarre proposition. Bone Thugs had a melodic flow—frequently delivered in unison—that bordered on singing. They could rap together at a lightning fast pace, without losing their sweetness." Stylus also praised producer DJ U-Neek for his production style on the album stating "The album was entirely produced by DJ U-Neek (although he did collaborate on some tracks), endowing cohesiveness to the unique Bone Thugs sound. U-Neek was, like the vocal group members of Bone Thugs, unorthodox in the rap field. It wouldn't be far off to describe him as a songwriter as well as a producer. He was always keen to flesh out interesting sounds—usually based around rumbling piano chords, mellotron and synthesised strings. Yet, the focus was largely on song craft and melody—the album frequently strays into gloomy territory, but never loses its sense of tunefulness. The beats were not particularly striking—usually low-key and sluggish, but the album's strengths are not rhythm-related."

Track listing

Samples

Personnel

Appearances

Chart history

Album

Singles

End of decade charts

See also

References

1. ^Grammy Best Rap Albums Winners. About.com. Retrieved on 2010-08-17.
2. ^¹{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/e-1999-eternal-mw0000171926 |title=E 1999 Eternal – Bone Thugs-N-Harmony |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=February 14, 2012 |last=Birchmeier |first=Jason}}
3. ^{{cite news |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1995-08-10/features/9508100111_1_bone-thugs-n-harmony-rap-panache |title=Bone Thugs-n-Harmony: E. 1999 Eternal (Ruthless) |work=Chicago Tribune |date=August 10, 1995 |accessdate=February 14, 2012 |last=Johnson |first=Martin}}
4. ^{{cite journal |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,298190,00.html |title=E. 1999 Eternal |work=Entertainment Weekly |date=August 4, 1995 |accessdate=February 14, 2012 |last=Browne |first=David |authorlink=David Browne (journalist)}}
5. ^¹{{cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1995-07-22/entertainment/ca-26504_1_album-reviews |title=Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, 'E.1999 Eternal' Relativity |work=Los Angeles Times |date=July 22, 1995 |accessdate=February 14, 2012 |last=Coker |first=Cheo H. |authorlink=Cheo Hodari Coker}}
6. ^{{cite journal |title=Bone Thugs-n-Harmony: E. 1999 Eternal |work=NME |date=August 19, 1995 |page=50}}
7. ^{{cite journal |title=Bone Thugs-n-Harmony: E. 1999 Eternal |work=Q |issue=162 |date=March 2000 |pages=116–17}}
8. ^{{cite journal |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bonethugsnharmony/albums/album/111838/review/6068131/e_1999_eternal |title=Bone Thugs-N-Harmony: E. 1999 Eternal |work=Rolling Stone |date=November 2, 1995 |accessdate=June 25, 2012 |last=Fernando |first=S. H. Jr. |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070506025406/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bonethugsnharmony/albums/album/111838/review/6068131/e_1999_eternal |archivedate=May 6, 2007 |deadurl=yes}}
9. ^{{cite book |chapter=Bone Thugs-n-Harmony |last=Relic |first=Peter |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |publisher=Simon & Schuster |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages=92–93}}
10. ^{{cite journal |title=Bone Thugs-n-Harmony: E. 1999 Eternal |work=The Source |issue=72 |date=September 1995 |page=98}}
11. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/ts95-95.php |title=Turkey Shoot |work=The Village Voice |location=New York |date=November 28, 1995 |accessdate=September 11, 2014 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |authorlink=Robert Christgau}}
12. ^{{cite book | author = Geoff Mayfield | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9w0EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=RA1-PA4#v=onepage&q&f=false | title = 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s | publisher = Billboard | date = December 25, 1999 | accessdate = October 15, 2010}}