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N.W.A* – Straight Outta Compton
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Album Sales: 3,000,000
First Release Date: August 1988
The debut album by N.W.A, "Straight Outta Compton" is now best remembered as the pioneering record of gangsta rap; with its ever-present profanity and violent lyrics, it helped to give birth to this then-new sub-genre of hip hop. It has been considered groundbreaking by music writers and has had an enormous impact on the evolution of West Coast hip hop. "Straight Outta Compton" redefined the direction of hip hop, which resulted in lyricism concerning the gangsta lifestyle becoming the driving force in sales figures. It also helped to shift the power to the West Coast from the East Coast, which had enjoyed a period of prominence in hip hop for most of the 1980s.
Despite not being a success at first and the lack of airplay, "Straight Outta Compton" sold over three million copies, thanks to the hits "Straight Outta Compton", "Gangsta Gangsta" and "Express Yourself". The album itself reached number 37 in the Billboard Top 200 in the spring of 1989, while it reached number 9 on Billboard's Top Soul LPs.
The original version of "Compton's N The House" was only to be found on the Eazy-Duz-It / Ruthless Villain / Radio cassette single; it was not pressed on the 12" vinyl version of the single.
First Release Date: August 1988
The debut album by N.W.A, "Straight Outta Compton" is now best remembered as the pioneering record of gangsta rap; with its ever-present profanity and violent lyrics, it helped to give birth to this then-new sub-genre of hip hop. It has been considered groundbreaking by music writers and has had an enormous impact on the evolution of West Coast hip hop. "Straight Outta Compton" redefined the direction of hip hop, which resulted in lyricism concerning the gangsta lifestyle becoming the driving force in sales figures. It also helped to shift the power to the West Coast from the East Coast, which had enjoyed a period of prominence in hip hop for most of the 1980s.
Despite not being a success at first and the lack of airplay, "Straight Outta Compton" sold over three million copies, thanks to the hits "Straight Outta Compton", "Gangsta Gangsta" and "Express Yourself". The album itself reached number 37 in the Billboard Top 200 in the spring of 1989, while it reached number 9 on Billboard's Top Soul LPs.
The original version of "Compton's N The House" was only to be found on the Eazy-Duz-It / Ruthless Villain / Radio cassette single; it was not pressed on the 12" vinyl version of the single.
Tracklist
| Straight Outta Compton | 4:18 |
| _ _ _ _ Tha Police (Fill In The Blanks) | 5:46 |
| Gangsta Gangsta | 5:36 |
| If It Ain't Ruff | 3:34 |
| Parental Discretion Iz Advised | 5:15 |
| Express Yourself | 4:25 |
| Compton's N The House (Remix) | 5:20 |
| I Ain't Tha 1 | 4:54 |
| Dopeman (Remix) | 5:20 |
| Quiet On Tha Set | 3:59 |
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mysteriisdomsathanas
August 8, 2020
referencing Straight Outta Compton (20th Anniversary Edition), 2xLP, Album, RE, RM, 180, 509995-11239-1-8
This brings back memories! One of the first records I ever purchased.
RoryHoy
June 2, 2020
referencing Straight Outta Compton, CD, Album, Cle, CDL 57112
The clean version of this is hilarious. It's painfully obvious when the cuss words are replaced with PG-Rated substitutes or back masked, but it's worth it as a comedic collector's item for N.W.A. (Or as Ice Cube says in the clean version of the title track, S.D.G.W.A.A - Stupid Dope Gang With An Attitude) fans! It also, unfortunately lacks a family-friendly version of their most famous track 'F**k Tha Police', but Adam Buxton has you covered for that (YouTube it, it's so funny).
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NintendoCraft
April 11, 2020
referencing Straight Outta Compton, Cass, Album, Ltd, RE, Red, B0022702-04
Great tape overall, very well packaged. However, if you have a setting on your player for chrome taps, I recommend selecting that, as the sound is a little harsh.
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elosobozo
February 27, 2020
referencing Straight Outta Compton, LP, Album, SL 57102
Hoping someone here can help. I just got a copy off of eBay. The run outs match up with the 1st press but the cover doesn’t have the parental advisory warning on the bottom right corner. Is that printed on or is it a sticker?
vcanidis
January 5, 2020
referencing Straight Outta Compton, LP, Album, RE, 180, 0600753469958
Soulless sound,like the most reissues.
If you can compare it with the original,you'll hear the difference.
If you can compare it with the original,you'll hear the difference.
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DJCVR
December 25, 2019
referencing Straight Outta Compton, Cass, Album, Cle, 4XL57112, 4XL 57112
I had to go back and check out some edited versions of classic hip-hop albums, because since a youth the censored hip-hop tape has always been a comedic oddity.
"Straight Outta Compton" far from dissapoints here . You can tell the World's Most Dangerous Group did not want to record this way before Eazy says he's "outta here" on "8 Ball". The re-write's are so hilarious, taking the venom and sting out of everything featured on the original record. I don't know how Cube did it - but the sheer existence of this record is a testament to that MC's pen (see : "Dopeman" turned from a glorification record into a PSA or the classic "I Aint Tha 1" - raw without even one expletive in sight) . And as for Dre letting some of the samples out of their loop as in on "8 Ball" or on "Something Like That" where MC Ren vocalizes how one of the samples at the end started late as oppossed to the original cut, moments like these make this version of "Straight Outta Compton" far from seminal, but still worth a listen, at least for a good laugh or two.
#CVReview
"Straight Outta Compton" far from dissapoints here . You can tell the World's Most Dangerous Group did not want to record this way before Eazy says he's "outta here" on "8 Ball". The re-write's are so hilarious, taking the venom and sting out of everything featured on the original record. I don't know how Cube did it - but the sheer existence of this record is a testament to that MC's pen (see : "Dopeman" turned from a glorification record into a PSA or the classic "I Aint Tha 1" - raw without even one expletive in sight) . And as for Dre letting some of the samples out of their loop as in on "8 Ball" or on "Something Like That" where MC Ren vocalizes how one of the samples at the end started late as oppossed to the original cut, moments like these make this version of "Straight Outta Compton" far from seminal, but still worth a listen, at least for a good laugh or two.
#CVReview
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mega_2122
November 21, 2019
referencing Straight Outta Compton, 2xLP, Album, RE, RM, 7243 5 37936-1-6, 73435-37936 1 6
Is this pressing good? Want a copy with all of the tracks intact, and the single LP releases have 2 tracks missing.
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chromatic76
October 22, 2019
referencing Straight Outta Compton, LP, Album, Ltd, RE, Red, B0019004-01
The next re-pressing without the complete track listing. What´s the intention of the record labels? To buy the same in a color version? Haha...
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moonparade
October 14, 2019
referencing Straight Outta Compton, LP, Album, Ltd, RE, Red, 0600753469958
Whats the word on the sound quality? Kind of a random pressing
nevardreik
September 26, 2020