"1st of tha Month" is the first single by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony

Bone Thugs-n-Harmony

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony is an American Hip-Hop/R'n'B band from Cleveland, Ohio formed in 1991. It originally consisted of rappers Layzie Bone, Flesh-n-Bone, Bizzy Bone, Krayzie Bone, and Wish Bone. Rapper Eazy-E of the group N.W.A signed Bone Thugs-N-Harmony to Ruthless Records in 1994, when Bone...

 from their album E. 1999 Eternal

E. 1999 Eternal

- Personnel :*Eric 'Eazy-E' Wright - Executive Producer, Album Concept*D.J. U-Neek - Producer, Recording*Aaron Connor - Engineer and Recording*Don Cunningham - Design and Art Direction*Tony Cowan - Recording*Madeleine Smith - Sample Clearance*...

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It was certified Gold

RIAA certification

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 by the RIAA

Recording Industry Association of America

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 for sales of 500,000 copies. It peaked at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

, becoming their first top twenty single, and was later was nominated for a Grammy Award

Grammy Award

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 in 1996.

The title is a reference to when welfare checks are paid out. There are several remixes of the song, including one by DJ Premier

DJ Premier

Christopher Edward Martin , better known by his stage name DJ Premier , is an American record producer and DJ, and was the instrumental half of the hip hop duo Gang Starr, together with emcee Guru...

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Track listing

1. "1st of tha Month" (radio edit)
2. "1st of tha Month" (radio edit with Tré)
3. "1st of tha Month" (album version)
4. "1st of tha Month" (instrumental)
5. "1st of tha Month" (acappella)
6. "Die Die Die" (album version)

Official versions

• "1st of tha Month" (album version; original version)
• "1st of tha Month" (a cappella)
• "1st of tha Month" (instrumental)
• "1st of tha Month" (The Kruder and Dorfmeister remix) - 6:15
• "1st of tha Month" (radio edit)
• "1st of tha Month" (radio edit with Tré)

Samples

The song contains a sample from Chapter 8

Chapter 8

Chapter 8 was a Detroit soul group of the 1970s and '80s formed by Michael J. Powell and Derek Dirckson. Anita Baker was featured as lead vocalist on their first, self-titled album on Ariola entitled Chapter 8 in 1979, produced by Michael and Derek...

 feat. Anita Baker

Anita Baker

Anita Baker is an American R&B/soul jazz singer-songwriter. To date, Baker has won eight Grammy Awards, and has four platinum albums and two gold albums to her credit....

 "I Just Want to Be Your Girl" and an interpolation of the "wake up, wake up, get up, get up" chant from Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing".

In popular culture

• Chris Rock
  Chris Rock
  Christopher Julius "Chris" Rock III is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer and director. He was voted in the US as the 5th greatest stand-up comedian of all time by Comedy Central...
  
   references the song in his 1997 album Roll With the New
  Roll with the New
  Roll with the New is the second comedy album by Chris Rock. It is a combination of live material and comedy sketches...
  
  on his infamous "Niggas vs. Black People
  Niggas vs. Black People
  "Niggas vs. Black People" is the title of one of Chris Rock's most famous and most controversial bits. This bit, which appeared as track 12 on his 1997 album, Roll With the New, as well as his 1996 HBO special, Bring the Pain, is widely considered to be the breakthrough routine that established...
  
  " sketch, calling the song a "welfare carol".

• In the BTNH film I Tried, Krayzie, Layzie, and Wish spit the openings of their verses.

• The track is also featured at the beginning of Girl Talk
  Girl Talk (musician)
  Gregg Michael Gillis , better known by his stage name Girl Talk, is an American musician specializing in mashups and digital sampling. Gillis has released five LPs on the record label Illegal Art and EPs on 333 and 12 Apostles....
  
  's "Steady Shock" on his mashup-style album "All Day."

Peak positions

Chart (1995)	Peak position
New Zealand Singles Chart Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...	7
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	15
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	14
U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Singles Hot Rap Songs Rap Songs is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. It lists the 25 most popular hip-hop/rap songs, calculated weekly by airplay on rhythmic and urban radio stations and sales in hip hop-focused or exclusive markets. From 1989 through 2001, it was based on how much the single...	4
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...	12

End of year charts

End of year chart (1995)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	89