Ten Years Later, Music World Still Mourns Eazy-E, N.W.A.'s Hardcore Rap Pioneer

Ten Years Later, Music World Still Mourns Eazy-E, N.W.A.'s Hardcore Rap Pioneer

Eazy-E's March 26, 1995 Death at 31 Robbed the World of the Rawest Gangsta Rapper Who Ever Raised the Mic

'Eternal E: The Best Of Eazy-E - Gangsta Memorial Edition' CD/DVD to Be Released in August by Capitol/Priority/Ruthless, Commemorating the 41st Anniversary of the Late Gangsta Rapper's September 7 Birthday

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Ten years after his March 26, 1995 death, the music world continues to mourn gangsta rapper Eazy-E. Born Eric Wright in 1964, Eazy-E rocketed "Straight Outta Compton" to gangsta superstardom with Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, MC Ren and Yella in N.W.A., as the owner of his own Ruthless Records label, and as a solo artist before his premature death at the age of 31 from AIDS-related causes. Between 1987 and 1991, the inimitable, most hardcore gangsta rap pioneer released four albums with N.W.A. and one solo full-length album, the double-Platinum "Eazy-Duz-It." Album tracks and video clips spanning Eazy-E's reign as the master of gangsta rap have been collected for a new CD/DVD retrospective, "Eternal E: The Best Of Eazy-E - Gangsta Memorial Edition," set to drop August 30 from Capitol/Priority/Ruthless on the eve of the 41st anniversary of Eazy-E's September 7, 1964 birthday.

Three other posthumous releases, including the album Eazy-E was recording before his death, "Str8 off Tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton," "Eternal E," and "The Impact of a Legend" have been issued since 1995.

"Just remember: it's YOUR real time and YOUR real life."
-- Eazy-E, in a March 1995 statement publicly announcing his illness

Eternal E: The Best Of Eazy-E -- Gangsta Memorial Edition
CD DVD
1. Boyz-N-The Hood (remix) 1. We Want Eazy
2. 8 Ball (remix) 2. Only If You Want It
3. Eazy-Duz-It 3. Eazy-er Said Than Dunn
4. Eazy-er Said Than Dunn 4. 100 Miles & Runnin'
5. No More ?'s 5. Neighborhood Sniper
6. We Want Eazy 6. Straight Outta Compton
7. Nobody Move 7. Appetite For Destruction
8. Radio
9. Only if You Want it
10. Neighborhood Sniper
11. I'd Rather F*** You
12. Automobile
13. Niggaz My Height Don't Fight
14. Eazy Street
15. Real Muthaphukkin G's
16. Ole School S***

OTHER EAZY-E TITLES:

N.W.A.:
N.W.A. and The Posse (1987)
Straight Outta Compton (1988)
Niggaz4life (1991)
100 Miles and Runnin' (1990)
EFIL4ZAGGIN (DVD, 1992)

Eazy-E:
Eazy-Duz-It (1988)
Eternal E (posthumous, 1995)
Str8 Off Tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton (posthumous, 1998)
The Impact of a Legend (posthumous EP/DVD, 2002)
Eternal E: The Best Of Eazy-E -- Gangsta Memorial Edition
(to be released August 30, 2005)

Source: Capitol/Priority/Ruthless

CONTACT: Jennifer Ballantyne, +1-323-871-5494,
jennifer.ballantyne@emicap.com, or Rebecca Barkin, +1-323-871-5487,
rebecca.barkin@emicap.com, both of EMI Music Catalog Marketing (to be released
August 30, 2005)
SOURCE Capitol/Priority/Ruthless
-0- 03/24/2005
/CONTACT: Jennifer Ballantyne, +1-323-871-5494,
jennifer.ballantyne@emicap.com, or Rebecca Barkin, +1-323-871-5487,
rebecca.barkin@emicap.com, both of EMI Music Catalog Marketing - Publicity,
publicity@emicap.com

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