N.W.A. Reunion on Farmclub.com
I’ve had a number of disappointment throughout my years as a music fan, but my nothing was worse than the failed N.W.A. reunion of the late 1990s. If you don’t know, after all tensions cooled, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, DJ Yella, and MC Ren hit the studio with Snoop Dogg as the fifth member. These sessions resulted in two tracks, “Chin Check” from the Next Friday OST and “Hello” (Ice Cube, Dre, Ren) from Ice Cube’s War & Peace Vol 2, both bangers. The buzz behind the reunion was huge and I can remember reading a new rumor everyday on the early hip hop websites and message boards. Aside from the massive Up in Smoke Tour, the public highlight of this reunion was N.W.A’s appearance on Farmclub.com.
Farmclub.com was a tv show broadcast by USA from late 1999 to early 2000. Hosted by former DJ/VJ Matt Pinfield, the show featured live performances and interviews of some of the hottest music stars of the time. The episode featuring N.W.A. 2.0 along with Xzibit and the Eastsidaz aired on March 27, 2000. Here are clips from the two N.W.A. performances…
Although an album (Not These Niggaz Again) was planned, nothing really came from this reunion. This is unfortunate, tough, as those two songs were fierce. Actually, now that I think about it, it’s probably good that it didn’t happen. There’s no way they could have adequately made up the void left by Eazy-E. While dope, Snoop wouldn’t have been able to take Eazy’s place in that dynamic…
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