It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa
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1993 |
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Rhythm D, Cold 187um , Yella , Dr. Jam, Madness4Real |
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It's On ( Dr. Dre ) 187um Killa is an EP by US rapper Eazy-E . It was released in 1993 under his own label Ruthless Records and is assigned to the genre hip-hop and its styles Westcoast hip-hop , G-funk and gangsta rap . It became the last Eazy-Es work to be published before his death. The EP is characterized by the beef with Dr. Dre and is regarded as the answer to his attacks on the album The Chronic .
History of origin
It's On ( Dr. Dre ) 187um Killa came into being after the NWA disbanded and Dr. Dre had left Ruthless Records , Eazy-Es label , and joined Death Row Records .
At almost the same time, Eazy-E published his EP 5150 at the end of 1992 : Home 4 Tha Sick and Dr. Dre released his album The Chronic . While The Chronic was a great success due to the establishment of the subgenre G-Funk , 5150: Home 4 Tha Sick did not go beyond 70th place on the Billboard 200 and received a gold record for 250,000 copies sold.
In particular, the frequent playing of the music video for Fuck Wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin ') , a single from The Chronic , on MTV hurt Eazy-E, as the song was not only a diss on him lyrically , but also made fun of him cinematically have been done. For example, the video showed an Eazy-E-like person named “Sleazy-E” (a play on Eazy-Es's stage name and the English expression “sleazy” for shabby or shabby) holding a cardboard sign on the Pasadena Freeway that said “Will Rap for Food "(English for" Will rap for food ") and later by Dr. Dre is shot.
Eazy-E therefore decided It's On ( Dr. Dre ) 187 to kill as revenge on Dr. Dre record. It became the last recorded music to be released before his death from AIDS .
Music genre
The core theme of the EP was the genre-typical attack on Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg , especially on the two songs Real Muthaphuckkin G’s and It's On . This attack was also continued in the booklet . One page of it was used as an obituary notice for Dr. Dre designed in the fictional newspaper "The Eazy Times", whereby the English word for obituary, "obituary", was written as "obitchuary" and thus represented a play on words with the insult Bitch . In addition, a picture of Dr. Dre from his time at the World Class Wreckin 'Cru accompanied on this one with sequins occupied jumpsuit wearing. So should Dr. Dr's image as a tough gangster will be destroyed.
In contrast to this is the background music for the lyrics. This was an exact implementation of the G-Funk sound image, with howling synthesizer melodies and hard drum noises, and so basically put a copy of the music on Dr. Dres The Chronic . The style-forming elements of G-Funk were even used so exaggerated that they were sometimes used as a mockery of the sound of Dr. Dres were understood. The producer Rhythm D later said that this was the intention: he wanted to create a nasty parody of the sound.
Other processed topics are murder fantasies ("Any Last Werdz"), the nihilism typical of gangsta rap ( Still a Nigga ) and marijuana consumption ( Down 2 Tha Last Roach ). With regard to Eazy-Es's cause of death ( AIDS- related complications), however, in retrospect, the song Gimmie That Nutt in particular appears consistently programmatic, which propagates its male, heterosexual promiscuity as an ideal lifestyle (“In some pussy is the place to be / Always fucking is the life for me ").
Track list
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Exxtra Special Thankz - 1:06
- Authors: Eazy-E, Rhythm D
- Produced by Rhythm D
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Real Muthaphuckkin G’s ( feat. Gangsta Dresta and BG. Knocc Out ) - 5:33
- Authors: Eazy-E, Gangsta Dresta, BG. Knocc Out
- Produced by Rhythm D
- Any load Werdz (feat. Kokane and Cold 187um ) - 5:11
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Still a nigga - 4:10
- Authors: Eazy-E, Yella
- Produced by Yella
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Gimmie That Nutt - 2:59
- Authors: Eazy-E, Yella
- Produced by Yella
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It's On - 5:02
- Authors: Tha Dogg Catcher, Rhythm D
- Produced by Rhythm D
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Boyz N Tha Hood (G-Mix) - 5:36
- Authors: Ice Cube , Eazy-E, Dr. Jam
- Produced by Dr. Jam
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Down 2 Tha Last Roach (feat. Mr. Roach Clip, BG.Ash Trey and Shaki) - 7:51
- Authors: Eazy-E, Shaki, BG. Knocc Out, Madness4Real
- Produced by Madness4Real
Publications and chart successes
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It's On ( Dr. Dre ) 187um Killa only reached chart positions in Eazy-Es's home country USA . There the EP was very successful. It debuted at number 5 on the Billboard 200 and stayed on that sales list for 38 weeks. The RIAA has awarded a two-time platinum record for more than one million units sold.
The first single , Real Muthaphuckkin G’s , also achieved hit parades. It was ranked 42nd on the Billboard Hot 100 . The song was a violent diss to Dr. Dre and his protégé Snoop Doggy Dogg . Among other things, Eazy-E mocked Dr. Dre for the fact that his diss song Fuck Wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin ') addressed to him would still bring him income, because of the contractual relationships with Dr. Dres ("'Dre Day' only meant Eazy's payday"). In addition, the performer of the character "Sleazy-E" (see history ) was hired for the accompanying music video and chased through Compton by numerous crips in his role .
Then Any Last Werdz , in which a fictional murder is portrayed from the first person's perspective , was decoupled. However, these were only promotional records , so that no chart placements followed.
reception
It's On ( Dr. Dre ) 187um Killa received average to poor ratings.
Jason Birchmeier awarded Allmusic three and a half stars out of a maximum of five. He doesn't consider Eazy-E to be a particularly talented MC , but because of his unique style and attitude he is one of the best gangsta rappers of the early 1990s, who delivers on this EP what one expects from him and who excels at it.
In the hip-hop magazine The Source , the work was only rated with two and a half out of a maximum of five microphones. Both Eazy-Es's version of G-Funk, which was described as half-hearted mediocrity, and its raps, which are often out of step, were criticized. In summary, referring to the beef with Dr. Dre, described as a beaten man.
The Los Angeles Times gave it two out of four stars in a short review. Here, too, the background music was criticized as weak. He was also compared to other hip-hop musicians: he couldn't rhyme as well as Ice Cube , no beat like Dr. Dre and not rapping as gracefully as Snoop Doggy Dogg, but he is more authentic as a gangster than this, but proves this in a lengthy way that is tiring.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Database with artist search for "Eazy-E" and title search for "5150". RIAA
- ↑ a b c Jeff Weiss: Last Words: Eazy-E's It's on (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa. In: Rolling on Dubs. Pitchfork , November 15, 2013, accessed May 2, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa - Eazy-E - Songs, Reviews, Credits. Allmusic
- ^ Eazy-E - Chart history. Billboard 200
- ^ Eazy-E - Chart history. Billboard The Hot 100
- ↑ Database with artist search for “Eazy-E” and title search for “Killa”. RIAA
- ↑ Eazy-E Featuring Kokane, Cold 187um - Any Last Werdz. Discogs
- ↑ Todd B .: Eazy E - It's On (Dr. Dre 187) Killa . In: The Source . No. 50 , 1993.
- ↑ Jonathan Gold: In letter. In: Record Rack. Los Angeles Times , October 31, 1993, accessed May 2, 2016 .