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TIL: Bone Thugs-n-Harmony's album "E. 1999 Eternal" was loosely based on the Sega Genesis game Eternal Champions- The bad ending theme being the basis of the original "Crossroad", which would later be remixed, becoming the group's biggest single and earning them a Grammy.

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