Most songs feature a robotic Jay Sean sound-alike on the hook, and the beats sound like they were tailored more for Flo Rida than for the Wasteland Warriors. “Uni5” is easily the softest album Bone ever produced, and I don’t mean contemplative, poignant, “Tha Crossroads” soft so much as I mean bubble-gum autotune soft. The problem is, the material here is often third-rate. It’s also great to hear Bizzy back with his part-time adversaries—if nothing else, it just feels good to hear all five thugs united after all that’s happened to the group. The group’s infamous rapid, melodic flows are completely intact, and it’s great to hear Flesh-N-Bone on record again—based on his performance, the ten years spent behind bars did nothing to limit his inimitable delivery. No wonder every group effort since “The Art of War” has been billed a “comeback” album—the single driving force behind “Uni5” seems to be that the potential first and last chance for Bone to record as a quintet presented itself, and that to fail to capitalize off it would be a disservice to their loyal fans.Īt first, “Uni5” is an assuring listen. Flesh has run into further legal trouble, and even Krayzie Bone, normally the rock of the five, has made allusions to discontent.
Since the album’s completion, rumors have already emerged that Bizzy has once again separated, refusing to join the group’s national tour in support of the album. Not unlike the Wu-Tang Clan, BTNH is composed of such large and turbulent characters that to get all five in the studio together for a whole album is no small feat. for “Uni5: The World’s Enemy,” the first album featuring the original five-man lineup since “BTNHResurrection.”
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Bone showed renewed focus as a trio, releasing “Thug Stories” in 2006 and “Strength & Loyalty” in 2007 on Swizz Beats’ Full Surface Records, making an unlikely return to the charts with the Akon-assisted single “I Tried.” Their one-album experiment at Full Surface history, Bone finds a home at Warner Bros. Their relationship with Ruthless Records turned sour, and the two severed ways after 2002’s “Thug World Order.” Soon after Bizzy Bone and his huge character were ousted from the group, and the years that followed saw spasmodic solo release schedules marred by shoddy production, recycled verses, lack of budget and promotion, and often unauthorized material by shifty record labels. Originally a part-time member anyway due to contract complications, Flesh-N-Bone was sentenced to a full decade behind bars for assault with a deadly weapon. The second half of the ‘90s saw multiplatinum effort after multiplatinum effort for the quintet, but after 2000’s “BTNHResurrection” their empire gradually began to erode.
The group’s tumultuous history and inner turmoil is fascinating, and it’s not an understatement to call the reunion of all five original members on 2010’s “Uni5: The World’s Enemy” a landmark occurrence. Collectively the crew has what may be the one of the largest volumes of released and unreleased music around, and the devotion that BTNH commands among their fan base is unlike anything else I’ve observed in hip hop music. Among a certain circle, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony isn’t just a name, it’s a brand, and one that guarantees interest and sales for projects that otherwise probably wouldn’t garner second looks. As a veteran of a few BTNH shows, it’s amazing to behold the volume and dedication of die-hard Bone Thug fans even during the group’s inactive years in the middle of the last decade. Between JV basketball practices and a part-time delivery job, I somehow found time for seemingly monthly trips to the record store for any project even tangentially affiliated with the Bone clan and frequent visits to the group’s infamous fan message boards for new leaks and rumors. Allow me to preface this review, if I may, by admitting that during my teenage years I went through a significant period as a Bone Thugs-N-Harmony stan.
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