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Eazy-E enjoyed only a brief recording career, but the few albums and EPs he did release -- on his own as well as with his group, N.W.A -- were tremendously influential, setting the stage for the proliferation of West Coast gangsta rap in the early '90s. Showcasing some of the pioneering gangsta's most influential recordings, Eternal E serves as a summary of Eazy's solo highlights, including a couple N.W.A songs but only ones that were solo showcases. You get the standout songs from Eazy's debut album, Eazy-Duz-It (1988), as well as the bulk of his follow-up EP, 5150 Home 4 tha Sick (1992). But Eternal E stops there, unfortunately not including anything from the first-rate It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa EP or the third-rate Str8 off tha Streetz album. (Eazy's label, Ruthless, left its parent label, Priority, at this point, and Eternal E is a Priority release, meaning that post-Priority recordings such as those on It's On would have to be licensed for inclusion here -- a price the label seems unwilling to pay.) Even if Eternal E doesn't round up a full career retrospective, it does feature Eazy's key songs, namely his earliest ones, which boasted cutting-edge production work by Dr. Dre. So this best-of does serve its purpose fairly well, and might be the only Eazy album you'll need. Still, if it's one and only one Eazy album you want, you'd be better off with Priority's Eazy-Duz-It reissue from 2002, which includes that entire album plus the entire 5150 EP appended as bonus tracks -- giving you mostly everything here and much more. Either way though, you're getting a good portrait of Eazy's best solo music, with the exception of the It's On EP, which you'll definitely want to hear if you're a fan.
© Jason Birchmeier /TiVo
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Eric Wright, Composer, Producer, Executive Producer - O'Shea Jackson, Composer - Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ice Cube, FeaturedArtist - Dr. Dre, Producer - Donovan Sound, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eazy-e, Producer, Executive Producer, MainArtist - DJ Yella, Producer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Henrik Rasmussen, Composer
(C) 1995 Priority Records LLCThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1988 Priority Records, LLC
Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ice Cube, Composer - Dr. Dre, Composer, Producer - Donovan Sound, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eazy-e, Producer, Executive Producer, MainArtist - DJ Yella, Producer
(C) 1995 Priority Records LLCThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1988 Priority Records, LLC
Eric Wright, Composer - Lorenzo Patterson, Composer - William Collins, Composer - Abrim Tilmon Jr., Composer - Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - George Clinton, Composer - Bernie Worrell, Composer - MC Ren, FeaturedArtist - Dr. Dre, Composer, Producer, FeaturedArtist - Donovan Sound, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eazy-e, Producer, Executive Producer, MainArtist - DJ Yella, Producer
(C) 1995 Priority Records LLCThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1988 Priority Records, LLC
Eric Wright, Producer, Executive Producer - Mack Rice, Composer - Rufus Thomas, Jr., Composer - Eddie Floyd, Composer - Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ice Cube, ComposerLyricist - MC Ren, ComposerLyricist - Dr. Dre, Producer, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Donovan Sound, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eazy-e, MainArtist - DJ Yella, Producer
(C) 1995 Priority Records LLCThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1988 Priority Records, LLC
Eric Wright, Producer, Executive Producer - Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ice Cube, Composer - Dr. Dre, Producer - Donovan Sound, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eazy-e, Producer, Executive Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - DJ Yella, Producer
(C) 1995 Priority Records LLCThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1988 Priority Records, LLC
Eric Wright, Composer - William Collins, Composer - MACEO PARKER, Composer - George Clinton, Composer - MC Ren, FeaturedArtist - Dr. Dre, Producer, FeaturedArtist - Donovan Sound, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eazy-e, MainArtist - DJ Yella, Producer
(C) 1995 Priority Records LLCThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1988 Priority Records, LLC
Eric Wright, Producer, Executive Producer - Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MC Ren, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Dr. Dre, Composer, Producer - Donovan Sound, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eazy-e, Producer, Executive Producer, MainArtist - DJ Yella, Producer
(C) 1995 Priority Records LLCThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1988 Priority Records, LLC
Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MC Ren, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Dr. Dre, Composer, Producer, FeaturedArtist - Donovan Sound, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eazy-e, Producer, Executive Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - DJ Yella, Producer
(C) 1995 Priority Records LLCThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1988 Priority Records, LLC
Eric Wright, Producer, Executive Producer - Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Naughty By Nature, Producer - Kier Lamont Gist, Composer - Vincent E. Brown, Composer - Anthony Shawn Criss, Composer - Donovan Sound, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eazy-e, Producer, Executive Producer, MainArtist
(C) 1995 Priority Records LLCThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1992 Priority Records, LLC
Eric Wright, Producer, Executive Producer - Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Donovan Sound, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eazy-e, Producer, Executive Producer, MainArtist - Paul Turner, Composer - Gregory Frenard Hutchison (Cold 187um), Composer, Producer - Michael L. Bell, Composer - Jerry Buddy Long, Composer - Gregory Fernan Hutchison, Producer
(C) 1995 Priority Records LLCThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1992 Priority Records, LLC
William Collins, Composer - Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - George Clinton, Composer - Gary Cooper, Composer - Dr. Dre, Producer - Donovan Sound, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DJ Yella, Producer - N.W.A., MainArtist - Big Bass Brian, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Yella For High Powered Productions, Producer - Donovan "The Dirt Biker" Sound , Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1995 Priority Records LLCThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1991 Priority Records, LLC
Eric Wright, Composer - Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - George Clinton, Composer - Clarence Haskins, Composer - Dr. Dre, Producer - Donovan Sound, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DJ Yella, Producer - N.W.A., MainArtist - Big Bass Brian, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Yella For High Powered Productions, Producer - Donovan "The Dirt Biker" Sound , Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1995 Priority Records LLCThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1991 Priority Records, LLC
Eric Wright, Producer, Executive Producer - Bobby "Bobcat" Ervin, Composer, Producer, Executive Producer - Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charles Singleton, Composer - Donovan Sound, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eazy-e, MainArtist - Threat, Composer - Corey D. Lloyd, Composer - Bobby "Bobcat" Erwin for Bobcat Music Inc, Producer
(C) 1995 Priority Records LLCThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1992 Priority Records, LLC
Dr. Dre, Composer, Producer - Eazy-e, Composer, MainArtist
(C) 1995 Priority Records LLCThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1990 Priority Records, LLC
Album review
Eazy-E enjoyed only a brief recording career, but the few albums and EPs he did release -- on his own as well as with his group, N.W.A -- were tremendously influential, setting the stage for the proliferation of West Coast gangsta rap in the early '90s. Showcasing some of the pioneering gangsta's most influential recordings, Eternal E serves as a summary of Eazy's solo highlights, including a couple N.W.A songs but only ones that were solo showcases. You get the standout songs from Eazy's debut album, Eazy-Duz-It (1988), as well as the bulk of his follow-up EP, 5150 Home 4 tha Sick (1992). But Eternal E stops there, unfortunately not including anything from the first-rate It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa EP or the third-rate Str8 off tha Streetz album. (Eazy's label, Ruthless, left its parent label, Priority, at this point, and Eternal E is a Priority release, meaning that post-Priority recordings such as those on It's On would have to be licensed for inclusion here -- a price the label seems unwilling to pay.) Even if Eternal E doesn't round up a full career retrospective, it does feature Eazy's key songs, namely his earliest ones, which boasted cutting-edge production work by Dr. Dre. So this best-of does serve its purpose fairly well, and might be the only Eazy album you'll need. Still, if it's one and only one Eazy album you want, you'd be better off with Priority's Eazy-Duz-It reissue from 2002, which includes that entire album plus the entire 5150 EP appended as bonus tracks -- giving you mostly everything here and much more. Either way though, you're getting a good portrait of Eazy's best solo music, with the exception of the It's On EP, which you'll definitely want to hear if you're a fan.
© Jason Birchmeier /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:01:16
- Main artists: Eazy-E
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Priority Records
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 1995 Priority Records, LLC This Compilation ℗ 1995 Priority Records, LLC
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