"East 1999" | ||||
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Single by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony | ||||
from the album E. 1999 Eternal | ||||
Released | November 21, 1995 | |||
Recorded | 1995 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 4:21 | |||
Label | Ruthless | |||
Songwriter(s) | Michael A. Cowan, Anthony Henderson, Stanley Howse, Bryon McCane, Kenneth McCloud, Steven Howse, Tim Middleton, Charles Scruggs | |||
Producer(s) | DJ U-Neek, Tony C (co-producer) | |||
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Music video | ||||
"East 1999" on YouTube |
"East 1999" is Bone Thugs-n-Harmony's second single released in 1995 from their album E. 1999 Eternal. This is one of five songs on the album to feature member Flesh-n-Bone who wasn't signed to Ruthless with the rest of the group.
Chart (1995) |
Debut Position |
Peak Position |
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Billboard Hot 100 | 94 | 39[1] |
Billboard Hot Rap Songs | 15 | 8[2] |
Billboard Hot R&B Songs | 58 | 19[1] |
"East 1999" charted weekly on Billboard's Hot Rap Songs from December 9, 1995, to March 23, 1996. It was then absent from the charts for three weeks before re-entering the chart for a further two weeks bringing "East 1999"'s chart-week tally to 18. A website was built in honor of the song and music put out by bone, East1999.com.[3]
Production KENNY MCLOUD, DJ-UNEEK,(REMIX ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION) PETER KRUDER. Executive Producer (Ect) Eric (Eazy-E) Wright) Bone Thugs - N - Harmony. Includes alternative lyric changes in (Flesh - N - Bone Stanley Howse ) , ( Bryon Anthony McCane II
Bizzy Bone ) Eric (Eazy-E wright) verse included, thought to be deleted, 4 copies deleted, tapes remain. Version C line ( Ruthless Attack Muzick, (1994)
P line ( RUTHLESS ATTACK MUZICK (1995) version created and directed ( Eric Eazy-E wright ) verse deleted 1995, weeks after Eric’s passing. Published under : Ruthless Attack Muzick, Ruthless Records, Epic , Priority, Relatively Records, Dollarz N Sense Muzick,(Eric Eazy-E wright) rights reserved 1994-1995 Ruthless.