Three weeks after John Mulaney tried and failed to reunite Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, the rap group’s core members have come back together for “Aww Shit,” their first new song in nearly 15 years.
The track features all the principal Bones — Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone, Bizzy Bone, Wish Bone, and Flesh-N-Bone — for the first time since 2010’s Uni5: The World’s Enemy; while the Cleveland rap group has released albums over the past 15 years since, Krayzie and Wish Bone were absent from 2013’s The Art of War: World War III, while 2017’s New Waves was credited to simply “Bone Thugs,” a duo of Krayzie and Bizzy.
“Aww Shit” is heralded as the first single from Bone Thugs-N-Harmony’s “forthcoming new album,” Greenback Records said, featuring “all five” members together for the first time since that 2010 LP. The quintet has also booked a summer’s worth of concerts, including stops at Roots Picnic’s Class of ’95 at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl and stops on the Kings of the West traveling festival.
However, it remains unclear whether Bone Thugs-N-Harmony will make it to Mulaney’s Everybody’s Live, where three weeks ago the host shared a lengthy story about possibly being scammed in his attempt to have the group appear during an episode to pay tribute to Richard Kind’s (fake) dead tortoise.
In the monologue, Mulaney revealed he had correspondence with the band’s (presumed) manager over money, including the band asking for $2,800 in cash for week-of expenses and pushing for a higher appearance fee upfront. No contract was ever signed, and the band didn’t show up.
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“Now, I didn’t tell you all this just to air the dirty laundry of what it’s like behind the scenes of a show,” Mulaney said. “Many guests have shaken me down for a couple of thousand dollars and then canceled last minute. It happens all the time. I’m telling you about it because I’m genuinely worried. After a little investigating, I have come to believe that the man I was talking to was not the manager of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. In fact, several sites list a different person.”
“And to him, whomever I was dealing with,” Mulaney concluded, “Sir, first off, credit where credit is due. I do indeed look like someone you could hustle over a booking for Bone Thugs-N-Harmony.”