Straight Up Menace

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“Streiht Up Menace”
Single by MC Eiht from the album Menace II Society (Soundtrack)
Genre	Gangsta Rap
Length	4:36
Label	Jive

"Streiht Up Menace" is a 1993 single by MC Eiht off the album Compton's Most Wanted, for the soundtrack of the classic 1993 film Menace II Society. The lyrics of the song focus on the life of the characters in the movie, acting as a sort of plot summary for the film. Compton's Most Wanted also did this with another song from a soundtrack with the song "Growin' Up In The Hood" from the Boyz n the Hood soundtrack.

[edit] Video

The video for "Straight Up Menace" depicts Mc Eiht alone in a slightly foggy bedroom.The video features infamous clips from the movie.

[edit] Legacy

"Straight up Menace" is widely known as MC Eiht's best song to date, and is known not only to be one of the greatest original soundtrack in a movie,it is also known to be one of the greatest song in the hip hop genre.^{[citation needed]}