DJ Yella has weighed in on the ongoing AI discussions, particularly as it relates to music.
During Eazy-E's street sign unveiling last week, TMZ asked the N.W.A. veteran his thoughts about using AI to create new Eazy-E music. He said there isn't any more music left from N.W.A.
“Is there anymore music left from N.W.A? I don’t think so, because I had all the masters,” he said. “I was the last person with Eazy’s last album… All the stuff I had in my hand. I didn’t think nothing about it. We had a bunch of instrumentals, but nothing with tracks, with words.”
He then discussed the possibility of using AI to help out with making new music. "I think somebody’s working on something like that with Eazy’s voice. I haven’t heard it yet, but they said it worked great. I’m like, ‘I gotta hear it to believe it," he said. "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.”
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