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25 best West Coast rap songs since N.W.A.'s 'Straight Outta Compton'


Hip Hop at Fifty | musicconnection

... from music critics and earned West ... And, if you notice, all those songs were from Straight Outta Compton: the only good album the group ...

N.W.A's 'Straight Outta Compton' Turns 25 - HuffPost

The second single, "Gangsta Gangsta," never received a music video but made a splash on the rap chart, despite the album's controversial lyrics ...

Straight Outta Compton (Music) - TV Tropes

The record is best known for controversial songs like "Fuck Tha Police", "Gangsta Gangsta", "Express Yourself", "Dopeman" and "A Bitch Is A Bitch".

Ice Cube - Tunefind

As its lead rapper, he wrote some of Dre's and most of Eazy's lyrics on Straight Outta Compton, a landmark album that shaped West Coast hip hop's early identity ...

N.W.A. 'Straight Outta Compton' 25 years later

Eazy-E, Ice Cube, MC Ren, Dr. Dre and DJ Yella took rap to another level shining light on issues of marginalized communities and individuals who ...

Tony A on N.W.A's "Straight Outta Compton" | BEST ALBUMS

Tony A selects N.W.A's' "Straight Outta Compton" for his #BestAlbums episode. The California DJ-producer tells #SorenBaker why Eazy-E, ...

N.W.A.'s 'Straight Outta Compton' turns 25 - TheGrio

Other West Coasters like Ice-T and Too Short impacted in 88, but they didn't quite compare to the blast NWA let off on the world with Straight ...

Classic N.W.A album headed straight to Library of Congress

N.W.A's GRAMMY Hall Of Fame-inducted 'Straight Outta Compton' has been added to the National Recording Registry — which landmark rap album is due for ...

50 Greatest Rap Groups of All Time - Billboard

... West Coast, if not America. The vibey, loquacious “Passin' Me ... While “Straight Outta Compton” had the rap game in shambles, it was ...

Top 20 Best Los Angeles Rap Albums of All Time - Red Bull

NWA, "Straight Outta Compton" (1988). This past summer, N.W.A.'s group biopic "Straight Outta Compton" hit theaters and told the story of how a ...

Wait, You've Never Heard: N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton

What made Straight Outta Compton so different was the laidback, West Coast twist Dre put on the classic hip-hop style, demonstrating hints of ...

Music like N.W.A - Tastedive

His lyrics on N.W.A's 1988 album Straight Outta Compton contributed to gangsta rap's ... West Coast hip hop's early identity and helped differentiate it from ...

Ice Cube: 'The Essence And Origin Of Hip-Hop Is To Battle' - WBUR

As your career was beginning on the West Coast, were you fans of the other guys on tour? ... N.W.A.'s "Straight Outta Compton" and your first two ...

13 Rappers Remember Eazy-E on the 20th Anniversary of His Death

Nipsey Hu$$le: Eazy-E was the most authentic voice and attitude to speak for gang and street culture in L.A., Compton, Watts and Long Beach in ...

Ice Cube Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More - AllMusic

" After N.W.A's Straight Outta Compton (1988) infiltrated suburban America and attracted the scrutiny of the FBI with "Fuck tha Police," Ice Cube launched a ...

A look at the N.W.A. family tree, including Snoop Dogg, Eminem ...

N.W.A.'s iconic album "Straight Outta Compton" was released on Aug. ... The controversial group not only put West Coast rap on the map, but ...

The Top 50 Best West Coast Rap Albums of All Time

YG's My Krazy Life is an audacious debut from the Compton rapper that encapsulates the full spectrum of life on the West Coast. The album, released in 2014, is ...

Straight Outta Compton — N.W.A - Last.fm

Straight Outta Compton is the debut studio album by American hip hop group NWA, released August 8, 1988 on group member Eazy-E's record label Ruthless Records.

Image 5 from 25 Influential Hip Hop Samples - BET

James Brown, 'Funky President (It's Bad)' - The drums and funky wah-pedal work on this song from J.B.'s 1974 album, Reality, are another favorite of rap beat ...

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