Straight Outta Compton (explicit)

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Tracklist

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1Straight Outta Compton
producer:
Dr. Dre (Andre Young, rap producer) and Yella (US hip-hop/electro producer Antoine Carraby)
vocals:
Eazy‐E, Ice Cube and MC Ren
samples:
Amen, Brother by The Winstons (60s US funk & soul group) (membranophone), Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me) by The Gap Band (effects), Get Me Back on Time, Engine Number 9 by Wilson Pickett (lead vocals), It's My Turn by Dezo Daz feat. DJ Slip (US hip-hop producer Terry K. Allen, Compton's Most Wanted) (lead vocals), Take Me to the Mardi Gras by Bob James (US jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer) (drums (drum set)), West Coast Poplock by Ronnie Hudson and the Street People (lead vocals) and You’ll Like It Too by Funkadelic (original funk band) (membranophone)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 248)
recording of:
Straight Outta Compton
writer:
Andre Young (Dr. Dre, Andre Young, rap producer), Eric Wright, Lorenzo Patterson and O’Shea Jackson
4.254:18
2Fuck tha Police
producer:
Dr. Dre (Andre Young, rap producer) and Yella (US hip-hop/electro producer Antoine Carraby)
samples:
Funky Drummer, Part 1 by James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and It's My Thing, Part 1 by Marva Whitney
part of:
Fuck tha Police: 20 Songs Against Police Brutality (number: 1), CBC Music: 10 Songs That Have Changed the World, Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 190) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 417)
recording of:
Fuck tha Police
writer:
Eazy‐E, Lorenzo Patterson and O’Shea Jackson
45:45
3Gangsta Gangsta
producer:
Yella (US hip-hop/electro producer Antoine Carraby)
recording of:
Gangsta Gangsta
lyricist:
Eazy‐E, Ice Cube and MC Ren
composer:
Andre Young (Dr. Dre, Andre Young, rap producer), Andrew Noland, Leroy Bonner (funk guitarist, aka Sugarfoot), Eric Wright, Marshall Jones (US bassist & songwriter, member of Ohio Players), Lorenzo Patterson, Ralph “Pee Wee” Middlebrooks, O'Shea Jackson, Walter Morrison and Greg Webster (drummer for Ohio Players)
3.65:36
4If It Ain’t Ruff
producer:
Yella (US hip-hop/electro producer Antoine Carraby)
samples:
A Star in the Ghetto (12" edit) by Average White Band
recording of:
If It Ain’t Ruff
writer:
Andre Young (Dr. Dre, Andre Young, rap producer) and Lorenzo Patterson
3.753:34
5Parental Discretion Iz Advised
producer:
Yella (US hip-hop/electro producer Antoine Carraby)
vocals:
The D.O.C. (rapper Tracy Curry of N.W.A, fka Doc T), Dr. Dre (Andre Young, rap producer), Eazy‐E, Ice Cube and MC Ren
recording of:
Parental Discretion Iz Advised
writer:
Eazy‐E, Ice Cube and MC Ren
2.655:15
68 Ball (remix)
producer:
Yella (US hip-hop/electro producer Antoine Carraby)
recording of:
8 Ball
writer:
Ice Cube
2.54:52
7Something Like That
producer:
Yella (US hip-hop/electro producer Antoine Carraby)
recording of:
Something Like That
writer:
Dr. Dre (Andre Young, rap producer) and MC Ren
2.53:36
8Express Yourself
producer:
Yella (US hip-hop/electro producer Antoine Carraby)
samples:
Dieueul-Dieuleul by Aby Ngana Diop (drum machine) and Express Yourself by Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
recording of:
Express Yourself (N.W.A. version)
lyricist:
O’Shea Jackson
composer:
Charles Wright
is based on:
Express Yourself
3.84:25
9Compton’s n the House (remix)
producer:
Yella (US hip-hop/electro producer Antoine Carraby)
recording of:
Compton’s ’n the House
writer:
Andre Young (Dr. Dre, Andre Young, rap producer), Lorenzo Patterson and O'Shea Jackson
2.55:21
10I Ain’t tha 1
producer:
Yella (US hip-hop/electro producer Antoine Carraby)
samples:
The Message (Inspiration) by Brass Construction
recording of:
I Ain’t tha 1
writer:
Randy Muller and O'Shea Jackson
24:55
11Dopeman (remix)
producer:
Yella (US hip-hop/electro producer Antoine Carraby)
recording of:
Dopeman
composer:
Ant Banks, Dedrick Rolison (Mack 10) and Ice Cube
2.55:20
12Quiet on tha Set
producer:
Yella (US hip-hop/electro producer Antoine Carraby)
samples:
Rock Creek Park by The Blackbyrds
recording of:
Quiet on tha Set
writer:
MC Ren
34:00
13Something 2 Dance 2
producer:
Yella (US hip-hop/electro producer Antoine Carraby)
recording of:
Something 2 Dance 2
writer:
Dr. Dre (Andre Young, rap producer) and Eazy‐E
2.853:23

Credits

Release group

remixes:Explicit Content Only by Evan Roth (multimedia artist)
associated singles/EPs:Express Yourself
covers:Straight Outta Compton: 10th Anniversary Tribute
included in:Efil4zaggin / Straight Outta Compton
part of:Music Genre Tree (canonical album list from musicgenretree.org – one representative release per genre)
Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s (number: 3) (order: 3)
15 Most Influential Albums… (… Not Recorded by the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Elvis or the Rolling Stones) (SPIN magazine, 2003‐04) (number: 11) (order: 11)
Pitchfork: The 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time (number: 24) (order: 24)
Uncut: The 100 Greatest Debut Albums (2006) (number: 47) (order: 47)
Rolling Stone: 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time (2022-07-01) (number: 63) (order: 63)
Apple Music: 100 Best Albums (number: 70) (order: 70)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2020 edition (number: 70) (order: 70)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2023 edition (number: 70) (order: 70)
David Keenan: The Best Albums Ever (number: 99) (order: 99)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2003 edition (number: 144) (order: 144)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2012 edition (number: 144) (order: 144)
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005 edition) (number: 662) (order: 663)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/26117 [info]
reviews:https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/6q63 [info]
other databases:https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/n_w_a/straight_outta_compton/ [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000653426 [info]
Wikidata:Q644326 [info]
discography entry:https://www.last.fm/music/N.W.A/Straight+Outta+Compton [info]