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N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton

“The World’s Most Dangerous Group” N.W.A. released the groundbreaking Straight Outta Compton in 1988. Many considered it a wake-up call to the problems that were going on in the West, particularly in South Central Los Angeles. “Straight Outta Compton” reflected a rising anger in the city, “Fuck tha Police” talked of police violence, and “Gangsta Gangsta” spoke of gang life. The album has become best-known for these opening three songs, since the remainder are fairly lightweight in subject matter, mainly dealing with aspects of partying. Each member of N.W.A (ringtones) learned rap and production skills from the School Road Boys, who had met Dre in the 1980s and made significant contributions to the album by helping to co-produce it[citation needed]. Both Ice Cube and, to a lesser extent, MC Ren contributed lyrics, with Eazy-E providing comic relief within his rhymes. Producers Dr. Dre and Yella composed beats for each song, and Dre occasionally rapped on the album as well. Some of the lyrics were considered highly controversial, especially those of “Fuck Tha Police,” perhaps the group’s most notorious song. As a result of the lyrics, Milt Ahlerich, an assistant director of the FBI, sent a letter to Ruthless Records and its parent company Priority, advising the rappers that “[a]dvocating violence and assault is wrong and we in the law enforcement community take exception to such action.”[1] Policemen refused to provide security to the group’s concerts, hurting their plans to tour. The FBI’s letter only served to draw more publicity to the group. This was one of the albums which prompted the parental advisory label scheme. Yet, reflecting the change in attitudes over time, the parental advisory label then only displayed “WARNING MODERATE impact coarse language and/or themes”. Rolling Stone magazine recently placed it 144th on their list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All-Time. Ringtone