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Music: Hip-Hop
Bone Thugs & Harmony

When

Friday Feb 22, 2008 (7pm)

Where
Crash Mansion LA (1024 S Grand Ave, 213.747.0999)
Price
$35 / $30 advance
Details
http://www.crashmansionla.com/CrashmansionLA-BoneThugs.html
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Cleveland-based rap act Bone Thugs-n-Harmony are still best-known for their ubiquitous 1997 single "Tha Crossroads" — but really, they've got a whole lot more love to give. Despite the departure of two original members, BTnH's latest album, Strength & Loyalty, retains the group's signature style of rich vocal harmonies and almost-incomprehensibly speedy rhymes. (Flesh-n-Bone may yet return, pending his release from prison later this year.) The album's first single, "I Tried," is a slow-paced, sober reflection on street life (featuring a guest chorus by Akon) that recently went ringtone platinum.

Joe Blankholm