Creepin on ah Come Up
| Creepin on ah Come Up | ||||
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| EP by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony | ||||
| Released | June 21, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | 1993-1994 at Dirtbiker Studios, Audio Achievements Studios, and Blackhole Recording Studio | |||
| Genre | Gangsta Rap, Horrorcore, G-Funk | |||
| Length | 29:50 | |||
| Label | Ruthless/Relativity/Epic | |||
| Producer | Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Eazy-E (Executive Producer), DJ Yella, DJ U-Neek, Rhythum D | |||
| Bone Thugs-n-Harmony chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Creepin' on ah Come Up | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B[2] |
| RapReviews |  [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
Creepin on ah Come Up is the debut EP by rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. The album was released on June 21, 1994 on Ruthless Records. In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums.[5]
History
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony's first album, with the singles "Thuggish Ruggish Bone" and "Foe tha Love of $". Features on the album include Shatasha Williams (the first Mo Thugs member) and their mentor and executive producer Eazy-E, and these collaborations began a new fad of having sung vocals for choruses and tight flowing lyrics. The first two lines of "Intro" are backwards. Played forward are "Heaven in art which Father our, Our Father which art in Heaven" Tracks 3, 4 and 6 have listed, "Keenu Songs" which is "U-Neek" spelled backwards. In The Source (8-97) article "Crossroads To Riches" Bone states that they changed their name to Bone Thugs-n-Harmony because they had a song called "Thugs-N-Harmony".
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length | |
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| 1. | "Intro" | Eazy-E | 1:25 | ||
| 2. | "Mr. Ouija" |
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1:20 | |
| 3. | "Thuggish Ruggish Bone" |
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4:41 | |
| 4. | "No Surrender" |
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3:36 | |
| 5. | "Down Foe My Thang" |
| Rythm D | 4:48 | |
| 6. | "Creepin on ah Come Up" |
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4:50 | |
| 7. | "Foe tha Love of $" |
| DJ Yella & Eazy-E | 4:32 | |
| 8. | "Moe Cheese" |
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4:32 |
- Sample credits
- "Foe tha Love of $" contains a sample of "For the Love of Money" as performed by Yomo & Maulkie
- "Thuggish Ruggish Bone" contains a sample of "Mama Used to Say" as performed by Junior
Appearances
- Krayzie Bone appears on 7 tracks.
- Layzie Bone appears on 7 tracks.
- Bizzy Bone appears on 7 tracks.
- Wish Bone appears on 4 tracks.
- Flesh-n-Bone appears on 4 tracks.
- Eazy-E appears on 3 tracks.
Chart positions
Album
| Chart (1994) | ||
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| Billboard 200 | Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums |
Top 50 Albums (NZ) |
| 12 | 2 | 29[6] |
Singles
| Song | Chart (1994) | |||
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| Billboard Hot 100 |
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop |
Billboard Hot Rap |
Top 50 Singles (NZ) | |
| Thuggish Ruggish Bone (featuring Shatasha Williams) |
22 | 17 | 2 | 2 |
| Foe tha Love of $ (featuring Eazy-E) |
41 | 33 | 4 | — |
End of decade charts
| Chart (1990–1999) | Position |
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| U.S. Billboard 200[7] | 13 |
| Preceded by U.S.A. by Flatlinerz |
Billboard 200 number-one album June 21, 1994 |
Succeeded by 6 Feet Deep by Gravediggaz |
See also
- List of number-one albums of 1997 (U.S.)
- List of number-one R&B albums of 1997 (U.S.)
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ Entertainment Weekly review
- ↑ RapReviews review
- ↑ The new Rolling Stone album guide - Nathan Brackett, Christian David Hoard - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
- ↑ ~~~~ www.rocklist.net ~~~~
- ↑ Steffen Hung. "Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Creepin' On Ah Come Up". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ↑ Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). 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. Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
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