JAY-Z’s 4:44 Tour is in full effect and judging by the reactions on social media, he seriously impressed the audience inside Quicken Loans Arena (the same building LeBron James and the Cavs play).
By far the most viral moment came when Jigga repurposed his 1998 album cut classic, “Nigga What, Nigga Who,” by ripping the mic to shreds on top of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony’s equally eternal classic, “Thuggish Ruggish Bone” — much to the delight of the hometown crowd.
HipHopDX reached out to Krayzie Bone, who was just as thrilled as the 216 natives.
“I looked at it as him doing what real MCs do, [which is] pay homage,” Krayzie tells DX.
“At the same time, he knows that we’re one of the biggest acts to ever come out of Cleveland and that resonates with a lot of artists that come thru Cleveland. They always mention, shout out, or do something in reference to Bone. It’s definitely flattering and cool to see somebody of his stature acknowledge that Bone Thugs-n-Harmony did in fact exist and was a great contribution to Hip Hop since the industry seems to forget that a lot.”
The record “Thuggish Ruggish Bone” was released on Bone’s debut project, 1994’s Creepin’ On Ah Come Up, and propelled a career that would go on to be on the better side of over 20 million records sold. On the other spectrum, “Nigga What, Nigga Who’s” accompanying album, Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life, was a compilation of JAY-Z’s coming-of-age years and would go on to become his biggest project, selling more than five million records in its heyday.
The 4:44 Tour will keep trucking well up to the week of Christmas (December 25). Check out the remaining dates down below.
11/21 — Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
11/22 — Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
11/25 — Boston, MA @ TD Garden
11/26 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
11/29 — Washington, DC @ Verizon Center
12/2 — Uniondale, NY @ NYCB LIVE’s Nassau Coliseum
12/5 — Chicago, IL @ United Center
12/6 — Lincoln, NE @ Pinnacle Bank Arena
12/9 — Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place
12/11 — Vancouver, BC @ Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena
12/13 — Seattle, WA @ KeyArena
12/14 — Portland, OR @ Moda Center
12/16 — Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena
12/17 — Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center
12/19 — San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena
12/21 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum
Everyone wanna be like bone..lol..he has to pay dues..bizzy bone beat him in a rap battle..bone still the shit
Boxy bone never beat anyone including himself, off! LoL dudes rap the same lame ass word 10 times, then rhyme that with what? The same word they rapped 10 tines already! LOL. Let me guess, you’re pushing forward and never got your GED. Can you eve spell GED? Hahaha! Lame!
Actually he did, you spelled times with a m not n since you are so concern with spelling.
Fuck a ged..bitch i graduated ..lol
That’s like Spudd Webb giving Jordan an honor for dunking. Bitch, who is you? LOL. You’re lucky Jay even knows you exist. With your broke ass Taco Bell breath…
Greatest Rap group ever!!!!Bone Thugs
Krayzie has been one of the most underrated similar to a AZ, Bun B. If yall ain’t familiar with dudes solo work check out
songs like Lost our way, vanilla lights, the future, it’s all real, smoking budda, sold his soul, this ain’t really living remix. Dude is a beast because he uses
different styles.
Bone thugs are true hiphop legends
Forget all this honor stuff kray you need to drop another New waves type of joint
I always thought Thuggish Ruggish was bone weakest singles to me personally although people love it, I rank it
behind Foe the love, look into my eyes, If I could teach the world, Dayz of our livez, Crossroads, Ressurection, Get Up. Thuggish Ruggish was their kick in the door song though.
You were just a fan of their slower songz. I liked those Hardcore B.O.N.E songz. No way this is the weakest. This is the song that made everyone pay attention.
Yea that’s prob true I always love the tracks were they sing and harmonize a bit, like Fried Day from bizzy, smoking Budda from krazyieT
Kind of reminds me of when he freestyled over Too Short Blow The Whistle and got on his hyphy shit. True elders pay homage, it’s all black music, in the end, every artist has the opportunity to create their own sound and lane.
One thing I got to give krayzie and bone thugs credit for is lasting all the years look at the groups that have came and went due to chemistry, death, demand, lack of determination. It’s extremely hard to stick together in the business some things are out of your control, Bone thugs still going strong 24 years later, Wu tang too they made rap the new Rock in the sense of you can be in the game 20 years later in sill get money doing tours all over the country
Trent, you seem like a way better writer than your colleagues, and know your stuff more than them.. but Bone had an album out before Creepin.
Big up to Jay one of the best paying homage to one of the best Bone thugs n harmony
Krayzie the best rapper in BTNH
2 of my favorites Bone Thugs and Jigga I got a total of 28 albums combine between the 2
King HOV is the GOAT, hands down. Yes, even better than Bone. All of his albums are classics where Bone only has two (Creepin, E 1999). Y’all say Bizzy Bone beat King HOV in a battle, but where is he at now? Broke and irrelevant, just like broke ass Nas. And speaking of Nas, he’s never do anything like this. Spit one of his verses over another beat and make it work so beautifully. He only has one flow where King HOV has many. Versatility is key in being the greatest. But you Nas stans wouldn’t understand that either.
hhdx should air out these anonymous clowns who just spew irrelevant hate. who th was even talking about nas? lol
You better stay dissing Nas trust me you don’t want it with Bone Fans.
I don’t see Bone stans as a threat. Matter of fact, Bone and Nas stans both dickride their heroes to death when they’ve put out more wack music than good. King HOV runs rap, no, he runs the map. So game on, bitch!
Fuck u dont ever disrespect Bone !! Probably u never hear of New waves or Krayzie Bone 3 albums this year !! Im gonna say it 1 more time dont ever diss Bone u garbage
New Waves is trash. Nobody knew Krayzie Bone put out 3 albums this year, so that must mean they’re trash also. 4:44 is better than all of them. What are you gonna do now, exclamation point me to death? LOL
Lol hater always gonna be a hater :)) bone originated that fast,melodic harmony rap what happend after that everyoke trying to their style ! Ur an idiot i dare u to say it to their face u gonna get smoked :)) better watch ur mouth
Im sure they’re 40-year old selves will smoke me. Lol, and I’m from Brooklyn, never ran, never will. Try me.
Oh im sorry its cuz ur from Brooklyn u hate bone so much :)) probably i never listen to any of bone or krayzie bone album 😉 u should listen carefully to his lyrics as much i love Jay he doesnt have a chance against Krayzie or Bizzy !! Selling millions of albums doesnt make u lyrical
Naw man you troll a lot but you didn’t listen to that album because it was def top 5 rap album of the year, I had it at 3 behind Big kirt and meek mill album. Jay is my favorite MC ever but everybody knows Bone Thugs N Harmony are Hip Hop Royalty
I miss the REAL Fuck Queensbridge not the dick rider Jay Z fan one.
Bone was, and is, one of the most overrated, garbage ass hip hop acts in history. Hands down. Just plain awful.
Kill your self.
KILL YOURSELF NOW.
And ur a young punk who doesnt recognize real rap
Bone is the illest GROUP ever in rap history. Feel free to disagree but remember I don’t care. Thank you.
who would or could disagree , maybe kids like 12 years old , but us as a generation who witness the born of hip hop we know the value of BONE TO HIP HOP
Bone is still the shit…
In other words, please give us a deal jay-z
Don’t think they need one, Cube and dre are in talks with doing their Bio pic, Groups like Bone thugs, Wu tang, Outkast, De la, Tribe don’t actually even need deals or to even put out music they make more off of touring to their old stuff then the majority of these new hot rappers make off records sales
And end up like Bleek? yea ok…Cuz Jay has had so much success pushing any rapper other than himself
BTNH the hip hop Rolling Stones they made it past 20 years should be honored for that along
A lot of rappers that do shows in Cleveland do this I’ve seen Kevin Gates, Asap Rocky, Freddie Gibbs show love to Bone Thugs when they came it’s only right to me. But it’s difficult to do this for a NY artist because it’s so many, biggie, LL, Run Dmc, Nas, Pun, But in Cleveland no other rappers came close to do what Bone did, They put on they whole hood with Mo thugs
Krayzie is one of the greatest
I agree with that but also think he needs to do a legit solo without the bootleg record labels I always see him playing snippets of some of the freshest music you will hear but then he never puts it out. Just do a entire album produce by Pozition and a couple of your in house producers with features from the Bone family tree, lay, bizzy, wish, flesh, caine, PZ, Get Addikkted Mafia.
Got mad respect for krayzie bone and his crew they came to Houston and put on a hurricane relief concert a lot rappers talk about it
that day they got it done for the city of Houston.
Mighty Bone Thugs!!!
If yall don’t know how dope Krayzie Bone is just youtube and listen to It’s All real, Let’s live, all I’m hearing, I alwayz thought he
was one of the most talented rappers dude talent is equal to a andre 3k,
Thug Mentality 1999 was dope, lyrics, production, features he had fat joe, pun, mariah carey , treach, Marley Brothers, E40, Snoop, kurupt, gansta boo, rest of Bone thugs,
Every rapper should pay homage to Bone when they hit Cleveland it’s only right
Bone Bone Bone Bone Bone Bone Bone Bone Bone!!!!!!
Heard Ice Cube say that producers from SOC may be working on Bone Thugs Bio Pic would be Fire
Dr Dre is rumored to take on the project from the stuff I been seeing, LT hutton was suppose to be schedule to be the director
he used to produce a lot for Bone thugs n harmony, but after Pac movie people involved change their mind about him they felt the Pac movie was a huge failure.