“Tha Crossroads,” a tribute track to then-recently deceased Eazy-E, was featured on BTNH’s second album E. 1999 Eternal and would go on to captivate the world. Highlight lyrics you want to quote as your Facebook status then click the ‘Post’ button. Click the blue lyrics to see the meaning of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony ‘Tha Crossroads’ lyrics. Highlight lyrics and click ‘Explain’ to add meanings and earn points.

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• • Length 3: 44,,,, Tony C (original version) singles chronology ' (1995) ' Tha Crossroads' (1996) ' (1996) ' Tha Crossroads' is a song written and performed by group, taken from their album and released in 1996. The song is dedicated to the group's mentor, the late icon, and other family members. The song was the highest-debuting rap single when it debuted at number two on the. It is their biggest selling single, reaching number one on the Hot 100, and in 1997, the song won a Grammy for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Background [ ] 'Crossroad' originally debuted in 1995 on the album. It was dedicated to Bone's dead friend Wallace (Wally) Laird III, but after the death of they decided to remake it as 'Tha Crossroads'. The original song appears on the edited version of the album, though the European release has the original as track number 8 and the remix as track 18.

The song is performed by four of the group's members, (,, and ). After receiving high praise for their song the group decided to make it their third single for their already released album,. The song was a smash hit worldwide and reached the top of the.

It has been certified 2x platinum in the. In 2008, 'Tha Crossroads' was ranked number 33 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop. Music video [ ] The music video was filmed on February 27–28, 1996. It opens with the female vocal group Tre' (Kimberly Cromartie, Rebecca Forsha and Maniko Williams) singing the traditional spiritual ' in a church funeral setting, followed by the members of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony singing the main song in several settings, such as a church and a mountain top. The main focus of the video is an imposing man with sunglasses and a trench coat, akin to a. Bone are among the few who can see the man, and watch him as he gathers souls of various individuals who are marked for death, such as a young man who leaves his distraught mother behind (presumably have died after entering life as a gang member), Bone's friend Mike G, Wish Bone's uncle Charles,, and a newborn baby (possibly to have died from a childbirth complication). The Reaper then leads the souls, with the baby in his arms, up a mountain where he reveals himself to be an angel, then takes the dead to.

'Tha Crossroads' was nominated for the at the in 1996, although it lost to Coolio's '.' Track listings [ ] Australian CD single [ ] • 'Tha Crossroads' (D.J.

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U-Neek's Mo Thug remix) – 3:50 • 'Tha Crossroads' (D.J. U-Neek's remix instrumental) – 3:48 • 'Crossroad' (LP version – radio edit) – 3:33 • '1st of tha Month' (The Kruder and Dorfmeister remix) – 6:15 • 'Thuggish Ruggish Bone' – 4:42 Charts and sales [ ]. • 'Offering' • 'Uproar' Released August 19, 2002 Format,, Recorded 2002 Length 3: 10 (radio edit) Bryon McCane II, Anthony Henderson, Steven Howse, Charles Scruggs & Joe singles chronology ' Crossroads' (2002) ' (2002) ' Crossroads', a retitled and reworked version of 'Tha Crossroads', was released by British ten-piece hip-hop group as their first single in August 2002. Background [ ] The group's cover version of 'Crossroads' was recorded for inclusion on their first studio album,. The decision to record and release 'Crossroads' came about during the final stages of the album production: until June 2002, the song 'Standard Flow' was planned for release as the group's first single, with a promotional version of the 'Standard Flow' even made available on August 5. Despite being labelled as a cover version, only the chorus from the original version remains, with the verses replaced by new lyrics written by the band. Despite being the only 'cover version' the group ever recorded, it became the band's only number one single, staying at the top of the for one week in August 2002.

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Two versions of the song exist: the main version, which features in the music video and on In the Beginning, and the full version, which contains two extra verses, which appears on the second physical release of the single. Music video [ ] The music video for 'Crossroads' directed by was premiered in July 2002. The video runs for a total length of three minutes and forty-eight seconds and shows the band performing the song on top of an unfinished flyover in the centre of Cape Town. The video also shows scenes of an underpass where a number of homeless people are living, and individual shots of each band member. The video was filmed with the phantom effect, which provides a 'shadow' type movement for each member of the band. Track listing [ ] • Digital single • 'Crossroads' (radio edit) – 3:10 • 'Uproar' – 3:25 • UK CD #1 • 'Crossroads' (radio edit) – 3:10 • 'Uproar' – 3:25 • 'Crossroads' (CD-ROM video) – 3:45 • UK CD #2 • 'Crossroads' (full version) – 3:50 • 'Offering' – 3:20 • 'Crossroads' (T.N.T Remix) – 3:50 • Cassette • 'Crossroads' (radio edit) – 3:10 • 'Crossroads' (full version) – 3:50 Chart positions [ ] Chart (2002) Peak position 82 13 1 See also [ ] • • • • References [ ].