Album Review:
Thug Mentality 1999
- Release Date: 1999
- Genre: Rap
- Label: Krazyie Bone
- Total Time: 134:12
- Artist: Krayzie Bone
- Flags: Contains explicit content, Contains explicit content
- Rating:
- Styles: Gangsta Rap, Contemporary R&B, Pop-Rap
- Track Picks: "Knieght Rieduz (Here We Come)," "Thug Mentality"
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Review
Theoretically, an epic hip-hop album could be compelling, but almost of all of the sweepstake entries are tedious, serving to diminish the artist's music instead of enhancing it. Nowhere was that more true than Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's overwrought third album, The Art of War and, unfortunately, that same sense of hubris characterizes Thug Mentality 1999, the ridiculously inflated debut solo album from Krayzie Bone. Freed from the group setting but not necessarily the members -- who fill some of the obligatory guest slots, along with Bone family members such as Relay -- Krayzie doesn't hesitate to accentuate the already smooth surfaces of his music. Some of these cuts are positively smoove, which stands in direct contrast to the gangstafied lyrics, but that's always been a part of the Bone trademark. In fact, other than the occasional cut that veers toward urban territory, there isn't a whole lot to differentiate this from the average Bone release -- there's just more of it. A lot more of it: 38 tracks, to be precise. Breadth does not necessarily mean depth. Even though there is more depth than there was on The Art of War, there's a whole lot of filler cluttering these two discs, including several tracks that feel as if they're designed to launch developing artists. Krayzie tries to keep it interesting by varying the flow, never putting too many similar tracks next to each other, but who the hell can make it through 38 tracks of this without a breather, even if some cuts are skits? It may be a cliche to say that this double-record would have been much more potent if it was trimmed to a single disc, but that doesn't make it less true, especially since there are enough songs to make a very good record, possibly one of the best things Krayzie has been involved with. It's just hard to discern that for certain in this guise. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music GuideTracks
CD 1
| Track Title | iTunes | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Intro (Thug Invasion) | Krayzie Bone | (2:00) | ||
| Heated Heavy | Krayzie Bone | (3:07) | ||
| Paper | Anthony Henderson | Krayzie Bone | (4:32) | |
| The Messenger (Skit) | Krayzie Bone | (2:20) | ||
| Payback Iz a Bitch [Featuring Bam] | T. Gray | Krayzie Bone | (3:39) | |
| (Relay) Thugline [Featuring Relay] | L. Wright | Krayzie Bone | (4:09) | |
| Dummy Man (Skit) | Leslie Bricusse | Krayzie Bone | (:29) | |
| Dummy Man | Krayzie Bone | (3:13) | ||
| Thugz All Ova da World [Featuring Treach] | Anthony Criss | Treach, Krayzie Bone | (3:36) | |
| Street People [Featuring Niko] | Anthony Henderson, Eric Nordquist | Niko, Krayzie Bone | (4:31) | |
| Pimpz, Thugz, Hustlaz & Gangstaz [Featuring Eightball/MJG/Layzie Bone] | P. Smith, S. Howse, T. Jones | Eightball & MJG, Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone | (5:14) | |
| Da Bullshit (Skit) | Krayzie Bone | (:37) | ||
| Drama | Tommy Cowan, Anthony Henderson | Krayzie Bone | (3:26) | |
| World War | Erik Nordquiest | Krayzie Bone | (3:03) | |
| The War Iz On [Featuring Snoop Dogg, Kurupt, Layzie Bone] | Ricardo Brown, S. Howse | Snoop Dogg, Krayzie Bone, Kurupt, Layzie Bone | (4:31) | |
| When I Die [Featuring Fat Joe/Big Punisher/Cuban Link] | Fat Joe | Fat Joe, Krayzie Bone, Big Punisher, Cuban Link | (4:03) | |
| Thug Alwayz [Featuring Bone Thugs-N-Harmony] | S. Howse, S. Howse, C. Scruggs | Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Krayzie Bone | (4:22) | |
| Thug Mentality | Michael Seifert | Krayzie Bone | (4:22) |
CD 2
| Track Title | iTunes | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Murda Won't Stop (Skit) | Krayzie Bone | (2:15) | ||
| Where My Thugz At | Krayzie Bone | (4:18) | ||
| Smokin' Budda | D. Hall | Krayzie Bone | (3:41) | |
| Knieght Rieduz (Here We Come) [Featuring Knieght Rieduz] | Krayzie Bone | (2:49) | ||
| Try Me | Krayzie Bone | (4:47) | ||
| Theze Dayz [Featuring K-Mont/ASU/Bam] | Eric Nordquist, T. Gray | Jaime Asua, Krayzie Bone | (3:18) | |
| Silent Warrior | Romeo Antonio | Krayzie Bone | (4:31) | |
| Shoot the Club Up | Krayzie Bone | (2:58) | ||
| Silence [Featuring Graveyard Shift] | Krayzie Bone, Graveyard Shift | (2:32) | ||
| Look at You Now (Skit) | Krayzie Bone | (4:57) | ||
| Won't Ez up Tonight | Krayzie Bone | (2:11) | ||
| Sad Song (Skit) | Krayzie Bone | (3:30) | ||
| I Still Believe [Featuring Mariah Carey] | Leslie Bricusse, Beppe Cantarelli, Mariah Carey, Anthony Newley, Al Henderson, Antonina Armato, Damion Young | Mariah Carey, Krayzie Bone | (1:28) | |
| We Starvin' [Featuring E-40/Gangsta Boo] | Barry de Vorzon, E. Stevens, T. Jones | E-40, Krayzie Bone, Gangsta Boo | (4:07) | |
| Smoke & Burn [Featuring Up in Clouds] | L. Jones | Krayzie Bone | (4:09) | |
| Power [Featuring Thug Queen] | Krayzie Bone | (3:54) | ||
| That's the Way | Michael Seifert | Krayzie Bone | (3:25) | |
| Armageddon [Featuring Souljah Boy/Mo! Hart/Thug Queen/Felecia] | Romeo Antonio | Krayzie Bone, Souljah Boy | (4:16) | |
| Murda Mo | Anne Dudley, Johnathon J. Jeczalik, T. Horn | Krayzie Bone | (5:35) | |
| Revolution [Featuring the Marley Brothers] | Stephen Marley, Damian "Junior Gong" Marley | Krayzie Bone, Marley Brothers | (4:17) |
