MC Eiht | Releases New Single Compton Zoo” Featuring DJ Premier | Wazzuptonight

 

 

Los Angeles For two decades MC Eiht has been one of the hip-hop’s most recognizable voices in hip-hop, and undisputedly one of Compton’s finest originators and emcees.

A straight menace, MC Eiht burst onto the scene with Compton’s Most Wanted Music To Driveby. Released just months after the LA Riots, Music To Driveby was a manifesto for the nihilism, frustration, and anger that permeated the region and is universally acclaimed as a Gangsta Rap classic.

Similarly, Eiht also contributed vital components and compositions to genre-defining movies, offering the chilling “Growin’ Up In The Hood” to Boyz N The Hood and following up Music To Driveby with genius turn as A-Wax in Menace 2 Society, which included his stand-out contribution (“Straight Up Menace”) to the movie soundtrack.

Though accredited as MC Eiht featuring Compton’s Most Wanted, Eiht took on a more singular role with We Come Strapped, which was certified Gold and peaked at #1 on the Billboard charts and his sophomore solo project Death Threatz which debuted at #3 on the Billboard Charts.

While Eiht has always remained active; including an EP release (Keep It Hood), his scene-stealing appearance on Kendrick Lamar’s Good Kid, m.A.A.d. City (“m.A.A.d City”) and his recent contribution (“Central Ave”) to DJ Quik & Problem’s Rosecrans album (which officially ended his vicious feud with Quik) Eiht gallantly returns with his first solo-album in a decade, Which Way Iz West, which will be released on 6-30-17 and aligns him with DJ Premier, who executive produced the project and also produces four tracks as well (Eiht’s long-time collaborator Brenk Sinatra produced the rest of the project). Featured guests on Which Way Iz West include WC, B-Real, Xzibit, Kurupt, Lady Of Rage, MayLAy, Big Mike, The Outlawz, Bumpy Knuckles (AKA Freddie Foxxx) and Compton’s Most Wanted.

The union of these two legends will be released conjunctly by Eiht’s Blue Stamp label and Preemo’s Year Round Records imprint.

After releasing the first video (and single), “Represent Like This” f/ WC and DJ Premier, Eiht unleashes the project’s second single, “Compton Zoo” which was premiered by Vibe. “Compton Zoo” signifies the struggle in and out of music and how I feel about the current state of hip-hop” Eiht declared to Vibe.  “Just like Preemo digs deep into them crates for the scratch chorus, I can still express myself and dig deep as well.  GEAH.”  DJ Premier also offered Vibe some exclusive comments “Eiht kept sending me new songs to pick from as we were completing the album. “Compton Zoo” was one of the last new tracks he sent me and I immediately told him that this needed to be a single.  I told Eiht, I’m going to put a scratch somehow in the hook so I can be a part of this.  GEAH.”

Pre-Order MC Eiht’s Which Way Iz West album: http://flyt.it/WhichWayIzWest

Tracklisting & Credits For MC Eiht’s Which Way Iz West:

  1.)  “Shut ‘Em Down” f/ The Outlawz

  2.)  “Represent Like This” f/ WC & DJ Premier

  3.)  “Compton Zoo”

  4.)  “Heart Cold” f/ Lady Of Rage

  5.)  “Pass Me By” f/ B-Real

  6.)  “Runn The Blocc” f/ MayLAy (produced by DJ Premier)

  7.)  “Gangsta Gangsta” f/ Kurupt

  8.)  “Got That”

  9.)  “Medicate” f/ Xzibit

10.)  “Born To Hustle” f/ Big Mike

11.)  “Sittin’ Around Smokin’”

12.)  “As I Proceed”

13.)  “Last Ones Left” (f/ Compton’s Most Wanted & DJ Premier (produced by DJ Premier)

14.”  “4 Tha OG’z” f/ Bumpy Knuckles (Produced by DJ Premier)

15.)  “You Nia’z”