Uni5: The World's Enemy | ||||
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Studio album by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony | ||||
Released | May 4, 2010 | |||
Recorded | 2008-10 | |||
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Length | 58:07 | |||
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Producer | DJ U-Neek, FATBOI, L. T. Hutton, Desmond "DSP" Powell, Krayzie Bone, Thin C, Pooh Bear, King David | |||
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Singles from Uni5: The World's Enemy | ||||
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Uni5: The World's Enemy is the eighth studio album by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony released on May 4, 2010 on BTNH Worldwide with distribution via Warner Bros. Records. The mixtape, The Fixtape Vol. 3: Special Delivery features cuts from this album.
The first single, "See Me Shine", featuring Lyfe Jennings and Jay Rush, was produced and co-written by Excel Beats who was also the original creator of the song which was created in 2005. It was released by Bone on October 20, 2009. The second single from the album was "Rebirth", featuring Thin C, released on February 15, 2010. The song was produced by Pooh Bear and King David. The 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 does not feature Phaedra and Lyfe Jennings.
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.
The album sold 30,000 copies in its first week of release and debuted on #14 on the Billboard 200. The album has sold over 90,000 copies