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Thread started 05/17/13 10:32am

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Bone Thugs-n-Harmony-AIDS Is Crippling Eazy-E's Legacy




Eazy-E doesn’t get the hip-hop cred he's due because he died of AIDS -- so say members of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony.

“Some people seem like they are afraid to commemorate him due to how he died,” Bizzy Bone tells TMZ. “But Bone never once has -- nor will stop -- commemorating him.”

Eazy -- a founding member of N.W.A who discovered and mentored Bone Thugs -- died in 1995 at age 31. He left behind 7 kids with 6 different women.

But the guys from BT&H don't believe Eazy is getting the posthumous respect he deserves because of various stigmas attached to people who contract AIDS.

This sounds like a throwback to the dark ages ... the 1980s -- when people scoffed at the poor souls who died of AIDS because it was considered a "gay disease" ... and the guys from Bone Thugs are implying that Eazy is being unfairly painted with that brush.

In fact, Krayzie Bone tells us he thinks some people in the hip-hop community believe an AIDS death is an inferior, or less-manly way to die than say ... a shooting death -- like Biggie Smalls and Tupac.

"They died being known as gangsta heroes," Krayzie says ... "Eazy died from a disease ... so many look at that differently."

Flesh-n-Bone tells TMZ … the group plans to honor Eazy by performing “Foe Tha Love of $” with Eazy's hologram at the “Rock the Bells” festival in September and October.

“The success Eazy left to the rap game is enormous and can't be topped by anyone," Layzie Bone told TMZ. "We are going to make sure we have the stage full of Eazy love."

Read more: Bone Thugs-n-Harmony -- A... | TMZ.com

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Reply #1 posted 05/17/13 10:42am

TonyVanDam

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Somewhat off topic, but are all 5 members of Bone Thugs reunited OR are they're still stuck within 3-4 members? hmmm

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Reply #2 posted 05/17/13 11:59am

Gunsnhalen

Idk about that most people i know whoa re hip-hop heads think Eazy is a very important guy in hip-hop. For better or worse...

And not that it's something to be admired but Eazy was more of a gangster than Biggie & 2Pac combined regardless of what he died with.

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Reply #3 posted 05/17/13 12:04pm

brooksie

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TonyVanDam said:

Somewhat off topic, but are all 5 members of Bone Thugs reunited OR are they're still stuck within 3-4 members? hmmm

I think they're a quintet again. biggrin

I've always thought the same too wrt Eazy's demise. Shame.

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Reply #4 posted 05/17/13 12:10pm

Graycap23

Maybe it because he was a WACK ASS rapper?

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Reply #5 posted 05/17/13 12:48pm

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Rap honors alot of Wackness, and glorifies more if you get gunned down and have a criminal record that is considered earning your legacy, so Eazy E was better off getting blown away like Biggie and Tupac.


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Reply #6 posted 05/17/13 2:20pm

TonyVanDam

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Graycap23 said:

Maybe it because he was a WACK ASS rapper?

But remember, Ice Cube & MC Ren were writing almost all of Eazy-E's lyrics. For anything, Eazy was a cartoon character and THE class crown of NWA.

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Look at it for THIS angle: Eazy-E was Flavor Flav, Ice Cube & MC Ren were Chuck D & Professor Griff, and Dr. Dre & DJ Yella were Terminator X! (Damn, did I say that?!? eek lol )

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Reply #7 posted 05/17/13 3:21pm

Gunsnhalen

TonyVanDam said:

Graycap23 said:

Maybe it because he was a WACK ASS rapper?

But remember, Ice Cube & MC Ren were writing almost all of Eazy-E's lyrics. For anything, Eazy was a cartoon character and THE class crown of NWA.

.

Look at it for THIS angle: Eazy-E was Flavor Flav, Ice Cube & MC Ren were Chuck D & Professor Griff, and Dr. Dre & DJ Yella were Terminator X! (Damn, did I say that?!? eek lol )

It's funny that this is true! cause Eazy was the only guy in the group witha gang history... yet Cube and Ren wrote his stuff lol


Pistols sounded like "Fuck off," wheras The Clash sounded like "Fuck Off, but here's why.."- Thedigitialgardener

All music is shit music and no music is real- gunsnhalen

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Reply #8 posted 05/17/13 6:18pm

mjscarousal

TonyVanDam said:

Graycap23 said:

Maybe it because he was a WACK ASS rapper?

But remember, Ice Cube & MC Ren were writing almost all of Eazy-E's lyrics. For anything, Eazy was a cartoon character and THE class crown of NWA.

.

Look at it for THIS angle: Eazy-E was Flavor Flav, Ice Cube & MC Ren were Chuck D & Professor Griff, and Dr. Dre & DJ Yella were Terminator X! (Damn, did I say that?!? eek lol )

I slighly agree with your point but I think Eazy deserves more credit.

He created the label and was the founder of the group. Although he may not have written the lyrics, he had input in the kind of manterial that they did such as gangsta rap. Unlike the other members, he was actually a real gangsta and Ice Cube was apart of a gang.

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Reply #9 posted 05/17/13 9:53pm

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Graycap23 said:

Maybe it because he was a WACK ASS rapper?

Watch yo mouf!

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Reply #10 posted 05/18/13 5:36am

Graycap23

TonyVanDam said:

Graycap23 said:

Maybe it because he was a WACK ASS rapper?

But remember, Ice Cube & MC Ren were writing almost all of Eazy-E's lyrics. For anything, Eazy was a cartoon character and THE class crown of NWA.

.

Look at it for THIS angle: Eazy-E was Flavor Flav, Ice Cube & MC Ren were Chuck D & Professor Griff, and Dr. Dre & DJ Yella were Terminator X! (Damn, did I say that?!? eek lol )

I don't want 2 remember.

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Reply #11 posted 05/18/13 6:00am

mancabdriver

He gets enough respect IMO.

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Reply #12 posted 05/18/13 7:01am

rainman1985

I have heard people say things like "Eazy must have been gay. There's only like a one in 100 000 chance of a guy getting it from a woman"

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Reply #13 posted 05/18/13 8:00am

Cinny

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Eazy-E crossed over like crazy!! His legacy is intact for people that like classic gangsta rap music and style.

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Reply #14 posted 05/18/13 8:51am

TonyVanDam

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Gunsnhalen said:

TonyVanDam said:

But remember, Ice Cube & MC Ren were writing almost all of Eazy-E's lyrics. For anything, Eazy was a cartoon character and THE class crown of NWA.

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Look at it for THIS angle: Eazy-E was Flavor Flav, Ice Cube & MC Ren were Chuck D & Professor Griff, and Dr. Dre & DJ Yella were Terminator X! (Damn, did I say that?!? eek lol )

It's funny that this is true! cause Eazy was the only guy in the group witha gang history... yet Cube and Ren wrote his stuff lol

Correct. nod Some people are quick to forget that Eazy was a Crip. And also, Ice Cube was THE only NWA member with an university degree.

[Edited 5/18/13 8:53am]

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Reply #15 posted 05/18/13 8:59am

mjscarousal

He was FAR from gay. He messed around ALOT and his gf/wife still stuck by him....

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Reply #16 posted 05/18/13 9:01am

TonyVanDam

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Graycap23 said:

TonyVanDam said:

But remember, Ice Cube & MC Ren were writing almost all of Eazy-E's lyrics. For anything, Eazy was a cartoon character and THE class crown of NWA.

.

Look at it for THIS angle: Eazy-E was Flavor Flav, Ice Cube & MC Ren were Chuck D & Professor Griff, and Dr. Dre & DJ Yella were Terminator X! (Damn, did I say that?!? eek lol )

I don't want 2 remember.

Oh come on now Brother Gray! We all know that back in 1988 rap fans were blasting Public Enemy & NWA on the turntables and cassette players. cool

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Reply #17 posted 05/18/13 9:03am

mjscarousal

TonyVanDam said:

Graycap23 said:

I don't want 2 remember.

Oh come on now Brother Gray! We all know that back in 1988 rap fans were blasting Public Enemy & NWA on the turntables and cassette players. cool

I still blast it. I cant get with the mess they have now..

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Reply #18 posted 05/18/13 9:15am

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Cinny said:

Eazy-E crossed over like crazy!! His legacy is intact for people that like classic gangsta rap music and style.

mr.green


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Reply #19 posted 05/18/13 9:25am

Graycap23

TonyVanDam said:



Graycap23 said:




TonyVanDam said:




But remember, Ice Cube & MC Ren were writing almost all of Eazy-E's lyrics. For anything, Eazy was a cartoon character and THE class crown of NWA.


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Look at it for THIS angle: Eazy-E was Flavor Flav, Ice Cube & MC Ren were Chuck D & Professor Griff, and Dr. Dre & DJ Yella were Terminator X! (Damn, did I say that?!? eek lol )



I don't want 2 remember.




Oh come on now Brother Gray! We all know that back in 1988 rap fans were blasting Public Enemy & NWA on the turntables and cassette players. cool

i was blasting either my own joints.....or Prince.
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Reply #20 posted 05/18/13 7:04pm

Cinny

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TonyVanDam said:

Cinny said:

Eazy-E crossed over like crazy!! His legacy is intact for people that like classic gangsta rap music and style.

mr.green


I love how the camera is inside the cell with Ice Cube, but Ice Cube is performing and the live feed is filmed from outside the bars. lol

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Reply #21 posted 05/19/13 5:23am

missfee

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TonyVanDam said:

Graycap23 said:

Maybe it because he was a WACK ASS rapper?

But remember, Ice Cube & MC Ren were writing almost all of Eazy-E's lyrics. For anything, Eazy was a cartoon character and THE class crown of NWA.

.

Look at it for THIS angle: Eazy-E was Flavor Flav, Ice Cube & MC Ren were Chuck D & Professor Griff, and Dr. Dre & DJ Yella were Terminator X! (Damn, did I say that?!? eek lol )

Agree 100% nod

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Reply #22 posted 05/19/13 7:00am

Lammastide

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TonyVanDam said:

Graycap23 said:

I don't want 2 remember.

Oh come on now Brother Gray! We all know that back in 1988 rap fans were blasting Public Enemy & NWA on the turntables and cassette players. cool

I bumped Public Enemy. But not NWA or their wannabes.

Telling the tales of the disenfranchised is one thing. And that has great worth. But historically it's also an artist's place to help us imagine life beyond dysfunctionality. Even as a teen, I never detected that hopefulness from most of the gangster set, which made them far more liability than asset, in my mind.

Easy was one of the worst things to happen to hip hop.

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πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν
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Reply #23 posted 05/19/13 8:22am

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Near my schoolyard, I *found* a Public Enemy cassette with some NWA taped over top of it, lol So...

I definitely was listening to both! biggrin

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Reply #24 posted 05/19/13 9:43am

MadamGoodnight

Sorry, but they rapped about F the Police and police brutality before Rodney King, the LA Riots, Christopher Dorner, any of that. They talked about what happened in the streets, both good and bad. What they spoke about in their music turned out to be true *gasp*

R.I.P. Eric Wright

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Reply #25 posted 05/19/13 10:46am

mjscarousal

MadamGoodnight said:

Sorry, but they rapped about F the Police and police brutality before Rodney King, the LA Riots, Christopher Dorner, any of that. They talked about what happened in the streets, both good and bad. What they spoke about in their music turned out to be true *gasp*

R.I.P. Eric Wright

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Reply #26 posted 05/19/13 12:15pm

TonyVanDam

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Cinny said:

TonyVanDam said:

mr.green


I love how the camera is inside the cell with Ice Cube, but Ice Cube is performing and the live feed is filmed from outside the bars. lol

Ice Cube was also one of the fans in the audinence. So actually, he was playing 3 differennt characters in the video. wink

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Reply #27 posted 05/19/13 12:29pm

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Lammastide said:

TonyVanDam said:

Oh come on now Brother Gray! We all know that back in 1988 rap fans were blasting Public Enemy & NWA on the turntables and cassette players. cool

I bumped Public Enemy. But not NWA or their wannabes.

Telling the tales of the disenfranchised is one thing. And that has great worth. But historically it's also an artist's place to help us imagine life beyond dysfunctionality. Even as a teen, I never detected that hopefulness from most of the gangster set, which made them far more liability than asset, in my mind.

Easy was one of the worst things to happen to hip hop.

NWA without Ice Cube was one of THE worst things in hip-hop/rap history. The infamous Nigga4Life album was garbage and straight up buffoonary.

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Now if we're talking about record labels, Ruthless Records was definitely an influence on Rap-A-Lot Records, Death Row Records, Bad Boy Entertainment, Aftermath Entertainment, No Limit Records, AND Cash Money Records.....for better or worse. But then again, Sugerhill Records & Def Jam Recordings were an influence on Ruthless Records. So it all based on generation cycles, nonetheless.



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Reply #28 posted 05/21/13 7:27am

purple1968

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Maybe it because he was a WACK ASS rapper?

Co-sign. He stucked and so do Bones. Horrible rap. Bunch fools mumbling about getting a welfare check. The most embarassing crap every.

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