It's Not a Game

Layzie Bone | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 31, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Cleopatra
• ASIN: B0009GX1WO
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #259,142 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Review

Former member of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and godfather to the Mo Thugs Family finally releases his first solo album under the Layzie Bone name!

Features Smokin On Information with Snoop Dogg, Thug Nation with Krayzie Bone, plus appearances by Twista, M.T.F. (Mo Thugs Family), WC (of Westside Connection) and more!

The BT-N-H greatest hits album has sold over 150,000 copies, and two other Bone-related releases from Krayzie Bone and Bone Brothers (featuring Layzie Bone and Bizzy Bone) are selling thousands of copies each week!


As a member of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Layzie Bone was a part of perhaps the single biggest hip hop crossover success in history. The group s masterpiece, 1995 s E 1999 Eternal, which featured the Grammy award winning ballad Tha Crossroads, thrust Layzie Bone and his fellow thugs into the international spotlight that became a launching pad into multiple, highly influential hip hop off shoots.

Now, after his decade long career in hip hop, Layzie Bone finally offers his first solo album under the Layzie Bone moniker, a much anticipated project that includes some of his finest work. Featuring guest appearances by none other than modern rap s elite, It s Not A Game demonstrates the extraordinary skills and innovative production that have always been present on Layzie s tracks. This is a historical release that is sure to be one of the most talked about hip hop records of 2005!

MARKETING
TOP MARKETS: Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington DC, Houston and Atlanta
ADVERTISING: Print ads in XXL and others as well as bus bench ads in target markets
TELEVISION: TV spots on BET programs in target markets
RADIO: Servicing album and vinyl single ( Smokin On Information ) to urban mix shows and college radio
STREET TEAMS: 8 week campaign in top markets plus NY, Philly, SF, Oakland, Detroit and Cleveland
PUBLICITY: Full-time publicist hired for massive 4 month campaign
POP: Flats, postcards, lighters --Cleopatra Records

Product Description

1. Intro - It s Not A Game
2. There They Go - Featuring Aaron Hall
3. Midwest Invasion - Featuring Twista
4. Do Your Thang - Featuring Felecia & Krayzie Bone
5. Thug Nation - Featuring Krayzie Bone
6. I Don t Remember - Featuring Thick & Thin C.
7. Stayin Alive - Featuring Thin C.
8. Nothin
9. Connectin The Plots - Featuring WC
10. Skit - Layzie Bone Choppin Game - With L. Burna
11. Way Too Many - Featuring The Outlawz & Stew Deez
12. Thugged Out - Featuring Thin C. & D.J. Dre Ghost
13. 2 Step - Featuring Thin C.
14. She Came Ta Party - Featuring Thin C. & D.J. Dre Ghost
15. Do You Want Me
16. It s On - Featuring M.T.F.
17. Smokin On Information - Featuring M.T.F., Snoop Dogg & Joe Little
18. Run Game - Featuring Dogzilla & Stew Deez
19. The Movement - Featuring M.T.F.
20. Outro

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Sorry Lay..., July 29, 2005

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Charles A. Gaudino "silentwarrior" (NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: It's Not a Game (Audio CD)

I have been listening to Bone since day one, well before crossroads. So let me make it clear about my should be bias opinion because I am a die hard Bone fan.

This album, lacks. Lay has too many guests on this album. Too much "I am a thug" advertising which, plauged his first solo but Lay did it with success. Not this time around. I find myself sifting through tracks where he only has one verse or two. The older songs are great, however Lay should have done more to promote his-self and show off his rap/vocal talent a lil more.

One major disappointment for me is the lack of song types like "listen" and "As the rain" Lay shold have dropped more songs like this. This album, to me is a step back and its a shame because it hide a lot of his talent.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars An Honest Review, August 3, 2006

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David A. Gugg (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: It's Not a Game (Audio CD)

The first problem that I have with this record, and really the only major problem is that it is NOT ORIGINAL! Almost half the songs had been previously released. Why would you spend money on a CD when only have the songs are new, and really only one is worth listening to over and over (thug nation)? Tracks 2, 3, 9, 17 and 19 are all previously released (originally, track 4 had also been do your thang with Kray and Felecia, but later copies were switched to a new song).
Second, if you're looking for layzie, this cd is not a good place. 15 of the songs are featuring some rapper or another, while the intro and outro and skit are not real songs, leaving two songs with just layzie.
Sorry layzie, but when a rapper is struggling to keep fans or get back into the mainstream, this [...] is not the right way. I will have to think twice before buying any more bone thugs stuff (except Bizzy!).

God Bless

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Layzie Bone, August 3, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: It's Not a Game (Audio CD)

This is a pretty good album i like almost all the songs but a few r weak and should have never made the album anyways this is a great album and should be in your collection. Favorite songs r thug nation,stayin alive,midwest invasion and its on. Get this album it is a good listen u should support this kinda of rap and not that pop rap that is out now. What r u waiting for hurry up and buy this now!