More old school rap reissues are in the works! A collection of "late member Eazy-E collaborations and solo tracks" will be released on Capitol on December 4th. The album is titled Featuring ... Eazy-E and it will feature 16 tracks including four that have been out of print for a long time. According to Billboard:Among them are "Luv 4 Dem Gangsta'z" from the "Beverly Hills Cop III" soundtrack...
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I first came to know and love Eazy-E via a primitive form of file sharing involving a repurposed Bon Jovi cassette. I was just a kid, fifth grade, I believe. I used to wow my classmates at recess with my renditions of Eazy's raps. Back in those days, Eazy sounded something like this:A half-dozen years later a dude comes up to me and says, he says, "I want to ride with you to our (baseball) g...
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Beef. Dre & Eazy were tight at one point, but Dre ain't nuthin but a studio gangsta in Eazy's mind. Eazy explains how for six years Dre could diss Eazy all he wanted, but he was still gettin paid on anything Dre sold. A funny clip because Eazy joins KRS-1 as a guest on the Arsenio Hall show only to do his interview in a robe. He then performs 'Real Compton G's'. Eazy had style that many ...
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New TV spot to the gang-filled "Saints Row 2" features Eazy-E's classic hip-hop track.
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Thirteen years ago today, the founder of N.W.A Eazy-E passed away due to complications from the AIDS virus. Eazy will always be remembered for his music alongside Dr. Dre and Ice Cube, but many people overlook his keen business sense. Before there were hip hop moguls like Suge Knight, P. Diddy, Jay-Z, there was Eazy-E. Eazy was a marketing mastermind and played a huge role in creating the imag...
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For the ladies out there now is your chance to sleep with past hip-hop legends like Eazy-E, Notorious BIG, J Dilla and Big L. Artist Anne Brenneke designed and sewed these quilts which were inspired by famous photos of the deceased rappers. The detail on these are crazy and are by far the coolest blankets [...]
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So there is no official video for this but this is a classic nonetheless so usually if we can't find an official video we don't do it...but this is one of the pioneers for the West Coast, especially hip hop out of the Los Angeles area. You know the words...enjoy.
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Julien Beneyton is a french graphic designer and painter. Hip-hop music, takes a great part in his inspiration as you can see. These are some tribute portraits of rappers he listen to and also admires. His other painting subjects are the everyday life, neighbourhoods, portraits of people he meets in the streets, and also friens and family.More of his tribute paintings after the jump.
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Mike Orduna - "Ruthless"As an art form, music surpasses visual still art in terms of power and public awareness. Its innate ability to reach the masses explains why people like Paul McCartney and Jay-Z are more widely recognized than, say, Andy Warhol, Frank Gehry or even Pablo Picasso. In short, music, like film, has star-making power.But while music is what permeates the masses, it's the stil...
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Quick, name some cities you associate with hardcore west coast rap! I think I know the ones that come to mind for most: LA, Compton, maybe Oakland, and of course, Winnipeg. The 'Peg I hear you ask? Of course. Thanks to the awesome Can't Stop Won't Stop, last week I discovered that the founder of Priority Records, Bryan Turner, hails from Winnipeg. Priority is of course the label that agree...
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The Chrome Kids crew come up with a boshy and abrasive tune to get your internal aggro satiated, presenting Eazy E laying down vocals with Mochipet and DJ 0.000001 sorting the jagged instrumentals.DJ 0.000001 & Mochipet – Eazy E On Atari.mp3As a little bonus, here’s this extra tune from Mochipet (currently finishing up touring Asia). [...]
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