NWA

Variety......a word I use frequently, and hopefully
this will help seal THAT deal. I am no fan of
rap/hip hop in general, never have been much, other than a very few acts that were exceptions (Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Run DMC, and NWA)......I like music that makes people feel THREATENED, and the music of NWA scared a LOT of God -fearers to death back in the late 80's/early 1990's.

NWA were Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Ezy-E, MC Ren, and DJ Yella Boy.....like some others, they were destined for implosion, but they did manage to squeeze out on classic album, THE standard of Gangsta Rap, "Straight Outta Compton".

Not only is "Compton" scary to the people it's intended to scare, it's also a masterful, highly listenable disc......starting with three out-and-out classics of the genre, "Straight Outta Compton", "Fuck Tha Police", and (especially) "Gangsta Gangsta", it's also loaded with small sonic gems/masterworks of studio manipulation such as "8-Ball Remix" and "Dopeman", topical, listenable, frightening to the right audience, this is a fine album, I can ALMOST giveit five stars other than a bit of sub-par stuff (the work MC Ren is fairly ordinary to be honest).....an important and very very listenable album, even today.

I think they made an EP or two, maybe another album, I don't have em and if I've heard em they didn't impress me...there was a lot of tension here, a lot of turmoil, and it was inevitable they would b short-lived.....but we rarely see this one on the rock n roll blogs, so, hell maybe give it a try......just don't be too "scared"!

STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON-01 Straight Outta Compton/02 Fuck Tha Police/03 Gangsta Gangsta/04 If It Ain't Ruff/05 Parental Discretion Iz Advised/06 8-Ball (Remix)/07 Something Like That/08 Express Yourself/09 Compton's In the House Remix/10 I Ain't the One/11 Dopeman/12 Quiet on the Set/13 Somethin' 2 Dance 2

Link soon.....check it dawg!