What a way to go into the weekend! I'll bet no one guessed this little gem was coming. We here at The Rundown like to throw a curve ball here and there.The '91 Grammy nominated posse cut "We're All In The Same Gang" was spearheaded by the Warner Bros. Music Group in assosciation with Eazy-E's Ruthless Records in response to Los Angeles' growing gang problem. Produced by Dr. Dre and featuring most of the West Coasts prominant artists at that time (with the exception of Cube, DJ Quick, Spice1 etc.) We're All In The Same Gang plays like the contradictory cousin of KRS-ONE's Stop The Violence Movement.The sheer hypocrisy of this record astounds me. Most all the rappers on here (with the exclusion of Hammer and Young MC) had already, and would continue to glorify gun and gang culture.Whats most interesting about this joint is that in the same year as it's release Dr. Dre would have a 22 milion dollar law suit filed against him by co-collaborater and member of Body&Soul, Dee Barnes.The story goes that after a Dee Barnes interview with Ice Cube at the height of the NWA/Cube beef in 1991, NWA's members had felt slighted by the remarks made by the R&B songstres and host of Pump It Up (a popular hip-hop show at the time).
Dr. Dre would encounter Dee Barnes at a record release party in Hollywood and according to reports by on-lookers the good doctor would proceed to bash her and try and throw her down a flight of stairs as his security gaurd held the crowd back.
Atfer escaping into the female toilets Dre followed her and proceeded to bash her in the side of the head some more.
Eazy-E would later comment on the incedent by saying "...bitch had it coming.." While Dre would go on to say, "...it ain't no big thing- i just threw her through a door".
Dr. Dre would later go to court and plead no contest to the assault charges, he recieved a 2500 dollar fine and two years probation.
We're all in the same gang indeed.
West Coast Rap All-Stars- We're All In The Same Gang.
Oh, by the way, thats Dee Barnes at 0.35 seconds. just after King T.
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