Today marks the 15th Anniversary of the passing of gangsta rap pioneer Eric "Eazy-E" Wright. As the founder of Ruthless Records, a pivotal original member of N.W.A. and the man who discovered Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, you'd think DJs everywhere would jump at the chance to pay tribute to a G like Eazy, but sadly that hasn't been the case. Though Eazy's image preserves, his signature locs and jheri curl tucked under a Raiders snapback, in hipster t-shirts and that tattoo on Game's forearm, it's his music that we could use more of.
While Eazy was never a great technical rapper (he only picked up the mic when a group signed to his label punked out of delivering the Ice Cube-penned "Boyz N Da Hood"), he always had a lot to say. And most of it included cursing. And degrading women. By Eazy's standards, rap today is sugar coated and watered down. So to honor a man who offended someone every time he opened his mouth, reminisce on 5 of Eazy-E's most extreme verses...
"Nobody Move" f/ MC Ren
RELEASED: 1988
VERBAL OFFENSES: Bank Robbery, Tranny Rape
Eazy Says It: (1st verse) "Once a nigga, always a nigga/Ya nigga still a nigga, that's a real nigga, nigga/Bitch-ass nigga, I aint that okey dokey trick-ass nigga."
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