Eazy-Duz-It

Eazy-Duz-It is the debut album of rapper Eazy-E, released on September 13, 1988, through both Ruthless and Priority Records. The production by Dr. Dre and DJ Yella was deemed dense and funky by critic Jason Birchmeier. The pieces were written primarily by The D.O.C., Ice Cube, and MC Ren. The album's title track features Eazy rapping about himself and things that he does. "Boyz n the Hood" and "No More ?'s" are about life in Compton, California and the gangsta lifestyle.

The album charted on two different charts and went 2x Platinum in the United States despite minimal promotion by radio and television. Three singles were released from the album, each charting in the US. The Remastered version contains the 1992 EP 5150. The 25th anniversary (2013) contains 2 bonus tracks, a 12" remix of "We Want Eazy" and a 12" remix of "Still Talkin"

Recording and production

Eazy-Duz-It was recorded at Audio Achievements in Torrance, California from 1987 to 1988. The album's writing was a four-pronged effort involving Eazy-E, MC Ren, Ice Cube, and The D.O.C.. MC Ren's writing style was described by Marcus Reeves, author of Somebody Scream!: Rap Music's Rise to Prominence in the Aftershock of Black Power (2009) ISBN 9780865479975, as "elaborate storytelling and acrobatic verbiage", while the D.O.C.'s included "syllabically punchy boasts" and Ice Cube wrote, "masterfully insightful first-person narratives." Ice Cube's writing was often inspired by comedians like Richard Pryor and Rudy Ray Moore.

Eazy-Duz-It (song)

"Eazy-Duz-It" is a single by rapper Eazy-E, from the album of the same name. It was released in 1989 and written by fellow N.W.A member, MC Ren. It features the song "Radio" as a b-side. The b-side of the cassette single also contained the original version of the song Compton's N The House which only appears on the cassette single version, the vinyl single has a radio edit of Eazy-Duz-It instead of Compton's N The House. There is a remix version of Compton's N The House that appears on N.W.A.'s Straight Outta Compton album, but the original can only be found on the cassette single and has never been released elsewhere.

"Eazy-Duz-It" was produced by Dr. Dre with co-production by DJ Yella, with Eazy-E's production debut.

The first line for the song features Eazy saying "Well I'm Eazy-E" which was later sampled by DJ Yella on his tribute song for Eazy, "4 tha E". Eazy-E also says the famous line "boy should have known by now, Eazy does it"; this line was later sampled in "Real Muthaphuckkin G's," the diss song Eazy-E made to his former mate and later enemy Dr. Dre.