100 Miles and Runnin '
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1989-1990 |
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| Label (s) | Ruthless / Priority / EMI | |||
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23:18 |
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100 Miles and Runnin ' is the EP released on August 14, 1990 by the US West Coast rap group NWA .
Before recording the EP, all five members of the group signed a new contract with Ruthless Records. Nevertheless, Ice Cube left the group after the contract extension, so Eazy-E , Dr. Dre , MC Ren and DJ Yella represented.
Background & content
The theme song 100 Miles and Runnin ' was the first NWA song to be played on radio stations for a long time. The accompanying music video was also the first of the group to be shown on television. MC Ren and The DOC wrote the lyrics for Dr. Dre and Eazy-E. 100 Miles and Runnin 'was the first NWA record without the Arabian Prince and Ice Cube.
About Ice Cube, the group makes some condescending remarks on the EP, for example, Dr. Dre: “ It started with five but yo, one couldn't take it / So now there's four 'cause the fifth couldn't make it. “Ice Cube was also referred to as a“ coward, ”and on the song Real Niggaz , MC Ren said that fans would only buy his album because they thought it was an NWA album, so he was referring to Ice Cubes Debut album AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted , which was released 100 Miles and Runnin 'ago . Ice Cube later responded to the attacks on his 1991 second studio album, Death Certificate . Arabian Prince, on the other hand, was not dissed because he seldom appeared as a member of the NWA anyway.
The three songs 100 Miles and Runnin , Just Don't Bite It and Real Niggaz were later re-released on NWA's Greatest Hits album, Real Niggaz was also featured on NWA's last studio album Niggaz4Life . In 2003 the complete EP was included on a remastered edition of the album Niggaz4Life . There's a backward message on the song Kamurshol : If you play the song backwards, you can hear niggaz for life .
What is also striking about the EP is that producer Dr. Dre used up-tempo beats for the last time here , and he raps on the EP with an unusually aggressive voice, supposedly to compensate for the lack of Ice Cube, who was famous for his aggressive and energetic rap performances at the time .
Track list
| # | title | author | length |
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| 1. | 100 Miles and Runnin ' | MC Ren, Eazy E, Cold 187 um | 4:32 |
| 2. | Just don't bite it | MC Ren | 5:28 |
| 3. | Sa Prize, Pt. 2 | The DOC , Eazy-E, MC Ren | 5:58 |
| 4th | Real niggaz | The DOC, MC Ren | 5:25 |
| 5. | Kamurshol | - | 1:55 |
Chart placements
| Charts (1990) | placement |
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| Billboard 200 | 27 |
| Top R&B / Hip-Hop albums | 10 |
| year | song | placement | |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | Hot R&B / Hip-Hop Singles Charts | ||
| 1990 | 100 Miles and Runnin ' | - | 51 |
occupation
- Eazy-E - Executive Producer
- Dr. Dre - producer
- Brian Kilgore - tambourine
- Mike Sims - bass, guitar
- Donovan Sound - sound engineer
- DJ Yella - producer / DJ
- Steve Huston - artwork
- Kevin Hosmann - Art Director
- David Provost - photographer
Number of appearances
| Artist | Number of appearances |
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| MC Ren | Appears in 4 songs |
| Dr. Dre | Appears in 3 songs |
| Eazy-E | Appears in 3 songs |
| DJ Yella | Appears in a song |
criticism
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| Allmusic |
 
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| Entertainment Weekly | (C +) |
| RapReviews | (6.5 / 10) |
| Robert Christgau | (C−) |
100 Miles and Runnin ' was rated average overall. In Entertainment Weekly , Greg Sandow wrote on August 31, 1991 that NWA sounds "stupid" without the Ice Cube. The song Just Don't Bite It is possibly one of the most misogynistic songs ever recorded, the group only produced this song to defy people who accuse them of misogyny. Their music is still exciting in places, but the quality of the music on 100 Miles and Runnin ' is hardly more than "kid stuff".
Robert Christgau wrote on his own website that the "self-proclaimed 'real niggaz'" could no longer bear to watch other "fake gangsters" climb the charts and that they threw the EP on the market because of that, in the hope that the country has been waiting for it. He also ironically commented on the sexual practices mentioned by the group .
Web links
- Discography on Discogs.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chart positions at Allmusic
- ↑ Review at Allmusic
- ^ Greg Sandow: 100 Miles and Runnin ': Music Review: Entertainment Weekly . In: Entertainment Weekly . August 31, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2009.
- ^ Rapreviews.com review . Retrieved November 25, 2010.
- ^ Robert Christgau Review
| Studio albums | |
| Extended plays | |
| Compilation albums |
NWA and the Posse • Greatest Hits • The NWA Legacy, Vol. 1: 1988–1998 • The NWA Legacy, Vol. 2 • The Best of NWA: The Strength of Street Knowledge • NWA and Their Family Tree |