Draft:Temporary Insanity
| Temporary Insanity | ||||
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| Released | May 11, 1993 | |||
| Studio | Audio Achievements, Torrance, California, U.S. | |||
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| Length | 2 Hours 47 minutes | |||
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| Eazy-E chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Temporary Insanity | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| The New Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
| The Source | [4] |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 2/10[5] |
Temporary Insanity is the first Double Disc Album that was supposed to be released by American rapper Eazy-E and the album was an unreleased project during his lifetime. It was originally supposed to released on January 19, however it was prolonged after Eazy-E lost Dr.Dre as a producer and it was later supposed to be released may 11 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. Album was Fully Recorded and finished, According to DJ Yella and Eazy-E album was prolonged and Prolonged, They assumed they would not be able to respond to Dr Dre’s, Tapes and CDs were stolen of Temporary insanity, some containing parts of it, and some as the full album, however Eazy was still faced with The chronic. Which threw shots At Eazy E, Eazy scrapped the album which left him Yet to respond to Dre's spotlight and his May 1993 single "Fuck wit Dre Day", which mainly disses him, Eazy changed plans. And created a 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.[a]
performance[edit]
To date, this was targeted to be Eazy-Es most successful album, and had the potential of becoming as planned, however the album just happened be in the wrong place at the wrong time, which led to its failure, overall the album was amazing based on the available tracks. After the prolonging and failure, they decided to scrap the album, they replaced it with “it’s on (Dr.Dre) 187um Killa” which ended up It peaked at number 5 on the Billboard 200 as well as at number 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[7] In 1994, it was certified double-platinum by the RIAA, with over 2 million copies sold in America. It remains one of 2 gangsta rap EPs to go multi-platinum, alongside Bone Thugs-n-Harmony's Creepin on ah Come Up, which Eazy-E also appeared on.[8]
Rumored Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) DR.DRE, DJ YELLA, RHYTHM D, (self exec Eazy-E) Madness4Real, Dr.Jam. | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "First Power" |
| Rhythm D | 0:47 |
| 2. | "24 Hours To Live" | Dr.Dre | 4:44 | |
| 3. | "Ole School shit" (featuring Gangsta Dresta, BG Knocc Out, Sylk E Fine.) |
| Rhythm D | 4:01 |
| 4. | "Roach" (Featuring Dirty Red) |
| DJ Yella | 3:26 |
| 5. | "Trapped" |
| Dr.Dre | 4:39 |
| 6. | "Rides (Skit)" |
| Rhythm D | 1:14 |
| 7. | "fatal Attractions" |
| Dr.Dre | 5:14 |
| 8. | "Oh, Doctor" (featuring DJ Yella) |
| Madness 4 Real | 5:09 |
| 9. | "First class" (featuring Dolemite Menjetwha) |
| Madness 4 Real | 3:22 |
| 10. | "Service" (featuring MC Ren, Kokane) |
| Madness 4 Real | 5:26 |
| 11. | "Rodney King" |
| Dr.Dre | 5:08 |
| 12. | "Puppy Water" (Featuring MC Ren, Kokane) |
| DJ Yella | 4:49 |
| 13. | "RoadHouse" (Featuring Bucwheed) |
| DJ Yella | 4:02 |
| 14. | "chin check" |
| Dr.Dre | 5:54 |
| 15. | "Law enforcement Featuring Bushwick Bill" |
| Dr.Dre | 4:56 |
| 16. | "Temporary Insanity (Skit)" |
| Rhythm D | 1:37 |
| 17. | "Jack Moves" |
| Dr.Dre | 3:04 |
| 18. | "Niggaz Too" |
| Rhythm D | 4:27 |
| 19. | "Boyz In tha hood (remix)" |
| Dr. Jam | 5:02 |
| 20. | "Nigga E (Featuring Rhythm D)" |
| Rhythm D | 2:59 |
| 21. | "She Sucked It (Featuring MC Ren DJ Yella)" |
| DJ Yella | 4:42 |
| 22. | "It’s Ruff (Featuring Brownside)" |
| Toker | 3:23 |
| 23. | "2 Shots" |
| Madness4Real | 5:16 |
| 24. | "Tear It Up" (featuring Cold187UM) |
| Cold187Um | 4:36 |
| 25. | "Nutz on Ya Chin" |
| DJ Yella | 4:36 |
| 26. | "Apocalypse" |
| DJ Yella | 4:36 Disc 2 |
| 27. | "Creep N Crawl" |
| DJ Yella | 4:12 |
| 28. | "Indo Power Featuring Penthouse players And steffon" |
| Dr. Dre | 4:36 |
| 29. | "Sorry Louie" |
| DJ Yella | 4:04 |
| 30. | "Breathe" |
| Dr.Dre | 3:57 |
| 31. | "Kill Fake Niggaz" |
| DJ Yella | 4:22 |
| 32. | "Hit The Hooker" |
| DJ Yella Eazy-E | 2:53 |
| 33. | "Sippin on A 40 Featuring BG Knocc Out, Gangsta Dresta" |
| DJ Yella | 4:30 |
| 34. | "Rehab" |
| DJ Yella | 4:07 |
| 35. | "My Babyz Mama" |
| DJ Yella | 3:44 |
| 36. | "Scandalous Featuring Roger troutman, gangsta pat" |
| Roger Troutman | 5:27 |
| 37. | "Product" |
| Madness4Real | 4:54 |
| 38. | "The bird (Kilo)" |
| DJ Yella | 4:29 |
| 39. | "1999 featuring Roger Troutman" |
| Roger Troutman | 6:16 |
| 40. | "War Featuring MC Ren" |
| Madness4Real | 4:01 |
| 41. | "Mur-Dr" |
| Dr.Dre | 4:53 |
| 42. | "Quick Test Featuring Homicide" |
| Homicide | 4:09 |
| 43. | "Ole E featuring Steffon Rhythm D Brownside Dirty red Dolemite" |
| Dr.Dre | 5:03 |
| 44. | "One More featuring C.P.O" |
| Rhythm D | 5:21 |
| 45. | "Fuck Tha Police Part 3 featuring Paperboy" |
| Paper Boy bootsy Collin | 4:26 |
| 46. | "Str8 Off Tha Muthaphukkin Streetz of Compton" |
| DJ Yella | 4:26 |
| Total length: | 2 hours, 47 Minutes | |||
Personnel[edit]
- Tony Alvarez - additional engineer (track 1-2)
- Lasse Bavngaard - producer (track 8)
- Rasmus Berg - producer (track 8)
- David Bett - art direction
- Antoine Carraby - producer
- Kevyn "Shaki" Carter - featured artist
- Brian Cross - photography
- Jesper Dahl - producer
- Brian Knapp Gardner - mastering
- Jerry Heller - management
- Arlandis Hinton - featured artist
- Gregory Fernan Hutchinson - featured artist & producer
- Nicholas Kvaran - producer
- Jerry Long Jr. - featured artist
- Henrik Milling - producer
- Donovan "The Dirt Biker" Sound - mixing & recording
- Allan Wai - design
- David Weldon - producer
- Andre Desean Wicker - featured artist
- Eric "Eazy-E" Wright - main artist, artwork
Notes[edit]
- ^ This EP was his first release under a Relativity Records distribution deal, whereby Eazy's Ruthless owned the master recordings.
References[edit]
- ^ Birchmeier, Jason. "AllMusic review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved June 29, 2008.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2011) [2007]. The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th Concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958.
- ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 270. ISBN 0743201698.
- ^ The Derelict Todd B. (December 1993). "Record Report: Eazy-E – It's On (Dr. Dre 187) Killa". The Source. No. 51. p. 88.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Eazy-E Temporary insanity". Discogs.
- ^ Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
- ^ "Recording Industry Association of America". RIAA. Retrieved August 11, 2012.