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It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa (1993)

Where the lyrics of It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa take you, and where it was really made.

Made as a reply to Dr. Dre's The Chronic, which repeatedly attacks Eazy-E, this EP became Eazy-E's most successful release.

Key places

Recorded at Audio Achievements (1993)

Recording site Audio Achievements — The release credits name Audio Achievements as the recording studio. The point is placed at the Torrance city centre, not at the building itself. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa: second EP by American rapper Eazy-E
• Released 19 October 1993 through Eazy-E's Ruthless Records
• The last project Eazy-E released during his lifetime
• Discogs release notes: self executive-produced by the owner, president and CEO of Ruthless Records
• Discogs notes say the release is not authorized by Dr. Dre and contains no performances or material by him; references to Dr. Dre are commentary

Background

• Follows the 1992 EP 5150: Home 4 tha Sick
• Eazy-E first planned a double album named Temporary Insanity
• Dr. Dre's debut solo album The Chronic repeatedly attacks Eazy-E, and this EP was made as a response
• Dre's May 1993 single 'Fuck wit Dre Day' mainly disses Eazy-E
• Eazy-E changed his plans to exploit Dre's spotlight and released this EP instead

Recording

• Recorded at Audio Achievements, which the Discogs credits also list as the mixing studio
• Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering
• Mixed by Donovan Smith, according to Discogs credits
• Shots at Dre appear on most tracks; only 'Gimmie That Nutt' and 'Boyz-N-Tha-Hood (G-Mix)' are free of them
• The track list samples many sources, including 'Eazy-Duz-It', 'It's Funky Enough' by the D.O.C., and 'Gigolo' by the Fatback Band

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

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Eric Lynn Wright, known as Eazy-E, was an American rapper, entrepreneur, and record executive born September 7, 1964 in Compton, California.
• He founded Ruthless Records in 1987 and was dubbed the "Godfather of Gangsta Rap".
• In 1987 he formed N.W.A with Ice Cube, Dr. Dre and Arabian Prince, later joined by DJ Yella and MC Ren.

Members

• N.W.A's original lineup was Arabian Prince, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E and Ice Cube; DJ Yella and MC Ren joined later.
• Ice Cube left in 1989, and the group continued as a four-piece before disbanding in 1991.

Career

• N.W.A's debut studio album Straight Outta Compton (1989) is ranked among the greatest and most influential albums.
• His solo debut Eazy-Duz-It (1988) sold over 2.5 million copies in the US and reached number 41 on the Billboard 200.
• He released two EPs, 5150: Home 4 tha Sick (1992) and It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa (1993), and signed Bone Thugs-n-Harmony.
• He died of HIV/AIDS on March 26, 1995, aged 30; his final album Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton was released posthumously in 1996.
• In 2016 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of N.W.A.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Sold 110,600 copies in its first week, the highest first-week figure of Eazy-E's career to date
• Peaked at number 5 on the Billboard 200 and at number 1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart
• Lead single 'Real Muthaphuckkin G's' became Eazy-E's most successful single
• 'Any Last Werdz' also had a music video

Records

• Certified double-platinum by the RIAA in 1994
• Over two and a half million copies sold in America
• One of two gangsta rap EPs to go multi-platinum, alongside Bone Thugs-n-Harmony's Creepin on ah Come Up
• Creepin on ah Come Up was executive produced by Eazy-E, who also appeared on it

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

Trivia

• Two music videos came from the album: 'Any Last Werdz' and 'Real Muthaphuckkin G's'
• 'Real Muthaphuckkin G's' later became one of Eazy-E's most popular songs and reached multi-platinum
• The original plan was a double album, Temporary Insanity, to follow Eazy-Duz-It
• Along with Creepin on ah Come Up, this is one of the few gangsta rap EPs to reach multi-platinum

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

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