THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

564-N.W.A.-Straight Outta Compton.

1988-Has never charted in the UK.

Best Bit-At 0.24. After listening to Ice Cube’s opening verse, I think I would rather be his friend than his enemy.

N.W.A.(see also best songs 126) is an abbreviation for ‘Niggaz Wit Attitudes,’ who were formed in 1987, in Compton, California, United States, by Eric Lynn Wright (Easy-E) (1964-1995,) Andre Young (Dr. Dre,) O’Shea Jackson (Ice Cube,) Lorenzo Patterson (MC Ren,) Antoine Carraby (DJ Yella,) and Kim Nazel (Arabian Prince.) N.W.A. were the first group to make a commercial breakthrough with the genre of music that would become known as ‘Gangsta Rap,’ with the release of their debut Album ‘Straight Outta Compton’ in 1988. ‘Gangsta Rap’ was initially called ‘Reality Rap,’ and emerged in the mid 1980’s, describing the culture, and values that were typical of American street gangs. N.W.A. have said that they were heavily influenced by the Philadelphia Rapper Schooley D, and the Los Angeles Rapper Ice-T, who were both early exponents of the genre.

‘Straight Outta Compton’ details the everyday ups and downs of gangsta life on the streets of South Central, Los Angeles, with critics accusing the group of glorifying the gangsta lifestyle.The opening verse is rapped by Ice Cube (see also best songs 681) with MC Ren delivering the second, and Easy-E (see also best songs 802) the third. Dr Dre (see also best songs 544-482-128 and 48) does the intro, as well as introducing Easy E’s verse. Ice Cube who wrote the majority of the lyrics has said,’The parents, the police, and the people of the local community are scared of what we say.We use the same kind of language as the kids use everyday.In the black community, the ministers, and teachers don’t deny that the problems we rap about exist, but they’d rather sweep it under the rug.’ Ice Cube in later years has also admitted to being a hot headed angry young man at that time.

In 2015 a biographical drama film called ‘Straight Outta Compton’ was made, depicting how the group got together, and changed the Rap world forever. In the film Ice Cube is played by his son O’Shea Jackson Jr. Ice Cube, and Dr Dre worked on the films production, with Dr Dre also releasing the films soundtrack ‘Compton,’ as his third studio Album, and his first since 2001.

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