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{{For|the song|100 Miles and Runnin' (song)}} {{Use American English|date=June 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox album | name = 100 Miles and Runnin' | type = EP | artist = [[N.W.A]] | cover = NWA-100MilesAndRunnin.jpg | alt = | released = August 14, 1990 | recorded = 1990 | studio = Audio Achievements ([[Torrance, California]]) | genre = {{hlist|[[West Coast hip-hop]]|[[gangsta rap]]|[[hardcore hip-hop]]}} | length = 23:17 | label = {{hlist|[[Ruthless Records|Ruthless]]|[[Priority Records|Priority]]}} | producer = * [[Eazy-E]] ([[Executive producer#Music|exec]].) * [[Dr. Dre]] * [[DJ Yella|Yella]] | prev_title = [[Straight Outta Compton]] | prev_year = 1989 | next_title = [[Niggaz4Life]] | next_year = 1991 | misc = {{Singles | name = 100 Miles and Runnin' | type = ep | single1 = [[100 Miles and Runnin' (song)|100 Miles and Runnin{{'-}}]] | single1date = 1990 }} }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="allmusic-review2" /> | rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' | rev3score = D+<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1990/08/31/100-miles-and-runnin/|title=100 Miles and Runnin':Music Review:Entertainment Weekly|author=Sandow, Greg|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=August 31, 1990|access-date=August 23, 2009|archive-date=March 12, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312212639/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,318059,00.html}}</ref> | rev4 = ''RapReviews'' | rev4score = 6.5/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/BTTL_NWAsEPs.html |title=rapreviews.com review |access-date=2010-11-25}}</ref> | rev2 = [[Robert Christgau]] | rev2score = Cβ<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1020&name=N.W.A |title=Robert Christgau review |access-date=2010-11-25}}</ref> | rev5 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]'' | rev5score = {{rating|1|5}}<ref name="RS">{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |pages=512β513}}</ref> | rev6 = ''[[The Source (magazine)|The Source]]'' | rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|author1=Reef|date=September 1990|editor1-last=Shecter|editor1-first=Jonathan|editor1-link=Jonathan Shecter|editor2-last=Bernard|editor2-first=James|title=Singles|url=http://rapresearcharchive.blogspot.com/2010/03/nwa-100-miles-and-runnin-review-in.html|url-status=live|department=Record report|magazine=[[The Source (magazine)|The Source]]|location=[[New York City]]|publisher=Mays, David|volume=3|issue=5|page=56|issn=1063-2085|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619174050/http://rapresearcharchive.blogspot.com/2010/03/nwa-100-miles-and-runnin-review-in.html|archive-date=19 June 2020|access-date=19 June 2020|quote=Final Rating: 4}} *{{cite magazine |url=https://thimk.wordpress.com/2010/03/25/the-source-september-1990-issue-featuring-krs-one/ |magazine=The Source |date=September 1990 |via=thimk.wordpress.com|title=The Source September 1990 issue featuring KRS-One }}</ref> | rev7 = ''[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]'' | rev7score = 4/10<ref>{{cite book|chapter=N.W.A|first=Greg|last=Sandow|title=Spin Alternative Record Guide|title-link=Spin Alternative Record Guide|editor1-first=Eric|editor1-last=Weisbard|editor2-first=Craig|editor2-last=Marks|publisher=[[Vintage Books]]|year=1995|isbn=0-679-75574-8|pages=277β278}}</ref> }} '''''100 Miles and Runnin{{`}}''''' is the only [[extended play]] from the American [[gangsta rap]] group [[N.W.A]]. Released on August 14, 1990, this EP of five tracks reflects an evolution of N.W.A's sound and centers on the single "[[100 Miles and Runnin' (song)|100 Miles and Runnin']]{{-"}}.<ref name="allmusic-review2">Jason Birchmeier, [https://www.allmusic.com/album/100-miles-and-runnin-mw0000309738 "N.W.A: ''100 Miles and Runnin{{'-}}''"], ''AllMusic.com'', Netaktion LLC, visited 28 Apr 2020.</ref> Two tracks, "100 Miles" and "Real Niggaz", incidentally incited N.W.A's feud with [[Ice Cube]], who had left to start a solo rap career.<ref name=":12">Sacha Jenkins, Elliott Wilson, Jeff Mao, Gabe Alvarez & Brent Rollins, "Mo' beef, mo' problems: #7, N.W.A vs. Ice Cube", ''[[Ego Trip (magazine)|Ego Trip]]'s Book of Rap Lists'' (New York: [[St. Martin's Griffin]], 1999), [https://books.google.com/books?id=sB3SAgAAQBAJ&dq=%22100+Miles%22&pg=PA238 p. 238].</ref> The [[porno rap]] track "Just Don't Bite It" also drew notice.<ref name="allmusic-review2" /> Pushing lyrical boundaries in its day,<ref name="allmusic-review2" /> the EP went [[Gold certification|gold]] in November 1990 and [[Platinum sales|platinum]] in September 1992.<ref>Gold & Platinum search, [https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=100+Miles+and+Runnin' "100 Miles and Runnin{{'-}}"], [[Recording Industry Association of America]] website, visited 26 Apr 2020.</ref>
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