It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa explained

It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa
Type:	EP
Artist:	Eazy-E
Cover:	Eazy-E It'sOnAlbumCover.jpg
Studio:	Audio Achievements (Torrance, California)
Length:	37:23
Prev Year:	1992
Next Title:	Eternal E
Next Year:	1995

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^[1] via Relativity Records and 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 , Eazy-E had planned a double album named Temporary Insanity.^[2] 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 three tracks: "Gimmie That Nutt", "Any Last Werdz", and "Boyz-N-the-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.^[3] In 1994, it was certified double-platinum by the RIAA, with over 2 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 also appeared on.^[4]

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
• "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)
• 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)
• Eric "Eazy-E" Wright - main artist, artwork

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)	Position
US Billboard 200^[6]	83
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[7]	34

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1993 (U.S.)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Eazy-E – It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa . Discogs.
2. Eazy-E lashes back at rapper critics . . January 3, 1993 . December 20, 2012.
3. Book: [{{Google books |plainurl=yes |id=Gw8EAAAAMBAJ |page=108 }} Billboard]. February 25, 2012.
4. Web site: Recording Industry Association of America . RIAA . August 11, 2012.
5. Web site: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1993. Billboard. February 18, 2022. October 3, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151003061256/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1993/top-r-b-hip-hop-albums. dead.
6. Web site: Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1994. Billboard. February 18, 2022. January 23, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150123054246/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1994/the-billboard-200. dead.
7. Web site: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1994. Billboard. February 18, 2022. October 3, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151003211559/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1994/top-r-b-hip-hop-albums. dead.