Feels like at that time, Snoop and Dre COMPLETELY ran shit....with Cube being right behind. Their camp started to run shit as well, and Quik was starting to get big. I don't know if the older folks, or hood folks, were bumpin Eazy a lot at that point..but the kids weren't, since he wasn't making any hits and had NOTHING on the radio at the time that was new. You weren't even hearing "Boyz n da hood" n those songs much at that time because they were in that stage of "too new to be classic, but not modern enough to get played." I don't even remember hearing "Real Compton City G's" that many times on radio, especially not on daytime countdowns n that...but I know that some folks were on his side at the time, just not people I knew back then.

Now when he came with Bone? I think folks were ridin with him. We loved the verse on "For the love of money" for sure. When he died, I think we had sympathy for him, and the "Crossroads" love was huge...so basically, Bone basically gave him a 2nd wind, even after death.

After his death, he did become somewhat of a legend and he gained some respect, although it was too late. So when you see paintings and shirts of West Coast legends, he's AAAAAALWAYS on there. But it was almost as bad as 50 Cent killing Ja Rule in 92-93...he just wasn't able to compete.

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