Straight Outta Compton (1988)

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Title: Straight Outta Compton
Artist: N.W.A
Genre: Hip-Hop
Released: 1988

Tracks:
1 - Straight Outta Compton - 4:19 -
2 - Fuck tha Police - 5:45
3 - Gangsta Gangsta - 5:36
4 - If It Ain't Ruff - 3:34
5 - Parental Discretion Iz Advised - 5:16
6 - 8 Ball (remix) - 4:52
7 - Something Like That - 3:35
8 - Express Yourself - 4:25 -
9 - Compton's N the House (remix) - 5:20
10 - I Ain't tha 1 - 4:54
11 - Dopeman (remix) - 5:20
12 - Quiet on the Set - 3:59
13 - Something 2 Dance 2 - 3:32
14 - Express Yourself (extended mix) - 4:42
15 - Bonus Beats - 3:03
16 - Straight Outta Compton (extended mix) - 4:53
17 - A Bitch Iz a Bitch - 3:08

Overview:
Straight Outta Compton is the debut studio album by rap group N.W.A, which, led by Eazy-E, formed in Los Angeles County's City of Compton in early 1987. Released by his label, Ruthless Records, on August 8, 1988, 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 along with Ruthless rapper The D.O.C. 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."

In July 1989, despite its scarce radio play beyond the Los Angeles area, Straight Outta Compton received gangsta rap's first platinum certification, one million copies sold by then. That year, the album peaked at #9 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and at #37 on the popular albums chart, the Billboard 200. Receiving media spotlight, N.W.A's example triggered the rap genre's movement toward hardcore, gangsta rap. As the 1980s closed, if largely through N.W.A's own splintering—yielding successful solo music careers and franchises for Ice Cube and for Dr. Dre—the ripple effects had reshaped rap, R&B, and popular music, influencing popular culture.

Remastered, the album's September 2002 reissue gained four bonus tracks. Nearing the album's 20th anniversary, another extended version of it arrived in December 2007. And in 2015, after an album reissue on red cassettes of limited edition, theater release of the biographical film Straight Outta Compton reinvigorated sales of the album, which by year's end was certified 3x Multi-Platinum. In 2016, it became the first rap album inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. The next year, the Library of Congress enshrined Straight Outta Compton in the National Recording Registry, who have deemed it to be "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Music information in first post provided by The AudioDB
N.W.A.’s Straight Out of Compton was huge success back when it came out. The only song I really enjoyed listening to off of it was Express Yourself. The rest of the songs weren’t my cup of tea.
 
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