6/29/2023 0 Comments Eazy e 1993![]() “I would never have taken the song off my album,” says Wright. Wright also objects to Ice-T’s handling of the controversy surrounding the song “Cop Killer.” “It’s stupid to think that people are going to do things because it says so in a (rap) song,” says Wright, referring to the recent admissions by labels that their corporate parent or distributor refused to release an act’s album because it contained incendiary lyrics. Poplike songs to take to radio and street cuts for the rap set.”Ĭontroversy has stalked Wright at every point of his career– N.W.A are the authors of “F-Tha Police”–and the content of the new album is sure to raise further hackles. The forthcoming double album was hyped by Priority president Bryan Turner as the “‘War & Peace’ of rap. “If critics knew about my stuff, they’d be (rap artists), not writers.”Įazy-E is a founding member of N.W.A, the pioneering gangsta rap group best known for its trailblazing debut disc, “Straight Outta Compton.” The group’s “Niggaz4life” disc was the first hardcore rap album to cop the No. ![]() “I’ll let the people decide what they think is good taste,” sniffs Eazy-E, real name Eric Wright. The EP’s single, “Only If You Want,” is being played by a handful of radio stations and has been assailed by critics as containing senseless violence scenarios and pushing the boundaries of good taste.
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