![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Krayzie Bone had already explored the double-LP format with his group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony on 1997's successful "The Art of War," and two years later he returned with his first solo effort "Thug Mentality 1999." As you might expect, guests are quite frequent and range from bona fide superstars (Treach, 8Ball & MJG, Snoop Dogg, Kurupt, Fat Joe, Big Pun, Cuban Link, Mariah Carey, E-40, Gangsta Boo, The Marley Brothers, and the rest of BTNH) to his underwhelming protégés (Bam, Relay, Niko, Knieght Rieduz, K-Mont, Asu, GraveYard Shift, Up In Clouds, Thug Queen, Mo!Hart, and Felecia). Thus we got "MP da Last Don," "Wu-Tang Forever," "Lost," "The Element of Surprise," "Kuruption!," "Thugged Out: The Albulation," and "My Homies"-good albums for the most part with inexcusable filler, bloated running times, unnecessary guest appearances, and worthless skits. After the runaway success of "All Eyez on Me" and "Life After Death," the mindset seemed to be that given rappers' high demand, they could put out epic two-disc packages of unfiltered studio sessions, charge somewhere in the twenty-dollar range for them, and go platinum moving half as many units as normally needed. ** RapReviews "Back to the Lab" series **ĭouble-albums were the bane of gangsta rap in the late-90s. Krayzie Bone :: Thug Mentality 1999 :: Ruthless/Mo Thugs/Relativity/Epic
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