New music from the late legendary rapper Eazy-E could be on the way, thanks to artificial intelligence (AI).
There are mixed reaction from artists regarding the use of AI. However, the technology has been embraced by some, including Timbaland. As AFROTECH™ previously told you, the artist is an advocate for the music AI creation tool Suno.
“You can put out great songs in minutes,” Timbaland told Rolling Stone. “I always wanted to do what Quincy Jones did with Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ when he was [almost] 50. So my ‘Thriller,’ to me, is this tool. God presented this tool to me.”
Tag teaming in the appreciation for AI is Lil Eazy-E, born Eric Darnell Wright Jr. He is the son of Eazy-E, who passed away in 1995. According to TMZ, Lil Eazy-E has expressed interest in creating an AI-packaged biopic film about his father’s life and has teased a potential joint album in the future.
“I actually just got a sample of him talking to me. It made my mind go another route with the possibilities we can do with AI,” Lil Eazy-E said, per HipHopDX. “I look at it as doing something special movie wise. I look at it as doing something special audio wise. I have a project I’ve been dreaming about doing and it simultaneously tells you the story of his life and my life. AI would be the best way of doing that. I have a partner, Ace Industries, that helped me build it, and he sent me a couple of samples and it was touching, he was actually talking to me.”
One of Eazy-E’s fellow N.W.A. group members, DJ Yella — who claims to be the last person with Eazy-E during his last album — also shared his opinion about using AI to release songs under the late rapper’s likeness, per the outlet.
“I think somebody’s working on something like that with Eazy’s voice,” he said. “I haven’t heard it yet, but they said it worked great. I’m like, ‘I gotta hear it to believe it.'”
DJ Yella added, “I don’t think you gonna recreate it, you just gonna duplicate. That’s all it is. You ain’t recreating the original. But it’s different, I guess it’s the new thing. You know, ‘technology.’ It would be different, keep that name going. Keep that Compton thing going. Yeah, it’s cool to me.”
