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| "We Want Eazy" | ||||
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| Single byEazy-E featuringDr. Dre andMC Ren | ||||
| from the albumEazy-Duz-It | ||||
| B-side | "Still Talkin'" | |||
| Released | 1988 | |||
| Recorded | 1988 | |||
| Studio | Audio Achievements (Torrance, California) | |||
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| Length | 5:02 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | The D.O.C.[1] | |||
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| Dr. Dre singles chronology | ||||
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"We Want Eazy" is a song by American rapperEazy-E. It was released as the third and final single from his debut album,Eazy-Duz-It. The song features fellowN.W.A membersDr. Dre andMC Ren and was produced by Dr. Dre andDJ Yella. "We Want Eazy" also appears on hisgreatest hits,Eternal E; a 12-inch remix of this song was released as a single in 1989 and appeared on the rapper'sposthumous compilation,Featuring...Eazy-E.
The song borrows heavily from theBootsy's Rubber Band's 1977 song "Ahh... The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!". In exchange for the use of the sample,Bootsy Collins makes a cameo appearance with Eazy-E at the video's conclusion.
The music video for "We Want Eazy", directed by J. Kevin Swain,[2] was released in 1988. It begins with Eazy being chased by anLAPD officer and dropping his signatureLos Angeles Raiders baseball cap along the way. Eventually he is arrested and jailed, just hours before he is to perform at a concert. With the help of his cellmates (includingIce Cube who manages to appear in the crowd as well and MC Krazy Dee), Eazy is able to perform via a giant screenclosed-circuit television connection "live from theCompton jail", while Dr. Dre and MC Ren share the role ofhype man on stage. Near the end of the video, Eazy breaks out of his cell and through the screen, and joins his bandmates on stage for the concert's finale. The cast ofCompton's Most Wanted, includingMC Eiht, made a cameo in the crowd.
Two songs, "Boyz-n-the-Hood" and "Eazy-Duz-It" were used in the opening introduction of the music video.
The cover of both the original and remix versions of the "We Want Eazy" single depicts Eazy-E himself in front of a crowd. There is an alternate cover art that would later be parodied with the album cover for Dr. Dre's multi platinum debut albumThe Chronic and pays homage to theZig-Zag cigarette rolling paper company which had become very prominent in hip hop culture as it is most commonly used to wrapcannabis to smoke.
| Chart (1989) | Peak position |
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| USHot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[3] | 43 |
