N.W.A.
Greatest Hits

THE REVIEW

When this little gem came out in 1996, the band had already been dead and buried for 5 years (especially Eazy-E, the founder of the group who died prematurely from HIV in 1995). "The World's most dangerous group," that's what they were called by the whole world when they made history with their second album: "Straight Outta Compton."

It was the most important Gangsta Rap act in history laying the foundation for today's Hip Hop: shocking dialogues, controversial and violent lyrics. Although the band created an innovative sound, their relationships were always rocky. In fact, in 1991 Ice Cube left the band and the following year released his political masterpiece "Amerikkka's Most Wanted," subsequently influencing other rappers like Eminem and The Game. 
Eazy-E started a solo career cut short after the first album "Eazy's EP," where he verbally attacked Dr. Dre and his record label Ruthless Records, which had been built on dirty money and drug dealing, then passed into other hands. Dr. Dre continued his prolific solo and producer career introducing a new type of Hip Hop in the West Coast called G-Funk, bringing to fame rappers like Snoop Dogg, Tupac Shakur, Eminem, Eve, Busta Rhymes, 50 Cent and The Game... (in short, he fed half the rap world) and releasing essential albums like "The Chronic" and "2001." MC Ren continued his solo career under Eazy-E and participated in the Public Enemy project, while DJ Yella continued his brief production career until he stumbled into the porn world as a director.

In short, 5 big characters with the dream of conquering the music business, and in the end, they made it!

Rap enthusiasts, however, cannot forget songs like: "Gangsta Gangsta", "Fuck The Police", "Straight Outta Compton", "Real Niggaz", "Alwayz Into Something", and "100 Miles and Running". Incidentally, this compilation includes two unreleased tracks written after the band's breakup, with the kind participation of Snoop Dogg: "Chin Check" and "Hello".

"Fuck tha police
Comin straight from the underground
Young nigga got it bad cuz I'm brown
And not the other color so police think
They have the authority to kill a minority".