Eazy-Duz-It

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Eazy-Duz-It
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Studio album by
Eazy-E
ReleasedNovember 22, 1988 (1988-11-22)
Recorded1988
Genre
Length50:00
Label
Producer
Eazy-E chronology
Eazy-Duz-It
(1988)		 5150: Home 4 tha Sick
(1992)
Singles from Eazy-Duz-It
  1. "Eazy-Duz-It"
    Released: 1988
  2. "We Want Eazy"
    Released: 1988
  3. "Eazy-er Said Than Dunn"
    Released: 1989

Eazy-Duz-It is the debut studio album by American rapper Eazy-E. It was released on November 22, 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.'"

Contents

Eazy-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.

Recording and production

Eazy-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. [1]

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-[19]80s Los Angeles, creating a dense, funky, and thoroughly unique style of their own." [2] 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." [2] Rapper and producer Kanye West also touted Dr. Dre's production on the album. [3]

Composition

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." [4] [5] 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. [6]

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. Dre. 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." [7] 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. [7]

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"Eazy-Duz-It"
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"Boyz n the Hood" was written by Ice Cube, with some contribution by Eazy-E. The song is about growing up in Compton, California, and describes the gangster lifestyle. It conceives the "ghetto landscape as a generalized abstract construct… [and] also introduces a localized nuance that conveys a certain proximity, effectively capturing a narrowed sense of place through which young thugs and their potential crime victims move in tandem," as put by cultural historian Murray Forman. [7]

"No More ?'s" is similar to "Boyz n the Hood" in its theme. The piece begins with an interview between Eazy and a female journalist, who asks about his childhood. Eazy explains (in verse) that he was ruthless, in a gang, "specialized in gankin," (loosely, to steal from) and had no respect for rules. He is then asked if he has ever been in an armed robbery. He responds, "You mean a 211?" The following verses tell of Eazy's exploits as a thief and thug. [7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Austin Chronicle Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
RapReviews8/10 [10]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 7/10 [11]
The Village Voice C+ [12]

AllMusic's Jason Birchmeier praised the album, awarding the album four out of five stars. Birchmeier noted that "the album plays like a humorous, self-centered twist on Straight Outta Compton with Eazy-E, the most charismatic member of N.W.A, front and center while his associates are busy behind the scenes, producing the beats and writing the songs." [2] He compared it to N.W.A's Straight Outta Compton , which Eazy also performs on, saying that Straight Outta Compton is "more revolutionary," but claimed Eazy-Duz-It to be Straight Outta Compton's "great companion" and to have showcased N.W.A's style. [2] Spin Alternative Record Guide (1995) gave the album a seven out of ten rating, referring to it as "comparatively forgotten" compared to Straight Outta Compton, while noting it was a more funny, with "scraps of dialogue and mock interviews, more thoroughly cinematic" while that the albums attempts to promote Eazy-E as a major gangster was "nonsense". [11]

Music journalist Robert Christgau gave the album a C+, criticizing the thin beats and lyrics like "I might be a woman beater but I'm not a pussy eater". [12] Soren Baker from the Los Angeles Times called it a "landmark albums brimming with violence, profanity, sexually explicit content and antigovernment themes," and said that it established Eazy as a "major player in the rap industry". [13] Daniel Kreps of the Los Angeles Times called it a "solo masterpiece," and said that it was evidence that Eazy was one of the best rappers ever. [14] Dan Snierson of Entertainment Weekly described the album as "an obscenity-littered depiction of violent, hollowed-out life in Compton." [15]

Shan Fowler from PopMatters said that it received "underground success." [16] Glen Boyd reviewed the album on the online newspaper Seattle Post-Intelligencer , noting that it "paved the way for all of the groundbreaking music which came later." Boyd also said that songs like "Boyz In The Hood" and "Radio" would establish "the street buzz that N.W.A would later ride to platinum selling success as the first true West Coast rap superstars." [4] Jon Wiederhorn from MTV wrote that it "demonstrated Eazy's knack for provocative lyrics," and also said that it paved the way to Straight Outta Compton. [17]

In 2022, Rolling Stone ranked the album 153rd in their list of The 200 Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of All Time. [18]

Commercial performance

Eazy-Duz-It was released on November 23, 1988. [19] The album received very little attention from radio and television stations, but got support from Los Angeles's hip-hop underground. [20] On May 20, 1989, it peaked at #41 on the Billboard 200, and since 1989, was in various places on the chart for over 90 weeks. It peaked at #12 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart on March 11, 1989. Since the album's release, it has been on the chart during 51 different weeks. [21] On February 15, 1989, the album was certified Gold (500,000 sales) by the Recording Industry Association of America, and on June 1, 1989, it was certified Platinum (1,000,000 sales). It received its peak certification by the RIAA of Double Platinum (2,000,000 sales) on September 1, 1992. [22] [23] In 1989, it had sold over 650,000 copies, [24] and by early 1995, Eazy-Duz-It had sold 2.5 million copies. [13] [25] [26] On February 11, 1989, "We Want Eazy" charted on the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs at number 43. It stayed on the chart for over 15 weeks. [27] The song also charted at number seven on the Hot Rap Songs chart. [28] "Eazy-er Said Than Dunn", the album's 3rd single, peaked at number 84 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts on May 6, 1989, where it would maintain some lower position on the chart for six weeks. [29] "Eazy-Duz-It" charted on the Hot Dance Singles Sales chart at number 39. [28] In August 2015, a couple weeks after the release of the N.W.A. biopic film, Straight Outta Compton , the album re-entered the chart at #32 on the Billboard 200, out-peaking its original peak position in 1989 when it charted at #41 on the Billboard 200. [30]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Still Talkin'"
3:51
2."Nobody Move" MC Ren 4:49
3."Ruthless Villain" (featuring MC Ren)MC Ren2:59
4."2 Hard Mutha's" (featuring MC Ren)MC Ren4:26
5."Boyz-n-the-Hood (Remix)"Ice Cube6:22
6."Eazy-Duz-It"
  • MC Ren
  • Dr. Dre
4:21
7."We Want Eazy" (featuring MC Ren and Dr. Dre)The D.O.C.5:01
8."Eazy-er Said Than Dunn"
  • Dr. Dre
  • The D.O.C. [32]
3:41
9."Radio"MC Ren4:58
10."No More ?'s"Ice Cube3:55
11."I'mma Break It Down"MC Ren3:29
12."Eazy-Chapter 8 Verse 10"B.U.L.L.S.H.I.T. (Uncredited)2:11
Total length:50:00

Notes

Personnel

The following personnel can be verified by both Allmusic and the album's notes. [33] [34]

Charts

Chart positions

Chart (1988–89)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 41
US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 12

Year-end charts

Chart (1989)Position
US Billboard 20045
US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 14

Chart positions

Chart (2015)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 20

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [35] 2× Platinum2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

YearTypeEditionLabelCatalogRef
1988 CD — Ruthless 57100 [36]
1988CDCleanRuthless57111
1988 CS CleanRuthless571114
1988 LP — Priority 571001
1988CS—Priority57100
1991CD— Universal Music Distribution  ? [37]
1993CD—BCM Records555612 [38]
2002CD— EMI 5410412 [36]
2002CSBonusPriority Records41041 [39]
2002LPPriority Records41041
2002DIBonus CleanPriority Records42067 [40]
2003DI—EMI Digital0049925710052 [41]
2003DI—EMI Digital0049925711158 [42]
2010DI"Uncut Snoop Dogg Approved"Priority Records26868 [43]
"—" denotes that it was a standard release.

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