100 Miles and Runnin'
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| EP by N.W.A | ||||
| Released | August 14, 1990 | |||
| Recorded | 1989–1990 | |||
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| Length | 23:17 | |||
| Label | Ruthless/Priority | |||
| Producer | Eazy-E (exec.), Dr. Dre, DJ Yella | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Entertainment Weekly | C+ |
| RapReviews | 6.5/10 |
| Robert Christgau | C- |
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100 Miles & Runnin' is the only EP by hip hop group N.W.A, released on August 14, 1990 on Ruthless Records. Reviews were positive and by September 1992, it had reached Platinum status in the United States.
Prior to recording the EP, MC Ren, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, & DJ Yella had signed a long-term contract with the Ruthless Records label to be an official "N.W.A." group for $75,000 USD for work on Straight Outta Compton, this EP, advance & for their future work for Niggaz4life. However, member and lead vocalist Ice Cube refused the contract's terms and consequently separated himself from the group, which kicked off his solo career. It is the first record the group released after he left. This EP contains negative references towards him.
The title track "100 Miles and Runnin'" was the group's first track to gain radio airtime and appear on TV with its music video. Dr. Dre, who had just finished working with The D.O.C. and Above the Law, added atypical funky beats and the slow synth groove on "Just Don't Bite It". "Sa Prize, Pt. 2" is a sequel to the controversial "Fuck tha Police" from the Straight Outta Compton album.
The group makes a number of references to Ice Cube. On the title track, Dre states: "It started with five but yo, one couldn't take it / So now there's four 'cause the fifth couldn't make it". In "Real Niggaz" he is likened to Benedict Arnold, the proverbial American traitor, and MC Ren says, "Only reason niggaz pick up your record is cause they thought it was us", referring to Ice Cube's first solo album AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, which had been released earlier that year. Ice Cube responded to these attacks on Death Certificate (1991) on a song named "No Vaseline".
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