Eazy (song)

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These corpses of skinned animals had nothing of life left in them, not even the most tiny speck or hint of their former beauty, majesty and purpose. However, they were not inhabited by death in the way they had been by life. Once the life had gone, they were just bags of barely held together of [ sic ] flesh, bone and sinew. Nothing left, except their smell; they stank. They reeked. Every time, for years afterwards when I looked at the 10 by 8 transparencies, the stench came straight back to me as pungent as if each image was saturated with it. That, I concluded was death. [7]

Animal rights organization PETA commented on the cover, saying that it is "reminiscent of monkeys PETA has found" and that "when you remove the fur, you can't miss that there's a person in there, that they are fellow primates, and do not belong to us to abuse for any purpose". [9]

Music videos

A music video of the song premiered via Instagram on March 2, 2022. The video is half claymation and half live-action. The video has been heavily criticized as it depicts West kidnapping and burying alive Pete Davidson with implied decapitation, as West holds a disembodied head throughout the live-action segments, referencing West's divorce with Kim Kardashian and her brief time together with Davidson. [10] In response to the controversy, West posted on Instagram that "Art is not a proxy for any ill or harm, Any suggestion otherwise about my art is false and mal intended." [11] On March 9, 2022, a second music video with CGI-animated visuals was released, in which the skinned monkey from the singles cover art is depicted beating a 3D model of Davidson, whose face is blurred out. [12] A variation of the first music video containing additional claymation and no live-action segments has surfaced online.

Credits

Charts

"Eazy"
Kanye West and The Game - Eazy Cover Art.jpg
Single by The Game and Kanye West
from the album Drillmatic – Heart vs. Mind and Donda 2
ReleasedJanuary 15, 2022
RecordedJanuary 2022
Length3:54
Label 100 Entertainment
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
The Game singles chronology
"Welcome to LA (Remix)"
(2022)		"Eazy"
(2022)
Kanye West singles chronology
"Off the Grid"
(2021)		"Eazy"
(2022)		"City of Gods"
(2022)
Chart performance for "Eazy"
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [13] 35
Global 200 ( Billboard ) [14] 35
Iceland (Tónlistinn) [15] 11
Ireland (IRMA) [16] 20
Lithuania (AGATA) [17] 59
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [18] 35
South Africa (TOSAC) [19] 13
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [20] 86
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [21] 63
UK Singles (OCC) [22] 32
UK Indie (OCC) [23] 3
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC) [24] 13
US Billboard Hot 100 [25] 49
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [26] 13

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