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

It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa
EP by
Eazy-E
ReleasedOctober 19, 1993 (1993-10-19)
StudioAudio Achievements (Torrance, California)
Genre
Length37:23
Label
Producer
Eazy-E chronology
5150: Home 4 tha Sick
(1992) 		It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa
(1993) 		Eternal E
(1995)
Singles from It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa
  1. "Real Muthaphuckkin G's"
    Released: August 26, 1993
  2. "Any Last Werdz"
    Released: January 11, 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]
The Source[4]
Spin Alternative Record Guide2/10[5]

It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa[a] 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[6] 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 5150: Home 4 tha Sick, Eazy-E had planned a double album named Temporary Insanity.[7] 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.[b]

  1. ^ Birchmeier, Jason. "AllMusic review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved June 29, 2008.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011) [2007]. The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th Concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958.
  3. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 270. ISBN 0743201698.
  4. ^ The Derelict Todd B. (December 1993). "Record Report: Eazy-E – It's On (Dr. Dre 187) Killa". The Source. No. 51. p. 88.
  5. ^ Sandow, Greg (1995). "N.W.A". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 277–278. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  6. ^ "Eazy-E – It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa". Discogs.
  7. ^ "Eazy-E lashes back at rapper critics". Variety. January 3, 1993. Retrieved December 20, 2012.


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