Even though he supposedly had to punch-in line for line when recording his raps at times and had others pen his lyrics, Eazy still put it down for West Coast hip hop-specifically gangsta rap (the remix to "Boyz-n-the-Hood" is great). If it weren't for Eazy paying money to meet with Jerry Heller and forming Ruthless Records, the course of hip hop would probably be very different. Cube was a superior rapper, but Eazy-E was the wild one and the character of N.W.A. Eazy had perverse humor, and that worked well to counter some of the harder-edged violent material. This album, with Dre's trademark bass-lines and Cube's writing, make for a solid set. In my opinion, for all intents and purposes, Eazy-Duz-It belongs in N.W.A's catalogue just as much as it does in Eazy's.
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