![]() Instead, fifteen years after it originally hit the streets, Eazy-E’s gangsta rap album “Eazy-Duz-It” has been remastered and re-released by Priority Records. This newly minted version offers the hip-hop nation a chance to examine his contributions in perspective.įirst thing you should know is the entire album was produced by Dr. ![]() Dre and DJ Yella for High Powered Productions. That means the music is on hit – a slew of old school, trunk rattling, funky ass hip-hop bass laced classics. The pounding sound of the “Boyz-N-The-Hood (Remix)” is only a starting point. There’s the P-Funk swing of “We Want Eazy,” the infectiously head-nodding “Radio,” the hardcore Ice Cube penned “No More ?’s” where Eazy lambasts a naive reporter, and the Sugarhill Gang influenced “I’mma Break it Down” among others. ![]() During the era when Ruthless reigned supreme, it wasn’t hard to hear E anywhere you went – and that’s not just because of his label’s popularity. He has a high-pitched voice that’s instantly indentifiable when he raps. Don’t confuse high-pitched for feminine though, it’s just not as deep as Dr. There were some who didn’t like Eazy-E for this reason, but with a slew of ghostwriters like D.O.C. Sometimes hardcore, sometimes comical, sometimes a funky mixture of the two, the combination of these lyrics with his vocal pitch and unique flow made songs like the title track “Eazy-Duz-It” into hits: and MC ren working behind the scenes his lyrics were always on point. He used to have a house car and golden ringsīut the cooky cooky crack took all those things He’s addicted, he’s a smoker, but in Compton called a clucker Straight out the box, from the gangsta category “Now I’ma break it down just to tell a little story Now I’m wanted for a murder that I had to commit He must of been starvin cause he broke in my houseĬaught the nigga on the street and straight took his ass out #Eazy e eazy duz it acapella crack Unloaded like hell and cold smoked the ho!” Went to the house and kicked down the do’ Now back on the streets and my records are clean I looked him straight in the eye, and said – ‘Whassup?’Īnd said, ‘Let’s make a deal, you know I’ll do you up.’ The bailiff of the station was a neighborhood cluck Well by now you can guess that it was just my luck I swear when I get out I’m gonna kill the bitch Now my only phone call was in the gankin zoneĪll the shit I did for her, like keepin her rich The bitch was a trip, cold hung up the phone “Got to the station about a quarter of nineĬalled my bitch to get me out cause I was down for mine The up and down of his intonations and the way he paused for effect left you hanging on the edge of your seat, waiting for the dramatic conclusion to E’s story: Yeah, I went to jail, but that wasn’t shit…”Į’s ability to bust rhymes like this was was often punctuated by a surreal and violent twist. ![]() of being the nicest cats on the block, but that was part and parcel of their popularity especially in suburban neighborhoods where rebellious teenagers adopted the street attitude of rappers like Eazy-E as their own. Whether it was to gain an identity, shock their conservative parents or both, the ultimate result was that albums like “Eazy-Duz-It” were a runaway success. Takin all you stupid motherfuckers’ money “I’m in a bank, and it’s a little bit funny “Nobody Move” epitomizes this attitude perfectly, but in typical Eazy-E fashion it has a comical and violent twist: And you certainly can’t argue with his consistancy on this album – it’s an over-the-top unabashed celebration of hedonism in the same vein as the Beastie Boys.
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