Straight Outta Compton is the debut studio album by American hip hop group N.W.A, released August 8, 1988 on group member Eazy-E's record label Ruthless Records. Its title refers to the group's native Compton, California.
Production for the album was handled by Dr. Dre, with DJ Yella giving co-production.
The album has been viewed 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.
It was later re-released
on September 24, 2002, which was remastered and contained four bonus
tracks.
An extended version of the album was released on December 4,
2007, the 20th anniversary of the original album.
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