MC Eiht is currently prepping his next solo album, Official. Ahead of its release, the Compton’s Most Wanted MC has unveiled the pertinent details surrounding the project.
According to two Instagram posts, the double LP boasts 27 tracks and features guest spots from his fellow West Coast brethren Xzibit and Tha Chill as well as singer Cherell. In one of the captions, he promised no “goofy chit,” once again stressing the importance of remaining authentic.
“With the Hip Hop scene being so versatile and vast, there are many choices to acquire or please new audiences,” he explains to HipHopDX. “But in the aspect of tryna stand alone above the many artists and different elements, one must stay true to the foundation of what acquired fans in the first place.
“My dope era consisted of many notable forefathers, legends and pioneers — Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5, Roxanne Shanté, Sparky D, Run-DMC, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Gang Starr, Heavy D, Eric B & Rakim, EPMD, Uncle Jamms Army, King T, Ice-T and so forth.” [apple_news_ad type=”any”]
The Compton-raised MC added Official will adhere to his West Coast gangsta rap roots in an effort to please his fans as well as school the younger crowds.
“In respect to my fans and future generations, I just felt I did a project that just followed my specific roots of my establishments in West Coast rap, so I put together the double project Official.
“I maybe have one more project I’m gonna drop next year called Lessons, which is more about tryna speak to the young homies and lessons learned going through gang banging, then indulging in Hip Hop and ultimately tryna gear towards the right lane, so stay tuned. Geah.”
Eiht dropped his last solo album, Which Way Iz West, in 2017. The project was executive produced by DJ Premier and included contributions from Lady Of Rage, Kurupt, B-Real, WC and Outlawz, among others.
More recently, Compton’s Most Wanted returned with its first album in 13 years called Gangsta Bizness.
Official is expected to arrive on Friday (December 27). Until then, check out the cover art and tracklist below.
- Once Upon A Time
- Bring Em All f. Cherell
- Profile f. Xzibit
- Bacc In The Day
- How You Do That f. Chill
- Neighborhood Feelin’
- Compton f. Chill
- You The One f. Chill & Cherell
- Good Day
- Bluestamp Anthem f. Chill
- Up That
- Hustle f. Chill
- Notorious
- True Story f. Chill & Cherell
- How We Do f. Tinigi Star
- Mission Complete f. Chill
- Shoot Em Up
- Sirens f. James Savage
- Intermission
- Bang On Em
- Why f. Chill
- Long Time Comin’
- Victim Pt. 2
- Neighborhood Reup f. Chill
- My Thang
- 3Eihty
- Official
West coast legend! Future hall of famer.
I’ll definitely be copping this for my grandfather for Christmas.
He can teach u about HIS culture u still lean on
Yo grandfather probably taught u sum chit too so good choice
Chea.
Cool! A geriatric talking about “keeping it real” what a fucking dork
I c u on pillz an powder too fuccn clown Westside Crippn much luv Eiht
Think ure funny don’t you???? HIP HOP IZ OLD.
Geriatric while these young fuccs dying off lean and pills shut the fucc up
One thing I can say about eight is that he always gave love and shout outs to the east coast artists way,way back
*eiht
Niggaz on the run is in this bitch /
Gold D’s on my Trey as I hit the switch /
Bumpin’ this muthaphukkin gangsta beat /
And I got my muthaphukkin heat on the front seat…
James Savage aka Jayo Felony
Can’t wait til some of you ignorant young niggas reach 30 or 40 and realize…”oh shit, I still like everything I did yesterday.” Criticizing this nigga’s age, you don’t just hit a number and suddenly stop liking what you loved your whole life. Respect to Eiht for still moving out here…
GONNA BE ALBUM OF THE YEAR .. MC EIHT IS THE TRUTH STILL AFTER ALL THESE YEARS IN THE GAME . GEAH. STREIHT UP MENACE