Compton's Most Wanted
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| Compton's Most Wanted | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Also known as | C.M.W | |
| Origin | Compton, California, USA | |
| Genre(s) | West Coast hip-hop, Gangsta Rap, G-Funk | |
| Years active | 1989–present | |
| Label(s) | Orpheus/Epic | |
| Members | ||
| MC Eiht DJ Slip DJ Mike T MC Chill |
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Compton's Most Wanted is a gangsta rap group still going performing today on independent lables. Unknown DJ was never a member of Compton's Most Wanted, he was just going to take charge for C.M.W. Their first three albums (It's a Compton Thang, Straight Checkn 'Em and Music to Drive-By) were produced by DJ Slip and The Unknown DJ, who produced both electro funk tracks as well as Ice T's classic gangster rap "6 N The Morning". MC Chill was original member of C.M.W in their first album It's a Compton Thang, but he was sentenced to prison in 1991 (Before Straight Checkn 'Em was released) and got out in 1994. Because of that he missed C.M.W's two most popular albums Straight Checkn 'Em and Music To Drive-By, where they had popular songs like Hood Took Me Under, Def Wish and Straight Up Menace. After 3 years behind bars MC Chill didn't have chance to return to C.M.W because group had made break after Music To Drive-By album, so Chill started featuring in MC Ren and MC Eiht solo albums. In 2000, the group joined forces again and released "Represent". C.M.W are known especially for their slow, often melancholic raps, with slow beats and samples taken from soul and funk records from the seventies such as "Joy" by Isaac Hayes. Such hit songs as "It Was a Good Day" (Ice Cube), "Warning" (The Notorious B.I.G.), and "Sugar Hill" (AZ) took samples first used by C.M.W. Currently, MC Eiht is still pursuing his solo career, while DJ Slip is mainly working for the new west coast rap label IV Life Records [1] Additionally, CMW is set for a reunion which will feature on DJ Slip's next album "The Minority Report".
In 2004 Hood Took Me Under appeared on popular videogame Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, playing on West Coast hip hop radio station Radio Los Santos.
[edit] Incarnations
1st Incarnation 1989 - 1991
2nd Incarnation 1991 - 1994
3rd Incarnation 1994 - Present
[edit] Discography
[edit] Compton's Most Wanted
- It's A Compton Thang (Orpheus/Epic 1990)
- Straight Checkn 'Em (Orpheus/Epic 1991) (includes the hit single Growin' Up in the Hood, featured in the film Boyz N The Hood.
- Music To Drive-By (Orpheus/Epic 1992)
- Represent (Halfounce/Groundlevel 2000)
- When We Wuz Bangin 1989-1999 The Hitz (Right Stuff/Capitol 2001)
- Music To Gang Bang (B-Dub/Universal 2006)
