Description

NWA Straight Outta Compton

Ruthless Records – 0600753469958

Track Listing

A1 Straight Outta Compton
A2 _ _ _ _ Tha Police (Fill In The Blanks)
A3 Gangsta Gangsta
A4 If It Ain’t Ruff
A5 Parental Discretion Iz Advised
B1 Express Yourself
B2 Compton’s N The House (Remix)
B3 I Ain’t Tha 1
B4 Dopeman (Remix)
B5 Quiet On Tha Set

Straight Outta Compton is the debut studio album by American gangsta rap group N.W.A, which, led by Eazy-E, formed in Los Angeles County‘s City of Compton in early 1987.^[3][4] Released by his label, Ruthless Records, on August 8, 1988,^[1] the album was produced by N.W.A members Dr. Dre, DJ Yella, and Arabian Prince, with lyrics written by N.W.A members Ice Cube and MC Ren^[5] along with Ruthless rapper The D.O.C.^[3] Not merely depicting Compton’s street violence, the lyrics repeatedly threaten to lead it by attacking peers and even police. The track “Fuck tha Police” drew an FBI agent’s warning letter, which aided N.W.A’s notoriety, with N.W.A calling itself “the world’s most dangerous group.”^[3][6][7]

In July 1989, despite its scarce radio play beyond the Los Angeles area,^[4] Straight Outta Compton received gangsta rap’s first platinum certification, one million copies sold by then.^[3] That year, the album peaked at number 9 on Billboard‘s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and at number 37 on the Billboard 200.^[8] Receiving media spotlight, N.W.A’s example triggered the rap genre’s movement toward hardcore, gangsta rap.^[9]