![]() ![]() ![]() Real Muthaphuckkin G’s – This was the lead single from the EP. Let’s get into the music and may you continue to rest easy, Eazy.Įxxtra Special Thankz – Eazy starts the EP off with a slow-rolling dark synthy Rhythm D produced instrumental that he uses to let the listener know the year this was recorded, and he takes his first shots of many more to come at Dre and Snoop. During a recent perusing at one of my favorite music stores, I stumbled on a copy of It’s On, and the completionist in me had to buy it…so here we are. I’ve reviewed Eazy’s 1988 solo debut, Eazy-Duz-It and his 1992 EP, 5150: Home 4 Tha Sick, and both were underwhelming listens, and that’s being generous. albums were…easy to digest, but full projects from Mr. It’s On was a commercial success, but it didn’t receive the same type of critical acclaim. Thanks largely to the lead single (“Real Muthaphuckkin G’s”) and its hysterical video, It’s On would sell over two million copies, becoming Eazy’s third consecutive solo project to sell gold or better. Rhythm D and the former DJ for N.W.A., DJ Yella would produce the bulk of the EP with a few others lending helping hands as well. ![]() before adapting his gangsta persona with N.W.A. The picture is framed as Dre’s “Obitchuary”, as Eazy makes a mockery of him for wearing lipstick, eye liner, sequin and etc. days, when he was part of the r&b/electro hip-hop group, World Class Wrekin’ Cru. On the back of It’s On‘s liner notes insert is a picture of Dr. Dre) 187um Killa, that I’ll only refer to as It’s On from here on out. Eazy didn’t take to kindly to Dre’s shots, so like any real gangsta rapper, he would response by bangin’ on wax, dedicating a whole eight song EP to his nemesis, in the form of It’s On (Dr. The album would also include a few shots aimed at Dre’s former partner in crime, Eazy-E. The Chronic would be musically backed by Dre’s pristine production and would introduce the world to the soon to be superstar, Snoop Dogg. Dre’s undisputed classic album, The Chronic. He would soon leave the label and start Death Row Records with Suge Knight (another business deal that he would later regret), which they would jump start in 1992 with Dr. Dre made it clear that he was unhappy with his contract at Ruthless and fed-up with Eazy-E and Jerry Heller’s shysty ways. Dre started to have the same revelation that his former group member Ice Cube had a few years prior. Shortly after the release of N.W.A.’s second full-length album, Niggaz4Life, Dr. ![]()
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