In 1987 rap pioneers N. W. A, featuring Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, MC Ren and DJ Yella, burst onto the underground rap world with their appearance on a compilation N. W. A And The Posse.
A year later, N. W. A released their groundbreaking debut album Straight Outta Compton and forever changed music with their raw, uncensored depiction of life in the gritty suburbs of L.A.
With virtually no support from mainstream radio or print, N. W. A hit the charts, putting a controversial spotlight on the struggles, injustices and growing tension between young black youths and authority figures within their community, quickly becoming the โWorldโs Most Dangerous Group. โ On April 14, 2015, Universal Music Enterprisesโ (UMe) Respect The Classics vinyl reissues campaign continues with pinnacle releases from the N. W.
A posse including a special edition picture disc of their debut album Straight Outta Compton, which will also be issued as a limited edition red cassette, and the 20th Anniversary Edition ofFriday โ Original Motion Picture Soundtrack featuring a 3D โsmoking gunโ cover.
N. W. A And The Posse will be released on May 5th and Ice Cubeโs Lethal Injection on June 16th, both with 3D lenticular covers. April 14 N. W. A โ Straight Outta Compton (Picture Disc Limited Edition Red Cassette) N. W. A.โs highly anticipated and critically acclaimed full-length debut, Straight Outta Compton, took the music and cultural world by storm, establishing gangsta rap as a genre, an impact that is still echoed in present day rap. The album reached No. 37 on The Billboard 200 and No.
9 on the RB Albums chart, is ranked No. 144 on Rolling Stoneโs 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and features the classic N. W. A tracks โGangsta Gangsta,โ โExpress Yourself,โ โI Ainโt Tha 1โ and the controversial โ_ _ _ _ Tha Police.โ
Friday โ Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (20th Anniversary Edition โ โSmokin Gunโ 3D Lenticular Cover) This year marks the 20th anniversary of the double-platinum selling soundtrack to the hit movie Friday, co-written and starring ice cube.
The soundtrack to the film went straight to No. 1 on both The Billboard 200 and RB Albums chart concurrently. It spawned the hit single โKeep Their Heads Ringinโโ by Dr. Dre which hit No. 1 on The Hot Rap Singles chart and Top 10 on both The Billboard Hot 100 and Hot RB/Hip-Hop Singles Tracks charts.
Other tracks include ice cube with the titles track, The Alkaholiksโ โCoast II Coast,โ Cypress Hillโs โRoll It Up, Light It Up, Smoke It Up,โ Funkdoobiestโs โSuperhoesโ plus classics such as โMary Janeโ by Rick James and โI Wanna Get Next To Youโ by Rose Royce. This 20th Anniversary Edition features a special, 3D โsmoking gunโ lenticular album cover.
May 5 N. W. A โ N. W. A And The Posse (3D Lenticular Cover) N. W. A And The Posse not only introduced N. W. A to the world, putting the West Coast on the map while solidifying a whole new genre of rap, it also featured up and coming break-out artists The D. O. C. and The Arabian Prince.
It debuted at No. 39 on the RB Albums chart and features classic N. W. A tracks โDope Manโ and โ8 Ballโ and โPanic Zone,โ The Fela Fresh Crew, featuring The D. O. C., with โDrink It Up,โ โTuffest Man Alive,โ 3-The Hard Way and โDunk The Funk,โ and Eazy-E stepping out on his own with the neighborhood classic โBoyz-N-The Hood. โ
June 16 Ice Cube โ Lethal Injection (โAnimated Syringeโ 3D Lenticular Cover)Originally released in 1993, this vinyl reissue of Lethal Injection features an โanimated syringeโ 3D lenticular cover. The album reached No.
1 on the RB Albums chart and No. 5 on The Billboard 200, with the single โBop Gun (One Nation)โ hitting No. 6 on the Hot Rap Singles chart, No. 23 on The Billboard Hot 100 and Top 10 on the rhythmic Top 40 chart.
The single โReally Doeโ reached No. 3 on the Hot Rap Singles chart, and the track โYou Know How We Do Itโ hit No. 5 on the Hot Rap Singles chart. Available Now: N. W. A โ EFIL4ZAGGIN (3D Lenticular Cover) EFIL4ZAGGIN was released in 1991 and was N. W. Aโs final release featuring Dr.
Dre, Eazy-E and MC Ren. It was the first full-length album recorded without ice cube who had already establid himself as a successful solo artist. EFIL4ZAGGIN is N. W. Aโs highest charting album, reaching No. 1 on The Billboard 200 and No.
2 RB Albums chart. The album features classic tracks such as โShe Swallowed It,โ โReal Niggaz Donโt Die,โ Niggaz 4 Lifeโ and โAppetite For Destruction. โ Ice Cube โ Death Certificate (3D Lenticular Cover) After the highly successful release of his debut album, AmeriKKKaโs Most Wanted, ice cube released his hard-hitting, politically charged and controversial, double platinum-selling release Death Certificate.
The album reached No. 2 on The Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the RB Albums chart.
Songs include the singles โTrue To The Game,โ โGivinโ Up The Nappy Dug Out,โ and the track โSteady Mobbinโ,โ which hit No. 3 on the Hot Rap Singles chart.
