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{{Short description|Single by Eazy-E}}
{{Refimprove|date=December 2009}}
{{Infobox song
| name          = We Want Eazy
| cover         = 
| alt           = 
| type          = single
| artist        = [[Eazy-E]] featuring [[Dr. Dre]] and [[MC Ren]]
| album         = [[Eazy-Duz-It]]
| B-side        = Still Talkin'
| released      = 1988
| recorded      = 1988
| studio        = Audio Achievements ([[Torrance, California]])
| venue         = 
| genre         = * [[Golden age hip hop]]
* [[West Coast hip hop]]
| length        = 5:02
| label         = * [[Ruthless Records|Ruthless]]
* [[Priority Records|Priority]]
| writer        = [[The D.O.C.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DrilYGU4xRY&t=58s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/DrilYGU4xRY |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=The D.O.C. Explains How He Hooked Up with Dr. Dre & NWA|publisher=[[YouTube]]|date=2015-12-09|access-date=2019-11-23}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
| producer      = * [[Dr. Dre]]
* [[DJ Yella]]
| chronology    = [[Eazy-E]]
| prev_title    = [[Eazy-Duz-It (song)|Eazy-Duz-It]]
| prev_year     = 1989
| next_title    = [[Only If You Want It]]
| next_year     = 1992
| misc          = {{Extra chronology
 | artist     = [[Dr. Dre]]
 | type       = single
 | prev_title = 
 | prev_year  =
 | title      = We Want Eazy
 | year       = 1989
 | next_title = [[We're All in the Same Gang]]
 | next_year  = 1990
}}
{{Extra chronology
 | artist     = [[MC Ren]]
 | type       = single
 | prev_title = 
 | prev_year  =
 | title      = We Want Eazy
 | year       = 1989
 | next_title = [[Ballad of a Menace]]
 | next_year  = 1990
}}
}}

"'''We Want Eazy'''" is a song by American rapper [[Eazy-E]]. It was released as the third and final single from his debut album, ''[[Eazy-Duz-It]]''. The song features fellow [[N.W.A]] members [[Dr. Dre]] and [[MC Ren]] and was produced by Dr. Dre and [[DJ Yella]]. "We Want Eazy" also appears on his [[greatest hits]], ''[[Eternal E]]''; a 12-inch remix of this song was released as a single in 1989 and appeared on the rapper's [[wikt:Special:Search/posthumous|posthumous]] compilation, ''[[Featuring...Eazy-E]]''.

The song borrows heavily from the [[Bootsy's Rubber Band]]'s 1977 song "[[Ahh... The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!]]". In exchange for the use of the sample, [[Bootsy Collins]] makes a cameo appearance with Eazy-E at the video's conclusion.

==Music video==
The music video for "We Want Eazy", directed by J. Kevin Swain,<ref>{{cite book|last=Keyes|first=Cheryl|title=Rap Music and Street Consciousness|year=2004|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=0-252-07201-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/rapmusicstreetco0000keye/page/222 222]|url=https://archive.org/details/rapmusicstreetco0000keye/page/222}}</ref> was released in 1988. It begins with Eazy being chased by an [[Los Angeles Police Department|LAPD officer]] and dropping his signature [[Los Angeles Raiders]] baseball cap along the way. Eventually he is arrested and jailed, just hours before he is to perform at a concert. With the help of his cellmates (including [[Ice Cube]] who manages to appear in the crowd as well and MC Krazy Dee), Eazy is able to perform via a giant screen [[closed-circuit television]] connection "live from the [[Compton, California|Compton]] jail", while Dr. Dre and MC Ren share the role of [[hype man]] on stage. Near the end of the video, Eazy breaks out of his cell and through the screen, and joins his bandmates on stage for the concert's finale. The cast of [[Compton's Most Wanted]], including [[MC Eiht]], made a cameo in the crowd.

Two songs, "[[Boyz-n-the-Hood]]" and "[[Eazy-Duz-It]]" were used in the opening introduction of the music video.

==Cover==
The cover of both the original and remix versions of the "We Want Eazy" single depicts Eazy-E himself in front of a crowd. There is an alternate cover art that would later be parodied with the album cover for former [[N.W.A]] bandmate Dr. Dre's multi platinum debut album ''[[The Chronic]]'' and pays homage to the ''[[Zig-Zag (company)|Zig-Zag]]'' cigarette rolling paper company which had become very prominent in hip hop culture as it is most commonly used to wrap [[cannabis (drug)|cannabis]] to smoke.

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
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! Chart (1989)
! Peak<br/>position
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardrandbhiphop|43|artist=Eazy-E|rowheader=true|access-date=February 12, 2016}}
|}

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
*{{YouTube|Igxl7YtS1vQ|Music video}}
{{N.W.A}}
{{Dr. Dre songs}}
{{Eazy-E}}
{{MC Ren}}

[[Category:1988 songs]]
[[Category:1989 singles]]
[[Category:Eazy-E songs]]
[[Category:Ruthless Records singles]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Dr. Dre]]

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