Straight Outta Compton (song)
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| “Straight Outta Compton” | ||||||||||||
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| Single by N.W.A. from the album Straight Outta Compton |
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| Released | 1988 | |||||||||||
| Format | CD single | |||||||||||
| Recorded | 1988 | |||||||||||
| Genre | Gangsta rap | |||||||||||
| Length | 4:26 | |||||||||||
| Label | Priority/Ruthless | |||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Ice Cube, MC Ren, Eric Wright | |||||||||||
| Producer | DJ Yella Dr. Dre |
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Straight Outta Compton was the first song off of N.W.A.'s second album with the same name. It was released in 1988. It also appears on N.W.A.'s Greatest Hits with an extended mix and The Best of N.W.A. It was voted number 19 on about.com's Top 100 Rap Songs. [1]
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[edit] References & Tributes
The song, especially Ice Cube's verse is referenced quite often by rappers, and not infrequently by Cube himself. In the song "Compton" by The Game, he says "Nigga I'ma keep on stompin' comin' straight outta Compton"
[edit] Ice Cube
In the N.W.A diss song by Cube, "No Vaseline he says "I kept on stompin' while y'all motherfuckers moved straight outta Compton". On the song Dead Homiez he says "It makes me so mad i wanna get my sawed off, and get some bodies hauled" and on "The Nigga Ya Love to Hate" from AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted he says "I told ya last album, when i get my sawed off, bodies are hauled off".
[edit] Video
A video was made in 1989 of the song. It features Ice Cube, Eazy-E, MC Ren, Krazy Dee, and DJ Yella. The video shows various parts of the city of Compton. During the video police officers are shown arresting the members of N.W.A.. It also shows the members trying to flee but the police eventually catch them. The ending scene shows residents of Compton throwing rocks at the police van that is transporting the members to jail. In the clean version of the video, profanities have edited lyrics by rappers voice, including words like "fuck" changed to "get" from time to time with different words as well. The video first aired on May 1989, directed by Rupert Wainwright.[2]
[edit] Cover versions
- In 1998, Compton rappers, MC Eiht, King Tee and Dresta recorded a tribute remix of the song that appeared on Straight Outta Compton: N.W.A. 10th Anniversary Tribute.
- Veruca Salt vocalist Nina Gordon recorded an a cappella "coffeehouse" version of the song at L.A.'s Largo in 2005.[3]
- Compton rapper The Game released his own version of this song with the same beat on his 2003 mixtape, You Know What It Is Vol. 1.
- British rock band Oasis' 1997 single D'You Know What I Mean? features the drum loop of the song.
[edit] References
- ^ Top 100 Rap Songs About.com. Accessed February 28, 2008.
- ^ Straight Outta Compton. MVDBase. Accessed December 13, 2007.
- ^ Eye Weekly
[edit] External links
- 2nd Official Site of N.W.A.
- Official N.W.A. Legacy site
- The music video in Youtube.
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