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1997 studio anthology past Bone Thugs-n-Harmony

The Fine art of War
Studio album by Bone Thugs-north-Harmony
Released	July 29, 1997
Recorded	1996–1997
Studio	U-Neek's Workshop (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	Hip hop horrorcore gangsta rap R&B
Length	121:14
Label	Ruthless Relativity
Producer	Tomica Wright (exec.) DJ U-Neek
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony chronology
Eastward. 1999 Eternal (1995) The Art of War (1997) Collection Book 1 & Two (1998/2000)
Singles from The Art of State of war
"Expect Into My Optics" Released: May 2, 1997 "If I Could Teach the World" Released: October vii, 1997

The Art of War is the third studio album past hip hop group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony which was released on July 29, 1997. The anthology sold 394,000 units in its starting time week of release. The album was certified quadruple Platinum by the RIAA in June 1998. It was the first double-album from Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. The anthology included the platinum-single "Expect into My Eyes", and the gold-unmarried "If I Could Teach the World". The whole album is produced by DJ U-Neek.

A sequel to the album The Fine art of War: World War III was released on December x, 2013.

Background [edit]

The anthology was rumored to be called "DNA Level C" which is Cleveland backwards. "The Art of War" was created largely equally a response to rappers deemed "Clones" (copycats) past the group. Such rappers included Do or Dice, Crucial Conflict, Twista & The Speedknots & 3 6 Mafia.

In the wake of his father'south death and Tomica Wright at present heading Ruthless, Bizzy Os was not happy, and thus did not appear for many shows or promotions. Now calling the shots, many tracks were contradistinct past Tomica Wright, attempting to head the group into a new management. Such tracks include Thug Luv with Sylk-E. Fyne, If I Could Teach the World, Friends, Ready For War and many others. While the group appeared at Sprite Nite on BET, Keenan Ivory Wayans (with Bizzy), and several other promotions, their tour began to lag without Bizzy.

Music and lyrics [edit]

In "Ready 4 War," Bone Thugs-due north-Harmony (forth with Mr. Majesty) called out Crucial Conflict directly by name, with Majesty even stating, "I'll picket you lot ride the rodeo straight to the lesser". The tracks "Handle The Vibe," "Look Into My Optics," "Trunk Rott," "Ready 4 War," "Hatin' Nation," Wasteland Warriors," "All Original," "Whom Die They Lie" and "U Ain't Bone" can all be considered as diss tracks.

In "U Ain't Bone", Layzie Bone raps a line similar to the chorus from female rap icon MC Lyte's x% Dis. MC Lyte's chorus raps "Shell biter! Dope way taker! Tell it to your face, you ain't nuttin but a faker!", while Layzie Bone's poetry interpolates "They crush biters, dope-style takers. When I run into you face-to-face, my nigga, I'm-a treat you like a hater." In 2000, MC Lyte stated that she was "extremely" disrespected past Layzie Bone, Lil' Kim and Foxy Brown'due south lyrical interpolations of her "ten% Dis" lines. Layzie interpolated the chorus on "U Ain't Bone", while Kim and Brown interpolated the showtime poesy, "Hot damn, ho, hither we become once more!" on Mobb Deep's "Quiet Storm" (Remix) and Capone-N-Noreaga's "Bang-Blindside", respectively. This resulted in MC Lyte calling out all of the iii rappers on the Rah Digga-collaborated, "Where U At Mama?"^[1]

They also inverse the name of "Friends" for the cassette version to "How Many of Us Have Them". 2Pac wrote his poesy for "Thug Luv" in i minute and 51 seconds as confirmed past Bizzy Os.

Singles [edit]

The first unmarried for this album was Look Into My Eyes, which was also on the Batman & Robin soundtrack. Neither Bizzy nor Mankind-due north-Bone was featured in the video. The next single was "If I Could Teach the Earth". Bizzy did not appear in this video either. "Thug Luv" and "Body Rott" were also released to radio as singles.

Disquisitional reception [edit]

Professional person ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B[three]
Rolling Stone	[four]
The Source	4/5

The Art of State of war received mostly positive reviews from music critics, with some critics calling the album sonically superior to its predecessor, E. 1999 Eternal. While others criticizing the anthology for its length, including extended disses towards other rappers, leading to repetitive song play. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic said, "While the group is capable of producing a catchy single, they don't accept the personality to sustain an album, much less a double-disc set. Past the end of the 2d disc, they have repeated all of their ideas at least five times apiece, and only a few of those ideas resulted in bodily songs in the first place."^[v] J.D. Considine of Entertainment Weekly gave the album a "B" rating, stating, "Lest the smoothen sound of 'Look Into My Eyes' leaves you thinking the Bone Thugs-Due north-Harmony are actually just popular-friendly softies, this 28-vocal double disc, The Art of War, offsets its dull-and-sweet numbers with bloodthirsty workouts like the shotgun-spiked 'Thug Luv'. Simply after 2 hours of these singsong melodies, State of war seems more like a siege than a surgical strike."^[6] Rolling Stone gave the album 3 and a one-half stars out of a possible five.^[4] Krayzie Bone said in a 2015 interview with HipHopDX that The Fine art of War was Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's best album, even better than E. 1999 Eternal. Comparison to Eternal, whose songs he claimed were planned and written years earlier they were recorded, where in contrast The Art of State of war consisted entirely of newer fabric that he and the other group members had saturday in the studio to create. The response to these statements from mainstream media and fans has been evenly divided. Rapper Wiz Khalifa included the album in his list of "25 Favorite Albums" for Complex.

Track listing [edit]

All tracks produced by DJ U-Neek

Earth War 1

No.	Title	Writer(south)	Length
1.	"Retaliation (Intro)"	Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, DJ U-Neek	2:21
2.	"Handle The Vibe"	Antoinette Colandreo, BTNH, U-Neek	iv:40
3.	"Look into My Eyes"	BTNH, U-Neek	four:19
4.	"Torso Rott"	BTNH, U-Neek	five:01
5.	"It's All Mo' Thug"	BTNH, U-Neek	five:12
half-dozen.	"Ready 4 War" (featuring Mr. Maje$ty)	Majesty, Marilyn McLeod, Pam Sawyer, BTNH, U-Neek,Cedric Feaster jr.	4:36
7.	"Ain't Nothin' Changed (Everyday Thang Part Ii)"	Barry J. Eastmond, BTNH, U-Neek	4:43
viii.	"Clog Upward Yo Heed"	BTNH, U-Neek	5:01
9.	"It's All Real - performed by Krayzie Os"	Krayzie Bone, BTNH, U-Neek	v:08
ten.	"Hard Times (Skit)"	BTNH, U-Neek	two:49
11.	"Mind of a Souljah - performed past Layzie Bone"	Layzie Bone, BTNH, U-Neek	4:39
12.	"If I Could Teach the World"	BTNH, U-Neek	4:24
13.	"Family Tree"	K. McCord, BTNH, U-Neek	5:49

World War ii

No.	Title	Author(s)	Length
one.	"Mo' Thug (Skit)"	BTNH, U-Neek	1:40
2.	"Thug Luv" (featuring 2Pac)	2Pac, BTNH, U-Neek	5:08
3.	"Hatin' Nation"	BTNH, U-Neek	5:12
4.	"7 Sign - performed by Bizzy Bone" (featuring Mr. Maje$ty)	Bizzy Os, BTNH, U-Neek, Cedric Feaster Jr.	four:48
5.	"Wasteland Warriors" (featuring Souljah Boy)	Souljah Boy, BTNH, U-Neek	4:28
6.	"Neighborhood Slang (Skit)"	BTNH, U-Neek	i:29
7.	"U Own't Bone"	BTNH	5:04
eight.	"Get Cha Thug On - performed past Wish Os (featuring Tre)"	Wish Os, U-Neek	4:02
9.	"All Original"	BTNH, U-Neek	4:58
10.	"Blaze It (Skit)"	Larry Blackmon, BTNH, U-Neek	2:08
eleven.	"Let The Police force Cease"	BTNH, U-Neek	iii:36
12.	"Whom Die They Lie"	BTNH, U-Neek	4:24
13.	"How Many of Us Take Them (Friends)"	BTNH, U-Neek	5:ten
14.	"Evil Paradise"	Tim Stahl, BTNH, U-Neek	4:48
15.	"Mo' Thug Family Tree (featuring Mo Thugs Family)"	BTNH, U-Neek	5:37

Sample credits

World War 1

• "Handle the Vibe" contains a sample of "Honey's Gonna Get'cha (Material Love)" as performed by Boogie Down Productions
• "It'southward All Mo' Thug" contains a sample of "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" as performed past Isaac Hayes
• "Ready 4 State of war" contains a sample of "Love Hangover" equally performed by Diana Ross
• "Ain't Nothin Changed (Everyday Thang Part two)" contains a sample of "Take Y'all Ever Loved Somebody" every bit performed by Freddie Jackson
• "Difficult Times" contains a sample of "Love.... Tin can Be And then Wonderful" as performed past The Temprees
• "Mind of a Souljah" contains a sample of "Promise Me" equally performed past Luther Vandross

World War 2

• "Hatin' Nation" contains a sample of "Juicy Fruit" as performed by Mtume
• "Blaze It" contains a sample of "Why Have I Lost Yous" as performed by Cameo
• "Evil Paradise" contains a sample of "White Horse" as performed by Laid Dorsum
• "Thug Luv" contains a sample of "Friday the 13th Original Theme" by Harry Manfredini
• "U Ain't Os" contains a sample of "Ring the Alarm" as performed by Tenor Saw
• "Friends" contains a sample of "Friends" every bit performed past Whodini

Appearances [edit]

• Krayzie Bone appears on 25 tracks.
• Layzie Os appears on 22 tracks.
• Bizzy Bone appears on 18 tracks.
• Wish Bone appears on fifteen tracks.
• Mankind-n-Os appears on 6 tracks.

The vinyl release omits the tracks ane, half-dozen and 12 on WW2.

Charts [edit]

Certifications [edit]

Run across also [edit]

• List of number-one albums of 1997 (U.S.)
• Listing of number-1 R&B albums of 1997 (U.Southward.)

References [edit]

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3. ^ Considine, J.D. (Baronial eight, 1997). "The Art of War Review". Amusement Weekly . Retrieved June 25, 2012.
4. ^ ^{a b} Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The new Rolling Stone anthology guide - Nathan Brackett, Christian David Hoard - Google Books. ISBN9780743201698 . Retrieved June 25, 2012.
5. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Art of War - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
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External links [edit]

• allmusic.com

dennisonhazinge.blogspot.com

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