Before he touched a mic, he made his money selling drugs and through other illicit means. One of Gangsta Rap’s founding fathers, he was one of those rare rappers who lived what he talked about on his records. It’s a memorable start to an album that helped shape the course of hip-hop history and now celebrates its 35th anniversary.Įric “Eazy-E” Wright was a real-deal gangsta. This declaration was the perfect way to start the album: It’s a loud, brash, confrontational statement that features a few curse words and is oddly hilarious. “Now that you bought the album, what the fuck are you going to do with it, bitch?” a distorted, booming voice asks not even a minute into Eazy-Duz-It, Eazy-E’s debut album. Eazy-Duz-It is the debut studio album by American rapper Eazy-E.Happy 35th Anniversary to Eazy-E’s debut studio album Eazy-Duz-It, originally released September 13, 1988. ![]() It was released on November 23, 1988, by Ruthless Records and Priority Records. The album charted on two different charts and went 2× Platinum in the United States despite very little promotion by radio and television. Three singles were released from the album, each charting in the US. The remastered version contains tracks from the extended play (EP), 5150: Home 4 tha Sick (1992). The 25th anniversary (2013) contains two bonus tracks which are 12" remixes of "We Want Eazy" and "Still Talkin.'"Įazy-Duz-It is the only full-length solo album Eazy-E released in his lifetime for the remaining seven years of his life, he would continue recording with N.W.A until their break up in 1991, release two solo EPs and continue running his label Ruthless. His second and last solo album, Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton (1996), was not released until roughly a year after his death.Įazy-Duz-It was recorded at Audio Achievements in Torrance, California in 1988. Marcus Reeves, author of Somebody Scream!: Rap Music's Rise to Prominence in the Aftershock of Black Power (2009) ISBN 9780865479975, described MC Ren's writing style as "elaborate storytelling and acrobatic verbiage", while the D.O.C.'s included "syllabically punchy boasts" and Ice Cube wrote, "masterfully insightful first-person narratives." Ice Cube's writing was often inspired by comedians like Richard Pryor and Rudy Ray Moore. The album's production, almost solely done by Dr. Dre and DJ Yella, was praised by several critics. Jason Birchmeier from Allmusic gave a considerable amount of attention to the album's production, saying that "Dr. Dre and Yella meld together P-Funk, Def Jam-style hip hop, and the leftover electro sounds of mid-80s Los Angeles, creating a dense, funky, and thoroughly unique style of their own." Birchmeier would also write that some songs-"Eazy Duz It", "We Want Eazy", "Eazy-er Said Than Dunn", and "Radio"-are all heavily produced and have "layers upon layers of samples and beats competing with Eazy-E's rhymes for attention." Rapper and producer Kanye West also touted Dr. Glen Boyd of Blogcritics said that the album has "Deep-ass bass lines, old-school funk samples, and plenty of street smart ghetto attitude are what powers this record." Jerry Heller wrote that Eazy raps more up front on the album than he does on Straight Outta Compton, and insists that the album's lyrics contain more sexual humor than gangsta vibe. The album's title track and lead single "Eazy-Duz-It", written by MC Ren, opens with a woman acclaiming Eazy-E's style. ![]() Eazy then interrupts saying "Bitch shut the fuck up, get the fuck outta here." This is followed by a bass line provided by Dr. Soon, Eazy begins to rap about himself and things that he does. The song declares that Eazy is a "hardcore villain" who collects money from his prostitutes, and feels great when his "pockets are fat." The chorus, repeated three times, states that he "is a gangsta having fun". The piece is laden with the aural mainstays of gangsta rap, including gunshots, and references to several drugs. The album's title track is a heavily produced song from the album. Problems playing this file? See media help. "Boyz n the Hood" was written by Ice Cube, with some contribution by Eazy-E.
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