Take Care and Peace Out.The group formed the band B.O.N.E. I will also be reviewing the second Layzie album this week “The meaning”. There will be lots of music from the Bone camp this year so stay tuned. Lots of good tracks that I will jam repeatedly but a couple that I will be skipping. I personally am glad the Layzie and the rest of Bone are breathing life back into a dying rap game where lyrics have become obsolete. Overall I will give this album an 8 out of 10.

“Spend The Nigh” featuring Baby Bash sounds like its for the club or woman audience. There are a few more tracks on this album worth checking out but not my favorites so I won’t go into detail. Lyrics are real nice on this one as well. It reminds me of some Sugar Hill Gang throw back sound. The flow and the beat have almost the late 70’s funk sound to them. “The Definition”-the title track to this album is very different sounding. Video is good to there are a few reasons you will never see it on TV lol. Flow is off the radar and I dig the beat. Another great one is “If I Can’t Do it” (see video included)- This one Layzie takes it back to the streets and lets the industry know that if anyone can claim crown to the Midwest flow it his him. Layzie, Krayzie and Flesh speed it up and hold it down like they are still “East 1999” hungry on this one. (The independent rap scene is where the real money is but that’s a different article). It talks about the rap game evolving to their style now that they see the $ in it. “Chasin Paper” and “Thugs Hold It Down” both good tracks just not my favorite.Ī few of my personal favorites on this album are: “Hear Em Knockin” featuring Krayzie Bone and Flesh N Bone (see video included)-This song is a straight Bone classic. Paul wall sounds right at home on this track. “Grind Hard” featuring Paul Wall and Dirty Red- This one has the dirty south type beat to it and Layzies flow once again adapts well to the different style. If you are looking for the hustle music about working at what you do until your paid in full you will want to check out the following tracks: “Lucky 7’s” Featuring Felicia- another great duet from these 2 as they have done since the formation of Mo Thugs. His flow is sick as usual and his word play displays why he is one of the greatest wordsmiths in rap! Chamillionaire fits perfect on this track. Gives shouts out to Big and Pac which is always a good thing to me. This is a different type of beat then I am used to hearing Layzie on but his flow adapts very well. This song is one you can ride around in the car turned up with the windows down (unless you live here in MPLS and its still freezing). Another of my favorites on this album is called “My Hood”, featuring Chamillionaire and The Bizness. On this track the message is basically whatever you set your mind on, if you work hard to get it, it will happen no matter who tries to stop you. It gets you in the motivated mind set to get things done.

This is a jam that I have been cranking up in the mornings. If you are looking for the positive style you will have to check out the first track of the album “New Life” featuring Thin-C. It has the classic Bone formula of mixing the hustle, struggle, streets, positive, love, do better and learn types of music all with solid beats that make it impossible not to bob your head. This album is everything I expected after the long wait plus more. The titles are “The Definition” and “The Meaning”. He his dropping 2 albums on the same day (2/22/11). He had so much music by the time he was done with the new project that he decided to do what not too many artist have done. He has had many other release over the last 6 years but mostly joint ventures with other artist (Bizzy Bone-Bone Brothers 1-3, Big Sloan- Thug Twinz, and The Outlawz- Thug Brothers), mix tapes, and previously unreleased track compilations. Layzie comes back at the solo game hard after 6 years since his last official release “It‘s not a game“ (2005). Fans of Layzie Bone and Bone Thugs N Harmony have waited over 6 years for this album.

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