Throwback Thursday: Bone Thugs N Harmony’s “1st of Tha Month” (Video)

When I was writing about Bone Thugs N Harmony's new single "Rebirth" yesterday I said that it was good, but nowhere near as good as their breakthrough hit "1st of Tha Month", which of course immediately prompted me to go listen to "1st" on repeat for the next hour, and if you're an '80s baby like me I guarantee you'll do the same.



The Refined Take:

1) Believe me, if I had a gold throne I'd be sitting in it all day too, but sleeping on your throne seems like a little much. If you can afford a gold throne you can probably at least afford a Sealy Posturepedic.

2) After more than a decade of BTNH it's easy to forget just how revolutionary "1st" was when it dropped. We'd never heard flows like this, ever, and frankly, despite all the imitators, we haven't heard flows like this again. This song was the announcement of an entirely new style.

3) Republicans aren't big fans of hip-hop in general, but this song has to be their worst nightmare. Young black men use their welfare checks to buy drugs? It's a good thing Newt Gingrich never heard this, his head would explode. On second thought, we need to get Newt to hear this song as quickly as possible.

4) In my continued sports loyalty campaign the Bone Thugs fail miserably. Despite being from Cleveland the crew is rocking, respectively, Yankees and Georgetown Hoyas hats. Now, granted, at the time the Indians/Browns/Cavs were pretty terrible, so I'll let the Hoyas slide, but the Yankees?! They're American League rivals! Shame on you Bones, shame.

5) I want to end this on a high note, so - watch closely at the 1:08 mark. Best...jheri curl mullet perm...ever. Ever.