History Music / StraightOuttaCompton

The album is considered a classic in HipHop circles, pioneering the GangstaRap genre into prominence, but has also gained status as their MagnumOpus with other music critics. For instance, it appears on Magazine/TimeMagazine's 2006 ''TimeAllTime100Albums'' list, as well as at #144 in Magazine/RollingStone's ''Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime''. The record is best known for controversial songs like "Fuck Tha Police", "Gangsta Gangsta", "Express Yourself", "Dopeman" and "A Bitch Is A Bitch". Despite urban legend, ''Straight Outta Compton'' was not the first album to be given the [[ThinkOfTheChildren "Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics"]] label, though post-1990 copies were given the sticker.[[note]] Music/TwoLiveCrew's ''Banned in the U.S.A.'' was the very first to receive it in 1990[[/note]]

The album is considered a classic in HipHop circles, pioneering the GangstaRap genre into prominence, but has also gained status as their MagnumOpus with other music critics. For instance, it appears on Magazine/TimeMagazine's 2006 ''TimeAllTime100Albums'' list, as well as at #144 in Magazine/RollingStone's ''Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime''. The record is best known for controversial songs like "Fuck Tha Police", "Gangsta Gangsta", "Express Yourself", "Dopeman" and "A Bitch Is A Bitch". Despite urban legend, ''Straight Outta Compton'' was not the first album to be given the [[ThinkOfTheChildren "Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics"]] label, though post-1990 copies were given the sticker.[[note]] TwoLiveCrew's ''Banned in the U.S.A.'' was the very first to receive it in 1990[[/note]]

'With a fucked up style and a fucked up show''\\

''The mothafuckin' cracka jack needs to step the fuck back ...''\\

--> '''Dre:''' "The jury has found you guilty of being a [[CorruptHick redneck]], [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain white bread]], ''[[ClusterFBomb chickenshit motherfucker!!]]''"\\
'''Cop:''' "[[OhCrap Wait- That's a lie!]] ''[[VillainousBreakdown That's a god damn lie!]]''"\\
'''Dre:''' "[[GetOut Get him out of here!]]"\\
'''Cop:''' "[[VillainousBreakdown I want justice!]]"\\
'''Dre:''' "''[[RunningGag Get him the]] [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] [[RunningGag out of my face!!]]''''"\\
'''Cop:''' "''[[VillainousBreakdown I want justice!!]]''"\\
'''Dre:''' "''[[RuleOfThree Out, right]]'' '''[[RuleOfThree NOW!!!]]'''"\\
'''Cop:''' "'''[[AtomicFBomb FUCK YOU, YOU BLACK MOTHER]]-''[[AtomicFBomb FUCKERRRRRRRRRRRRS!!!]]'''''"

The album is considered a classic in {{Hiphop}} circles, pioneering the GangstaRap genre into prominence, but has also gained status as their MagnumOpus with other music critics. For instance, it appears on Magazine/TimeMagazine's 2006 ''TimeAllTime100Albums'' list, as well as at #144 in Magazine/RollingStone's ''Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime''. The record is best known for controversial songs like "Fuck Tha Police", "Gangsta Gangsta", "Express Yourself", "Dopeman" and "A Bitch Is A Bitch". Despite urban legend, ''Straight Outta Compton'' was not the first album to be given the [[ThinkOfTheChildren "Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics"]] label, though post-1990 copies were given the sticker.[[note]] TwoLiveCrew's ''Banned in the U.S.A.'' was the very first to receive it in 1990[[/note]]

** The Dutch hiphop band Osdorp Posse took a literal translation from the line "If you fuck with me I'll put my foot in your ass" from "Gangsta Gangsta" in their own song "Kort Maar Krachtig". They also literally translated the line "straight from the 'underground'" from "Fuck Tha Police" on several of their tracks.

-->-- '''Creator/ChrisRock''', who placed "Straight Outta Compton" on nr. 1 in his personal list of Top 25 Hiphop Albums, published in ''Magazine/RollingStone'', 2006.

'''Straight Outta Compton''' is a 1988 {{Hiphop}} album and the debut of Music/{{NWA}}, a group consisting of four rappers who would later have successful solo careers: Music/EazyE, MC Ren, Music/DrDre and Music/IceCube.

The album is considered a classic in {{Hiphop}} circles, pioneering the GangstaRap genre into prominence, but has also gained status as their MagnumOpus with other music critics. For instance, it appears on Magazine/TimeMagazine's 2006 ''TimeAllTime100Albums'' list. The record is best known for controversial songs like "Fuck Tha Police", "Gangsta Gangsta", "Express Yourself", "Dopeman" and "A Bitch Is A Bitch". Despite urban legend, ''Straight Outta Compton'' was not the first album to be given the [[ThinkOfTheChildren "Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics"]] label, though post-1990 copies were given the sticker.[[note]] TwoLiveCrew's ''Banned in the U.S.A.'' was the very first to receive it in 1990[[/note]]

** "Straight Outta Compton" was one of the first popular tracks to use the AmenBreak by The Winstons from their song "Amen, Brother". It also samples "Funky Drummer" by Music/JamesBrown, "You'll Like It Too" by Music/{{Funkadelic}}, "West Coast Poplock" by Ronnie Hudson and the Street People, "Get Me Back In Time, Engine No 9" by Music/WilsonPickett and "One For Teh Treble" by Davy DMX.

** "8-Ball Remix" samples the line "Kick that shit" from Music/PublicEnemy's "Terminator X Speaks With His Hands" (1987), "City Of Compton" from "Ronnie Hudson & The Street People's "West Coast Poplock", "Cold Kickin' Ass" from Sweet Tee & Jazzy Joyce's "It's My beat"., "Pull up a chair" from Eric B. and Rakim"s "My Melody" from their album ''Music/PaidInFull'', "Yeah!" from Music/TheBeastieBoys "Fight For Your Right To Party" from "Licensed To Ill". It also samples "Yes We Can Can" by The Pointer Sisters, "Be Thankful For What You Got" by William Devaughn, "It's My Beat" by Sweet Tea, "Hollywood Swinging" by Kool a& The Gang, "Let's Get It On" by Music/MarvinGaye, "Go See The Doctor" by Kool Moe Dee.

The album is considered a classic in {{Hiphop}} circles, pioneering the GangstaRap genre into prominence, but has also gained status as their MagnumOpus with other music critics. For instance, it appears on Magazine/TimeMagazine's 2006 ''TimeAllTime100Albums'' list. The record is best known for controversial songs like "Fuck Tha Police", "Gangsta Gangsta", "Express Yourself", "Dopeman" and "A Bitch Is A Bitch". Despite urban legend, ''Straight Outta Compton'' was not the first album to be given the [[ThinkOfTheChildren "Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics"]] label, though post-1990 copies were given the sticker.[[note]] 2LiveCrew's ''Banned in the U.S.A.'' was the very first to receive it in 1990[[/note]]

The album is considered a classic in {{Hiphop}} circles, pioneering the GangstaRap genre into prominence, but has also gained status as their MagnumOpus with other music critics. For instance, it appears on Magazine/TimeMagazine's 2006 ''TimeAllTime100Albums'' list. The record is best known for controversial songs like "Fuck Tha Police", "Gangsta Gangsta", "Express Yourself", "Dopeman" and "A Bitch Is A Bitch", which gave the album the notorious honor of being the first to receive the [[ThinkOfTheChildren "Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics"]] label.

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* DeathByRacism: "Fuck Tha Police"\\

''Fuck the police coming straight from the underground''\\

--> '''Music/SineadOConnor''', quoted from an interview in Magazine/RollingStone, November 15, 1990.

--> '''Creator/ChrisRock''', who placed "Straight Outta Compton" on nr. 1 in his personal list of Top 25 Hiphop Albums, published in Magazine/RollingStone, 2006.

'''Straight Outta Compton''' is a 1988 {{Hiphop}} album and the debut of Music/{{NWA}}, a group consisting of four rappers who would later have succesful solo careers: Music/EazyE, MC Ren, Music/DrDre and Music/IceCube.

--> ''So we started looking for the bitches with the big butts''.

--> ''But you see, I don't go nuts''
--> ''Over girls like you with the BIG ol' butts''

--> ''I told you last album - when I got a sawed off, bodies are hauled off.''

--> '''Person 1''': ''Ah shit. Man, them black gangstas are at it again. I wonder who they fucked up today?''
--> '''Person 2''' ''You, motherfucker!'' (gun shots)
--> '''Dr. Dre''': ''Got him.''
* DeathByRacism: "Fuck Tha Police"
--> ''Fuck the police coming straight from the underground''
--> ''A young nigga got it bad cause I'm brown''
--> ''And not the other color so police think''
--> ''They have the authority to kill a minority''

* JokerJury: "Fuck Tha Police" has a cop being tried by MC Ren, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube and Eazy-E for being "a redneck, whitebread, chicken-shit motherfucker".

* MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness: 10.
** Save "Express Yourself" which is 2 only for the brief (and ''negative'') drug reference, and "Something 2 Dance 2", which is a ''1''.

--> ''We don't just say no, we to busy sayin' yeah!''
--> ''About drinkin' straight out the eight bottle''
--> ''Do I look like a mutha fuckin role model?''
--> ''To a kid lookin' up ta me''
--> ''Life ain't nothin but bitches and money''
--> ''Cause I'm tha type o' nigga that's built ta last''

--> ''Olde English 800 cause that's my brand''
--> ''Take it in a bottle, 40, quart, or can''

--> ''You'd rather see, me in the pen''
--> ''Than me and Lorenzo rolling in a Benz-o''

--> ''A t-shirt and Levi's is his only disguise''
** The D.O.C. sings in the song "Parental Discretion Iz Advised" about his then upcoming solo album "No One Can Do It Better" (1989).

--> ''You want lobster, huh, I'm thinking Burger King''

--> ''I'm like Toyota, who could ask for anything more?''

--> ''You're through without a BMW''.

--> ''We don't just say no, we too busy sayin' yeah!''
--> ''About drinkin' straight out the eight bottle''

--> ''[[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk The Hulk was incredible]] yo, but Ren he was super''

--> ''Put in the old tape Music/MarvinGaye's greatest hits''
--> ''(...) Hail to the nigga's from C.I.A.''

--> ''And strapped with a gat, it's more like Matt Dillon''
--> ''On "Gunsmoke", but not a man of the law''

--> ''But it's some shit from a nigga in black it's much worse''
--> ''Than a beat from Tyson cuz Ren is not nice and''
--> ''(...) That's standing in [[Series/TheTwilightZone the zone of the twilight]]''

--> ''And after the date I wanna do the wild thing''

--> ''I still express, yo I don't smoke weed or sess''
--> ''Cause it's known to give a brother brain damage''
--> ''And brain damage on the mic don't manage nothing''
--> ''But making a sucker and you equal, don't be another sequel''

--> ''Strawberry, just look and you'll see her''
--> ''But don't fuck around she'll give you gonnorhea''

--> ''Now the title bitch don't apply to all women''
--> ''But all women have a little bitch in 'em''

--> ''Yeah I'm tired of these mothafuckerz runnin' around town, talkin' about''
--> ''They're from Compton and shit, tryin' to get on the bandwagon ...''
--> ''Yeah Dre, I know what you're sayin' man, but let's tell 'em who we're''
--> ''Talkin' about ...''
--> ''WHAT DO YOU CALL A CREW THAT CAN RAP LIKE THAT ...?''
--> ''Yo NWA call 'em muthafuckaz wack...''
--> ''[Yeah you know what time it iz, listen to why we call 'em wack]''
--> ''They got a wacky wack record with o' wacky wack crews''
--> ''Yo what about the lyrics?''
--> ''That shit's wacky wack too''
--> ''With a fucked up style and a fucked up show''
--> ''Hey yo Ren, what about the scratchin', is it def?''
--> ''Fuck no!''
--> ''The mothafuckin' record is a mothafuckin' wack''
--> ''The mothafuckin' cracka jack needs to step the fuck back ...''

--> ''Never sayin' I'm the best and just goin' for mine''
--> ''Unlike a lotta suckers who claim they're gettin' busy''
--> ''When their records only make good frisbees''
--> ''You need to stop runnin' off the mouth''
--> ''Stop and think before you put some whack bullshit out''
--> ''It's not difficult, in fact it's kinda simple''
--> ''To create something funky that's original''
--> ''You need to talk about the place to be''
--> ''Who you are, what you got, or about a sucker MC''

--> ''I get low on the flow so let your kids know''
--> ''When I bust, parental discretion is a must''

--> ''Straight Outta Compton, crazy motherfucker named Ice Cube''
--> ''From the gang called Niggas With Attitudes''.

--> '''Dre:''' "The jury has found you guilty of being a [[CorruptHick redneck]], [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain white bread]], ''[[ClusterFBomb chickenshit motherfucker!!]]''"
--> '''Cop:''' "[[OhCrap Wait- That's a lie!]] ''[[VillainousBreakdown That's a god damn lie!]]''"
--> '''Dre:''' "[[GetOut Get him out of here!]]"
--> '''Cop:''' "[[VillainousBreakdown I want justice!]]"
--> '''Dre:''' "''[[RunningGag Get him the]] [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] [[RunningGag out of my face!!]]''''"
--> '''Cop:''' "''[[VillainousBreakdown I want justice!!]]''"
--> '''Dre:''' "''[[RuleOfThree Out, right]]'' '''[[RuleOfThree NOW!!!]]'''"
--> '''Cop:''' "'''[[AtomicFBomb FUCK YOU, YOU BLACK MOTHER]]-''[[AtomicFBomb FUCKERRRRRRRRRRRRS!!!]]'''''"

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# "Straight Outta Compton"
# "Fuck tha Police"
# "Gangsta Gangsta"
# "If It Ain't Ruff"
# "Parental Discretion Iz Advised"
# "8 Ball (Remix)"
# "Something Like That"
# "Express Yourself"
# "Compton's in the House (Remix)"
# "I Ain't tha 1"
# "Dopeman (Remix)"
# "Quiet on tha Set"
# "Something 2 Dance 2"

* AlbumTitleDrop:
--> ''Straight Outta Compton, crazy motherfucker named Ice Cube''
--> ''From the gang called Niggas With Attitudes''.

The album is considered a classic in {{Hiphop}} circles, pioneering the GangstaRap genre into prominence, but has also gained status as their MagnumOpus with other music critics. For instance, it appears on Magazine/TimeMagazine's ''TimeAllTime100Albums''. The record is best known for controversial songs like "Fuck Tha Police", "Gangsta Gangsta", "Express Yourself", "Dopeman" and "A Bitch Is A Bitch", which gave the album the notorious honor of being the first to receive the [[ThinkOfTheChildren "Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics"]] label.

-> ''Music/{{NWA}}. is the most influential act of the last thirty years -- bigger than Music/{{Nirvana}}, Music/{{Madonna}} or Music/TheSexPistols. Nothing has ever been the same since they came. I remember I was in L.A. when I was a kid, and I brought "Straight Outta Compton" back to New York. More people were coming over to my house to listen to N.W.A. than were going across the street to the crack house. I had the real shit. It was kind of like the British Invasion for black people.''

!! Tracklist (* = Not included on the original vinyl release):

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!! Bonus Tracks (2002 Reissue):

# "Express Yourself (Extended Mix)"
# "Bonus Beats"
# "Straight Outta Compton (Extended Mix)"
# "A Bitch Iz A Bitch"

** The D.O.C. sings in the song "N.W.A." about his then upcoming solo album "No One Can Do It Better" (1989).
** ''I Ain't That One''

** "Who Could Ask For Anything More?"

** "A Bitch Is A Bitch"

** "N.W.A." samples The Isley Brothers "1969 Turned You On".
** "8-ball Remix" samples the line "Kick that shit" from Music/PublicEnemy's "Terminator X Speaks With His Hands" (1987), "City Of Compton" from "Ronnie Hudson & The Street People's "West Coast Poplock", "Cold Kickin' Ass" from Sweet Tee & Jazzy Joyce's "It's My beat"., "Pull up a chair" from Eric B. and Rakim"s "My Melody" from their album ''Music/PaidInFull'', "Yeah!" from Music/TheBeastieBoys "Fight For Your Right To Party" from "Licensed To Ill". It also samples "Yes We Can Can" by The Pointer Sisters, "Be Thankful For What You Got" by William Devaughn, "It's My Beat" by Sweet Tea, "Hollywood Swinging" by Kool a& The Gang, "Let's Get It On" by Music/MarvinGaye, "Go See The Doctor" by Kool Moe Dee.

--> ''We don't just say no, we to busy sayin' yeah!''

** "8 Ball" namedrops Music/MarvinGaye and the rap band C.I.A.

* StutterStop: "N.W.A."

* ThinkOfTheChildren: "N.W.A."

-> ''It's definitely the best rap record I've ever heard. Of course, I can see why people might be offended by the lyrics. But as a human being and not as a public figure, I'm not offended at all. I realise from reading interviews with people like Music/IceCube, when they explain that they're not talking about women in general but about particular women they know, it makes a lot of sense. I think the sound of the record is brilliant. I really like hardcore hip-hop and reggae stuff, so it's right up my flight of stairs.'' -

--> "It's definitely the best rap record I've ever heard. Of course, I can see why people might be offended by the lyrics. But as a human being and not as a public figure, I'm not offended at all. I realise from reading interviews with people like Music/IceCube, when they explain that they're not talking about women in general but about particular women they know, it makes a lot of sense. I think the sound of the record is brilliant. I really like hardcore hip-hop and reggae stuff, so it's right up my flight of stairs." - Music/SineadOConnor, quoted from an interview in Magazine/RollingStone, November 15 1990.

* AntiLoveSong: "I Ain't The 1".

* BadassBoast:

* DirtyCop: "Fuck Tha Police".

* IntentionallyAwkwardTitle: "Fuck Tha Police".

* SingerNameDrop: As most rap bands do.

* HighVoltageDeath: Dr. Dre ends up the electic chair in the music video of "Express Yourself".

* HuddleShot: The band on the album cover.

** "Something 2 Dance 2" samples D-Train's "You're The One For Me", "Dance To The Music" from ''Music/{{Stand}}'' by Music/SlyAndTheFamilyStone and the quote "Calling the police, Calling the g-men/ Calling all Americans to war on the underworld" from the radio show "Gangbusters".

* AllMenArePerverts: The band members come across as this on most of the tracks.