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"Eazy-er Said Than Dunn"
Single by Eazy-E
from the album Eazy-Duz-It
B-side	"We Want Eazy"
Released	1989
Recorded	1988
Studio	Audio Achievements (Torrance, California)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	3:41
Label	Ruthless Priority
Songwriter(s)	Eddie Floyd Bonny Rice Rufus Thomas Andre Romelle Young
Producer(s)	Dr. Dre DJ Yella
Eazy-E singles chronology
"Eazy-Duz-It" (1989) "Eazy-er Said Than Dunn" (1989) "We Want Eazy" (1989)

"Eazy-er Said Than Dunn" is a song by American rapper Eazy-E. The song was released as the second single from his debut studio album, Eazy-Duz-It. The track was produced by Dr. Dre and DJ Yella.

Music video

The video shows N.W.A at a club playing the single to the crowd and wandering through Compton, California. The official music video was directed by John Lloyd Miller. According to Miller, Jay Roach was one of the cameramen for the video. Also on set, but not appearing in the video was future rapper Snoop Dogg.

Cover art

The front and back cover images of Eazy-er Said Than Dunn were made by photographer Ithaka Darin Pappas on November 11, 1988, at Ithaka's own apartment in the Miracle Mile neighborhood of Los Angeles. This was the same photography session that the official press photographs for the N.W.A album Straight Outta Compton were made.

Covers

DJ Quik covered the song under the title "Quikker Said Than Dunn" on his 2000 album, Balance & Options.

Charts

References

1. "ASCAP Repertory entry for this song". ASCAP. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
2. Ducker, Eric. "On the Job Training: Part Three". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 2016-02-03. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
3. "Eazy-E – We Want Eazy (Remix) (1989, Vinyl)". Discogs. 1989.
4. "Meet the Greek-American Artist Who Shot N.W.A's Earliest Promo Photos". 30 September 2015.
5. "BLAZEDMADE INTERVIEW VOL.001, ITHAKA DARIN PAPPAS – Blazedmade". Archived from the original on 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
6. "Eazy-E Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 12, 2016.

External links

• Music video on YouTube

• 1988 singles
• 1988 songs
• Eazy-E songs
• Song recordings produced by Dr. Dre
• Songs written by Eddie Floyd
• Songs written by Dr. Dre
• Ruthless Records singles