Nevertheless, the album reached double platinum sales status, being the first to do without commercial support. sold over 7,720,033 albums, including 7,000,000 in the United States and 620,000 in the United Kingdom. NWAs second album Niggaz4Life would be the first hardcore rap album to. It would be the group's notorious mantra F**k The Police that would create the most mayhem, with radio bans and FBI investigations. Their debut album Straight Outta Compton marked the beginning of the new gangsta. With Dre and DJ Yella on productions, the tracks were written predominantly by Ice Cube, while Easy E and MC Ren contributed with delivering the rhymes. NWA released Panic Zone / Dope Man / 8-Ball in 1987 on Macola Records, which was later included. A producer with Dre on three of the NWA albums and EAZYs solo album.
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However, unlike Public Enemy’s rational Fight the Power ethos, these teenagers were angrily brazen about sticking up a middle finger while possibly waving a AK47 in the other hand, in their pursuit of free speech. Straight Outta Compton Review by Steve Huey + Straight Outta Compton wasn't quite the first gangsta rap album, but it was the first one to find a popular audience, and its sensibility virtually defined the genre from its 1988 release on. Shop for vinyl, CDs, and more from N.W.A. As 1988 album Straight Outta Compton contributed to gangsta raps widespread. Originally released in 1988, Straight Outta Compton compelled the mainstream audience to see the hostile, underprivileged side to American living. Are any of them really classics? Will we still want to crank that Soulja Boy and 'super man dat hoe', in say 5 years? Okay, not the greatest example, but the point being, who now in this dire state of hip-hop will have made an impact musically, for us to care about in years to come? With the re-release of N.W.A.'s Straight Outta Compton, for its 20th Anniversary, the acknowledgment not only proves it's longstanding genius but allows new fans, who may only be aware of 50 Cent's dubious 'hell-raising' antics, to engulf themselves with the revolutionary sound that put gangsta rap on the map. It is a wonder, if in 20 years time we will still be enthused by the hip-hop and rap music being produced today.
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