100 Miles and Runnin is the only extended play by American hip-hop group N.W.A. Released on August 14, 1990, through Priority Records and Eazy-E's Ruthless Records, this EP of five tracks reflects an evolution of N.W.A's sound and centers on the single "100 Miles and Runnin'. Two tracks, "100 Miles" and "Real Niggaz", incidentally incited N.W.A's feud with Ice Cube, who had left to start a solo rap career. The porno rap track "Just Don't Bite It" also drew notice.

Backstory

Whereas the EP's track "Sa Prize, Pt. 2" is a sequel to "Fuck tha Police"—the most controversial track on N.W.A's official debut album, Straight Outta Compton—"100 Miles and Runnin', rather, became N.W.A's first single to see national radio play, and its music video see national television airtime. It is the first N.W.A. project without Ice Cube and Arabian Prince. The EP attained gold sales, over 500,000 copies sold, by November 16, 1990, and on September 16, 1992, was certified platinum, over 1million sold.

Ice Cube's departure and subsequent feud

In 1989, Ice Cube, a rapper and songwriter in N.W.A, who had been paid about $32,000 so far, asked group leader Eazy-E for a meeting on money allocation. N.W.A's manager Jerry Heller, Eazy's business partner, led the meeting. N.W.A's EP, written by Ren and The D.O.C., has two tracks smearing Cube. Against Barnes's warning, the November 1990 episode splices interview clips to magnify the conflict.

Released in May 1991, N.W.A's next album, EFil4zaggin or Niggaz4Life, furthered the feud in two more tracks: "Message to B.A." and, in a few lines, the hit single "Alwayz into Somethin'.

EP highlights

The 100 Miles EP previewed N.W.A's evolving sound, spare on Straight Outta Compton, and now more layered, as in the "100 Miles" track. On the other hand, the track "Just Don't Bite It", says AllMusic, "is an alarming porno rap that at the time of its release was as explicit as anything out there, including 2 Live Crew."

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Certifications

See also

  • Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. Dimension Films

References

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  • (review of album)