Highlights of the record include the aforementioned ‘FTP’ and ‘Express Yourself,’ as well as ‘8 Ball,’ ‘Parental Discretion Iz Advised,’ ‘Gangsta Gangsta’ and ‘If It Ain’t Ruff.’ It was the first platinum-certified Gangsta Rap record, and would eventually go on to sell 3x Platinum, helped along by the biopic in 2015. But the biggest middle finger from triple j in all this was that they sampled the scratching from the song and used it in their news jingle effectively playing a part of ‘Fuck The Police’ on air multiple times a day. In protest, the station went on strike and played third single from the record, ‘Express Yourself,’ on repeat for 24 hours. A senator protested the song, which led to the ABC banning the station from playing it. My favourite story about this song is upon its release, triple j had been playing it regularly (swearing is allowed on the station). Smashing through the gates with the title track, it’s a take-no-prisoners affair, before being smashed in the face with one of the great modern-day protest songs ever, ‘Fuck tha Police.’ The song protests police brutality and racial profiling, and unfortunately it’s still relevant to say, especially in the US. Incidentally, upon its release, ‘Straight Outta Compton’ was the first rap album ever to receive a 5-star review from Rolling Stone. In a retrospective review, Rolling Stone said that it’s a "bombastic, cacophonous car ride through Los Angeles' burnt-out and ignored hoods," and I couldn’t have said it better myself. The production is groundbreaking and the flow of the music is astounding. The top ranked albums by N.W.A are Straight Outta Compton, Niggaz4Life and N.W.A. took the bourgeoning subgenre of Gangsta Rap and made it their own. suburb of Compton, but it threatened to incite it. Self-styled as “the world’s most dangerous group,” ‘Straight Outta Compton’ not only depicts the violence, brutality and racism experienced by those living in the L.A. Dre, DJ Yella and Arabian Prince, and lyricists Ice Cube and MC Ren.
Dre, DJ Yella, Arabian Prince and Ice Cube, with The D.O.C. N.W.A was formed in Compton, California in 1986 by Eazy-E, Dr. N.W.A., aka Niggaz Wit Attitudes, was led by Eazy-E, but features the iconic producers, Dr. The discography of N.W.A, an American hip hop group, consists of two studio albums, six compilation albums, one extended play (EP), eight singles, one video album and five music videos. “You are now about to witness the strength of street knowledge.” And so begins one of the most influential Hip Hop records of all time.
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