Krayzie Bone - Thug Mentality 1999 (April 6, 1999) 2CD [CD-Rip/Lossless/FLAC/887 MB]

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Artist Name: Anthony Henderson (Krayzie Bone)
Album Title: Thug Mentality 1999 (2CD)
Release Date: Apr. 6, 1999
Record Label: Ruthless/Relativity Records
Genre: Midwest Gangsta Rap/Hip-Hop
RIAA: Platinum
Album Length: 134:08 [Disc 1 - 61:10 / Disc 2 - 72:58]
Producers: Krayzie Bone, Erik "E" Nordquist, DJ U-Neek Tony "C", Steve Pageot, Dewey "Duke" Sanders, KayGee, Falonte Moore, Rater, DJ Nasty, Romeo Antonio, Michael Seifert, Damizza, T-Mix, Leiahola Jones, Nightfiend, Tombstone, Anthony President, Brainz, Alex Marlow, Gusto "40" Moss, Stephen Marley

Track Listing:

Disc 1:
1. Intro (Thug Invasion) (2:00)
2. Heated Heavy (3:06)
3. Paper (4:32)
4. The Messenger (Skit) (2:20)
5. Payback Iz A Bitch (f/ Bam) (3:39)
6. (Relay) Thugline (f/ Relay) (4:09)
7. Dummy Man (Skit) (0:29)
8. Dummy Man (3:13)
9. Thugz All Ova Da World (f/ Treach) (3:36)
10. Street People (f/ Niko) (4:31)
11. Pimpz, Thugz, Hustlaz & Gangstaz (f/ 8-Ball, MJG & Layzie Bone) (5:14)
12. Da Bullshit (Skit) (0:36)
13. Drama (3:25)
14. World War (3:03)
15. The War Iz On (f/ Snoop Dogg, Kurupt & Layzie Bone) (4:31)
16. When I Die (f/ Fat Joe, Big Punisher & Cuban Link) (4:02)
17. Thug Alwayz (f/ Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) (4:22)
18. Thug Mentality (4:22)

Disc 2:
1. Murda Won't Stop (Skit) (2:15)
2. Where My Thugz At (3:41)
3. Smokin' Budda (2:49)
4. Knieght Rieduz (Here We Come) (f/ Knieght Rieduz) (4:47)
5. Try Me (3:18)
6. Theze Dayz (f/ K-Mont, Asu & Bam) (4:31)
7. Silent Warrior (2:58)
8. Shoot The Club Up (2:32)
9. Silence (f/ Graveyard Shift) (4:57)
10. Look At You Now (Skit) (2:11)
11. Won't Ez Up Tonight (3:30)
12. Sad Song (Skit) (1:28)
13. I Still Believe (f/ Mariah Carey) (4:07)
14. We Starvin' (f/ E-40 & Gangsta Boo) (4:09)
15. Smoke & Burn (f/ Up In Clouds) (3:54)
16. Power (f/ Thug Queen) (3:25)
17. That's The Way (4:16)
18. Armageddon (f/ Souljah Boy, Mo! Hart, Thug Queen & Felecia) (5:35)
19. Murda Mo (4:17)
20. Revolution (f/ The Marley Brothers) (4:18)

Production Notes:

Disc 1:
1. Produced By: N/A
2. Produced By: Krayzie Bone
3. Produced By: Krayzie Bone
4. Produced By: N/A
5. Produced By: Erik "E" Nordquist
6. Produced By: Nightfiend
7. Produced By: N/A
8. Produced By: Romeo Antonio
9. Produced By: Nightfiend
10. Produced By: Erik "E" Nordquist
11. Produced By: T-Mix
12. Produced By: N/A
13. Produced By: Tony "C"
14. Produced By: Erik "E" Nordquist
15. Produced By: Steve Pagget & Dewey "Duke" Sanders
16. Produced By: KayGee & Falonte Moore
17. Produced By: Rater & DJ Nasty
18. Produced By: Michael Seifert

Disc 2:
1. Produced By: N/A
2. Produced By: DJ U-Neek
3. Produced By: Gusto "40" Moss
4. Produced By: Nightfiend
5. Produced By: Alex Marlow
6. Produced By: Erik "E" Nordquist
7. Produced By: Romeo Antionio
8. Produced By: Anthony President & Brainz
9. Produced By: Tombstone & Romeo Antionio
10. Produced By: N/A
11. Produced By: Nightfiend
12. Produced By: N/A
13. Produced By: Damizza
14. Produced By: T-Mix
15. Produced By: Krayzie Bone & Leialoha Jones
16. Produced By: Krayzie Bone
17. Produced By: Michael Seifert
18. Produced By: Romeo Antionio
19. Produced By: Krayzie Bone
20. Produced By: Stephan Marley

Credits:

Niko Lyras - Engineer
Stephen Marley - Producer, Mixing, Engineer
Peter McCabe - Mixing
DJ U-Neek - Producer
Fat Joe - Performer
James Hoover - Mixing
David Bett - Art Direction
Arnold Turner - Photography
Christian Lantry - Photography
Tony Cortez - Producer
Krayzie Bone - Main Performer
Anthony Cutajar - Photography
Tim "Flash" Mariner - Engineer
T-Mix - Producer, Mixing
Big Punisher - Performer
Romeo Antonio - Bass, Producer
James Barber - Assistant Engineer
Soulja Boy - Performer
Gangsta Boo - Performer
Ann Mincieli - Mixing
Eric Nordquist - Producer
Layzie Bone - Performer
Kay Gee - Producer, Mixing
Storm Jefferson - Assistant Engineer
Randy Ronquillo - Design
Leialoha Jones - Producer
Steve Lobel - Arranger, Producer
Courtney Yee - Vocals
Susan Youngblood - Stylist
Marley Brothers - Performer
Jim Cooperman - Business Consultant
Pablo Munguia - Assistant Engineer
Cuban Link - Performer
Niko - Performer
Snoop Dogg - Performer
8Ball & MJG - Performer
Howard Albert - Mixing
Ron Albert - Mixing
Mariah Carey - Performer
Dana Jon Chappelle - Engineer, Mixing
Jeff Graham - Assistant Engineer, Mixing

Review #1:
Theoretically, an epic hip-hop album could be compelling, but almost of all of the sweepstake entries are tedious, serving to diminish the artist's music instead of enhancing it. Nowhere was that more true than Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's overwrought third album, The Art of War and, unfortunately, that same sense of hubris characterizes Thug Mentality 1999, the ridiculously inflated debut solo album from Krayzie Bone. Freed from the group setting but not necessarily the members -- who fill some of the obligatory guest slots, along with Bone family members such as Relay -- Krayzie doesn't hesitate to accentuate the already smooth surfaces of his music. Some of these cuts are positively smoove, which stands in direct contrast to the gangstafied lyrics, but that's always been a part of the Bone trademark. In fact, other than the occasional cut that veers toward urban territory, there isn't a whole lot to differentiate this from the average Bone release -- there's just more of it. A lot more of it: 38 tracks, to be precise. Breadth does not necessarily mean depth. Even though there is more depth than there was on The Art of War, there's a whole lot of filler cluttering these two discs, including several tracks that feel as if they're designed to launch developing artists. Krayzie tries to keep it interesting by varying the flow, never putting too many similar tracks next to each other, but who the hell can make it through 38 tracks of this without a breather, even if some cuts are skits? It may be a cliche to say that this double-record would have been much more potent if it was trimmed to a single disc, but that doesn't make it less true, especially since there are enough songs to make a very good record, possibly one of the best things Krayzie has been involved with. It's just hard to discern that for certain in this guise.

Review #2:
Cleveland's Bone Thugs-N-Harmony put out albums almost as fast as they rap. But apparently no one told Krayzie Bone, the group's de facto frontman, that the world is not interested in any more solo Bone projects, much less a double-disc LP - and that's good news. After influencing the rhyme flows, hairstyles and vernacular of rappers on both coasts, Krayzie has earned the right to produce something as self-indulgent - but consistently engaging - as Thug Mentality 1999.
1999 explores popular Bone territory: Book of Revelations-style prophesying, on the grandiose, Gothic "Armageddon"; introspection, on "Sad Song," a brief autobiographical testament to perseverance; and marijuana-induced revelry, on "Smokin' Buddha," a song so suggestive, it all but helps you with your jacket and accompanies you to the weed spot. Then there's the wanton hedonism of tales like "Shoot the Club Up," "Heated Heavy" and "Murda Won't Stop," which owe as much to Jamaica's dub sensibilities as to inner-city syncopation. Tracks like "Silent Warrior" and "Silence" drape eerie lyrics in New Wave synths, and the Thugs' hallmark marriage of keys, melody and malignancy is prevalent on "Dummy Man," "Street People" and "Won't Ez Up Tonight."
There are a few head-scratching moments. "Knieght Rieduz (Here We Come)" is an advertisement for the group of the same name - a group that's so gimmicky, it crosses into self-parody. And "Look at You Now" -- a vivid date rape during which Isaac Hayes' "Walk On By" escalates in the background - may be one of the most disturbing moments ever put to wax. It's like watching Ike pummel Tina in What's Love Got to Do With It -- its sheer brutality grabs you and refuses to let go.
Taking notes from Sun Tzu ("making sure the enemy's weak before we invade them"), Krayzie harps on retaliation, sedition and the acquisition of power. "From this day on," he commands, Mussolini-like, in the opening track, "you eat, you sleep, you piss, you drink, war, until we have victory over those who oppose the motherfucking Thug, especially police." His mentality may not be sound, but it sounds good.

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