Thug on Da Line

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Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
Thug on Da Line is Krayzie Bone's follow-up to his smash solo hit Thug Mentality 1999. It paints a picture of life on the streets in a manner that's so cinematic that it would work well as a film score. Musically heavy on eerie keyboard riffs and ambient sound, of the album's most accessible songs originate from well-known samples. "Hard Time Hustlin'" is an unexpected extrapolation of Sade's "Feel No Pain" while "Time After Time," which sounds like vintage Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, coasts on Heavy D. & the Boyz's slow jam "Don't You Know." While the "thug life" mindset is getting pretty played out, the code of the streets is reality for some and Krayzie's vision is more subtle, melodic, and thoughtful than that of many of his peers. --Rebecca Levine

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Customer reviews

review by: jace989 date: 2006-08-02 rating:
good krayzie bone album
these are the standout tracks on this cd not as many tracks as thug mentality, i guess he didn't want to release another double cd. Good but not great.


Can't Hustle 4 Ever
Talk to myself
Hard time hustlin
Gemini
Everbody wanna be thugs
knightridz

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review by: date: 2004-01-11 rating:
not nearly as thuggish ruggish as the last...
Following the huge success of his THUG Mentality 1999, KB took another walk down the solo album road to release Thug On Da Line.
Less heavier than THUG Mentality 1999, Thug On Da Line offers a deeper insight into what KB has to say on his situation after so much success as a solo Bone…

Y’all Don’t Know Me
This is the opening track beginning with a unique sound… because the acclaimed LT Hutton produced the beat to it. The song is a dig at how since his last release so many clones have come along and the attention from people claiming they know him

Ride The Thug Line
This is the first song on the CD to feature some of KB’s new Thugline artists. Their verses come off fine but coz KB is introducing his new clique you have to wait 3 verses until you get to hear him
Dope sounds

Can’t Hustle Forever
The whole mood changes to something downbeat and slower, the intro of the song is accompanied by thunder and the song tells about KB’s struggle as a thug, caught up where he cant give up otherwise he faces failure. Lareece and Young Dre also tell their thoughts. Works out nice

Talk To Myself
IMO the best track on the CD.
Kicks in with an RnB feel and the chorus with Tiffany and KB.
The song is very deep and the chorus is true KB soul as he tells of the loneliness of being a thug. The flow and the singing are balanced perfectly to make a class song. Great lead out to the song also.

A Thugga Level
This song turns up the tempo from the last as a great club banger. Both Boss and KB tear up their verses as each contributes to theirs and finishes lines etc, although because of that its only two verses. A good duet.

Da Thugz
Irv Gotti had some input producing this track.
You will either like it or hate is as “Da THUGS” is repeated after every bar, which makes it a skipper track

If Only The Knew
This RnB song uses Michael Jackson’s ‘Girlfriend’ as the chorus, but put to better use. A harmonious flow from KB from the verses to the hook with Lareece makes this a very good song.
This is a love triangle type story about creeping with someone else’s girl. At just above 3 minutes you’ll still find time to appreciate this song

I Don’t Give A F***
Good step to it with some brass loops accompanying
The song is like and opposite to Y’all Don’t Know Me, now he doesn’t care anymore, biters and clones matter not. A good song

Time After Time
This is another deep song driven by a very simple beat.
The message of the song is delivered through singing rather than rapping as KB questions life and prays to God about his issues including marriage
Although the song is short it’s catchy and has an impact with another of KB’s harmony flows reminiscent of the solos he did on The Art Of War

Ride If you Like
The guitar is strung for an upbeat song. The song does more Thugline advertising but each manages to pull off their verse fine.
KB does another fine job with his verse filling breaks in perfectly

If You A Thug
Going out to all the fakers in the industry who try to be badass, brought to you by the Thugline rappers.
The beat chosen has a Turkish feel to it mixed with light bass farting set to the drum rhythm

Hard Time Hustlin’
Hard Time Hustlin’ is the tale of a teenager trying to come up when his mother and father have been laid off and his brother is locked down. The only way he can do this is by selling rocks on street corners to make money quickly. The success gets to him but he doesn’t heed the warnings his brother gives…

Gemini
KB’s conscience is having a struggle over the way the management is treating him and the stress its causing so the Good and Bad sides tell their view of how to deal with it, done by manipulating KB’s voice to sound higher and lower. Another unique track from LT Hutton

I Don’t Know What
From the start this is a very typical Neptunes produced song but the beat grows on you. Clearly KB chose the Neptunes to produce this song for a fresh sound to fresh vocals

Rollin’ Up Some Mo’
A humorous, blunted take of Mambo No.5 which is slowed down to work with the subject matter
KB’s voice works perfectly with this type of song but the other rappers ruin the mellowed out feel

Everybody Wanna Be Thugs
This has a hint of THUG Mentality to it
A clapped out beat put to deep underlying bass and a xylophone look make a TUNE
KB protests that he was a thug since a child unlike studio gangstaz who claim the same but know it isn’t true

Bloody Murder (skit)
Brings you back to the days of Mr Ouija as KB sings us into the next track…

Kneight Riduz Wuz Here – (By Kneigh Riduz)
Another freaky tune from the Kneight Riduz with their cartoony “thug pirate” vocals
There is no KB on this song and you’ll probably skip because the cartoon vocals sound wack

Ready For Combat (skit)
Another sung-in intro for the next song

Thug On Da Line
Beat provided by Super Sako
This is the only song to feature another Bone in although Wish only sings a few lines before he’s out!
The song tells that Thugline will be taking over in the near future (where are they now?)

Conclusion:
Had their been less appearances from Thugline CD would be more personal to him.
Although less hard than THUG Mentality 1999, Thug On Da Line is still an essential CD for any Bone, RnB fan, or someone looking for a good CD after 2000.

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review by: date: 2003-08-30 rating:
Good, but not great.
Being a follow up to Thug Mentality 1999, I was rather disappointed as Thug on da line is not a hard hittin album dat his previous one was. Don't get me wrong this album is well worth the purchase for any hip hop fan. It's just that with Krazie Bones ability, he can do a much better solo effort then this. Another down side to the album are the amount of guest appearences in the album. Nearly all songs include another ThugLine artist, a plain Krayzie Bone album with a few guest appearences would have went down great!

Highlights of the album:

Can't Hustle 4 Ever
Talk to myself
Thugga Level
Hard time hustlin
Gemini
Everbody wanna be thugs

Fav track from album: Gemini, Krayzie fights with good and evil throughout the track, well worth the listen.

Overall, a very decent album and well worth the purchase.


review by: date: 2001-08-01 rating:
This album is so good that its krazie!!!
After listening to his first album i thought that it would be hard to make another album that was just as good or even better, but i was wrong this album is even better, the best song is hard time hustlin on which krazie bone raps about growing up and providing money for his poor family its a song which shows real emotion. other good songs on the album are ya'll dont know me and rollin up some mo. The album also has excellent production from the neptunes and damizza and also features thugline artists ( krazie's record label) the best of which are the kneight rideuz. This is a must have for anybody's CD collection, go out and buy it u wont be dissapointed i promise you!

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