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When the late Eazy-E introduced Bone Thugs-N-Harmony to the world in 1994, the Grammy-winning quintet placed Cleveland on the rap map with their gospel-tinged vocal harmonies and nefarious triple-time rhymes. Years later, the crew doesn't mess with their distinct trademark formula, still utilizing speedy, sometimes undecipherable, flows on the slum symphony "Pump, Pump," while boasting that they can "harmonize like the Temptations" on "Guess Who's Back," a bouncy Organized Noize-produced rhythm track. As for the crew's subject matter, it's as crude as ever. "Not My Baby," for example, sheds light on a touchy subject that seems to plague oversexed emcees--that is, paternity tests to prove whether "groupie" claims are legit (the crew chants "ain't mine, not mine"). Sure, only Eazy-E (up in heaven) knows why they sampled Phil Collins's "Take Me Home" ("Home"), but not since the "1st of tha Month," their remarkable ode to "gubment" cheese, has the crew sounded so tight. Eazy-E must be grinning somewhere. --Dalton Higgins