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100 Miles and Runnin' (1990)

Where the lyrics of 100 Miles and Runnin' take you, and where it was really made.

N.W.A's only EP was made during its feud with Ice Cube, and two of its tracks take aim at him.

Key places

Recorded at Audio Achievements (1990)

Recording site Audio Achievements — Discogs credits list Audio Achievements as the recording location for this EP. The point sits at the city centre of Torrance, not on the studio building, so the exact spot is not shown. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• 100 Miles and Runnin': the only extended play by American hip-hop group N.W.A
• Released August 14, 1990 through Priority Records and Eazy-E's Ruthless Records
• Five tracks; centers on the single "100 Miles and Runnin'"
• Reflects an evolution of N.W.A's sound
• Two tracks, "100 Miles" and "Real Niggaz", incidentally fueled the feud with Ice Cube
• The porno rap track "Just Don't Bite It" also drew notice

Background

• In 1989, Ice Cube asked Eazy-E for a meeting on money allocation
• Manager Jerry Heller offered the five members a nearly unchanged contract with a $75,000 signing bonus
• Only Cube refused to sign; he left the group in January 1990
• Cube's debut solo album AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted arrived in May 1990
• The EP was written by MC Ren and The D.O.C.
• It is the first N.W.A. project without Ice Cube and Arabian Prince

Recording

• All songs produced by Dr. Dre and DJ Yella
• Eazy-E credited as executive producer and sang on tracks 1, 3 to 5
• Discogs credits list Audio Achievements as the recording location
• Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering
• The idea for "100 Miles" came from Walter Hill's 1979 gangster film The Warriors, one of Eazy's favorites

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Assembled in Compton, California, in 1987 by Eazy-E, who co-founded Ruthless Records with Jerry Heller.
• Original lineup: Arabian Prince, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, and Ice Cube; DJ Yella joined shortly after and MC Ren was recruited in mid-1988.
• The name is an abbreviation for Niggaz Wit Attitudes.

Members

• Eazy-E (vocals, 1987–1991; died 1995).
• Dr. Dre (production, vocals, 1987–1991, 1999–2001, 2016).
• Ice Cube (vocals, 1987–1989, 1999–2001, 2015, 2016).
• Arabian Prince (production, vocals, 1987–1989).
• DJ Yella (DJ, production, 1987–1991, 2000–2001, 2015, 2016).
• MC Ren (vocals, 1988–1991, 1999–2001, 2015, 2016).

Career

• Debut studio album Straight Outta Compton (1989) was certified 3× platinum by the RIAA.
• Second album Niggaz4Life (1991) was the group's final album; the group disbanded shortly after its release.
• Known as one of the earliest and most significant figures of gangsta rap; the group sold over ten million units in the United States.
• Reunited for live performances in 2015 and 2016; inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016 and received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2024.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Released August 14, 1990, the EP reflects N.W.A's evolving sound, now more layered than on Straight Outta Compton
• AllMusic on "Just Don't Bite It": an alarming porno rap that at its release was as explicit as anything out there, including 2 Live Crew
• The EP's two tracks about Ice Cube drew attention because of the public feud
• The single "100 Miles and Runnin'" was N.W.A's first single to see national radio play
• Its music video also received national television airtime

Records

• The EP went gold in November 1990, with over 500,000 copies sold by November 16, 1990
• Certified platinum on September 16, 1992, with over 1 million copies sold
• Reached number 27 on the US Billboard 200 despite being an EP
• Certified platinum by the RIAA
• Three of its songs were later collected on N.W.A's Greatest Hits

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The EP's third track "Sa Prize, Pt. 2" is a sequel to "Fuck tha Police" from the debut album Straight Outta Compton.
• Eazy-E's favorite film The Warriors (1979) inspired the idea for "100 Miles".
• The EP was written by MC Ren and The D.O.C., and it was the first N.W.A project without Ice Cube and Arabian Prince.
• "Real Niggaz" also appears on Efil4zaggin, and "Just Don't Bite It" was sampled by Sublime on "Let's Go Get Stoned".
• A 2003 remastered edition of Efil4zaggin fully appended the 100 Miles EP.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org

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