Streiht Up Menace

"Streiht Up Menace"
Single by MC Eiht
from the album Menace II Society
Released	1993
Recorded	1993
Genre	Gangsta rap
Length	4:36
Label	Jive
Producer(s)	DJ Slip, MC Eiht, Quincy Jones III
MC Eiht singles chronology
"Growin' Up in the Hood" (1991) "Streiht Up Menace" (1993) Get You Some Of This (2014)

"Streiht Up Menace" is a 1993 single by MC Eiht off the soundtrack of 1993 movie 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.

Video

The video for "Streiht Up Menace" depicts MC Eiht alone in a slightly foggy bedroom. The video features clips from the movie.^[1]

Legacy

"Straight up Menace" is widely known as MC Eiht's best song to date. Montell Jordan's "Falling" from his sophomore album, "More..." (1996) sampled "Streiht up Menace" as did "Rapfilm" by Kool Savas (2009).^[2] The song is featured in the in-game radio station West Coast Classics in the 2013 video game Grand Theft Auto V.