N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton [Bonus Tracks]

Primary Artist
N.W.A
Album Title
Straight Outta Compton [Bonus Tracks]
Release Date
September 24, 2002 
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Review by Steve Huey
Straight Outta Compton wasn't quite the first gangsta rap album, but it was the first one to find a popular audience, and its sensibility virtually defined the genre from its 1988 release on. It established gangsta rap -- and, moreover, West Coast rap in general -- as a commercial force, going platinum with no airplay and crossing over with shock-hungry white teenagers. Unlike Ice-t, there's little social criticism or reflection on the gangsta lifestyle; most of the record is about raising hell -- harassing women, driving drunk, shooting it out with cops and partygoers. Read More
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