

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. 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 WHITE HOUSE CRACK
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 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. There were some who didn’t like Eazy-E for this reason, but with a slew of ghostwriters like D.O.C. Don’t confuse high-pitched for feminine though, it’s just not as deep as Dr.

He has a high-pitched voice that’s instantly indentifiable when he raps. 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. 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. The pounding sound of the “Boyz-N-The-Hood (Remix)” is only a starting point.

That means the music is on hit – a slew of old school, trunk rattling, funky ass hip-hop bass laced classics. Dre and DJ Yella for High Powered Productions. 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. 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. The family tree of well known artists tied to this history has too many branches to name, so it’s a good thing they are not the focus of this review.

His impact still continues to be felt even today, as compilations like “The N.W.A. Tragically, the life of this pioneer was cut short in 1995 at the age 30 by AIDS. together (Ice Cube wrote the rhymes for the aforementioned song) and in the 90’s even signed Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony to his record label. Here’s a short list: he founded Ruthless Records, recorded the seminal classic “Boyz-N-The-Hood,” is credited with putting the group N.W.A. To those who aren’t familiar with Eric ‘Eazy-E’ Wright, a late pass on his importance to hip-hop is in order.
