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Ten years after his March 26, 1995 death, the music world continues to mourn gangsta rapper Eazy-E. Born Eric Wright in 1964, Eazy-E rocketed "Straight Outta Compton" to gangsta superstardom with Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, MC Ren and Yella in N.W.A., as the owner of his own Ruthless Records label, and as a solo artist before his premature death at the age of 31 from AIDS-related causes. Between 1987 and 1991, the inimitable, most hardcore gangsta rap pioneer released four albums with N.W.A. and one solo full-length album, the double-Platinum "Eazy-Duz-It." Album tracks and video clips spanning Eazy-E's reign as the master of gangsta rap have been collected for a new CD/DVD retrospective, "Eternal E: The Best Of Eazy-E - Gangsta Memorial Edition," set to drop August 30 from Capitol/Priority/Ruthless on the eve of the 41st anniversary of Eazy-E's September 7, 1964 birthday.

Three other posthumous releases, including the album Eazy-E was recording before his death, "Str8 off Tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton," "Eternal E," and "The Impact of a Legend" have been issued since 1995.

    "Just remember:  it's YOUR real time and YOUR real life."

        -- Eazy-E, in a March 1995 statement publicly announcing his illness

     Eternal E: The Best Of Eazy-E -- Gangsta Memorial Edition

     CD                                   DVD

     1.  Boyz-N-The Hood (remix)          1.  We Want Eazy

     2.  8 Ball (remix)                   2.  Only If You Want It

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