Classics Discussion: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

[Inspect Her Deck]

Ok so some of y'all will be familiar with a project I'm deciding to run. I made this thread: The Official 'Classic Album' Discussion Thread, trying to reach a conclusion as to what defines a classic album. After much discussion, I am running with this definition personally, so take it as you will when you consider your classic albums. But this definition in particular was most agreed upon.

Classic: 1. An album considered by consensus of the core hip hop community to be of the highest quality (doesn't have to be perfect or flawless, just an album that the consensus deems the shyt).
2. Assuming that condition 1 is met, is this an album that has stood the test of time amongst the core hip hop community? Is that an album still held in high regard, still referenced at least ten years after its release? By a consensus of the hip hop community?

Props to @mobbinfms for the definition and also for his help generally in helping me with ideas to create these threads.

So I'll be going through one artist per day, and I will list out all their discography or close to all of it until the year 2005, as we decided that an album needs at least 10 years of existence before it can be called a classic or not.

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To help bring even more attention to these threads, I'm gonna create a hashtag (again props to mobbinfms for the idea) and I urge you guys to click on the tag and click on the option to watch the tag.

Here it is: #coliclassics

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Today we got Bone Thugs. Enjoy!

I will be making a POLL. For each album I will present a YES or NO option so if you think that particular album is a classic, you click 'yes' on the poll for THAT album and vice-versa. The acceptance rate for an album to be deemed a CERTIFIED classic is 80%.

If you don't think an album is a classic, DO NOT LEAVE THE POLL BLANK. You vote NO for that album instead so at least we register your vote.

I will NOT count any comments in the thread as votes, you must use the poll. The comments section should be used for discussion only.

Tagging some mods:

@FreshAIG @That Singer Guy... @hustlemania @houston911 @SoulController

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

Voted yes on E.1999

#coliclassics

 

[Ashtrey]

Why no Creepin On ah come up? Cause it was an EP?

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

Why no Creepin On ah come up? Cause it was an EP?

yep

 

[Dirty D]

Creepin is a classic whether you put it on your poll or not.

Voted yes for E99 and Art of War. AOW probably won't get the votes but it's a personal classic. The group was falling apart around the time of its release otherwise they could have made more videos and given it the proper push. E99 should be pretty much unanimous.

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

Creepin is a classic whether you put it on your poll or not.

Voted yes for E99 and Art of War. AOW probably won't get the votes but it's a personal classic. The group was falling apart around the time of its release otherwise they could have made more videos and given it the proper push. E99 should be pretty much unanimous.

idk if there's such thing as a classic EP but anyway this is an album thing. classic albums.

yeah I expect E.1999 to be pretty much unanimous, though I don't think its the highest quality classic we have, but its so relevant and impactful etc. you have no other choice

 

[feelosofer]

E. 1999 is a classic, but their discography, outside one or two albums is quite solid.

 

[arel]

Creepin is the real classic to me. E1999 gets the proxy.

 

[SirBiatch]

none.

Spoiler: I can smell that deflection coming

bu bu Rocky!!

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

none.

Spoiler: I can smell that deflection coming

bu bu Rocky!!

you are the destroyer of perfect scores lol

 

[mobbinfms]

This is a real tough one for me.

 

[Big Mel]

Not a one. Some classic songs though.

 

[Deltron]

only E. 1999

 

[mobbinfms]

I've got real issues with quality on E. 1999. But I'm not a Bone fan.
can someone make the argument for the album being timeless?

 

[Dirty D]

Where do you feel E99 is weak? The only song I skip on there is Buddah Lovaz and plenty of other ppl love that track. I skip Mr Ouija but that's more of an interlude than a song. Other than that the album is flawless imo.