It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa is the second EP released by American rapper Eazy-E and the last project to be released during his lifetime. It was released on October 19, 1993 through Eazy-E's Ruthless Records, as a response to Dr. Dre's debut solo album The Chronic, which repeatedly attacks Eazy.
To follow up his 1992 EP 5150: Home 4 tha Sick, Eazy-E had planned a double album named Temporary Insanity. Yet to exploit Dre's spotlight and his May 1993 single "Fuck wit Dre Day", which mainly disses him, Eazy changed plans. On this EP, shots at Dre are absent from only two tracks: "Gimmie That Nutt" and "Boyz-N-Tha-Hood (G-Mix)". The lead single, "Real Muthaphuckkin G's"—which, alike "Any Last Werdz", carried a music video—became Eazy's most successful single.
Commercial performance To date, this is Eazy's most successful release, selling 110,600 copies in its first week. It peaked at number 5 on the Billboard 200 as well as at number 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. In 1994, it was certified double-platinum by the RIAA, with over 2 and a half million copies sold in America. It remains one of 2 gangsta rap EPs to go multi-platinum, alongside Bone Thugs-n-Harmony's Creepin on ah Come Up, which Eazy-E executive produced and also appeared on.
Track listing
Samples "Real Muthaphuckkin G's" "Eazy-Duz-It" by Eazy-E "It's Funky Enough" by the D.O.C. "Any Last Werdz" "Gigolo" by the Fatback Band "Still a Nigga" "Take Me Just as I Am" by Lyn Collins "Sneakin' in the Back" by Tom Scott and the L.A. Express "Gimmie That Nutt" "Green Acres" by Vic Mizzy, Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor "Boyz-N-The-Hood" by Eazy-E "Findum, Fuckum & Flee" by N.W.A "Walk & Talk" by Syd Dale "It's On" "Eazy-Duz-It" by Eazy-E "Ruthless Villain" by Eazy-E "Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang" by Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg "Fuck Wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')" by Dr. Dre "Gangsta Gangsta" by N.W.A "Boyz N Tha Hood (G-Mix)" "Ruthless Villain" by Eazy-E "Real Niggaz Dont Die" by N.W.A "Eazy-Duz-It" by Eazy-E "Down 2 Tha Last Roach" "Express Yourself" by N.W.A "A Bitch Iz a Bitch" by N.W.A
Personnel
Tony Alvarez - additional engineer (track 1–2) Lasse Bavngaard - producer (track 8) Rasmus Berg - producer (track 8) David Bett - art direction Antoine Carraby - producer (track 4–5) Kevyn "Shaki" Carter - featured artist (track 8) Brian Cross - photography Jesper Dahl - producer (track 8) Brian Knapp Gardner - mastering Jerry Heller - management Arlandis Hinton - featured artist (tracks 2, 8) Gregory Fernan Hutchinson - featured artist & producer (track 3) Nicholas Kvaran - producer (track 8) Jerry Long Jr. - featured artist (track 3, 8) Henrik Milling - producer (track 7) Donovan "The Dirt Biker" Sound - mixing & recording Allan Wai - design David Weldon - producer (track 1–2, 6) Andre Desean Wicker - featured artist (track 2, 7) Eric "Eazy-E" Wright - main artist, artwork
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1993) Peakposition
Year-end charts Chart (1993) Position US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 49 Chart (1994) Position US Billboard 200 83 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 34
Certifications
See also List of number-one R&B albums of 1993 (U.S.)
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