"Eazy-Duz-It" is a song by American rapper

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. It was released as the lead single from the album of the same name. It features the song "Radio" as a

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. The B-side of the cassette single also contained the original version of the song "Compton's N the House" which only appears on the cassette single version, the vinyl single has a radio edit of "Eazy-Duz-It" instead of "Compton's N the House". There is a remix version of "Compton's N the House" that appears on N.W.A.'s ''Straight Outta Compton'' album, but the original can only be found on the cassette single and has never been released elsewhere. "Eazy-Duz-It" was produced by

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with co-production by DJ Yella, with Eazy-E's production debut.

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sampled the line "...thug from around the way..." to make the song "Thug" from his '' Boss of All Bosses'' album. Also, the song's line was sampled by both

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in "Ridin' Spinners", and

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on his song "Thug from Around the Way".

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also sampled the song's intro in the creation of the instrumental for the song "Under Pressure". The intro has been cut short and looped to create the instrumental. The song famously starts out with a female voice (possibly

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) singing a parody of the theme from ''

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'' before getting cut off by Eazy.

Single track listing

A-side

#"Eazy-Duz-It" – (4:18) #"Ruthless Villain" – (2:57)

B-side

#"Radio" – (5:00) #"Eazy-Duz-It" (radio version) – (3:47)

Cassette single B-side

#"Radio" #"Compton's N the House / 100% Diss (Dedicated to the Wacky Wack Crew)"

References

Eazy-E songs 1989 singles Song recordings produced by Dr. Dre Songs written by MC Ren 1988 songs Ruthless Records singles Gangsta rap songs Comedy rap songs {{1980s-single-stub