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Quote from: ai002h on August 10, 2007, 11:18:29 AMYeah..I dont think anyone doubts that the album would've been dope as fuck and a classic...but the disagreement was about Snoop being part of an NWA album, and him replacing Eazy, a person who despised him and vice versa. Not only that but you can't replace Eazy E, you just can't do it. That is like doing Westside Connection without Ice Cube. And Snoop ain't from Compton. Quik would still not be accepted as a member but he is from Compton or BG Knockout or someone like that would have been more accepted. I know Jerry Heller and Tomika Wright own all of his unreleased verses, so adding them to a album they would have to be involved with that to have Eazy on there.
Yeah..I dont think anyone doubts that the album would've been dope as fuck and a classic...but the disagreement was about Snoop being part of an NWA album, and him replacing Eazy, a person who despised him and vice versa.
I remember reading an Xzibit interview or article & X said his beat for "U Know" off the Restless LP was actually meant to be for the new N.W.A CD. Dre wasn't willing to give the beat to X but Xzibit begged Dre so many times so Dre finally gave it to him. IMO that beat & whole song is
Quote from: Crip2Nite: South Central LA's HoOdSTAr on August 10, 2007, 12:25:54 PMWhy does everyone always leave out Yella boy when they speak on NWA....Even though he played his role in baccground, Yella was just as important as any other member in the group...Eazy may have not been the best rapper or write his own rhymes, but he is a irreplacable member....He had good mic presence and a unique and signature voice that can't be replaced with likes of Snoop Dogg...Just like Death Row, NWA had its place in history but its not coming baccMan props on that. How could I forget to mention Yella.
Why does everyone always leave out Yella boy when they speak on NWA....Even though he played his role in baccground, Yella was just as important as any other member in the group...Eazy may have not been the best rapper or write his own rhymes, but he is a irreplacable member....He had good mic presence and a unique and signature voice that can't be replaced with likes of Snoop Dogg...Just like Death Row, NWA had its place in history but its not coming bacc
Quote from: daWappla on August 10, 2007, 12:55:23 PMLooking back I think it´s good that the reunion never happened because like many people said already, I wasn´t a fan of Snoop in NWA at all and secondly from today´s point of view it´s better that they didn´t play with their legacy. Sure, there might have come out some classic tracks and a very good album from it but one of the reasons why NWA was so groundbreaking in the first place was the era they dropped. Imagine the album and people are still talking about that gangsta stuff. I think it would have been lame. Let others recycle the same shit over and over again. Not the world´s most dangerous group, especially not without Eazy and Yella.Man who better to give you that raw authentic gangsta shit than NWA? I'm sure they would have put they own twist on it if they would have put a album out,Or they could have tackled other issues as well.But yeah I am glad for legacy purposes it did not happen.
Looking back I think it´s good that the reunion never happened because like many people said already, I wasn´t a fan of Snoop in NWA at all and secondly from today´s point of view it´s better that they didn´t play with their legacy. Sure, there might have come out some classic tracks and a very good album from it but one of the reasons why NWA was so groundbreaking in the first place was the era they dropped. Imagine the album and people are still talking about that gangsta stuff. I think it would have been lame. Let others recycle the same shit over and over again. Not the world´s most dangerous group, especially not without Eazy and Yella.
As a long time fan of hip-hop, and an old schooler at that (35 yrs. old), I was also against the notion of adding Snoop to the N.W.A line-up. They can still make a group album together for all I care, but call yourself something else. The N.W.A legacy is to hip-hop what The Beatles are to rock & roll. They raised the bar for everyone else who came after them. The world's most dangerous group was at that time going so hard against the grain of society, particularly as it pertained to the music industry, that it severely tested the censorship issue on a much greater level than was previously done before when the 60's music scene was challenging the status quo. N.W.A literally called it like they saw it, and pulled no punches about it. C'mon y'all, Fuck The Police? Getting letters from the FBI threatening to shut down your shit? I mean seriously, these niggas had the government shook for a short period of time. That alone is enough to prove that their legacy will forever be cemented in the history of not just hip-hop, but music in general.Besides, it's not N.W.A without Eazy. It'd just be N.W.E (Niggaz Without Eazy)
this is like Diddy taking 2pac's place in the Outlawz