Eazy-E "5150 Home 4 Tha Sick" 20 Years Later Appreciation Thread [December 1992]

[BiggBoogaBiff]

http://www.amazon.com/5150-Home-4-Tha-Sick/dp/B000008FAZ

5150: Home 4 tha Sick is a 1992 EP by Eazy-E. It was released in December 1992 through Ruthless and Priority Records and was his first release since the break-up of N.W.A.


5150: Home 4 tha Sick peaked at 70 on the Billboard 200 and 15 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.


"Only If You Want It" was given both a single release and promotional music video. "Neighborhood Sniper" also had a promotional music video released.


The EP was Certified Gold by the RIAA on February 9, 1993.

It is now out of print. All the songs were included on the remastered version of Eazy-E's, Eazy-Duz-It.





"Intro/New Years Evil"
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/osJ8JscFjH8" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/osJ8JscFjH8</a>


"Only If U Want It" - video
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/JkYfzcqyBOs" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/JkYfzcqyBOs</a>
best part is starting at 2:23


"Neighborhood Sniper" - video
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/KF-B8Rb0s60" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/KF-B8Rb0s60</a>
1 of my Personal favs



"Niggaz My Height Don't Fight"
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/zsMO7T1hpyw" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/zsMO7T1hpyw</a>


"Merry Muthaphuckkin Xmas"
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZO8D12FefUI" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/ZO8D12FefUI</a>





    DJ Kay Gee – Producer
    Cold 187um – Producer
    Bobby "Bobcat" Ervin – Producer
    Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – Mastering
    Donovan Sound – Engineer, Mixing


Released    December 10, 1992
Recorded    1991–1992
Label    Ruthless/Priority



Photography - Dean Karr





Some consider this EP as piece of what the pre-NWA breakup solo LP that was supposed to be produced by Dr. Dre titled "Temporary Insanity" that never got to see the light of day.

[Black Excellence]

that woulda been dope for e to drop temporary insanity wit dre back in the day but....shit happens they should'na broke up. on topic though 5150 had some bangers on it it' my least fav. in his discograghy and i don't even count that impact of..ep at all that was trash.

[BiggBoogaBiff]

i'm sure there's stuff layin around in Tomeka and NWA's vaults that may never even see the light of day.  i've usually bundled this with "It's On" when in rotation.  2 different sounds but the same subject.

[Black Excellence]

yeah. it's good to know he has unreleased shit and if they ever decide to release it, it should be in og form and it needs to finish where ''str.8 off tha streetz'' left off(that's how hgh my bar is for it). eazy has one of the best discographies in music and they shouldn't take it lightly.

[BiggBoogaBiff]

i think he went Jehovah before he transitioned off.  Atleast his Estate's actions say that.


I think Pac felt tha same way almost.  Suge & Afeni (and 'nem) went on a decency campaign to "clean him up" which didn't make sense IMO.  that's why we got all of the Poetry books and the bullshit Remixes before we got anything in raw form (excluding those bootlegs for a second)




Or maybe E knew this kinda thing would happen to his music so he blocked posthumous albums from coming out.  i think it would be a great idea in 2013 to release some original, raw music.  clean it up digitally good enough and put it out.  nowadays his music probably wouldn't have to go thru so much RedTape and BS just for some online chit or for a special release

[Black Excellence]

even if they don't put nothin' else out str.8 off tha streets is cool.

[BabyBird]

i had this tape back in the 90's. Shityest shit ive ever heard back then. But now not so much basicly

[Soopafly DPGC]

Neighborhood Sniper is my favorite joint off this.  So raw, a mainstream artist could never get away with making a song like this today.  I used to bump this all the time when it came out.

[doggfather]

sick ep.

[MistaNova]

The very first time Will.I.Am appeared on wax...

[BiggBoogaBiff]

The very first time Will.I.Am appeared on wax...

Alotta people don't even realize how long that guy has been around.  And then they turn around and say Hip Hop has an age limit lmao!

[BiggBoogaBiff]

Neighborhood Sniper is my favorite joint off this.  So raw, a mainstream artist could never get away with making a song like this today.  I used to bump this all the time when it came out.

"Neighborhood Sniper" was the exact reason why I made this thread lol.  And you're right, I think this video wouldn't get any burn today, they'd probably have to re-do the whole video becuz it's that Raw.  Nigga ran up and shot somebody and then took a picture and ran off LOL.  Too gangsta.  That record and video is way more grimey than any of my young niggaz would do today, they're that hard!

[smile4menow]

Mr. Wright has plenty of unheard/unreleased tracks in the vault. I cant remember the DJ's name but hes and an old school cat out of cali!He said he had tons of unheard tracks but said  that he would probably never release them. Who knows what tamica is doing over @ruthless but I would say that dj is the only chance at getting any useful recordings of eazy-e . Damn shame too, I dont care if the man could write his own lyrics or not, that voice made everything sound good! He was also a monster marketer! He played the game! The game never played him! Except for bitches who do us all in!

[BiggBoogaBiff]

Mr. Wright has plenty of unheard/unreleased tracks in the vault.  


Damn shame too, I dont care if the man could write his own lyrics or not, that voice made everything sound good! He was also a monster marketer! He played the game! The game never played him!

I mean damn, even tho it's probably a wet dream you'd think they'd place "Neighborhood Sniper" in with the Countdowns with "Nothin But A 'G' Thang" and "Today Was A Good Day" n shit like that.       ["Only If U Want It" didn't have enough reverb (and liveness) in the beat]



But i agree with exactly what you're saying.  Lyricist or not he made this cool.  #Pause, His voice and they beats he had at the time made his music vicious.  I mean in real life, you're actually praying that wun day soon they'd release all his music in all original form.  Some of the money is there.  Maybe not like in 96' but something's out there

[johnnie360]

Totally Different sound than Its on... Mainly due to being recorded before The Chronic, got some production by treach, prolly why eazy e had a cameo on the hip hop hooray video. When I saw this in the single section of musicland back in 92, it was a choice between the ice cube wicked single (I loved that song) or Eazy-e 5150. I chose Eazy-e. Gotta say I love this ep. I use to play it over and over again. in the late 90s, early 2000s it was very hard to find anymore. I finally got my cd copy and consider it to be a huge piece of West coast history