Unfortunately I have to take off the rose colored glasses and admit that tracks like “Still a Nigga” and “Gimmie That Nutt” are just average at best, and both feel like they’re clinging to N.W.A’s legacy by their titles alone. It’s still a song you can rattle the subwoofers with to this very day. That song is a certified hip-hop classic, right down to the whispered “ahhhh” that punctuated the big funky bass beats. I have fond memories of this release, particularly how impactful “Real Muthaphuckkin G’s” was in rebuttal to Dre and Snoop, which ironically resulted in the song being Eazy-E’s most successful single of all time. Suge Knight is not a guy to go into business with.

Snoop doesn’t escape scrutiny too, being dubbed an “anorexic rapper,” and when E says “at Death Row I hear you’re getting treated like boot camp” he was FAR TOO ACCURATE. Dre is the “G Thang”/but on his old album cover he was a she thang.” It’s hitting below the belt and a little bit homophobic too… but the old Dre was definitely a “glam” 80’s artist, complete with sequins and a stethoscope. I’m obviously extrapolating and that’s probably not the case, but the references to World Class Wreckin’ Cru were an entirely matter.

Knocc Out and Dresta spit verses mocking their new Benedict Arnold turncoat, while E implies that “Dre Day only made Eazy’s pay day,” as if the only way he could get out of a Ruthless Records contract was to promise Eric Wright a share of royalties in any future endeavors. Dre holding up a cardboard sign that reads “Will Rap For Food” and dancing as drivers pass by. The antagonist of the video is dressed up as a desperate Dr. No matter who’s side of the feud you were on, “Real Muthaphuckkin G’s” goes down as one of the funniest music videos of all time.

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