The album's lead single, "Coming Home", was released on March 24, 2017. New Waves debuted at number 181 on the US Billboard 200.[5]
Background
The album features two of the five members of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony (Krayzie Bone and Bizzy Bone) rapping with their "signature fast-rapping, singing style over an array of new sounds, including EDM and pop-tinged beats".[6]
In an interview with AllHipHop.com Krayzie Bone explained the meaning of the album:
This album is a breath of fresh air coming from Bone. We wanted to give this project a different look. That's where the album title comes from: New Waves. We will always be a group…we will always be Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, but this is different than from the norm. This is Bone Thugs.
Bizzy Bone also spoke on the creation process of the album and why they decided to choose eOne as the record label for the album:
We love the process of making music so this wasn’t a hard album for us to make. We have so much history with not only eOne Music but with eOne Music President, Alan Grunblatt. He's the same dude we’ve had all our success with since E. 1999 Eternal.
The album's lead single, "Coming Home" featuring Stephen Marley was released on March 24, 2017.[8] The song was produced by Damizza and Dutch producers Avedon & Clifford Golio. The song's accompanying music video was released on May 8, 2017.[9][10][11]
The album's second single, titled "If Heaven Had a Cellphone" featuring American R&B singer Tank was released on June 9, 2017 accompanied by a music video.[12][13][14] The track is a lyrical follow-up to the Bone Thugs-n-Harmony hit “Crossroads”.[15]
The album's third single, titled "Fantasy" featuring Jesse Rankins was released on June 16, 2017 accompanied by a music video.[16][17]
Other songs
The music video for "Change the Story" featuring Uncle Murda was released on June 10, 2017.[18][19] In regards to “Change the Story,” Bizzy said it was important for the group to acknowledge some of the rap legends who've passed on prematurely.[20]
Aaron Mckrell of HipHopDX gave the album a score of 3.7/5 and wrote: "This ain't your daddy’s Bone. Want ominous ivory tickles and creepy basslines? Too bad; you’re getting thumping bass and soaring robo-rhythms."[21]
