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Fifth Dog Lets Loose

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Flesh's flow is deffinatly unique and distinct from the other members of Bone Thugs. He raps very fast on this album and proves he has a whole lot of skill. To me the standout tracks are "Amen", "Way Back", "Hero", and "If You Could See". "Way Back" is a dedication to the deceased legends 2Pac, Biggie Smalls, and Big Pun; and the lyrics done by Flesh and Layzie on the track are very heartfelt and beautiful...in my opinon the best track on the album. However, the over all flaw on here is the production. Certain production on this album really doesn't go well with Flesh's style and at times is too repetitive. Most irritating though is that a lot of the songs, such as "The Master" in particular are extremely high pitched and (though I don't say this much about music) are just plain noisy. Don't get me wrong though, some of the production is very good, it's just other tracks come out too obscure at times to be enjoyable. As for Flesh, though I love his flow as stated before, it does at times get repetitive on certain songs ("No Other Like My Kind") and isn't enjoyable through the whole CD. Over all this is a good CD though it does have it's tracks I constantly skip over. It's a great addition to any Bone fan's collection but if I had to suggest a Bone solo over this I would deffinatly say that Bizzy Bone's "The Gift" is drastically better. Over all though, a worthwhile and creativly put together CD.

Flesh-N-Bone's sophomore album was released in late 2000, following his release from Def Jam and the start of an eight year jail sentence. That's too bad, because "5th Dog Let Loose" is really a good album, head and heels above his 1996 solo "T.H.U.G.S." Flesh, the often forgotten member of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, has a very unique flow, being one of hip hop's quickest tongued rappers and his delivery is great to listen to, with a great high pitched voice. Once you are able to decipher his triple-time rhymes, you will find entertaining stories of crime, spirituality, and his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio. He has a darker style than Bone usually does as a group, often referencing dark scripture and mystic spirits and such. I find "5th Dog Let Loose" better than "T.H.U.G.S.", which I thought had a lot of good material but was sometimes plagued with too much filler and dated sounding production. I had heard that this album was not great, so even as a Bone fan I was reluctant to check it out, but I'm certainly glad I did. Damon Elliott and company definitely stepped up the production for this go-round, and I find it easier to follow Flesh's lyricism on this album as well. I definitely recommend "5th Dog Let Loose" to all Bone fans, because this is some of Flesh's best work.

Following an overly-long intro, the album starts with "Hero", a dark and entertaining song, definitely a highlight. Next comes one of the best, a Montell Jordan collaboration called "Amen". The beat samples OutKast's "Git Up, Git Out" and Flesh speaks of the struggles of life and provides hope. Montell's appearance adds well to the song and it's a very strong cut. "Way Back" is also a great song, featuring his brother Layzie Bone. He reminisces over dead rappers, namely Eazy-E, the Notorious B.I.G., and 2Pac. I also really like "If You Could See". The production is very unique but I like it. Flesh is aided by Wish and Layzie Bone, another very good track. "Word to the Wise" is a tough warning track, reminiscent of some on "T.H.U.G.S." "The Master" is excellent, it sounds like a song Krayzie Bone would record, another album highlight. "Say A Little Prayer" is an introspective and spiritual track, it shows Flesh's versatility and has good production too. "Havin' A Ball" sports probably the best beat on the album, it's a unique strings-and-bass production. It's a happy song, I really like it. "Kurupted Flesh" brings west coast veteran Kurupt for a guest appearance to make a surprisingly conscious and relevant song. "Deadly" is awesome, the production has great droopy bass and even a harmonica. "Come F**k With Me" has an excellent chorus and more great production. "No Other Like My Kind" is a nice track, and the BG Knocc Out collaboration "Silent Night" closes the album on a tough note. It seems like a fitting sequel to their first collabo, "Coming To Serve You".

Overall "5th Dog Let Loose" is an impressive album, definitely the best work Flesh has ever pulled off by himself. Damon Elliott definitely stepped up the production, and the album shines. I recommend it to all Bone Thugs fans, because it showcases a different style but has a lot of the same appeal.

This album is a huge improvement from his T.H.U.G.S album one of the tightest solo albums from any Bone Thug member. The "Last Tru Souljah Intro" is the best intro from all the Bone intros. He is very fast and the beat is totally off the hook on that track. "If You Could See" is also a tight song but it would have been better if they put the pre-released version on there rather than mixing it again. Way Back a very tight song a nice song to sit back and chill to. "Say a Lil Prayer" a very tight song, a very spiritually charged song probably the second best track on the album, first being the Last Tru Souljah Intro. "Deadly" is a very wicked song and is full of bass. All the other trackz are good too and I think u ought pick up this album . Free Flesh!!!!!!!!!!!

This is Flesh n Bone's (from the multiplatinum group Bone Thugs n Harmony)sophomore effort. Overall, it's a fairly good album, but nothing too memorable.

1. Intro/Hero- The introduction is dark, mysterious, and dramatic. While listening to it, I had very high expectations for this album. Hero was an alright song. Flesh sounded dark and mysterious, while some unknown very fast paced rappers accomponied him. 2. Amen- An overall nice track. Very spiritual, as the title suggests, it has a somewhat cold feel to it. Flesh has very nice verses, but the highlight is featured artist Montell Jordan who sings a very smooth and powerful hook which is repeated throughout the song. 3. Way Back- This is a tribute to the fallen rappers in the game, especially Eazy-E. Flesh performs very well in this song, but the chorus and several other hooks are way too sappy and overdone. Featured artist Layzie Bone doesn't add to the song either. An average track. 4. If You Could See- This is my favorite track, and it really stands high above the other tracks. Flesh, as always, delivers a very strong verse. Fellow Bone rappers Layzie Bone and Wish Bone also show up to drop verses, both which add to the song. All of this on top of beautiful production makes this joint a five star Bone thugs-n-harmony song. 5. Word to the Wise- This track is dull after just hearing "If You Could See". But it isn't bad.. an average track on the album. Flesh drops deep meaningful lyrics. The song lacks in its production, which is nice but remains somewhat dull. 6. The Master- This song was another average track, but a little discouraging since it sounded just like Word to the Wise. Listening to the two in a row is like hearing a ten minute average song.. enough to put anyone to sleep. However, I like this one a little more than Word to the Wise. The chorus is catchy, Flesh's verses are more heated, and production was a tad better, though it sounded just like Word to the Wise production. At this point, I'm sleeping on this album. 7. Say a Little Prayer- A nice track, but it has it's flaws. Flesh's verses are deep and smooth. He is accompanied by women singing religious hymns, which greatly compliments the song. The production is somewhat distracting, as it will have some powerful strings one moment, and the next you're left with nothing but Flesh and a beat. One of the better tracks, however. 8. Havin a Ball- A bouncy, feel good track, and my second favorite off the album. Flesh holds it down, and there's a lot of bass. Good for the ride. 9. Kurupted Flesh- My third favorite cut. I like the production, though the synthesizer needs a lot more volume (which would have made this the best cut off the album). A catchy chorus, memorable verse from Kurupt, and a solid one from Flesh make this another good track.. though it becomes a bit tedious after three minutes. I'm liking this CD by now. 10. Deadly- This song is different from any rap song you've heard. It has a old western feel to it (similar to Ghetto Cowboy) and Flesh spits fire. However, somehow the formula is lacking.. maybe it's the overdone bass or the unmastered sound to it. Perhaps the weakest cut on 5th Dog Lets Loose. 11. Come F#!K With Me- A misleading track. It is a soft, smooth song despite it's name. One of the better cuts. 12. No Other Like My Kind- Borring. I slept on this cut, and by now, Flesh's solid distinctive flow had become worn and tedious. Flesh knows how to light a mic, but he uses the same flow for each track. The female singing the bridges kept this one alive. 13. Silent Night- It was hard to sleep on this concluding track, as it sounded different from all the others.. a dark scary feel almost reminiscent of some of Bone thugs' older music. Rap veteren BG Knoccout holds it down, as does producer Damon Elliot.. both adding to the scary feel. Flesh drops a dark mysterious flow liks he does in Hero. However, the formula is lacking.. an average track.

If you are into different music that sounds nothing like what you hear all day on the radio, pick up flesh's album.. as everything about it defies mainstream standards.

The first member of Bone to break away and go solo comes back almost 4 years after his debut with an average album. I like his debut better. There's no denying he can flow but this album didn't catch my ear that much. 13 songs again (like his debut) 2 are good, the rest are average, 1 I skip. Guests are on 4 songs rapping and 1 doing the hook so you get a good deal of the 5th Dog. Production is also average (oddly cause the main producer on here usually has tight beats). Damon Elliot did 10 of the songs, Professor did 2 and Rhythm D did the other 1. A good album to have for die hard Bone fans but not the best Bone release.

#1 - 6 (has a 4 minute into before the song)
#2 - 7 (f/ Montell Jordan)
#3 - 7 (f/ Layzie Bone & Ms. Chaz)
#4 - 6.5 (f/ Layzie Bone & Wish Bone)
#5 - 8
#6 - 5
#7 - 6
#8 - 6.5
#9 - 6.5 (f/ Kurupt)
#10 - 8
#11 - 7
#12 - 7
#13 - 7 (f/ BG Knocc Out & Damon Elliot)

Stanley Howse -- b. 6/10/73 -- Cleveland, OH
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bone thugs-n-harmony has had much success over the years. in 1994 their debut creepin on a come up sold over 3 million copies. in 95 the smash hit tha crossoads pushed their first full lp east 1999 eternal to over five million copies sold and 2 grammies. since then they have released 2 more million plus albums, art of war(97) and btnh-resurrection(2000). during all the success was flesh-n-bone kinda getting lost in the mix. legal problems kept him from getting much exposure. in 96 he released his debut solo which was successful selling over 500,000 copies. but he didnt really put his stuff down until the year 2000. on btnh-resurrection flesh really made his presence felt. he ripped every track. he continues to rip it up on his second solo effort. the last tru soljiahs intro is the best bone intor since east 1999 with flesh already flowing a million miles an hour. next comes hero which features mo thug artist the emmortal thugs and menenski of the desperados. the hook is tight and every performer lays down nice verses espeially flesh. amen w/montell jordan is a very well done spiritual song. the most heart fealt track is way back which features flesh's brother layzie bone of bone thugs and flesh's wife ms. chaz. this t song is a dedication to 4 legendary rappers who have passed, namely bone thugs'mentor eric "eazy-e" wright. word to the wise and the master are great tracks with interesting beats and quick flows from flesh-n-bone. kurupted flesh is a unique track which features kurupt of the dpg. on deadly flesh-n-bone comes harder tan on any other track. the bass will raddle your system in your ride and in the second verse flesh raps about as fast as i have ever heard anyone go. silent night features rap vetern bg knoccout and damon elliot(flesh's producer) the both of them put down good verses with flesh finishing the song with a creepy flow to match the scary beat of the song. overall the album is very good. better than his first solo by far. no real bone fan will be dissapointed but not just bone fans will be nodding their head to this great lp. too bad this may be the last we hear from the one and only great flesh-n-bone.

Flesh's new album is tight!!! If you didn't like his first one would like his second one. If you like his first one you won't be disappointed with this one. He raps about real life and death situations and he raps it with deep feeling a lot more than his first album. He also keeps that dark feel to his music that him and Bone Thugs~N~Harmony are known for, not to mention the rapid fire and ryhme twisting lyrics that made them big as they are. You won't regret getting this album.

Yea, the fifth Dog was loose. Good enough for a 4.6. .... Flesh is raw, and I think when it comes to singles, his always ends up eing the tighest. T.H.U.G was also tight, but the difference between that and this, is that this album got a little more promotion. Thanks to Montell Jordan, Menenski, Damion Elliot, his wife, Layzie, Wish, Kurupt, and BG Knoccout's contribution, It turned out the way it did. But I think he should've had 1 with Krayzie but that's my opinion.

"The Intro" was long, but hott. Then it jumps to "Amen" with him and Montell. The chorus was tight. Montell hooked that song up. But did you notice that the first verse Flesh N Bone spit is on BTNHRessurection, Come Murderah. Anywayz, Then it jumps to "Way Back". I liked it the first few times I heard it on the Mo Thug CD. But when I heard it on here, I turned it. It's a good song tho. "If You Could See" everybody been tellin that they like that song. I like it too. It's a coo song. "Wrod to the Wise" this track is aight. I was bumpin this track all that much. But I didn't find it to be too bad. "The Master" was one of the hottest tracks on the album. As a matter of fact, I think it's one of the hottest tracks out period. I bump that song everyday. "Say a Little Prayer" this was soft. It calms you down when you angry. I listen to this when Im heated and want to cool off. "Havin a Ball" is an ok track too. But to me, the beat reminds me of Lean on Me. "Kurupted Flesh" This was aight. Kurupt could of done better, but it was good enough. Good thing he didn't get anymore parts. Flesh came off raw on that. "Deadly" This track lives up to it's name. Deadly. This was killer. The beat was tight. "Come Fu** With Me" is another straight up tight track. The production was tight, the rhymes were tight, the beat was tight. It sound like something you bump to when you at the beach or something. I love it. "No Other Like My Kind" it was mediocre to me. Nothing special to it. "Silent Night" was nasty. Bg and Damien and Flesh compltetly killed the track. The beat was killa, the rhymes was killah. Overall that whole track was killa.

Overall, this is a success. Im tellin you, this is a "MUST GET"~!! GET IT NOW~!! Cause it's hott to def.

This is one of the best bone solo releases so far because this entire cd from start to finish is absolutely amazing. The lyrics on this album are above average and flesh's flow is smooth also the beats are very well done. I suggest that if you're a bone fan you should definately check this album out.

Yesterday I finally picked up 5th Dog Lets Loose CD and let me tell everyone that it is more than what I expected. From the beginning to the end I was pleasently surprised by Flesh-n-Bone's flow. Yesterday I was contemplating who was the best rapper of all time- 2pac, Krayzie bone, Biggie, or maybe Snoop? Nope, it's without a doubt Flesh-n-Bone. It's not simply because he raps faster than any man alive, it's a combination of his melodic voice, his fast-pace, and slammin' beats. Unfortunately Flesh-n-Bone will never receive the exposure that a lot of the "MTV" rappers get. What's so great about this CD? The fact that it is so different than anything else out right now is what makes it so great. Flesh obviously takes some risks in being creative and it pays off.