Uni5: The World's Enemy is the 8th studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 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...

 released on May 4, 2010 on BTNH Worldwide

BTNH Worldwide

BTNH Worldwide is an independent record label started by hip hop group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. Composed of Krayzie Bone, Flesh-N-Bone, Layzie Bone, Bizzy Bone and Wish Bone, BTNH Worldwide was created because of freedom of album concept not being handled adequately by previous record labels such as...

 with distribution via Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...

. The mixtape, The Fixtape Vol. 3: Special Delivery features cuts from this album.

Singles

The first single, "See Me Shine", featuring Lyfe Jennings

Lyfe Jennings

Lyfe Jennings is a platinum-selling American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, record producer, and instrumentalist. He plays the guitar, bass, and piano which he integrates into his music...

,and Jay Rush, Produced and co-written by Excelbeats who also was the original creator of the tune which was created in 2005, was released by Bone on October 20, 2009.The second single from the album is "Rebirth" featuring Thin C, was released on February 15, 2010 The song was produced by Pooh Bear and King David. The albums third single "Meet Me in the Sky" was released on March 22, 2010. "Gangsta's Glory" was released as a free download on the group's official website on January 28, 2010. The song was produced by Matt Velo. The Album version of See Me Shine is different from the earlier released single version in that it doesn't feature Phaedra and Lyfe Jennings.

Background

On November 28, 2008, all five members performed live at an event at Club Nokia in Los Angeles for the first time since Flesh's incarceration. The event was sold out and thousands of fans listened to the group perform memorable songs from several of their albums, including unreleased music. Later that night on the groups MySpace page, a bulletin press release was posted, finally announcing the official release date of their new album project, Uni-5. The Uni-5 project has been a movement started by the group after Flesh N Bone, one of the original members, was released from prison on July 13, 2008 and reuniting with the group. The album had an initial release date of September 22, 2009 but had been pushed back several months. Layzie confirmed that the album should be out on May 4, 2010. In an exclusive interview on HipHopDX.com, Bizzy Bone was enthusiastic about the new musical style with 10-20 tracks recorded and over 200 tracks already being completed. They have left their label, Interscope Records, to form under a brand new label distributed by Warner Bros. called Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Worldwide, which is where the new album "Uni-5: The World's Enemy" was produced and released.

Commercial Reception

The album sold 30,000 copies in the 1st week and debuted on No. 14 on the Billboard 200. The album has sold ca. 100,000 copies to date.

Critical Reception

Though the commercial success was moderate, the critical reception of the album was mainly positive. XXL Magazine gave it an XL rating.

Track listing

Samples

• "My Street Blues"
  • "Theme From Hill Street Blues" by Mike Post
    Mike Post
    Mike Post is an American multi-Grammy and Emmy Award winning composer best known for scoring some of the most popular TV theme songs in the United States, for primetime series such as Law & Order, NYPD Blue, The Rockford Files, LA Law, Quantum Leap, Magnum, P.I., Hill Street Blues, among numerous...
    
    
• "Universe"
  • "I'm Still in Love with You" by Al Green
    Al Green
    Albert Greene , better known as Al Green, is an American gospel and soul music singer. He reached the peak of his popularity in the 1970s, with hit singles such as "You Oughta Be With Me", "I'm Still In Love With You", "Love and Happiness", and "Let's Stay Together"...
    
    
• "Pay What They Owe"
  • "Real Love" by Lakeside
    Lakeside
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