This masterwork came to the public as Bones first full-length CD which was propelled by their literally classic pro money-earning, death-obssessed intro EP ("Creepin'On Ah Come Up")...though E '99 Eternal needed little help, if any ...that ep set the stage for the takeover that ensued.


"Mo-Murda-and-weed-smoke" sums this CD up in the simplest of terms - nearly every song EVEN OUTSIDE the "marijuana odes", has multiple indo-weed references..and at this point so long later, EVEN AS A BURNER, becomes MONOTONOUS. They do, however, capture the tone of mid 90s reality/Gangsta Rap, while totally changing the landscape at the same time (so-called bone clones were of a plenty at this time--"Gangsta Pat"...you name it). I know lots of people have reviewed and heard this CD, but I will say, theres lots of highlights on here, of course...

crossroads
crept and we came
Mo murda
1st of the month

etc...

While I would honestly recommend "The At Of War" more, this here's no slouch... because of that, I think its clear those FOUR SINGLE-STAR RATINGS were, at some point, given by the 3 guys in "DO OR DIE" along with TWISTA. No able-eared listener (without personal beef) would give this less than four stars..EVER!!