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[Intro: Bone Thugs-n-Harmony] Bone-Bone-Bone-Bone Bone, Bone, Bone, Bone, Bone Now tell me what ya gonna do When it ain't nowhere to run When judgment comes for you When judgement comes for you Now tell me what ya gonna do When it ain't nowhere to hide When judgment comes for you Cause it's gonna come for you [Verse 1: Bizzy] Let's all bring it. As much as “Thuggish Ruggish Bone” is a classic, “Tha Crossroads,” the group’s biggest hit, is the track that everybody remembers Bone Thugs-N-Harmony for. It set the stage for their “positive gangsta rap,” and “Tha Crossroads” is indeed the best track the group ever recorded.

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About Bone Thugs-n-Harmony

Graced with a quick and sometimes sung delivery, along with a unique sense of melody, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony burst out of Cleveland, Ohio in the mid-'90s with a pair of massive hits ('Thuggish Ruggish Bone' and 'Tha Crossroads') along with a great first album, as well as a successful follow-up, and then quickly unraveled. Mainstream interest dropped off toward the tail end of the '90s, but the group, which underwent a series of lineup changes, continued to release new material via mixtapes and albums throughout the 2000s.
N.W.A's Eazy-E signed the group -- initially comprised of Krayzie Bone, Wish Bone, Flesh-N-Bone, Layzie Bone, and Bizzy Bone -- to Ruthless Records. The debut release from Bone was an EP, Creepin on ah Come Up (1994). The EP boasted 'Thuggish Ruggish Bone,' a conventional G-funk song with an unconventional array of Bone Thug rappers that became an overnight summer anthem, especially throughout the Midwest. The single crossed into the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number 22.
Amid the fervor, the group immediately reentered the studio and emerged with a remarkable album, E 1999 Eternal (1995). The album topped the Billboard 200 and the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts and spawned a pair of popular singles, '1st of the Month' and 'Tha Crossroads,' the latter a dedication to the deceased Eazy-E and a Grammy Award recipient. As was in vogue at the time, the group members subsequently pursued respective solo careers and also a Mo Thugs Family spinoff group; none of these ventures rivaled the proper Bone projects.
At this point, the onetime cohesive group, which specialized in interwoven, harmonious singing as well as rapping, became conflicted and the group members failed to collaborate well. However, their second album, Art of War (1997) -- an ambitious double-disc package -- was very successful. Not only did it top the same Billboard charts as E 1999 Eternal, but lead single 'Look into My Eyes' went Top Five on the Hot 100. Within a year of release, it was certified quadruple platinum for over four million units sold in the U.S.
A second round of solo albums sold poorly, and Bone quickly slid off the mainstream radar. Occasional reunions, such as 2000's BTNHResurrection and 2002's Thug World Order, produced some moments of glory, but these were few and far between. Thug Stories, released in 2006 on Koch, placed the group -- at the time, a trio minus Bizzy -- in the Top 30 of the Billboard 200. Bone then signed to Swizz Beatz's Interscope-affiliated Full Surface boutique label, where they issued 2007's Strength & Loyalty. A major-label budget allowed for guest spots from the Game, Mariah Carey, Akon, Bow Wow, and Twista, and the set eventually sold over 500,000 copies, earning gold certification.
Bizzy returned for 2010's Uni5: The World's Enemy. The album debuted at number 14 on the Billboard 200. A handful of dates excepted, Bizzy was absent from the album's promotional tour. He returned for the 2013 release Art of War: WWIII, but this time Krayzie and Wish Bone were out of the group, with both working on solo careers. In 2017, Krayzie and Bizzy revealed they were working on a duet album, New Waves, under the group name Bone Thugs. In advance of the album's release, they dropped a single, 'Coming Home,' with a guest appearance from reggae artist Stephen Marley. ~ Jason Birchmeier

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'I Tried' (also known as 'I Tried (So Hard)') is a song recorded by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, released in February 2007 as the lead single from their album Strength & Loyalty. This particular song features Layzie Bone, Krayzie Bone and Wish Bone. The song features and was produced by Akon; Giorgio Tuinfort assisted the artists in writing the song.

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Background and composition[edit]

The song is about the struggles that the members of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and Akon faced on the streets.

'I Tried' is performed in the key of G♯ minor in common time with a tempo of 82 beats per minute. The song follows a chord progression of D♯m–E–F♯–G♯m, and the vocals in the song span from F♯₄ to E₅.^[1][2]

Chart performance[edit]

The song entered the Billboard charts in the issue dated April 7, 2007. It debuted at number eighty-two on the Billboard Hot 100 on the issue date April 14, 2007 and reached number six, making it the highest charting Bone Thugs-N-Harmony single in ten years.

Music video[edit]

On March 7, 2007, the music video officially debuted on Yahoo! and other websites. On December 31 of the same year, the video appeared at number 89 on BET's Notarized: Top 100 Videos of 2007 countdown. The video shows the group and Akon performing as well as tells the story of a young man in Cleveland where the group was first formed. The man walks into a grocery store, but at the entrance, he collides with a man running out of the store. The man drops what he had in his hand, revealing money. The money is inferred to be stolen from the store. The other man runs away, while the young man picks up his bag. Consequently, a police officer catches him picking up the bag where the money had been dropped. He runs from the police officer, but the officer eventually arrests him. The officer goes to the store to check with the owner if he had arrested the suspect. The store owner says the young man did not rob the store, and then the officer lets the young man go. The video ends with the man walking away from the store.

The music video was directed by Rich Newey.

Track listing[edit]

A-side[edit]

• 'I Tried' (featuring Akon)
  1. Clean – 4:51
  2. Dirty – 4:51
  3. Instrumental – 4:51
  4. A cappella – 4:33

B-side[edit]

• 'Bumps in the Trunk' (featuring Swizz Beatz)
  1. Dirty – 4:25
  2. Instrumental – 4:24
  3. A cappella – 4:26

Charts[edit]

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Sales[edit]

The single was certified platinum by the RIAA,^[13] and also became a platinum-selling ringtone.^[14]

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References[edit]

1. ^Howse, Steven. 'Bone Thugs-N-Harmony 'I Tried' Sheet Music in G Minor - Download & Print'. Musicnotes.com. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
2. ^'Song Key and BPM Music Database AudioKeychain'. AudioKeychain. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
3. ^'Brazil'(PDF). ABPD. October 6, 2001. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
4. ^'Bone Thugs-n-Harmony Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)'. Billboard.
5. ^'Charts.nz – Bone Thugs-N-Harmony feat. Akon – I Tried'. Top 40 Singles.
6. ^'Bone Thugs-n-Harmony: Artist Chart History'. Official Charts Company.
7. ^'Bone Thugs-n-Harmony Chart History (Hot 100)'. Billboard.
8. ^'Bone Thugs-n-Harmony Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)'. Billboard.
9. ^'Bone Thugs-n-Harmony Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)'. Billboard.
10. ^'Bone Thugs-n-Harmony Chart History (Pop Songs)'. Billboard.
11. ^'Hot 100 Songs - Year End 2007'. Billboard. Prometheus Media LLC. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
12. ^'Ringtones Year End 2007'. Billboard. Prometheus Media LLC. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
13. ^'RIAA Search results'.
14. ^'Bone Thugs-N-Harmony: News: 'I Tried' Certified Platinum Ringtone'.

External links[edit]

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics