Eazy E - the most underrated rapper ever?

[PsychoToons5150]

Eazy doesnt get half the credit he deserves to get. cause if it wasnt for him the west coast wouldnt be where it is and yeah he did kill dre on his diss tracks and the fucked up thing was on his song what would you do. he pretty much foretold the downfall of death row. R.I.P E

[Narrator]

^^^^ Eazy did a lot for the West from a business standpoint...can't nobody deny that.  But we're talking about ARTISTIC reasons here.  Everybody's already said it...he didn't write most of his own lyrics (chances are, your favorite Eazy verse was written by Ren or B.G. Knocc Out or Dresta), and his flow wasn't all that great.  He did have charisma, but that doesn't get you everywhere.  And besides, 99% of Eazy fans I see seem to like him more because of his supposed street cred than his actual music.

And LOL at C-SICC.  Stupid fuckin 'Net banging faggots.

[martmodem]

Hell no.  "Ice Cube writes the rhymes that I say."

[DENUM BLUE]

NO MATTER WHAT ANYBODYS GOTTA SAY, "EAZY WILL ALWAYZ BE A LEGEND IN MUSIC & THE RAP GAME"!!!!! www.myspace.com/denumbluesmuzikpage - www.myspace.com/meechwells

[smp4life]

Eazy didn't even write his own flow in some cases. Rappers wrote his shit and performed it to show him how it should be recited. No he's not underated, and yes, I am a big fan. And I agree with others, if anyone was underated it was Ren.

[R-Tistic]

He's definitely under-appreciated as a rap legend icon...but as a rapper, he's not underrated at all. It's some people outside the west who can't name an Eazy-E song that wasn't with NWA...and it's probably people 18 and under on the West who can't name any.

[Diggfinger]

I think Eazy is probably the most underrated rapper ever.. Yea, he gets alot of props from West Coast artists, but i honestly think he should get more props than Biggie.. I think the East and other areas don't give him the props that he deserves.

His flow is timeless.. You can put his verses on new beats and it sounds like he just recorded them.

If he would of stayed alive 1 more year, he would of single handedly took down Death Row.. He started going after Dr Dre but was getting ready to 'ether' Snoop and the Death Row 'crips' for being bitches to Bloods. He was the one who put Bone Thugs N Harmony on...

I disagree. businesswise the man is a legend, he builded a empire and put Ice Cube, MC REn, Dre, Yella (NWA!!!), Doc, Kokane ,Above The Law, Bone Thugs in the game. PROPZ GIVEN!
Rappinī wise though...he often left must to be desired.

[R-Tistic]

Rappin wise, he was 60% personality, 40% catchy voice.

[Furor Teutonicus]

He's definitely under-appreciated as a rap legend icon...but as a rapper, he's not underrated at all. It's some people outside the west who can't name an Eazy-E song that wasn't with NWA...and it's probably people 18 and under on the West who can't name any.

real talk! he is not underrated as a rapper, but underrated as an icon if you compare him with other dead rappers (Biggie and Pac). Cube and Ren are are both underrated as rappers, but
Eazy had the idea and the image.
I would say that Ice-T and King-T are the real underrated ones...

[JohnnyL]

I'll meet you half way and say that Eazy is definately wayyy underappreciated for what he did for hip hop in general.  He was a visionary.  He built his label from the ground up.  He gave a lot of people their start.  He was able to balance being controversial and being successful.  And I think that amounts to a lot more than whether or not his flow was underrated.  Eazy may not have written all of his matierial, but I think when it came to recording all of those albums over there at Ruthless,  he had a lot more input, artisitically than a lot of people realise.

[Raphael]

he's underrated for being a dead rapper.

[C-BLUE]

I'll meet you half way and say that Eazy is definately wayyy underappreciated for what he did for hip hop in general.  He was a visionary.  He built his label from the ground up.  He gave a lot of people their start.  He was able to balance being controversial and being successful.  And I think that amounts to a lot more than whether or not his flow was underrated.  Eazy may not have written all of his matierial, but I think when it came to recording all of those albums over there at Ruthless,  he had a lot more input, artisitically than a lot of people realise.

yeah people keep talkin about how E never wrote his lyrics. The truth is E did write alot of his own shit. Alot of niggas dont know is dat E did write at least half of his shit on Niggaz4Life. He said himself he didnt wanna be credited because he felt it didnt matter cuz he was already executive producin everything and ownin the company. He wrote his part on Findum Fuccum N Flee, Real Niggaz Dont Die and Appetite For Destruction. In the beginnin The DOC and Ice Cube wrote most of his shit. It all changed when Cube left and E got more involved in the writing. His last verse he ever recorded was written by himself The MUTHAFUCCIN REAL. BG Knocc Out and Dresta helped write his verse on Real Compton City G but some of the lines were all E. This shit is a fact. Another song I know he wrote all by himself was Wut Would U Do wit him and Shaki. So niggas keep sayin shit that aint really true. This niggas was highly involved in the artistic nature of music. He was all into it. This niggas was gettin into producin and he was even designin album covers...shiiiiiiiit.

[proverbs aka DD]

Regardless if he didn't write 100% of his lyrics, I still think he is underrated. I think it's because he didn't die from a honorable reason like getting shot up. (joking... but not really). Plus he died at a time when the West Coast was starting to really heat up.

When these East Coast, BET and MTV cats be naming off their favorite rappers of all time, i don't see them thinking "I would of named Eazy E but he didn't write his own lyrics"

I don't understand how some of ya can name Snoop Dogg and Kurupt in your favorite MC rankings when at their prime their lyrics were written by DOC

[DJSpin]

the same could be said about dre..he probably didnt write much on anything death row related or aftermath related.....   as a producer yeah he is a legend

and i agree Eazy ripped Dre and Death row with all his disses...even Kokane killed dre on funk upon a rhyme.. 
Eazy's only mistake in life was not signing DJ Quik back in the day..

[K.Dub]

yeah people keep talkin about how E never wrote his lyrics. The truth is E did write alot of his own shit. Alot of niggas dont know is dat E did write at least half of his shit on Niggaz4Life. He said himself he didnt wanna be credited because he felt it didnt matter cuz he was already executive producin everything and ownin the company. He wrote his part on Findum Fuccum N Flee, Real Niggaz Dont Die and Appetite For Destruction. In the beginnin The DOC and Ice Cube wrote most of his shit. It all changed when Cube left and E got more involved in the writing. His last verse he ever recorded was written by himself The MUTHAFUCCIN REAL. BG Knocc Out and Dresta helped write his verse on Real Compton City G but some of the lines were all E. This shit is a fact. Another song I know he wrote all by himself was Wut Would U Do wit him and Shaki. So niggas keep sayin shit that aint really true. This niggas was highly involved in the artistic nature of music. He was all into it. This niggas was gettin into producin and he was even designin album covers...shiiiiiiiit.

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