History Music / StraightOuttaCompton

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

-> ''"Music/{{NWA}} is the most influential act of the last thirty years -- bigger than Music/{{Nirvana}}, Music/{{Madonna}} or The Music/SexPistols. 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."''
-->-- '''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 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 [[superscript:[citation needed]]], 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]]

''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 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 [[labelnote: [citation needed] ]] [[/labelnote]], 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]]

''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 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]]

-> ''Music/{{NWA}} is the most influential act of the last thirty years -- bigger than Music/{{Nirvana}}, Music/{{Madonna}} or The Music/SexPistols. 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.''

-> ''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.''

--> '''Dre:''' The jury has found you guilty of being a [[CorruptHick redneck]], [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain white bread]], ''[[ClusterFBomb chickenshit motherfucker!!]]''\\

* CoversAlwaysLie: There are six guys on the album cover. The extra man (between Cube and Yella) is Arabian Prince, a founding member of the group who left after the picture was shot but before the album was recorded.

-> Aw, shit, [[Wiki/TvTropes that pinche internet wiki]] is at it again. I wonder who it fucked up today?\\

** "Fuck Tha Police" was referenced in Music/KanyeWest's "All Fall Down", Music/IceT's "Cop Killer", Music/TheGame's "Doctor's Advocate" and Music/LilWayne's "Mrs. Officer".

** "Compton's In The House" references boxer Mike Tyson and ''Series/TheTwilightZone''.

''(...) That's standing in [[Series/TheTwilightZone the zone of the twilight]]''

[[PrecisionFBomb YOU, MOTHERFUCKER!]]

[[TvTropesWillRuinYourLife YOU, MOTHERFUCKER!]]

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

[[caption-width-right:350:''You are now about to witness the strength of street knowledge...'']]

''For the NWA biopic named after this album, [[Film/StraightOuttaCompton click here]]''.

''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 with other music critics. For instance, it appears on Magazine/TimeMagazine's 2006 ''TimeAllTime100Albums'' list, as well as at #144 in Magazine/RollingStone's ''UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime'', being elevated to #70 in the [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime2020 2020 revision]]. 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 with other music critics. For instance, it appears on Magazine/TimeMagazine's 2006 ''TimeAllTime100Albums'' list, as well as at #144 in Magazine/RollingStone's ''UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime'', being elevated to #70 in the [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 2020 revision]]. 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 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]]

-> ''Music/{{NWA}}. is the most influential act of the last thirty years -- bigger than Music/{{Nirvana}}, Music/{{Madonna}} or The Music/SexPistols. 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.''

-> Aw, shit, [[TvTropes that pinche internet wiki]] is at it again. I wonder who it fucked up today?
-> *SCREECH*
-> [[TvTropesWillRuinYourLife YOU, MOTHERFUCKER!]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: Much of the attention surrounded the heavier lyrical themes and sound compared to most hip hop at the time.

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** "Express Yourself" samples "Express Yourself" by Charles Wright & The Watts 103d Street Rhythm Band.

'''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.

---> ''To be a dopeman, boy you must qualify,\\

* DepartmentOfRedundancy: "Quiet On The Set"

--> ''If you smoke 'caine, you're a stupid motherfucker''.

** "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}} from the album ''Music/ConnectionsAndDisconnections'', "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.

** "Something 2 Dance 2" samples D-Train's "You're The One For Me", "Dance To The Music" from ''Dance To The Music'' (1968) 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".

** "Something 2 Dance 2" reference ''WesternAnimation/MightyMouse'' in the line "Here I come to save the day".

** "A Glitch Is A Glitch" is the title of an episode of ''WesternAnimation/RadarTime'' spoofing the song title of "A Bitch Is A Bitch".

* STDImmunity: "Dopeman"

Don't get high off your own supply.