Other personnel on the label wanted to release "Foe tha Love of $" first instead, but the group ultimately succeeded in convincing Eazy-E that "Thuggish Ruggish Bone" should be their debut.

[2] The music video (directed by Jerry Heller) was shot near the Cuyahoga River in western Cleveland, near the Lakeview Estates public housing units.

[3] The music video also featured rapper Eazy-E.[2] Accounts differ as to how Shatasha Williams became involved with the song.

According to Williams, she reached out to Eazy-E through a mutual connection and Eazy brought her to the studio to record with Bone Thugs-n-Harmony.

Bizzy Bone corroborated her claim, stating that Eazy-E tended to disburse payments informally rather than signing contracts during that period, with the result that many planned payments fell into disorder after Eazy's 1995 death.