THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

802-Bone Thugs-n-Harmony-”Tha Crossroads.”

1996-Number 8 single.

Best Bit-At 2.59. ‘Well your toe bone connected to your foot bone,your foot bone connected to your heel bone, your heel bone connected to your ankle bone,your ankle bone connected to your leg bone. Ezekiel connected dem dry bones.

‘Bone Thugs-n-Harmony were formed in Cleveland, Ohio, United States in 1991 by Bryon McCane (Bizzy Bone,) Steven Howse (Layzie Bone,) Anthony Henderson (Krayzie Bone,) Charles Scruggs (Wish Bone,) and Stanley Howse (Flesh-n-Bone,) they remain active, with their latest release being the ‘New Waves’ Album in 2017.

After spending a great deal of time trying to get signed to ‘Ruthless Records,’ the label owned by N.W.A (see also best songs 564 and 128) rap legend Easy-E (1964-1995,) they finally succeeded in 1993.”Tha Crossroads” was originally written as a tribute to the late Wallace Laird a friend of the band, but after the death of Easy-E, the band’s mentor, in 1995, the songs lyrics were re-written to include him as well.

The song is one of the best ever selling Rap records, spending seven weeks at Number 1 on Billboard in 1996, it was also the best selling song in New Zealand, in that year.In 2002 the English Hip-Hop group Blazin’ Squad whose 10 members had an approximate age of 16, recorded the song as their debut single, with different lyrics, taking the song to Number 1 in the UK.

‘Lets all bring it in for Wally,Easy sees uncle Charlie, little boo, God’s got him, and I’m gonna miss everybody.