# Where can I find the original "Boyz in the Hood"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 20, 2004, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-the-original-boyz-in-the-hood/265195 "2004-09-20T21:53:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-the-original-boyz-in-the-hood/265195/1 "2004-09-20T21:53:36Z")
This song seems to be scarce indeed. I’ve never been able to find even a reference to it on the internet. It’s one of those songs where the remix was way more popular than the original - so popular that most people don’t know it’s a remix. Anytime I do find an “original” Boyz in the Hood, it turns out to be the remix. The one thing I do remember from listening to the original back in the day (and I’m surprised I remember anything because this was at least 15 years ago), is that in the remix he says: > [@](#): > > One sucka dead LA Times front page but in the original he says: > [@](#): > > One sucka dead didn’t know the rules Which also means the line before that must have been different, but I don’t remember what it was. Does anyone know where I can find a copy of this song? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-the-original-boyz-in-the-hood/265195/2 "2004-09-20T22:05:13Z")
According to various sources, it first appeared on _Eazy Duz It_. There was a regular version of the album as well as a “clean” version. Have you checked both versions? ---
**Author:** ![Amok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@Amok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amok)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-the-original-boyz-in-the-hood/265195/3 "2004-09-20T22:45:28Z")
_Eazy Duz It_ doesn’t contain the original version, though it may have been the first time the song appeared on an album. If I remember correctly (no cite), “Boyz N the Hood”, was the first song Ice Cube wrote for Eazy, and its modest success on the LA scene lead to NWA getting a record deal, releasing _Straight Outta Compton_, Eazy releasing _Eazy Duz It_, and everything after that. On _Eazy Duz It_ there was a remixed version of “Boyz N the Hood” that was a much bigger hit than the original. The lyrics for that version even reference that it’s a remix, as Dre says in the beginning “Hey yo, remember that shit Eazy did a while back?” (refering to the original version of the song), and it contains an extra verse (beginning with “Woke up quick at about noon/ Just thought that I had to be in Compton soon”), after which the beat noticably changes. For the original version of the song, I’d try an album called “NWA & Posse” that was released in 1989 following the success of NWA and Eazy. It had a couple songs by NWA/Eazy that they had done prior to hitting it big, plus some songs by other LA groups they had been friends with. I know it has a version of “Boyz N the Hood” that does not include the extra lyrics of the _Eazy Duz It_, and I think is the original mix, but it’s been awhile since I’ve listened to it, so I’m not completely possitive on that.