December 19, 2005 @ 1:44 pm

Lil Eazy-E - New Attitude

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In a vast room at 24 Hour Fitness in Sherman Oaks, Calif., heavily eyelined valley girls lift weight machines. In front of the mirror, Eric “Lil Eazy-E” Wright, 21, screws up his face, tightens his lips across his teeth, and goes in for a rapid set of 140-pound lat pull-downs. “Since day one, he’s been cold turkey,” says trainer Jason Bonner, who also monitors his client’s nutrition. “He stays away from soda, beef, pasta, and no alcohol, no bullshit.” As a result, Lil Eazy went from a pudgy 225 to a V-shaped 180 pounds in less than a year.

Lil Eazy’s got to be focused right now; he’s got an even heavier burden to shoulder than any free weight he’d encounter in the gym — the legacy of his father. Lil Eazy was 10 years old (the oldest of Eazy-E’s nine children) when the former N.W.A front man died of AIDS. “Everybody didn’t feel like my father was the best rapper, so a lot of people feel that I can’t rap,” Lil Eazy says. “But I’m going to take what my father started, the gangster rap, and shoot it beyond to the new generation.”

His major-label debut album, Prince of Compton, proves the nonbelievers wrong. With a nasal voice that only his father could have given him, Lil Eazy shares his pop’s stripped-down, nihilistic worldview and elevates it with emotionally complex writing. And the LP is chock full of sinister beats that would make N.W.A proud. Still, it’s hard to picture Lil Eazy — with his mild manners, excellent work ethic, and trust-fund endowment — living the life he raps about.

“I think the tone of his music will change,” says Officer Miller, a school security guard who knew young Wright as a respectful Dominguez High School student. “I don’t think he’ll be known as some big gangster because that’s not in his heart.” Still, Lil Eazy insists he knows gang life well enough. “I never grew up in Riverside or nothing like that,” he says. “Compton, California, is where I was born and raised. I gangbanged. I’ve seen roaches before. No lights on. I’ve been through all that.”

But for now, Lil Eazy can dab the sweat from his princely forehead and return to his plush condo in the beach community of Marina Del Rey, where there are no roaches and the lights are definitely on.

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aureleo says:

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lil eazy e is the shits !

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CURSTE TUALAH says:

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PEACE.......

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kalei says:

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do you have a 63 impala lowrider ? that my favorite car. Ialso wanted to ask Is it cool having a father thats the king of Comton

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FUCK H@TERS says:

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eazy-e was da shitt and I still listen to that nigga!!!! his shitt is off da hook

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Ionia says:

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Eazy E is a Legend and he is good looking man.His son Lil Eazy E is also a Legend, he following his father and Lil Eazy is a cutie just like his father!!!!

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White Eazy :) says:

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R.I.P Eazy-E. Irreplaceable legend

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FRE$$$H says:

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Eazy-E is the legend and ofcourse his soon will be legend but it has been a long time since the real Eazy-e die. we expect Lil Eazy-E`s first album.

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