"Thuggish Ruggish Bone" is the debut single by American hip hop group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, from their debut EP Creepin on ah Come Up. It features local Cleveland singer Shatasha Williams.[1] The song reached #20 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was included in the soundtrack of the video game True Crime: Streets of LA; and the second half of Layzie Bone's verse was reused on the track "Family Scriptures" on the Mo Thugs Family debut album, Family Scriptures.^{[citation needed]}

"Thuggish Ruggish Bone"
Single by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony featuring Shatasha Williams
from the album Creepin on ah Come Up
Released	April 20, 1994
Recorded	1993
Genre	Hip hop, G-funk
Length	4:40
Label	Ruthless/Epic
Songwriter(s)	Anthony Henderson, Stanley Howse, Bryon McCane, Kenneth McCloud, Steven Howse, Tim Middleton, Charles Scruggs
Producer(s)	DJ U-Neek
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony singles chronology
"Thuggish Ruggish Bone" (1994) "Foe tha Love of $" (1994)

The music video (directed by Terry Heller) was shot near the Cuyahoga River on Cleveland's westside, near from the Lakeview Estates public housing units. The music video also featured rapper Eazy-E.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

1. Thuggish Ruggish Bone (EP Version) (featuring Shatasha Williams) (4:40)
2. Thuggish Ruggish Bone (Instrumental) (4:32)
3. Thuggish Ruggish Bone (A Capella) (4:40)

• Intro – Calvin O. Butts
• Chorus & Outro – Shatasha Williams
• Verse 1 – Layzie Bone
• Verse 2 – Wish Bone
• Verse 3 – Krayzie Bone
• Verse 4 – Bizzy Bone

Official versions

• Thuggish Ruggish Bone (A Cappella) (4:40)
• Thuggish Ruggish Bone (EP Version) (4:40)
• Thuggish Ruggish Bone (Instrumental) (4:32)

Remix

• Thuggish Ruggish Bone (U-Neek's Mix), appears on "Foe tha Love of $" single.[2]

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Personnel

• Featured Guest: Shatasha Williams
• Producer: DJ U-Neek & Kenny McCloud
• Executive Producer: Eazy-E
• Recorded by: Kenny McCloud at The Blackhole Recording Studio
• Additional Recording and Mixed by: Donovan "Tha Dirt Biker" Sound at Audio Achievement Studios
• Mastered by: "Big Bass" Brian Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering
• Published by: Ruthless Attack Muzick (ASCAP), Dollarz N Sense Muzick, Keenu Songs (BMI)

References

External links

• Bone Thugs-n-Harmony Official Website
• Ruthless Records Official Website
• Recording Industry Association of America