100 Miles and Runnin'



100 Miles and Runnin is a song from their 1990 EP of the same name. The song was also included on the compilations Greatest Hits and The Strength of Street Knowledge. Dre raps in the second verse of this song, "So now there's four 'cause the fifth couldn't make it." This line refers to Ice Cube, who left the group along with four members.

Music video
A music video directed by Eric Meza was aired and released in November 1990. The video begins with N.W.A members being arrested by police, and they flee and appear in several scenes as the song begins. "100 Miles and Runnin'" peaked at #54 on the Hot R&B chart in the United States.

Sample
By lowering the pitch of the sample and playing it five times, N.W.A's "100 Miles and Runnin" sampled a two-second guitar chord from Funkadelic's "Get Off Your Ass and Jam" but the owner, Bridgeport Music, received no compensation. A federal judge ruled that the sample did not infringe on copyright. The judge's decision was later overturned by the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, which ruled that using any sample without the permission of the original creator was illegal.