The D.O.C., Ice Cube, and MC Ren wrote most of the group's lyrics, including "Fuck tha Police", perhaps the group's most notorious song, which brought them into conflict with various law enforcement agencies. Dre and DJ Yella, as HighPowered Productions, composed the beats for each song, with Dre making occasional rapping appearances. Twenty-seven years later, member and co-producer of the Straight Outta Compton film, Ice Cube, commented "they were talking about what really led into the style that we ended up doing, which is now called hardcore gangster rap." Dr. While the group was later credited with pioneering the burgeoning subgenre of gangsta rap, N.W.A referred to their music as "reality rap". The opening song " 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 tracks, the group reflected the rising anger of the urban youth. N.W.A released their debut studio album, Straight Outta Compton, in 1988. N.W.A co-headlined Public Enemy's 1988 "Bring the Noise" concert tour. Straight Outta Compton, Eazy-Duz-It (1988–1989) Also included was Eazy-E's solo track " Boyz-n-the-Hood". Dre advised Krazy-Dee that the word "hispanic" would hinder sales. Mexican rapper Krazy-Dee co-wrote "Panic Zone", which was originally called "Hispanic Zone", but the title was later changed when Dr. N.W.A was still in its developing stages, and is only credited on three of the eleven tracks, notably the uncharacteristic record "Panic Zone", "8-Ball", and "Dopeman", which marked the first collaboration of Arabian Prince, DJ Yella, Dr. Ruthless released the single " Panic Zone" in 1987 with Macola Records, which was later included on the compilation album N.W.A. ĭre and Yella were both formerly members of the World Class Wreckin' Cru as DJs and producers. Dre later brought DJ Yella on board as well. Together with fellow producer Arabian Prince, Ice Cube was added to the roster after he had started out as a rapper for the group C.I.A. Initially, N.W.A consisted of Eazy-E and Dr. Although Yano initially rebuffed him, he was impressed by Eazy-E's persistence, and arranged a meeting with Dr. Eazy-E sought an introduction to Steve Yano. N.W.A was assembled by Compton-based Eazy-E, who co-founded Ruthless Records with Jerry Heller. Poster for one of N.W.A's first concerts at a Compton skating rink, 1988 In 2016, the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, following three previous nominations. Rolling Stone ranked N.W.A at number 83 on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". N.W.A's second studio album, Niggaz4Life, was the first hardcore rap album to reach number one on the Billboard 200 sales charts. The group's debut album marked the beginning of the new gangsta rap era as the production and social commentary in their lyrics were revolutionary within the genre. Dre later became platinum-selling solo artists in their own right in the 1990s. Arabian Prince left shortly after the release of N.W.A's debut studio album, Straight Outta Compton, in 1988, with Ice Cube following suit in December 1989. 39 on Billboard magazine's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. They released their first compilation album as a group in 1987 called N.W.A. Dre, Eazy-E, and Ice Cube, with DJ Yella and MC Ren joining later that year. The original lineup, formed in early 1987, consisted of Arabian Prince, Dr.
The group's members were known for their deep hatred of the police system, which has sparked much controversy over the years. Drawing on its members' own experiences of racism and excessive policing, the group made inherently political music. In spite of this, the group has sold over 10 million units in the United States alone. The group was subsequently banned from many mainstream American radio stations. Īctive from 1987 to 1991, the rap group endured controversy owing to its music's explicit lyrics, which many viewed as being misogynistic, as well as to its glorification of drugs and crime. N.W.A (an abbreviation for Niggaz Wit Attitudes) was an American hip hop group whose members were among the earliest and most significant popularizers and controversial figures of the gangsta rap subgenre, and the group is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential groups in the history of hip hop music.
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