Eternal E

Eternal E
Eternal E
Greatest hits album by Eazy-E
Released	November 28, 1995
Recorded	1986–1995
Genre	West Coast hip hop; gangsta rap; G-funk;
Length	1:00:56
Label	Ruthless; Priority;
Producer	Cold 187um; DJ Bobcat; DJ Yella; Dr. Dre; Eazy-E; Naughty by Nature;
Eazy-E chronology
Alternative cover
	Gangsta Memorial Edition cover

Eternal E is the first greatest hits album by American rapper Eazy-E. It was released posthumously on November 28, 1995, through Ruthless/Priority Records, eight months after his death. Production was handled by DJ Yella, Dr. Dre, DJ Bobcat, Cold 187um, Naughty by Nature, and Eazy-E himself, who also served as executive producer. The album peaked at number 84 on the Billboard 200 and number 19 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the United States. It was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on February 21, 2003 for selling over 500,000 copies in the U.S.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B ^[2]
Muzik	^[3]
RapReviews	5/10^[4]
Sputnikmusic	4/5^[5]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[6]

Entertainment Weekly (12/1/95, p. 77) – "...hits like the groundbreaking 'Boyz-N-the-Hood' and the funky 'We Want Eazy' are enjoyably raw (and music history to boot)." – Rating: B
Melody Maker (1/13/96, p. 29) – Recommended – "...those old pre-Compton solo tracks...are still the absolute f***ing bomb, even with, in fact, because of, the dated production....[His] was the first voice in hip hop that could be called weak...and thus it was petulantly aggressive in a way that was entirely new."
Rap Pages (2/96, p. 31) – 9 (out of 10) – "...a historical biography of Eazy-E's music that is a must-have for the archives...this compilation documents the life of one of West Coast rap's most important contributors."
NME (1/6/96, p. 33) – 7 (out of 10) – "...is as elegiac as it is capitalistic....[These are] graphic accounts and celebrations of streetlife designed to cause maximum offence to anyone who doesn't try to understand the social context..."

*Eternal E*
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Boyz-n-the-Hood (Remix)"	Eric Wright O'Shea Jackson Andre Young	Dr. Dre DJ Yella	6:21
2.	"8 Ball"	Jackson Young	Dr. Dre DJ Yella	4:51
3.	"Eazy-Duz-It"	Wright Lorenzo Patterson Young	Dr. Dre DJ Yella	4:19
4.	"Eazy-er Said Than Dunn"	Young Bonny Rice Eddie Floyd Rufus Thomas	Dr. Dre DJ Yella	3:40
5.	"No More ?'s"	Jackson	Dr. Dre DJ Yella	3:54
6.	"We Want Eazy"	Wright William Collins	Dr. Dre DJ Yella	5:00
7.	"Nobody Move"	Patterson Young	Dr. Dre DJ Yella	4:47
8.	"Radio"	Patterson Young	Dr. Dre DJ Yella	4:57
9.	"Only If You Want It"	Anthony Criss Kier Gist Vinnie Brown	Naughty by Nature	3:02
10.	"Neighborhood Sniper"	Gregory Hutchinson Jerry Long Zig Zag Mike Smooth	Cold 187um	5:11
11.	"I'd Rather Fuck You"	Collins Gary Cooper George Clinton, Jr.	Dr. Dre DJ Yella	3:57
12.	"Automobile"	Clinton, Jr. Clarence Haskins	Dr. Dre DJ Yella	3:16
13.	"Niggaz My Height Don't Fight"	Bobby Ervin Corey Lloyd Brown Charles Singleton	DJ Bobcat	3:14
14.	"Eazy Street"	Wright Young	Eazy-E Dr. Dre	4:27
Total length:				1:00:56

*Eternal E • Best Of* (2003 reissue bonus tracks)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
15.	"Real Muthaphuckkin G's" (featuring B.G. Knocc Out & Dresta)	Wright Arlandis Hinton Andre Wicker David Weldon	Rhythm D	5:32
16.	"Ole School Shit" (featuring B.G. Knocc Out, Dresta & Sylk-E. Fyne)	Wright Hinton Wicker La'Mar Johnson Antoine Carraby Weldon	DJ Yella	4:01

*Eternal E: Gangsta Memorial Edition* (2005 reissue bonus track)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
17.	"A Lil' Eazier Said" (performed by Lil Eazy-E)	Eric Wright, Jr.	DaRaskulls	3:40

*Eternal E: Gangsta Memorial Edition* (2005 reissue bonus DVD)
No.	Title	Writer(s)
18.	"We Want Eazy"	Wright Tracy Curry Collins Clinton, Jr. Maceo Parker
19.	"Eazy-er Said Than Dunn"	Young Rice Floyd Thomas
20.	"Straight Outta Compton (Street Version)"	Jackson Patterson Wright Young
21.	"100 Miles and Runnin'"	Patterson Wright Young Curry Hutchinson Holland–Dozier–Holland Herbie Hancock Paul Jackson Melvin Ragin
22.	"Appetite for Destruction (Extended Street Version)"	Curry Young Patterson Long
23.	"Only If You Want It (Street Version)"	Criss Gist Brown
24.	"Real Compton City G's"	Wright Hinton Wicker Weldon
25.	"Neighbourhood Sniper (Street Version)"	Hutchinson Long Bell Turner
26.	"Just tah Let U Know"	Wright Angelo Trotter Reginald Pace Edwards
27.	"Public Service Announcement 1" (performed by the Kaiser Family Foundation)
28.	"Public Service Announcement 2" (performed by the Kaiser Family Foundation)
29.	"Public Service Announcement 3" (performed by the Kaiser Family Foundation)

Tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 are taken from Eazy-E's album Eazy-Duz-It ℗ 1998 Ruthless/Priority Records
Track 2 is taken from N.W.A's album Straight Outta Compton ℗ 1988 Ruthless/Priority
Tracks 9, 10 and 13 are taken from Eazy-E's EP 5150: Home 4 tha Sick ℗ 1992 Ruthless/Priority
Tracks 11 and 12 are taken from N.W.A's album Efil4zaggin ℗ 1991 Ruthless/Priority
Track 14 is taken from the soundtrack release The Return of Superfly ℗ 1990 Capitol Records
Track 15 is taken from Eazy-E's EP It's On (~~Dr. Dre~~) 187^um Killa ℗ 1994 Ruthless Records
Track 16 is taken from Eazy-E's album Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton ℗ 1994 Ruthless Records

Chart performance for *Eternal E*
Chart (1995)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[7]	84
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[8]	19

Chart performance for *Eternal E-The Best Of Eazy-E: Gangsta Memorial Edition*
Chart (2005)	Peak position
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)^[9]	17
US Top Catalog Albums (Billboard)^[10]	2

Chart performance for *Eternal E*
Chart (2015)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[11]	71


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[12]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.