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But when the song was rejected by the New York-based rap group it had first been pitched to, Wright decided to rap it himself, under the name "Eazy-E". In 1988, having gained rapper MC Ren and producer DJ Yella , N.W.A released its official debut album, Straight Outta Compton .
The production uses a sample of the acoustic guitar intro to "Fast Car" accompanied with drums. [1] The lyrics make references to drug abuse, guns and violence. [2] Greg Nice performs the first verse, while Smooth B performs the second verse, which revolves around him being in love with a cocaine addict who relapses after 18 months in rehab.
"Hard Times" is a rap song written by Jimmy Bralower, J.B. Moore, Russell Simmons, Larry Smith and William Waring originally recorded by Kurtis Blow for his 1980 eponymous debut album. A 1983 cover by rap group Run–D.M.C. was issued as their second single, and is the first track on their eponymous debut album Run–D.M.C. .
In 2003, the song was sampled by Javine Hylton for her debut single "Real Things". [6] It was later sampled by John Cena in the song "The Time Is Now". M.O.P. eventually sued, but later dropped legal proceedings for the alleged unlawful sampling. The guitar version of the song can be heard in the video game Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition.
Hard to Earn is the fourth studio album by American hip hop duo Gang Starr.It was released on March 8, 1994, by Chrysalis and EMI Records in North America. The album featured the singles "Dwyck" (featuring Nice & Smooth), "Mass Appeal" (their first charting single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart), and "Code of the Streets".
The song appears in the 1999 video game Thrasher: Skate and Destroy.The song also is featured in the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas on the classic hip-hop station, Playback FM (for which Public Enemy's frontman Chuck D voiced the station's DJ "Forth Right MC"), as is "The Grunt" on Master Sounds 98.3.
The song originated from an R&B version of "Roc the Mic" by Beanie Sigel and Freeway. Freeway made his song "Make the Cake" to the beat, while Just Blaze reworked the beat to make it sound different. The song originally featured rapper Oschino of the group State Property in the last verse, but he was removed from it. Peedi Crakk was later ...
"Dangerous" was composed in 4 4 time and the key of B-minor, with a tempo of 103 beats per minute. It has a duration time of three minutes and thirty-seven seconds. [2] The chorus of the song (This is serious/We could make you delirious/You should have a healthy fear of us/'Cause too much of us is dangerous) was taken from a 1980s PSA produced by Kids Corner Ltd of Colorado Springs, Colorado ...