The Collection (album series)

The Collection
Compilation album series by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Released November 24, 1998 (Volume One)
November 14, 2000 (Volume Two)
Recorded 1993-1998 & 1994-2000
Genre Midwest rap, gangsta rap
Length 01:07:56 & 00:54:95
Label Ruthless
Producer Volume One:
DJ Yella, DJ U-Neek, Mariah Carey, Stevie J, Puff Daddy, L. T. Hutton, Damon Elliott, & Krayzie Bone
Volume Two:
LT Hutton, Craig B, KLC, Rick "Disco Rick" Taylor, Jermaine Dupri, DJ U-Neek
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony chronology
The Art of War
(1997)		 Collection Volume One & Two
(1998/2000)		 BTNHResurrection
(2000)
Volume Two
Volume One:
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link
Entertainment WeeklyA- link
Q[1]
Robert Christgau link
The Rolling Stone Album Guide [2]
Volume Two:
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link
The Rolling Stone Album Guide [2]

The Collection is an album series by rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. Volume One, consisting of hit songs between 1994 and 1998, was released on November 24, 1998, on Ruthless Records. Volume Two was released in 2000.

"B.N.K" is a remake of a song by Eazy-E entitled "Black Nigga Killa". The original version, with 3 verses by Eazy-E and none by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, can be found on Ruthless Records Tenth Anniversary: Decade of Game.

Track listing

Volume 1
No. TitleProducer(s) Length
1. "Foe Tha Love Of $" (featuring Eazy-E & Shatasha Williams)DJ Yella 9:05
2. "1st Of Tha Month"  DJ U-Neek 5:12
3. "Shoot 'Em Up"  DJ U-Neek 5:15
4. "Days Of Our Livez"  DJ U-Neek 5:49
5. "Breakdown (Mo Thugs Remix)" (featuring Mariah Carey)Mariah Carey, Stevie J, Sean "Puffy" Combs 4:57
6. "Notorious Thugs" (featuring The Notorious B.I.G.)Stevie J, Sean "Puffy" Combs 6:02
7. "B.N.K." (featuring Eazy-E)LT Hutton 5:00
8. "War (Battlecry Remix)"  Damon Elliott 3:26
9. "Crossroad (Original Mix)"  DJ U-Neek 3:32
10. "Body Rott"  DJ U-Neek 5:01
11. "Thuggish Ruggish Bone" (featuring Shatasha Williams)DJ U-Neek 4:40
12. "Fuck Tha Police (Remix)"  Krayzie Bone 5:01
13. "P.O.D." (bonus track)DJ U-Neek 4:26
14. "If I Could Teach The World (D.J. U-Neek Remix)" (European bonus track)DJ U-Neek 4:54
Volume 2
No. TitleProducer(s) Length
1. "C Land I.A." (Bizzy Bone & Flesh-N-Bone)LT Hutton 4:31
2. "Don't Hate On Me" (Krayzie Bone featuring Jermaine Dupri & Da Brat)Jermaine Dupri 4:13
3. "Thug Luv" (featuring 2Pac)DJ U-Neek 5:07
4. "Hook It Up" (featuring Master P & Silkk The Shocker)KLC & Craig B 2:51
5. "2 Glocks (U-Neek's Remix)"  DJ U-Neek 4:35
6. "Look Into My Eyes (Atlantis Remix)"  DJ U-Neek 4:49
7. "All Good" (Krayzie Bone featuring Felecia)"Disco" Rick Taylor 3:56
8. "Weedman" (Bizzy Bone featuring Blulight)DJ U-Neek 3:56
9. "Frontline Warriors" (Bizzy Bone & Layzie Bone featuring Big B)LT Hutton 4:08
10. "Change The World (U-Neek's Remix)" (featuring Big B)DJ U-Neek 5:19
11. "Can't Give It Up (Rock Remix)"  LT Hutton 5:10
12. "Ghetto Cowboy" (Krayzie Bone & Layzie Bone featuring Powder P, Thug Queen & Felecia)Krayzie Bone 5:24
13. "Sleepwalkers" (featuring Eazy-E)DJ U-Neek 3:32

Reception

"A fine introduction to the harmonious outfit's strangely smooth, yet sweary sound." – Tom Doyle, Q.[3]

DVD Easter egg

In the DVD special features section, go to "Change the World" (extended version) and press the right arrow button; this will take you to six Bone Thugs-n-Harmony commercials.

References

  1. ↑ Q, February 1999
  2. 1 2 The new Rolling Stone album guide - Nathan Brackett, Christian David Hoard - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
  3. ↑ Q, February 1999
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