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''100 Miles and Runnin'' is the only
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group
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. Released on August 14, 1990, this EP of five tracks reflects an evolution of N.W.A's sound and centers on the single " 100 Miles and Runnin'.Jason Birchmeier
"N.W.A: ''100 Miles and Runnin''"
''AllMusic.com'', Netaktion LLC, visited 28 Apr 2020.
Two tracks, "100 Miles" and "Real Niggaz", incidentally incited N.W.A's feud with
Ice Cube O'Shea Jackson Sr. (born June 15, 1969), known professionally as Ice Cube, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor, and film producer. His lyrics on N.W.A's 1989 album '' Straight Outta Compton'' contributed to gangsta rap's widespread popu ...
, who had left to start a solo rap career.Sacha Jenkins, Elliott Wilson, Jeff Mao, Gabe Alvarez & Brent Rollins, "Mo' beef, mo' problems: #7, N.W.A vs. Ice Cube", '' Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists'' (New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1999)
p. 238
The porno rap track "Just Don't Bite It" also drew notice. Pushing lyrical boundaries in its day, the EP went
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in November 1990 and
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in September 1992.


Backstory

Whereas the EP's track "Sa Prize, Pt. 2" is a sequel to "
Fuck tha Police "Fuck tha Police" is a protest song by American hip hop group N.W.A that appears on the 1989 album ''Straight Outta Compton'' as well as on the ''N.W.A's Greatest Hits'' compilation. The lyrics protest police brutality and racial profiling ...
"—the most controversial track on N.W.A's official debut album, ''
Straight Outta Compton ''Straight Outta Compton'' is the debut studio album by American hip-hop group N.W.A, released on January 25, 1989, through Priority Records, Priority and Ruthless Records. It was Record producer, produced by N.W.A members Dr. Dre, DJ Yella, a ...
''—" 100 Miles and Runnin', rather, became N.W.A's first single to see national radio play, and its music video see national television airtime. It is the first N.W.A. project without
Ice Cube O'Shea Jackson Sr. (born June 15, 1969), known professionally as Ice Cube, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor, and film producer. His lyrics on N.W.A's 1989 album '' Straight Outta Compton'' contributed to gangsta rap's widespread popu ...
and
Arabian Prince Kim Renard Nazel (born June 17, 1965), better known by his stage names Arabian Prince or Professor X, is an American rapper and record producer. He was a founding member of N.W.A and contributed to a few tracks from '' N.W.A. and the Posse'' (19 ...
. The EP attained gold sales, over 500,000 copies sold, by November 16, 1990, and on September 16, 1992, was certified platinum, over 1million sold.


Ice Cube's departure

In 1989, N.W.A member
Dr. Dre Andre Romell Young (born February 18, 1965), known professionally as Dr. Dre, is an American rapper, record producer, record executive, and actor. He is the founder and CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and Beats Electronics, and co-founder of ...
, its label
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' prime
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, did all tracks on Ruthless rapper The D.O.C.'s album. By May 1991, feeling underpaid, Dre left Ruthless. But still in 1989,
Ice Cube O'Shea Jackson Sr. (born June 15, 1969), known professionally as Ice Cube, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor, and film producer. His lyrics on N.W.A's 1989 album '' Straight Outta Compton'' contributed to gangsta rap's widespread popu ...
, a prime rapper and ghostwriter in N.W.A, who had been paid about $32,000 so far, asked group leader
Eazy-E Eric Lynn Wright (September 7, 1964 – March 26, 1995), known professionally as Eazy-E, was an American rapper who propelled West Coast rap and gangsta rap by leading the group N.W.A and its label, Ruthless Records. Eazy-E is often re ...
for a meeting on money allocation.David J. Leonard, "Ice Cube", in Mickey Hess, ed., ''Icons of Hip Hop: An Encyclopedia of the Movement, Music, and Culture'', Volume 1 (Westport, Connecticut & London, England: ABC-CLIO, 2007)
p. 301
N.W.A's manager Jerry Heller, Eazy's business partner, led the meeting. At Cube's concerns, Heller offered N.W.A's five members—Eazy, Dre, Cube,
DJ Yella Antoine Carraby (born December 11, 1961), better known by his stage name DJ Yella, is an American DJ, record producer, and film director from Compton, California. DJ Yella began his career as a member of the World Class Wreckin' Cru along wit ...
, and
MC Ren Lorenzo Jerald Patterson (born June 16, 1969), known professionally by his stage name MC Ren, is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer from Compton, California. He is the founder and owner of the independent record label Villain ...
—a contract nearly unchanged, but a $75,000 signing bonus. Only Cube refused to sign it. By 1990, he had left the group and its label. In May 1990, Cube's debut solo album arrived as '' AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted'', which ''Spin'' magazine called a "masterpiece" and ''The Source'' magazine gave a full five "microphones".David J. Leonard, "Ice Cube", in Mickey Hess, ed., ''Icons of Hip Hop: Encyclopedia of the Movement, Music, and Culture'' (Westport, CT:
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, 2007)
p. 302
N.W.A's EP, written by Ren and The D.O.C., has two tracks smearing Cube.


Feud with Cube

In the EP's title track, alluding to Ice Cube, Dre raps, "It started with five, but yo, one couldn't take it / So now there's four, 'cause the fifth couldn't make it." And in "Real Niggaz", soon after Ren raps, "Only reason niggas pick up your record is 'cause they thought it was us", Dre calls Cube both "too much cargo" and the proverbial traitor
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. Hosting rap TV show ''Pump It Up!'', Dee Barnes interviewed N.W.A, promoting the EP. Later, the show's producers sent Barnes to get Cube's rebuttal.Bethonie Butler
"Dr. Dre confronts his 1991 assault on Dee Barnes in HBO's 'The Defiant Ones' "
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Against Barnes's warning, the November 1990 episode splices interview clips to magnify the conflict. In January, drunk at a Ruthless party in Hollywood, Dre assaulted Barnes, reputedly in payback. Released in May 1991, N.W.A's next album, '' EFil4zaggin'' or ''Niggaz4Life'', furthered the feud in two more tracks: "Message to B.A." and, in a few lines, the hit single " Alwayz into Somethin'. Cube's second album, ''Death Certificate'', released in October, retorts in " No Vaseline", depicting N.W.A as sellouts screwed by Jerry Heller. Cube thus won the battle, ending there.


EP highlights

The ''100 Miles'' EP previewed N.W.A's evolving sound, spare on ''Straight Outta Compton'', and now more layered, as in the "100 Miles" track. This song's idea was from a film among Eazy's favorites, director
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's 1979 gangster film '' The Warriors''.Jerry Heller w/ Gil Reavill,
Ruthless: A Memoir
' (New York: Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2007)
p. 183
On the other hand, the track "Just Don't Bite It", says
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, "is an alarming porno rap that at the time of its release was as explicit as anything out there, including
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." From the ''100 Miles'' EP, three songs— "100 Miles and Runnin", "Just Don't Bite It", and "Real Niggaz"—would be collected on '' N.W.A's Greatest Hits''. "Real Niggaz" appears, too, on N.W.A's second and final official, studio album, '' Efil4zaggin'', the backwards spelling of ''Niggaz4Life''. On it, "She Swallowed It" as well as "Findum, Fuckum & Flee"—ahead of dozens of other rap songs in later years—sample "Just Don't Bite It", as does the
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ska band Sublime's song "Let's Go Get Stoned". Arriving in 2003, a
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edition of ''Efil4zaggin'' fully appends the ''100 Miles'' EP.


Track listing

All songs produced by
Dr. Dre Andre Romell Young (born February 18, 1965), known professionally as Dr. Dre, is an American rapper, record producer, record executive, and actor. He is the founder and CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and Beats Electronics, and co-founder of ...
and
DJ Yella Antoine Carraby (born December 11, 1961), better known by his stage name DJ Yella, is an American DJ, record producer, and film director from Compton, California. DJ Yella began his career as a member of the World Class Wreckin' Cru along wit ...
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Personnel

* Andre "Dr. Dre" Young – producer, vocals * Lorenzo "MC Ren" Patterson – vocals, lyrics * Eric "Eazy-E" Wright – executive producer, vocals (tracks 1, 3–5) * Antoine "DJ Yella" Carraby – producer, DJ * Tracy Lynn "The D.O.C." Curry – lyrics (tracks 1, 4), vocals (track 3) * Gregory Fernan "Cold 187um" Hutchison – lyrics (tracks 1) *Michael Sims – bass, guitar *Brian Kilgore – tambourine (track 2) *Donovan Smith – engineer *Steve Huston – artwork *Kevin Hosmann – art direction *David Provost – photography * Jerry Heller – management


Charts


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


Certifications


See also

* '' Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. Dimension Films''


References

;Footnotes ;Notes


External links

* (review of album) * {{DEFAULTSORT:100 Miles And Runnin' 1990 debut EPs N.W.A EPs Ruthless Records EPs Priority Records EPs Albums produced by Dr. Dre Albums produced by DJ Yella