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bobby180

12-26-2006, 08:18 AM

Robert – First I would like to ‘thank you’ for taking time to do this, I know your very busy.

Lil Eazy E – Oh yeah I appreciate it, I appreciate you taking time.

Robert – I guess the number one question on everyone’s mind is the upcoming album; ‘The Prince of Compton’. Is the album still on schedule for a December release?

Lil Eazy E – As a matter of fact it is January, mid to late January.

Robert – I heard the track ‘Gangsta Shit’ and was very impressed. Is it a good representation of the rest of the album?

Lil Eazy E – As far as lyrical content, it’s a story base. I’m giving you the events of who I am, So yeah it leads into the album real good. Cause my whole album is basically just a story I’m telling with the trials and tribulations I went thru with out my father, with my father, and this industry with out my father; ya know growing up a man. So as far as lyrical content yeah it is a good representation of the album.

Robert – Are there tracks for everyone – for the street and the ladies?

Lil Eazy E – What I would say, I’m not finished at the time. I still have to go in there with Dre and my in house producer DL has a few tracks they need to finish up. So ‘Gangsta Shit’ at this point and time would be my more lenient one towards females. And if you are listening to the hook, I’m talking to everybody saying ‘Does everybody want to know what some gangsta shit is’. So I am talking to females and everybody else; but as far as an album it’s more street based.

Robert – That track (‘Gangsta Shit’) sorta surprised me because it seems you have matured as an artist. I mean some of the earlier tracks I heard of yours, you just sounded angry and the flow seem to project your anger, ya know what I mean?

Lil Eazy E – Yeah real talk, real talk and I guess you say the reason is ya know – ya had the Gangsta Memorial come out, I’m starting to see more and more attention brought to my father’s point of standard hip-hop and gangsta rap. So ya know I just got ta deal early with most of the tracks I did so you could say I was a lil more angrier; I see that myself so you could say that.

Robert - Is this just the natural process of your maturing as an artist?

Lil Eazy E – Both, both really. I wouldn’t say I’m angrier now but I did start out very angry. I came into it but yeah it’s a lot from maturing. Learning, and especially from the DOC who came in earlier in my album and helped out a few.

Robert – How many tracks are on the album?

Lil Eazy E – 17 tracks. I got tracks from Kool and Dre, which did Gangsta Shit, Neff U, Johnny J, Sha Money XL, J.R., Megahertz, and my in house producer DL and later this week I go in with Dr. Dre.

Robert – It has been rumored that Natt Dogg, Bone-Thugs-n-Harmony and some of the NWA crew (Cube, Ren and Yella) are going to be featured on it; can ya tell us if that’s real or just rumor?

Lil Eazy E – Yeah, Bone Thugs and I got some for the NWA fans with the original NWA members, I’m putting together, but naw not Natt Dogg. But Bone Thugs and the original NWA members that’s true.

Robert – Do you get the beats first or write the lyrics first?

Lil Eazy E – Well, really what we do is – me and my producer DL sit down and we pick thru the tracks. Most of them were tailored to what I wanted to talk about. Yeah I do get the tracks first and all the songs that I write, like I said, are things that went thru in my life, they are true stories. So I get the tracks, usually they are tailor made or I pick thru them.

Robert – Are there any videos planned for any of the tracks?

Lil Eazy E – Depending on how ‘Gangsta Shit’ goes in the streets, that’s a possible, and depending on this last week when I go in there with Dr. Dre; we shall see.

Robert – Do you have any concert or tour plans coming after the album drops?

Lil Eazy E – Oh yeah, of course most definitely. I just inked a deal with CAA, so they have a whole roster ready for me.

Robert – What response have you been getting from those who have heard the entire album?

Lil Eazy E – I got real good response. Like I said it’s a story to tell so a lot of people when listening to my album listening to tracks – they listen. It catches their ear, it has them sitting right there and they can’t leave till a mutha ****er finish though. A lot of people came back and have given me the feedback that it’s ryda music. Like I can sit here and actually listen to everything that your saying, cause I got a lot to talk about ya know.

Robert – Since you have gone to Virgin records, where does that put your company ‘Kings of LA Entertainment’? Do you still have that company?

Lil Eazy E – Yeah, as a matter of fact I’m on a deal with Kings Label my company thru Virgin.

Robert – Since you are a business man also, which do you like better: the business side or are you more comfortable with the performing side?

Lil Eazy E – They both got there up’s and down’s. There’s different ways you could say it; when all performance go good all business goes good, but then again I’d say all business. Business goes first ya know.