Dre and scratched samples by co-producer DJ Yella. Ice Cube and MC Ren's lyrics, centered around the violence and anger of disenfranchised inner-city residents, were complemented by simple production based on heavy beats courtesy of Dr. The group's music was propelled by their distinct style. referred to their music as "reality rap". While the group was later credited with pioneering gangsta rap, N.W.A. "Straight Outta Compton" introduced the group "Fuck tha Police" protested police brutality and racial profiling, and "Gangsta Gangsta" painted the worldview of the inner-city youth.
With its famous opening salvo of three songs, the group reflected the rising anger of the urban youth. N.W.A released Straight Outta Compton in 1988. Also included was Eazy-E's solo record "Boyz-n-the Hood". was still in its developing stages, and only credited on four of the eleven tracks, notably the uncharacteristic electro hop record "Panic Zone", "8Ball", and "Dopeman", which first brought together (on wax) Ice Cube, Dr.
and the Posse in 1987 with Macola Records. The group began at the hands of member Eazy-E, who began Ruthless Records with Jerry Heller. Dre, Ice Cube, Eazy-E and MC Ren would all go on to become platinum-selling solo artists, and some of them household names within popular music. Although largely unknown at the group's inception, members Dr. alone, mostly through word of mouth and underground magazines. radio stations, and even at times prevented from touring - yet the group still sold over 10 million units in the U.S. They were subsequently banned from many mainstream U.S. N.W.A (short for "Niggaz Wit Attitudes") was a Compton, California-based hip hop group widely considered one of the seminal acts of gangsta rap, most directly through their first album, Straight Outta Compton, which instigated a shift within the genre towards the hardcore stylings of the subgenre, as the production and the social commentary in their lyrics were revolutionary at the time.Īctive from 1986 to 1991, the group endured controversy due to the explicit, confrontational nature of their lyrics. Dre in the opening of "Straight Outta Compton"
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