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* [[Face of the Band]]: Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E and...? ... |
* [[Face of the Band]]: Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E and...? ... |
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** MC Ren and D.J. Yella/Yellow Boy; Arabian Prince maybe, considering he only showed up on one track. |
** MC Ren and D.J. Yella/Yellow Boy; Arabian Prince maybe, considering he only showed up on one track. |
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* [[Harsher in Hindsight]]: The cover art of ''Niggaz4Life'' depicts the ghost of Eazy-E rising from a body bag. Sure, he wasn't murdered like the cover suggests - rather, he died of AIDS - but it's still pretty eerie. It's also pretty eerie listening to Eazy brag so much about his promiscuity, when you know that that's very likely what did him in. |
* [[Harsher in Hindsight]]: The cover art of ''Niggaz4Life'' depicts the ghost of Eazy-E rising from a body bag. Sure, he wasn't murdered like the cover suggests - rather, he died of AIDS - but it's still pretty eerie. It's also pretty eerie listening to Eazy brag so much about his promiscuity, when you know that that's very likely what did him in. |
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* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: One of Eazy-E's lines from "Real Muthapuckkin G's" mocks rumours about Death Row Records thusly: |
* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: One of Eazy-E's lines from "Real Muthapuckkin G's" mocks rumours about Death Row Records thusly: |
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{{quote|''But at Death Row, I hear you're gettin' treated like boot camp'' |
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''Gotta follow ya sergeant's directions, or get your ass pumped with a Smith & Wesson'' }} |
''Gotta follow ya sergeant's directions, or get your ass pumped with a Smith & Wesson'' }} |
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** Three years later, Dr. Dre left Death Row and it turned out that the label's owner Suge Knight was in fact a dictatorial, violent prick. |
** Three years later, Dr. Dre left Death Row and it turned out that the label's owner Suge Knight was in fact a dictatorial, violent prick. |
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* [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|Moment of Awesome]]: In the official video for "100 Miles And Runnin'", MC Ren is being chased by a squad car. When the car catches up to him, he does a flip over it, resulting in a collision with another car, and consequently causing [[Stuff Blowing Up|the explosion of the second car.]] Ren then proceeds to [[Unflinching Walk|continue running, seemingly oblivious to what has happened.]] |
* [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|Moment of Awesome]]: In the official video for "100 Miles And Runnin'", MC Ren is being chased by a squad car. When the car catches up to him, he does a flip over it, resulting in a collision with another car, and consequently causing [[Stuff Blowing Up|the explosion of the second car.]] Ren then proceeds to [[Unflinching Walk|continue running, seemingly oblivious to what has happened.]] |
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* [[Needs More Love (Sugar Wiki)|Needs More Love]]: The D.O.C.'s solo effort from 1989, "No One Can Do It Better". It's dope with a capital D. |
* [[Needs More Love (Sugar Wiki)|Needs More Love]]: The D.O.C.'s solo effort from 1989, "No One Can Do It Better". It's dope with a capital D. |
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| ⚫ | * [[Non Sequitur Scene]]: After an album's worth of heavy beats and angry lyrics, ''Straight Outta Compton'' ends with the more uptempo, electro-influenced "Something 2 Dance 2", a showcase for the otherwise absent Arabian Prince. [[Something Awful]] [http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/family-force-trapt.php mockingly described this as] "like a bloody gangster movie cutting to a glowstick rave during the closing credits". |
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Latest revision as of 17:56, 18 January 2020
- Face of the Band: Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E and...? ...
- MC Ren and D.J. Yella/Yellow Boy; Arabian Prince maybe, considering he only showed up on one track.
- Harsher in Hindsight: The cover art of Niggaz4Life depicts the ghost of Eazy-E rising from a body bag. Sure, he wasn't murdered like the cover suggests - rather, he died of AIDS - but it's still pretty eerie. It's also pretty eerie listening to Eazy brag so much about his promiscuity, when you know that that's very likely what did him in.
- Hilarious in Hindsight: One of Eazy-E's lines from "Real Muthapuckkin G's" mocks rumours about Death Row Records thusly:
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But at Death Row, I hear you're gettin' treated like boot camp |
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- Three years later, Dr. Dre left Death Row and it turned out that the label's owner Suge Knight was in fact a dictatorial, violent prick.
- Moment of Awesome: In the official video for "100 Miles And Runnin'", MC Ren is being chased by a squad car. When the car catches up to him, he does a flip over it, resulting in a collision with another car, and consequently causing the explosion of the second car. Ren then proceeds to continue running, seemingly oblivious to what has happened.
- Needs More Love: The D.O.C.'s solo effort from 1989, "No One Can Do It Better". It's dope with a capital D.
- Non Sequitur Scene: After an album's worth of heavy beats and angry lyrics, Straight Outta Compton ends with the more uptempo, electro-influenced "Something 2 Dance 2", a showcase for the otherwise absent Arabian Prince. Something Awful mockingly described this as "like a bloody gangster movie cutting to a glowstick rave during the closing credits".
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