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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: abusive on July 02, 2014, 07:05:53 AM
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Lil Eazy-E is feeling in a ways that he wasn’t cast to play his late father, gangsta rapper Eazy-E, in the forthcoming biopic about N.W.A, the groundbreaking Compton rap group.
Reports TMZ:
Lil Eazy-E thinks Ice Cube has BETRAYED the wishes of his former N.W.A. crew member by casting some no name to play Eazy-E rather than his own flesh and blood.
Lil Eazy tells TMZ … his dad absolutely would have wanted him in the starring role. As Lil put it, “I am my father. I look like him. I sound like him.”
And this part is especially galling to Eazy-E’s son … Ice Cube cast HIS own son O’Shea Jackson Jr. to play Cube. The way Lil Eazy sees it … neither he nor O’Shea are seasoned actors, so why not cast both?
Dr. Dre’s son is in the same boat … he didn’t get cast either.
Is Ice Cube’s son getting cast a simple case of nepotism? Or, maybe Lil Eazy is just a really bad actor? We gotta hear both sides.
The biopic, titled Straight Outta Compton, is due in theaters on August 8, 2015.
Source: http://hiphopwired.com/2014/07/02/lil-eazy-e-mad-wasnt-cast-n-w-biopic/#sthash.eqz7fHuR.dpuf
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I still want to know about Suge owning the N.W.A. name and if Ice Cube got his blessings from Suge. When it was recently announced that 50 was doing a BMF movie everyone wanted to know if it got the Big Meech co-sign. If this movie don't get the Suge co-sign or if anyone in the group has a problem with any of it or their children, then I can't support it. Then there is this:
Kokane Says Ice Cube Is "Doing Something Wrong And Foul" With N.W.A Biopic
Exclusive: Kokane says that Ice Cube should talk to Eazy-E children and Above The Law, among others, in order to properly tell N.W.A's story.
As a member of Eazy-E's Ruthless Records, G-funk pioneer Kokane helped the Godfather of Gangster Rap build a brand that would serve as the prototype for Hip Hop's independent label business model.
But with the buzzed about N.W.A biopic, which is being produced by Ice Cube's CubeVision production company, already in the casting process, Kokane worries that his former boss' legacy is being misrepresented.
In an exclusive interview with HipHopDX, the west coast crooner says he refuses to sit idly by.
"We put a proposal together called 'Protecting the Ruthless Legacy' that we want to get on The Arsenio Hall Show," said Kokane, whose critically new album, Shut da F#@! Up & Cut Da Checc, hit iTunes Jan. 14. "We gettin' it done right now as we speak. Everybody's agreed. And it's gonna be beautiful to see. We'll have all [Eazy’-Es] kids come on, MC Ren, Big Hutch, Yella, J.J. Fad and we're gonna tell the real story because, Ice Cube, I don't fault you for doing this movie. You're a genius, and you show that stereotypes can be lifted off of us, but at the same time you are doing something that's wrong and foul. You're purposely leaving out certain information that is vital to the story."
Kokane said that Ice Cube is making a movie without getting the facts from the people that witnessed it first-hand.
"It's sad cause you see Cube, you see all these people doing this N.W.A movie honoring Eazy, but they're not even getting internal,” Kokane said. "They're lying saying that they're getting in touch with people, but Eazy's children didn't even get a phone call. I didn't get a phone call. Above The Law didn't get a phone call and it's like they're doing it for profit, but they're not doing it authentically from the heart. It's unethical and it's foul. it's like you don't care. You guys care about getting money. But you know the good thing about it: There's always hope out there to have the real story told. It's increments. You gotta go back and touch the people if you wanna get the truth, because there's so much blockage as far as capital. It's a story that if it's told right and somebody can crack open this thing wide enough, everything else is gonna be the prototype for every other story. Trust me."
Kokane is looking to bring the West Coast full-circle with his new label, Bud E Boy Ent., which features a roster of artists and producers from various locations, including one that with ties to the past.
"I'm working with Eazy's son, E3, and he sounds just like his dad," Kokane said. "It's fitting because the way I'm running my company comes from the blueprint that Eric [Eazy-E's given name] started."
SouRCE: http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.27390/title.kokane-says-ice-cube-is-doing-something-wrong-and-foul-with-n-w-a-biopic
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he´s absoulty right, what about ice cube´s son just because you dad is a hollywood nigga doesn´t mean that you can act. Ice Cube´s first role in Boyz n Da Hood was the same he couldn´t act either fisburne and cuba gave him advices, so now cube giving his son advice´s ?? have you seen these actors for cube,ren,eazy they look gay as hell...and i don´t want to talk about the storyline..
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Lil Eazy is right, he look and sound like his father. But maybe this was about posture.
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Lil Eazy is always mad about something
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The movie is about nwa not ruthless or above the law or kokane. They didn't pop up until after cube left. This movie is about the impact the group had when straight outta Compton came out. Not all the ahit eazy went through in his life and career. Or else it would have been called eazy Duz it not straight outta Compton. And it's no ones fault that tomica wright owns eazy shit she is the one dealing with eazy estate since day one
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The movie is about nwa not ruthless or above the law or kokane. They didn't pop up until after cube left. This movie is about the impact the group had when straight outta Compton came out. Not all the ahit eazy went through in his life and career. Or else it would have been called eazy Duz it not straight outta Compton. And it's no ones fault that tomica wright owns eazy shit she is the one dealing with eazy estate since day one
NWA did more after Cube than before though. If you're going to say that it's about NWA then you have to admit that since Ice wasn't there for it all, they need to consult Ruthless artist who were there after him. There is no way to play off the fact that Lil Eazy looks like his pops just like Ice Cube's son does. Why not show Eazy's son love? Give me one good reason why Lil' Eazy shouldn't be able to be in something HIS pops started while the one who left the group and bad mouthed it gets to have his son in it. It's about respect. Let Eazy's kids eat just like you letting your kids eat Ice it's only right. This makes me think that Ice still has bad blood for Eazy after all these years.
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lil eazy is too damn buff to play eazy cuz he wasnt stacked like how lil eazy is
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Can't understand that move by cube. If his son gets a role why not also let lil eazy get to play the role of his pops ?
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I still want to know about Suge owning the N.W.A. name and if Ice Cube got his blessings from Suge. When it was recently announced that 50 was doing a BMF movie everyone wanted to know if it got the Big Meech co-sign. If this movie don't get the Suge co-sign or if anyone in the group has a problem with any of it or their children, then I can't support it. Then there is this:
Kokane Says Ice Cube Is "Doing Something Wrong And Foul" With N.W.A Biopic
Exclusive: Kokane says that Ice Cube should talk to Eazy-E children and Above The Law, among others, in order to properly tell N.W.A's story.
As a member of Eazy-E's Ruthless Records, G-funk pioneer Kokane helped the Godfather of Gangster Rap build a brand that would serve as the prototype for Hip Hop's independent label business model.
But with the buzzed about N.W.A biopic, which is being produced by Ice Cube's CubeVision production company, already in the casting process, Kokane worries that his former boss' legacy is being misrepresented.
In an exclusive interview with HipHopDX, the west coast crooner says he refuses to sit idly by.
"We put a proposal together called 'Protecting the Ruthless Legacy' that we want to get on The Arsenio Hall Show," said Kokane, whose critically new album, Shut da F#@! Up & Cut Da Checc, hit iTunes Jan. 14. "We gettin' it done right now as we speak. Everybody's agreed. And it's gonna be beautiful to see. We'll have all [Eazy’-Es] kids come on, MC Ren, Big Hutch, Yella, J.J. Fad and we're gonna tell the real story because, Ice Cube, I don't fault you for doing this movie. You're a genius, and you show that stereotypes can be lifted off of us, but at the same time you are doing something that's wrong and foul. You're purposely leaving out certain information that is vital to the story."
Kokane said that Ice Cube is making a movie without getting the facts from the people that witnessed it first-hand.
"It's sad cause you see Cube, you see all these people doing this N.W.A movie honoring Eazy, but they're not even getting internal,” Kokane said. "They're lying saying that they're getting in touch with people, but Eazy's children didn't even get a phone call. I didn't get a phone call. Above The Law didn't get a phone call and it's like they're doing it for profit, but they're not doing it authentically from the heart. It's unethical and it's foul. it's like you don't care. You guys care about getting money. But you know the good thing about it: There's always hope out there to have the real story told. It's increments. You gotta go back and touch the people if you wanna get the truth, because there's so much blockage as far as capital. It's a story that if it's told right and somebody can crack open this thing wide enough, everything else is gonna be the prototype for every other story. Trust me."
Kokane is looking to bring the West Coast full-circle with his new label, Bud E Boy Ent., which features a roster of artists and producers from various locations, including one that with ties to the past.
"I'm working with Eazy's son, E3, and he sounds just like his dad," Kokane said. "It's fitting because the way I'm running my company comes from the blueprint that Eric [Eazy-E's given name] started."
SouRCE: http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.27390/title.kokane-says-ice-cube-is-doing-something-wrong-and-foul-with-n-w-a-biopic
I could feel what Kokane is saying if this was a movie about Ruthless records, then reaching out to everyone he named would make sense. But this is an NWA movie so I think he has the right people a part of it. As far as casting his son, if he can nail the role then why not? Like they said, maybe Lil E is a terrible actor regardless of how he looks.
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Who knows, maybe Lil Eazy can't act? What y'all talkin' about Suge ownin' the N.W.A. name though? Did Suge say that?
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I still want to know about Suge owning the N.W.A. name and if Ice Cube got his blessings from Suge. When it was recently announced that 50 was doing a BMF movie everyone wanted to know if it got the Big Meech co-sign. If this movie don't get the Suge co-sign or if anyone in the group has a problem with any of it or their children, then I can't support it.
Why does an N.W.A. movie need Suge's approval? He wasn't involved in the group. He didn't like Eazy when he was alive. If he owns the rights to the name, let the courts figure that out.
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I still want to know about Suge owning the N.W.A. name and if Ice Cube got his blessings from Suge. When it was recently announced that 50 was doing a BMF movie everyone wanted to know if it got the Big Meech co-sign. If this movie don't get the Suge co-sign or if anyone in the group has a problem with any of it or their children, then I can't support it.
Why does an N.W.A. movie need Suge's approval? He wasn't involved in the group. He didn't like Eazy when he was alive. If he owns the rights to the name, let the courts figure that out.
I did not think that Suge really owned anything anymore, when he filed for bankruptcy and lost Deathrow im guessing he would have lost
all the rights he owned to names etc too as that would have been tied up in the Deathrow stuff. He owned Tha Dogg Pound name also
but Daz & Kurupt are able to use that name again too. I may be wrong though??
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Funny how Ren isn't even mentioned in all this stuff like he wasn't part of the group. Any word from Ren on the project?
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I also tend to take things Suge says with a grain of salt. He's been known to say some pretty outrageous shit just to get people's attention.
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Funny how Ren isn't even mentioned in all this stuff like he wasn't part of the group. Any word from Ren on the project?
+1
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X855Jbj4Cz4
Maybe you are right. He said who owned the NWA name, meaning past tense.
@ 1:24 mark
If you have never seen this footage watch the entire clip. Calls Pac MOB, gets at Rick Ross and addresses TDE.
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he´s absoulty right, what about ice cube´s son just because you dad is a hollywood nigga doesn´t mean that you can act. Ice Cube´s first role in Boyz n Da Hood was the same he couldn´t act either fisburne and cuba gave him advices, so now cube giving his son advice´s ?? have you seen these actors for cube,ren,eazy they look gay as hell...and i don´t want to talk about the storyline..
cube could act actin is no different than rememberin lyrics n recitin em..then doin the same shit for videos..
wasnt like he was the main star in boyz n the hood neway
kokane sound like he wants the nwa family tree to be mention...because im pretty sure dre's spin off acts will be brought to light...
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Funny how Ren isn't even mentioned in all this stuff like he wasn't part of the group. Any word from Ren on the project?
Or DJ Yella.
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Who knows, maybe Lil Eazy can't act? What y'all talkin' about Suge ownin' the N.W.A. name though? Did Suge say that?
Suge says a lot of things. I don't know about him owning the N.W.A. name/brand. If I recall, Eazy's widow own the name. Wasn't it Eazy's widow who stopped Game from using the name for the title of his album that became "The Documentary"? Originally it was called "Nigga Witta Attitude Vol. 1" but, Eazy's widow stopped that idea and he soon changed the name.
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after watching that boring ass 30 for 30, i personally dont think Cube should over see this as a whole.
but who can do it right ? what if the tables where turned, you think LiL E would reach out ?
seems like to me he would duck behind the exec's and contracts like ASAP MOB did to Danny Brown. straight up dissed D brown out.
they should have that guy josslin from real housewives ATL to play Tomika Wright. *i think thats the show, stevie jays bitch..
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I think biopics are a recipe for disaster. Everyone so caught up in having their side of the story represented but in the end, it is a movie and it's going to be fabricated.
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Cube turned bitch nigga. Putting his punk as son in the movie, lol, cube nowadayz a homo nigga. Fuck him and this movie.
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i personally forsee a real disaster
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i personally forsee a real disaster
Yeah, that's Hollywood for you. I think the less you actually know about a person (or in this case a group) the better your movie experience will be.
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i personally forsee a real disaster
Yeah, that's Hollywood for you. I think the less you actually know about a person (or in this case a group) the better your movie experience will be.
nah, i just hope to be surprised
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Cube turned bitch nigga. Putting his punk as son in the movie, lol, cube nowadayz a homo nigga. Fuck him and this movie.
right there with you homie, check out my remix of 2PAC 0 to 100 feat outlawz. i say this cause ur deathrow and 2PAC pic, which is dope.
https://soundcloud.com/mixmaster_biggd/starin-through-my-rearview-biggd-2014-blend0-to-100
Download it before it reaches 100 downloads.... it could go from 0 to 100, real quicc !
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Cube turned bitch nigga. Putting his punk as son in the movie, lol, cube nowadayz a homo nigga. Fuck him and this movie.
right there with you homie, check out my remix of 2PAC 0 to 100 feat outlawz. i say this cause ur deathrow and 2PAC pic, which is dope.
https://soundcloud.com/mixmaster_biggd/starin-through-my-rearview-biggd-2014-blend0-to-100
Download it before it reaches 100 downloads.... it could go from 0 to 100, real quicc !
Ice Cube is desperate to hook his faggot ass son on every motha fucking shit he puts out. Shits funny, i hope someome pulls this niggas sons card soon, fucking useless ass nigga.
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Yeah, that's Hollywood for you. I think the less you actually know about a person (or in this case a group) the better your movie experience will be.
Or even simpler, the more you just realize how movies are made and take it for that, the better. In real life, famous people interact with hundreds of people. When you are telling a story through a movie, they need to condense it so it can fit in a coherent two-hour format. They need to take the most interesting details and exaggerate for the dramatic purposes.
The movie, Malcolm X, is not a factual account of Malcolm's life. It is Spike Lee's vision. Obviously, with real people, you are creating a basis in reality but like with fiction, they are telling a story and are going to manipulate the character pieces to fit with that story. Even documentaries often work like this.
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Lil Eazy-E Coaching the Actor Playing His Dad in N.W.A Film
Rapper refutes report that he was "outraged" at Ice Cube for not casting him as his father in upcoming biopic
By Kory Grow
July 3, 2014 12:05 PM ET
Despite a report that he was unhappy with the casting, Eric Wright, Jr. – the son of N.W.A rapper Eazy-E who records as Lil Eazy-E – tells Rolling Stone he has embraced Jason Mitchell, the actor portraying his father in the Ice Cube–produced N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton. "Jason has come to my grandmother's house where I was born and raised, where my father was born and raised and where N.W.A started," Lil Eazy-E says. "I reached out to him to give him the support and any advice he needs. He has a big burden on his shoulders to bring forth the character and legacy of my father and the legacy of N.W.A, period."
See Where N.W.A's 'Straight Outta Compton' Ranked Among the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
Earlier this week, TMZ wrote that Lil E was "outraged" that Ice Cube had cast his own son in the movie but did not cast Lil E to portray his father. The younger rapper claims he was misquoted and that he has no ill will for Ice Cube. "[TMZ] just asked me, 'You're not mad? Everyone in the office is mad,'" he said. "I said, 'OK, well, why don't you put it that "TMZ is mad at Cube?"' 'Oh, we can't do that politically.' If they can understand the political value in that, how can you not understand the political value of what's going on in the situation in why I did not get the role?
"I'm not upset about [the casting]," adds the rapper. "What Cube did was a great thing and a loving father, that you're supposed to do for your family and your legacy." As for how he feels about Ice Cube, Lil E said, "Besides my father, that's the person I was inspired by; that's like an idol to me."
Despite the lack of animosity, Lil Eazy-E tells Rolling Stone that "I wish I could have got [the part]." He says the casting director told him he was talented and gave him some advice, saying he needed to lose some weight, but he felt he had the look and the attitude down pat. He even worked with two acting coaches in preparation for a private audition, outside of the open casting call. "I don't think anybody can do it better," he said. "It's what I've been doing for the past 10 years of my career. I came out on Hip Hop Honors years ago and performed in front of Cube and Russell Simmons and they told me I was a striking resemblance."
Now the rapper just hopes that the movie does right by his father in telling Eazy E's part of the N.W.A story. He has his sights set on two things: a place for himself on the soundtrack for the Straight Outta Compton movie – since he's currently working on his own record titled Yellow Brick Road to Compton – and a separate biopic focusing solely on the life of his father. "His legacy is bigger than N.W.A," Lil E said. "That should have been the first movie, but it's definitely going to become a biopic of my father's life.
"I'm the firstborn son," he continued. "I turned 11 two weeks after he passed away. I was born and raised in the same house that N.W.A started in. I was there when they were making music. I was there when they were just crashing out in the bedroom. But my fondest memories [are] of him being a father. I know him outside of the rap, outside of the hustle, outside of the hardcore. I know the nice individual, the humorous individual, the family man, the one that loved all of his children. Believe me, as a kid at 11 years old, I sought that information out."
Source: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lil-eazy-e-coaching-the-actor-playing-his-dad-in-n-w-a-film-20140703