Eazy E Begat… (Fill In The Blank)

Flo here… I’m a West Coast dude. I was born in Cali and raised on West Coast hip hop like the NWA crew, King Tee, LA Posse, DJ Quik, CMW, Above The Law, Bobby Jimmy, etc., along with PE, EPMD, Rakim, Run DMC and all of them, as well as 2 Live Crew, Geto Boys… I need for you all to understand Eazy’s influence on music today. I never thought Eazy was the dopest on the mic. Without question Cube and Ren both outrhymed him, wrote his shit for him and lyrically murdered Dre’s beats, but Eazy’s personality really carried that group and his business savvy set a ridiculous trend in the industry. Really quickly, you have to know who Eazy is ultimately responsible for:

NWA so therefore… Every rap group that came after from G-Unit to Bone Thugs to Tribe Called Quest to the Black Eyed Peas (Atban Klan)

Dr. Dre so therefore… 50, Eminem, Snoop, The Game and anyone that they brought out as a result of their success.

Ice Cube so therefore… Mack 10, WC, and therefore G-Malone, Roccett, Crooked I and anyone else that’s bangin’ out here and reppin’ the W.

The list goes on and on. Even if you thought Eazy was wack like old heads such as Moe Dee and Melle Mel, you still have to respect Eazy’s gangsta… Literally. 

Ruthless Records was one of the first successful independent hip hop labels and by successful, I mean multiple platinum records:

Eazy Duz It = 2x plat

Straight Outta Compton = 3x plat

No One Can Do It Better = 3x plat

Efil4zaggin = 2x plat

Shit even Eazy’s Anti-Dre shit went 4x plat not to mention JJ Fad and Michel’le for God’s sake!

Stop shittin’ on Eazy E. Y’all owe him some money. Write Lil Eazy a check and tell him “thank you” goddammit!

Rest in peace big homie Eazy. I don’t remember you because of AIDS. I remember you because I thought you were only 15 when “Eazy Duz It” came out. I remember you for the Boyz In The Hood concert I saw you at with Too $hort, Hammer and Whodini. I remember you for that interview in the back of a pickup truck on Yo! MTV Raps! I remember you because of the 8-Ball jackets you wore and coming through the screen in “We Want Eazy.”