Ruthless Records 1997 Slept on Album Gem Poetic Hustla'z - Trials & Tribulations

[Eddz]

I came across this Ruthless Records release from 97, Poetic Hustla'z - Trials & Tribulations, not sure if this album has been spoken about on here but it has that classic Bone Thugs sound. They were featured on Bone Thugs album.

1. Intro & Insanity (featuring Flesh-N-Bone)
2. Don't Trust a Bitch
3. Day & Night (featuring Layzie Bone)
4. Parlay With a Hustla (featuring Wish Bone)
5. Time Will Reveal
6. Cross Me & You Die
7. Weekend Buzz (featuring Krayzie Bone)
8. Trials & Tribulations
9. Smilin' in Your Face
10. Searchin' 4 Peace
11. Time Will Reveal (Acoustic)

Intro & Insanity


Day & Night


Time Will Reveal

[DL]

I love this album and still bump it every now and then. There is not a single track I'd skip. Unfortunatly they broke up or something and Tony Tone became a preacher. Mo! Heart formed a group with Krayzie Bone, Sin from GraveYard Shift and Lareece called Knight Ridaz, wich flopped a bit. I still don't know why they dressed likes pirates lol. Anyway, Insanity is great track, Flesh killed it, Weekend Buzz is a tight track and Cross Me is some hardcore stuff.

[hrsmn_london]

Anyone got a Ruthless discography?

[TraceOneInfinite]

Nice thread  

...I was too stupid back in those days when this album dropped so I was drinking alcohol instead of smoking weed.  But anyway my homies and I used to love to get drunk on the weekends to "Weekend Buzz".   I was always the type of FICCA to buy albums of artists affiliated to my favorite artists, so I bought this on the strength of it being a Mo Thugs release.  I think I also may have seen them performing "Day and Night" on that show Soul Train? I think....

Anyway I wasn't disappointed.  I never bump the album now because it's not a period of my life I like to relive very often but this was around the time my friends and I were getting our liscence and we used to bump this whole album on the regular.  The album takes off with the quickness "Intro To Insanity" was blazin  

[Marty Jannetty]

I was a huge Bone mark back in those days and picked this one up without hesitation and while it was different than the usual Bone stuff I loved it. Weekend buzz was my joint, the saxophone was awesome. Was a cover song but still great, Krayzie killed it. Only thing I don't like is that long ass part in the beginning of Intro n Insanity, that dumb plane engine sound. I'm the type of ficca that listens to a joint over and over and over and that made it hard to do without being pissed. lol

[Giesuz]

i think the early mo thugs/ruthless album were dope 

i own all of them and every few years i get them out and bump

[DeeezNuuuts83]

The promo for this album was a little overhyped though. I remember the commercials on BET calling it the most anticipated album of the summer, or something like that. I remember the video for the title track being on hug at ThugTV VHS tape.

[TraceOneInfinite]

I was a huge Bone mark back in those days and picked this one up without hesitation and while it was different than the usual Bone stuff I loved it. Weekend buzz was my joint, the saxophone was awesome. Was a cover song but still great, Krayzie killed it. Only thing I don't like is that long ass part in the beginning of Intro n Insanity, that dumb plane engine sound. I'm the type of ficca that listens to a joint over and over and over and that made it hard to do without being pissed. lol

No doubt my ficca 

[JeremyM]

Yeah, I liked this quite a bit. II Tru was pretty good too, and the Graveyard Shift album might have been the best of all, but it was never officially released.

[Marty Jannetty]

Speaking of the Mo Thugs gang: I think it's a shame that Tre never released an album. That "Take your time" joint with Kray is still banging to this day and that one "thicker" (not the prego one) girl was fucking hot.

[TraceOneInfinite]

i think the early mo thugs/ruthless album were dope  

i own all of them and every few years i get them out and bump

I thought that first Mo Thugs album had one classic certified banger "Thug Devotion" and the rest was all filler.   The second Mo Thugs album had too joints I really loved, the "Ghetto Cowboys" joint with the white boy and then even better than that was the joint with Layzies wife and Krayzie "It's All Good".. that was the smoothest joint ever

[TraceOneInfinite]

The promo for this album was a little overhyped though. I remember the commercials on BET calling it the most anticipated album of the summer, or something like that. I remember the video for the title track being on hug at ThugTV VHS tape.

Well that's their job to try to promote... I don't think it sold well though

[DeeezNuuuts83]

i think the early mo thugs/ruthless album were dope  

i own all of them and every few years i get them out and bump

I thought that first Mo Thugs album had one classic certified banger "Thug Devotion" and the rest was all filler.   The second Mo Thugs album had too joints I really loved, the "Ghetto Cowboys" joint with the white boy and then even better than that was the joint with Layzies wife and Krayzie "It's All Good".. that was the smoothest joint ever

Thug Devotion was the only real banger but I wouldn't call the rest of it filler. I enjoyed Mo Murder and Low Down the most. Family Scriptures was cool too. The others were okay but admittedly a lot of them got skipped. Weird though, I HATED Ghetto Cowboy. I pretty much bought that compilation just for All Good.

[Eddz]

I only just discovered this album & I'm really enjoying it

[123imagee]

yeah ruthless was the shiznit i also enjoyed steffon´s album