The Reaper is busy in today’s music video of the day.  The Reaper collects souls, many of whom are friends and family of the members of Bones Thug-n-Harmony and takes them to the mountaintop.  Everyone’s entering the afterlife with Eazy-E.

I remember this video was huge for a while in 1996.  You could not turn on MTV without seeing Eazy-E ascending into the afterlife.  (Once I learned that Bone Thugs-n-Harmony were proteges of Eazy-E’s and signed to his label, Eazy’s inclusion in this video made much more sense.)  At the Video Music Awards, Tha Crossroads was nominated for Best Rap Video but lost to Coolio’s Gangsta’s Paradise.

There is some online confusion as to who directed the video.  Wikipedia says Vaughan Arnell.  The IMDb says Michael Martin.  I am going with the IMDb on this.  Martin is also credited with doing videos for Outkast, N.W.A., Jodeci, and LL Cool J.  He directed the the films I Got The Hook Up and Da Game Of Life.

Enjoy!