The Collection (album series)

The Collection
Compilation album series by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Released	November 24, 1998 (Volume One) November 14, 2000 (Volume Two)
Recorded	1993-1998 & 1994-2000
Genre	Midwest rap, gangsta rap
Length	01:07:56 & 00:54:95
Label	Ruthless
Producer	Volume One: DJ Yella, DJ U-Neek, Mariah Carey, Stevie J, Puff Daddy, L. T. Hutton, Damon Elliott, & Krayzie Bone Volume Two: LT Hutton, Craig B, KLC, Rick "Disco Rick" Taylor, Jermaine Dupri, DJ U-Neek
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony chronology
The Art of War (1997) Collection Volume One & Two (1998/2000) BTNHResurrection (2000)
Volume Two

Volume One:
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Entertainment Weekly	A- link
Q	[1]
Robert Christgau	link
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]

Volume Two:
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]

The Collection is an album series by rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. Volume One, consisting of hit songs between 1994 and 1998, was released on November 24, 1998, on Ruthless Records. Volume Two was released in 2000.

"B.N.K" is a remake of a song by Eazy-E entitled "Black Nigga Killa". The original version, with 3 verses by Eazy-E and none by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, can be found on Ruthless Records Tenth Anniversary: Decade of Game.

Track listing

Volume 1
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Foe Tha Love Of $" (featuring Eazy-E & Shatasha Williams)	DJ Yella	9:05
2.	"1st Of Tha Month"	DJ U-Neek	5:12
3.	"Shoot 'Em Up"	DJ U-Neek	5:15
4.	"Days Of Our Livez"	DJ U-Neek	5:49
5.	"Breakdown (Mo Thugs Remix)" (featuring Mariah Carey)	Mariah Carey, Stevie J, Sean "Puffy" Combs	4:57
6.	"Notorious Thugs" (featuring The Notorious B.I.G.)	Stevie J, Sean "Puffy" Combs	6:02
7.	"B.N.K." (featuring Eazy-E)	LT Hutton	5:00
8.	"War (Battlecry Remix)"	Damon Elliott	3:26
9.	"Crossroad (Original Mix)"	DJ U-Neek	3:32
10.	"Body Rott"	DJ U-Neek	5:01
11.	"Thuggish Ruggish Bone" (featuring Shatasha Williams)	DJ U-Neek	4:40
12.	"Fuck Tha Police (Remix)"	Krayzie Bone	5:01
13.	"P.O.D." (bonus track)	DJ U-Neek	4:26
14.	"If I Could Teach The World (D.J. U-Neek Remix)" (European bonus track)	DJ U-Neek	4:54

Volume 2
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"C Land I.A." (Bizzy Bone & Flesh-N-Bone)	LT Hutton	4:31
2.	"Don't Hate On Me" (Krayzie Bone featuring Jermaine Dupri & Da Brat)	Jermaine Dupri	4:13
3.	"Thug Luv" (featuring 2Pac)	DJ U-Neek	5:07
4.	"Hook It Up" (featuring Master P & Silkk The Shocker)	KLC & Craig B	2:51
5.	"2 Glocks (U-Neek's Remix)"	DJ U-Neek	4:35
6.	"Look Into My Eyes (Atlantis Remix)"	DJ U-Neek	4:49
7.	"All Good" (Krayzie Bone featuring Felecia)	"Disco" Rick Taylor	3:56
8.	"Weedman" (Bizzy Bone featuring Blulight)	DJ U-Neek	3:56
9.	"Frontline Warriors" (Bizzy Bone & Layzie Bone featuring Big B)	LT Hutton	4:08
10.	"Change The World (U-Neek's Remix)" (featuring Big B)	DJ U-Neek	5:19
11.	"Can't Give It Up (Rock Remix)"	LT Hutton	5:10
12.	"Ghetto Cowboy" (Krayzie Bone & Layzie Bone featuring Powder P, Thug Queen & Felecia)	Krayzie Bone	5:24
13.	"Sleepwalkers" (featuring Eazy-E)	DJ U-Neek	3:32

Reception

"A fine introduction to the harmonious outfit's strangely smooth, yet sweary sound." – Tom Doyle, Q.^[3]

DVD Easter egg

In the DVD special features section, go to "Change the World" (extended version) and press the right arrow button; this will take you to six Bone Thugs-n-Harmony commercials.

References

1. Q, February 1999
2. The new Rolling Stone album guide - Nathan Brackett, Christian David Hoard - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
3. Q, February 1999