Dre and DJ Yella is considerably harder, funkier and more sample-heavy than the duo’s previous work for the World Class Wreckin’ Cru (of which Dre and Yella were both members), and the emcee skills, vocal presence and charisma of Ice Cube, Eazy-E, MC Ren and Dre are expressed with supreme confidence. It would additionally be the second full-length release from founding group member Eazy-E’s Ruthless Records, with distribution from Priority Records.
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This was probably the first album to launch hardcore gangsta rap with unapologetic full force (and I’m certainly not referring to the old school R&B group/production collective that made hits with Lisa Lisa) undoubtedly a revolutionary benchmark album for the culture, appropriately released in what was arguably the best year for Golden Era hip hop albums, 1988, alongside equally timeless releases from Public Enemy, EPMD, Slick Rick, Big Daddy Kane, Boogie Down Productions and countless others.
Straight Outta Compton, the now TRIPLE-platinum-selling classic debut studio album from legendary West Coast gangsta rap supergroup N.W.A, celebrates its landmark 30th(!) anniversary today. I have returned once again just in time to properly commemorate a special hip hop milestone and one of my personal favorite albums of all time. You are now about to witness the strength of street knowledge….
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