This song was made in early 1996 and released in April 1996, it became the fastest rising single in the history of music beating the Beatles Can't Buy Me Love at the time. It was huge. Eazy-E died in March 1995 so Bone thugs decided to remix the original version which came out in the summer of 1995. Not only did Eazy-E die after the original version was but bone also lost wish's Uncle Charles and layzie bones baby which you can see there is a scene in the video with a husband and wife at the hospital when the reaper comes
i wouldnt say that. its their biggest hit, ya, but creepin on a come up had thuggish ruggish and love of $ and came out a year before e.99 album. they was def poppin before crossroads
Thuggish Ruggish Bone was what made them famous because when that album came out no one heard anything like them before. This song was their biggest hit which got them a Grammy and was #1 on the Rap, Hip-Hop, and R&B charts
COACU made Bone Thugs popular because it was the new flow + harmony sound, but "Tha Crossroads" made Bone Thugs FAMOUS. Like big as The Beatles kind of famous. It broke genres and made way more people realize these are not 'just thugs.'
I have listened to this song over and over and over and over again since I was 5 years old that's how long I've been a Bone Thugs-N-Harmony featuring dedicated to the Bone Thugs boys they helped me get through a lot of problems or the kids going up brain cancer in and out of the hospital surgery after surgery
The scene with the baby, I think they were alluding to Layzie Bone’s son who died as a baby not long after birth. Layzie talks about it on some songs, he’s got a solo song on the Art Of War album called Mind Of A Souljah, he sings about it in the intro “baby boy my angel daddy’ll meet you at the crossroads”. In old interviews Bone talked about the crossroads as being the crossroads between life and death.
The Original Crossroads was dedicated to there friend Wally, after recording there first Album under Ruthless records in the mid 90s lotta friends and family was killed Wish Uncle Charles was gunned down, Krayzie Bone's cousin Lil Boo also, Layzie's baby Baby Boy died, and Eazy E it was like back to back. PS Tupac also liked the original Crossroads he told Bone, while he was in prison that song along got him through some rough times 😀
You’ve been doing a bunch of songs from East 1999 Eternal, might as well finish those off. Not many left...whatever you choose to do heres what you’ve done and whats left of that album 1. Da Introduction - Done 2. East 1999 - Done 3. Eternal - Done 4. Crept & We Came (dope track with all 5) 5. Down 71 - Done 6. Mr. Bill Collector - Done 7. Budsmokaz Only (decent weed song) 8. Crossroad - Done 9. Me Killa (small skit, you can do it if you want...blends nicely into next track) 10. Land Of Tha Heartless (BANGER...love this track...fast tempo, dope beat) 11. No Shorts No Losses - (beat isnt as dope as the rest of the album imo but Bone still sounds dope on it...all 5 on this one) 12. 1st Of Tha Month - Done 13. Buddah Lovaz - Done 14. Die Die Die (BANGER with just Krayzie and Bizzy) 15. Mr Quija 2 (another skit that blends well into the next song but you’ve already done it) 16. Mo Murda - Done 17. Shotz 2 Tha Double Glocc (BANGER featuring some of thier Mo Thug artists) 18. Tha Crossroads - Done
The three woman singing at the beginning are the group Tré they were part of the Bone side group Mo' Thugs, and one of the three is the sister of Shatasha Williams who sang the hook to Thuggish Ruggish Bone.
They did this about 1996 i think. The original Crossroads was on the E. 1999 album but they changed it after eazy died. I have two copies of the album one with Crossroads original version and one with Tha Crossroads remake. The Crossroads is purgatory.
@@JackReacts904 The European region was lucky, they got BOTH versions on the album, whereas we, depending on when you bought it, got either this version or the OG version
Bro this song was a tribute to eazy amd along with uncle charles, wally bone and others dear to them. As a 90s baby, we ALL adopted this song. This song is NOT about lyrics as far as skill pwr say but something to remember. Along with boyz to men's its so hard to say good bye sing, THIS crossroads is plated at more funerals and death situations than nearly ANY OTHER song. This video was unlike ANY other rap or music video during its time, the animations, graphics had really not been done this way, it even had a world premiere we all sat infront of bet and watched. It went double platinum which wasnt being done by many gansta rap artist at that time. Its by far theor most successful song. Go back and watch the love performances and see the reaper, death props and money put into this song. When this song is played, people CRY, because it connects to thousands of dead loved ones this song was played to. Its really that deep amd iconic
LOL finally the younger generation seeing who started the mumble rap and thuggish ruggish shit. bone thugs n harmony is called the originators for a reason and your seeing exactly why. but hearing bone thugs music and doing reaction videos is one thing. go to one of their concerts and watch them live and direct and then post a reaction to it on your youtube channel.
You trippin'...the original Crossroads came out first in the E 1999 Eternal Album in 95' amd in 96' Tha Crossroads Remix was added to the album replacing the original one.
East 1999/Eternal came out summer of 95 but they recorded a lot of the material before Eazy passed. This version was put out I think Match of 96. They took the original called Da Crossroads of the album and put this version called Crossroads on the album. This single broke the Beatles records
Back in the day when the song came out the highlight was , "Man, I miss my Uncle Charles y'all." Someone did an entire video on who Uncle Charles was. For me Wish Bone has the deepest lyrics (not in all songs) but on most of Bone's albums. He's the most honest. He even talked about being abused in the Art of War album. I believe the song was My Family or Family Tree.
@@JackReacts904 That was the Pre-release of this version, not a remix (trust me, the vocals don't sound as refined on here & the instrumental plays in overall, the same order, despite different chorus placement & length, why it's labeled as a remix tho, no clue). But since Flesh wasn't around 100% of the time (according to their episode of Unsung, he had NUMEROUS law troubles), they couldn't finalize it, so they went back in AGAIN, & this was the final result. Pre-Release still good tho
That's the way they do a lot of their songs if they bring them back for new album they take it change it up a little bit change the temple up change a couple words around and then put it out the album out
The OG beat is super dope but this is also...they both have instrumentals and since your a beat guy like myself I recommend you check them both out along with thier other instrumentals from thier early music...shit is too dope
Fun fact - this song uses the same sample as Naughty By Nature’s “Hip Hop Hooray”...its just hard to tell cuz they use different elements and the tempos are different but if you listen you will see...and ironically, Eazy E is in the Hip Hop Hooray video
Cam and Jack Reacts thats one reason why I like your reactions cuz ur a beat guy like myself. I can tell you have an ear music. We hear things that most other people dont hear. Thats why I recomend you check out some of thier instrumentals like 1st Of Tha Month, Dayz Of Our Livez, Thug Luv, Crossroad, Tha Crossroads, Shots 2 Tha Double Glocc, Eternal....the beats by themselves are out of this world...and then when Bone raps over them it just sounds that much better. I believe thier beats back then played a HUGE roll in why the music was so dope...when they linked up with Dj Uneek it was like a match made in heaven...like it was just meant to be Also if your interested and feel like checking it out on your own time I remade the beat for East 1999 - m.th-cam.com/video/veH3jIuYf38/w-d-xo.html
And lastly...THIS is the song that gave bone their respect and the record label saw that and then they kinda changed their rap style. Bone even said that
I believe the original was made before they got signed to ruthless records which is Eazy-E's record label the remix version came out after Eazy-E passed
@@JackReacts904 yea foreal lol..you have to check out group Crucial Conflict, song"Hay"..and group Do or Die feat Twista song" Po Pimp".. If you like that fast melodic flows you'll love both..trust me💯
Yo, i love the reactions! You have to do Me Against The World” from Tupac! Best 2Pac song in my opining. From the flow, the vocals and the beat! It’s a masterpiece! Take my word for it!
Wow, dude. I was just watching another reaction video of yours that was uploaded only less than a year after this one and your voice sounded noticeably lower.
yeh I prefer the original..but this one put bone on the world wide map.. but ye..they lost eazy e..loads more died before eternal came out..dj uneek made this version with bone..and its the biggest hit ever.
I'm a old head at this time lazie bone lost a son wi$h lost his uncle bone lost lil ez and it all happened between the original then now the baby is lazie bones son
@@JackReacts904 There's actually a video on him on TH-cam called "What happened to Uncle Charles?". Apparently he was killed when they first came out with Creepin' On Ah Come Up. Shit's rough.
This should not be analyzed stylistically. It is a song from the heart and it is very spiritual. Forget the pieces of the song and appreciate the entire song
It did fit in far more, but some of the best tracks were the standouts. OG version of Down 71 would feel right at home, but the final version just blows you away
@@JackReacts904 I like how you doing all the old bone songs. Keep up the good work lil homie. Pay what you owe is a underated bone thug song check it out sometime pretty dope song people don't really talk about .
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That "Mary don't you weep" intro still gives me chills. This group is so iconic. 🔥🔥🔥🔥
He's the Angel of Death who's reaping souls
This song won a Grammy and was #1 on the Rap, Hip-hop, and R&B charts in 96
This song was made in early 1996 and released in April 1996, it became the fastest rising single in the history of music beating the Beatles Can't Buy Me Love at the time. It was huge. Eazy-E died in March 1995 so Bone thugs decided to remix the original version which came out in the summer of 1995. Not only did Eazy-E die after the original version was but bone also lost wish's Uncle Charles and layzie bones baby which you can see there is a scene in the video with a husband and wife at the hospital when the reaper comes
Jason Zavarella when they got Wally that was just f ing triggering he was great
Wally was the homie
“When The Day Come Better Believe Bone Gotta Shoulder You Can Lean On” 🤧😭🔥
Almighty DJ my little cousin was hung 🤐 no words
Dylan Fetter some shit just fly over peoples heads 😢
This was the 1 that actually made them famous their biggest hit
@@JackReacts904 it is sad to think how many people dont know about Bone Thugs talents and what they started
i wouldnt say that. its their biggest hit, ya, but creepin on a come up had thuggish ruggish and love of $ and came out a year before e.99 album. they was def poppin before crossroads
@@DrippUP yea
Thuggish Ruggish Bone was what made them famous because when that album came out no one heard anything like them before. This song was their biggest hit which got them a Grammy and was #1 on the Rap, Hip-Hop, and R&B charts
COACU made Bone Thugs popular because it was the new flow + harmony sound, but "Tha Crossroads" made Bone Thugs FAMOUS. Like big as The Beatles kind of famous. It broke genres and made way more people realize these are not 'just thugs.'
It’s a Tribute to their Mentor Eazy-E who died in 1995 for AIDS and everyone who they lost. One of the group members lost his Uncle named Charles
You are seeing now why Bone Thugs are one of the best rap groups of all time and how many of today's artist are coping their style.
Still might be 1 of the most epic rap videos ever
I have listened to this song over and over and over and over again since I was 5 years old that's how long I've been a Bone Thugs-N-Harmony featuring dedicated to the Bone Thugs boys they helped me get through a lot of problems or the kids going up brain cancer in and out of the hospital surgery after surgery
This song is a Classic. Back in the day they played this song on the radio so much. Also the video was always on.
@@JackReacts904 Def right about that. Thanks for all u do
Mariah Carey featuring Bone Thugs - "Breakdown" it came out 97 Mariah sings Bone Style with them👍
The scene with the baby, I think they were alluding to Layzie Bone’s son who died as a baby not long after birth. Layzie talks about it on some songs, he’s got a solo song on the Art Of War album called Mind Of A Souljah, he sings about it in the intro “baby boy my angel daddy’ll meet you at the crossroads”. In old interviews Bone talked about the crossroads as being the crossroads between life and death.
I wouldn't call this a true remix, it's more of a remake. They recorded it after Eazy died. I believe the original version was pre Eazy's death.
The Original was dedicated to Wally, not Eazy-E
OG version was a Wally exclusive, this one was dedicated to, like Bizzy said, everybody
Yes
I like how you are showing bone love
That's supposed to be the angel of death
The 3 women at the start are Tre and are part of the Mo~Thugs family
I MISS MY UNCLE CHARLES Y'ALL
Uncle Charles is all of ours uncle.
What they did to boo was wrong y'all
Andy Zacha and niggas tryna take my life away
And uncle Charles rip they had to shoot em
Not a huge deal but the correct title for this is called “Tha Crossroads”...the first one you did was titled correctly as “Crossroad”
That's why Bone the best, #RipE !!!!!!!!!!
BIZZY BONE my favorite 💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
The Original Crossroads was dedicated to there friend Wally, after recording there first Album under Ruthless records in the mid 90s lotta friends and family was killed Wish Uncle Charles was gunned down, Krayzie Bone's cousin Lil Boo also, Layzie's baby Baby Boy died, and Eazy E it was like back to back.
PS
Tupac also liked the original Crossroads he told Bone, while he was in prison that song along got him through some rough times 😀
The guys that was taking souls was a angel from heaven
I love that intro of the crossroads
This song made millions cry! I was scared when I seen Uncle Charles die in this video. And the ladies in the beginning is a Mo Thug group
@@JackReacts904 Keep up these reactions.
The name of the group is Tre. The also feature in a version of Bone Thugs - The 1st of The Month" they sing along in the original chorus.
That's the angel of death gathering souls
The greatest rap song of all time
You’ve been doing a bunch of songs from East 1999 Eternal, might as well finish those off. Not many left...whatever you choose to do heres what you’ve done and whats left of that album
1. Da Introduction - Done
2. East 1999 - Done
3. Eternal - Done
4. Crept & We Came (dope track with all 5)
5. Down 71 - Done
6. Mr. Bill Collector - Done
7. Budsmokaz Only (decent weed song)
8. Crossroad - Done
9. Me Killa (small skit, you can do it if you want...blends nicely into next track)
10. Land Of Tha Heartless (BANGER...love this track...fast tempo, dope beat)
11. No Shorts No Losses - (beat isnt as dope as the rest of the album imo but Bone still sounds dope on it...all 5 on this one)
12. 1st Of Tha Month - Done
13. Buddah Lovaz - Done
14. Die Die Die (BANGER with just Krayzie and Bizzy)
15. Mr Quija 2 (another skit that blends well into the next song but you’ve already done it)
16. Mo Murda - Done
17. Shotz 2 Tha Double Glocc (BANGER featuring some of thier Mo Thug artists)
18. Tha Crossroads - Done
The three woman singing at the beginning are the group Tré they were part of the Bone side group Mo' Thugs, and one of the three is the sister of Shatasha Williams who sang the hook to Thuggish Ruggish Bone.
The Isley Brothers "At your best" is the sample alot of people dont realize that
Is that for the piece of music that pops in right before Layzie's verse? 'Cause the overall sample was Make Me Say It Again Girl Pt. 1 & 2
Youngster keep on doing u
Im from cleveland here 216
im 37 but when this song came out so many memories, first cassette tape single I bought at The Warehouse
If I Could Teach The World has a similar vibe, and a video too. Shit looks like a movie!
They did this about 1996 i think. The original Crossroads was on the E. 1999 album but they changed it after eazy died. I have two copies of the album one with Crossroads original version and one with Tha Crossroads remake. The Crossroads is purgatory.
@@JackReacts904 The European region was lucky, they got BOTH versions on the album, whereas we, depending on when you bought it, got either this version or the OG version
Timeless piece of music! React to Drama by Krayzie Bone bro 🤯
Yes please. I think I requested that on one of your first reactions
Bro this song was a tribute to eazy amd along with uncle charles, wally bone and others dear to them. As a 90s baby, we ALL adopted this song. This song is NOT about lyrics as far as skill pwr say but something to remember. Along with boyz to men's its so hard to say good bye sing, THIS crossroads is plated at more funerals and death situations than nearly ANY OTHER song. This video was unlike ANY other rap or music video during its time, the animations, graphics had really not been done this way, it even had a world premiere we all sat infront of bet and watched. It went double platinum which wasnt being done by many gansta rap artist at that time. Its by far theor most successful song. Go back and watch the love performances and see the reaper, death props and money put into this song. When this song is played, people CRY, because it connects to thousands of dead loved ones this song was played to. Its really that deep amd iconic
Crossroads is my favorite out of the two but when I die I want them to play for me tha crossroads
LOL finally the younger generation seeing who started the mumble rap and thuggish ruggish shit. bone thugs n harmony is called the originators for a reason and your seeing exactly why. but hearing bone thugs music and doing reaction videos is one thing. go to one of their concerts and watch them live and direct and then post a reaction to it on your youtube channel.
Naw this one is a classic. Nobody even heard the original before this unless they was from Cleveland
You trippin'...the original Crossroads came out first in the E 1999 Eternal Album in 95' amd in 96' Tha Crossroads Remix was added to the album replacing the original one.
@@jhernandez1207 yea but it didnt pop off at all. Its really a remake not a remix anyway
So everyone in the world hear it,, not just Cleveland lol
@@jhernandez1207 yea thats why i said that lol. Im from Bama and the remake is all I knew until I did research
Remix or not....the original one came out first on the album so yeah everyone heard it
The Sega game sample was for Eternal. The game was Eternal Champions.
Mo thugs - thug devotion
Yeah that tune is fire. Always gives me that westcoast G-Funk feeling
Wish's verse is the most iconic verse on this song to me.
You didn't see that the was soul taker was actually Angel🤜🤛💯
Jack, I haven’t heard your preference yet but careful now... the remix won a GRAMMY!
Oh damn... the original huh?
React to Bone Thugs-n- Harmony - Can't Give It Up
Fire track for sure!
Aaron Haselrig awesome song people sleep on Resurrection album the concept of this song alone shows bones legacy
Peep their 20th Anniversary Cypher if you got time. Its about 20min tho but its dope af and worth it. #bars 🔥🔥
i 2nd this.
East 1999/Eternal came out summer of 95 but they recorded a lot of the material before Eazy passed. This version was put out I think Match of 96. They took the original called Da Crossroads of the album and put this version called Crossroads on the album. This single broke the Beatles records
Back in the day when the song came out the highlight was , "Man, I miss my Uncle Charles y'all." Someone did an entire video on who Uncle Charles was. For me Wish Bone has the deepest lyrics (not in all songs) but on most of Bone's albums. He's the most honest. He even talked about being abused in the Art of War album. I believe the song was My Family or Family Tree.
That baby was lazy bones baby that passed
handle the vibe - bone
if i could teach the world- bone
hustler musik - lil wayne
First listen to it’s all mo thug
"Ohh well, if you snooze you lose, you lose"
5:44 Ah yes, the scene that undoubtedly fucked EVERYBODY up when they first saw this video
2pac Hellrazor
Yeeeeee
React to Rittz “Sleep at night” Tech N9ne “We just wanna party” Stevie Stone “General,My Remedy,Let’s get fucked up”
The baby is Layzie Bones son, he died before his 1yr birthday
This is the only one I have heard since the 90s I thought this was the original song
Listen to dat bone joint...called lkbwf.in a Nice system of course
Bro you should of did the real crossroads remix feat Flesh Bone
@@JackReacts904 That was the Pre-release of this version, not a remix (trust me, the vocals don't sound as refined on here & the instrumental plays in overall, the same order, despite different chorus placement & length, why it's labeled as a remix tho, no clue). But since Flesh wasn't around 100% of the time (according to their episode of Unsung, he had NUMEROUS law troubles), they couldn't finalize it, so they went back in AGAIN, & this was the final result. Pre-Release still good tho
That's the way they do a lot of their songs if they bring them back for new album they take it change it up a little bit change the temple up change a couple words around and then put it out the album out
Bro, go and watch unsung with bone thugs, great documentary
Art of war album, every day thang pt2, clog up yo mind, whom die they lie, really any song off that album
The OG beat is super dope but this is also...they both have instrumentals and since your a beat guy like myself I recommend you check them both out along with thier other instrumentals from thier early music...shit is too dope
Fun fact - this song uses the same sample as Naughty By Nature’s “Hip Hop Hooray”...its just hard to tell cuz they use different elements and the tempos are different but if you listen you will see...and ironically, Eazy E is in the Hip Hop Hooray video
Cam and Jack Reacts thats one reason why I like your reactions cuz ur a beat guy like myself. I can tell you have an ear music. We hear things that most other people dont hear. Thats why I recomend you check out some of thier instrumentals like 1st Of Tha Month, Dayz Of Our Livez, Thug Luv, Crossroad, Tha Crossroads, Shots 2 Tha Double Glocc, Eternal....the beats by themselves are out of this world...and then when Bone raps over them it just sounds that much better. I believe thier beats back then played a HUGE roll in why the music was so dope...when they linked up with Dj Uneek it was like a match made in heaven...like it was just meant to be
Also if your interested and feel like checking it out on your own time I remade the beat for East 1999 - m.th-cam.com/video/veH3jIuYf38/w-d-xo.html
And lastly...THIS is the song that gave bone their respect and the record label saw that and then they kinda changed their rap style. Bone even said that
🎉
Have you done, Bone- Change The World extended version???
Krayzie Bone - Mo' Murder - Family Scriptures
Yes one of my favs.
After easy pass on they made more songs cause so many people they knew kept on dying so they made the crossroads remix
I believe the original was made before they got signed to ruthless records which is Eazy-E's record label the remix version came out after Eazy-E passed
the original was on the first release of e.99. they did a 2nd release of the album later which switched the original with the remix
@@JackReacts904 that's right
If you want to listen to an Eazy E tribute song try ''4 tha E'' by DJ Yella ft. Kokane.
Bone thugs let the law end 🔥🔥🔥
The original hard..but the"remix" is more commercialized..they won a Grammy for this
@@JackReacts904 yea foreal lol..you have to check out group Crucial Conflict, song"Hay"..and group Do or Die feat Twista song" Po Pimp".. If you like that fast melodic flows you'll love both..trust me💯
U gotta listen to Bone thugs n Harmon rebirth
Classic shit
Do "If I could teach the World" by bone thugs
Not the grim reaper but it is depicting the angle of death picking up souls.
Yo, i love the reactions! You have to do Me Against The World” from Tupac! Best 2Pac song in my opining. From the flow, the vocals and the beat! It’s a masterpiece! Take my word for it!
The crossroads Between Heaven and Hell
Not my favorite bone thug song
But
There is no greater rap song imo or at least top 10 rap songs
Same here Bone Brother...most of Bones "famous" songs are further down my Bone List
Wow, dude. I was just watching another reaction video of yours that was uploaded only less than a year after this one and your voice sounded noticeably lower.
Both versions are good in their own right, but personally, I believe this version is a lot better; it has a lot more to it than the original.
Please react to Three 6 mafia - late nite tip 😁✌️
yeh I prefer the original..but this one put bone on the world wide map.. but ye..they lost eazy e..loads more died before eternal came out..dj uneek made this version with bone..and its the biggest hit ever.
I just subscribe
Bone thugs sleepwalkers
I'm a old head at this time lazie bone lost a son wi$h lost his uncle bone lost lil ez and it all happened between the original then now the baby is lazie bones son
Uncle Charles was shot in the head I think
@@JackReacts904 There's actually a video on him on TH-cam called "What happened to Uncle Charles?". Apparently he was killed when they first came out with Creepin' On Ah Come Up. Shit's rough.
Mo thugs - Armageddon
About 1 year apart
This should not be analyzed stylistically.
It is a song from the heart and it is very spiritual.
Forget the pieces of the song and appreciate the entire song
I liked this version better but the original sounded better with the album
It did fit in far more, but some of the best tracks were the standouts. OG version of Down 71 would feel right at home, but the final version just blows you away
why you laughing, we passing passing away
Mo thug
Yes the og was better no hate on the remix
I like the original better
You don’t get the concept of this song and video
Original one is better
@@JackReacts904 I like how you doing all the old bone songs. Keep up the good work lil homie. Pay what you owe is a underated bone thug song check it out sometime pretty dope song people don't really talk about .