sought to create their own greener pastures. The story ends with the group slowly imploding as Dre and associate D.O.C. Straight Outta Compton, Ben Westhoff, National Recording Registry, essay, NWA. unauthorized 1987 debut N.W.A and the Posse and their brutally misogynist 1991 follow-up. Dre’s assault of chopped samples, wailing sirens. They fused metal with soul (“Real Niggaz Don’t Die”), wrote their own horror soundtracks (“Approach to Danger”) and indulged in dubby sex jams (“She Swallowed It”). the cops and brash punks on the hunt for sex and cheap booze-that shaped the album, marching in time to Dr. The LP’s fascinating history begins with Dre and Yella ditching samples by and large in favor of recording real instruments, for the tighter, deeper sound that would eventually turn gangsta rap into America’s popular music of choice. “Hell has apparently frozen over,” Rolling Stone declared.Īlthough the making of Efil4zagginwasn’t especially documented in last year’s Straight Outta Compton biopic, it was a sonic triumph that provided a crucial launching pad for the G-funk sound that producer and rapper Dr. Even though they were over before it came out, they accomplished their mission: Efil4zaggin claimed the Number One spot on Billboard for one week and it was certified platinum later that year. They had attempted to pull off the impossible and one-up 1988’s brilliant, controversial gangsta-rap battle cry Straight Outta Compton. N.W.A issued their second and final album, Efil4zaggin - pronounced by the surviving members as “ Niggaz4Life,” 25 years ago this weekend. Celebrating its 30th anniversary, the record still. “It was, like, shit – all good things come to an end,” says bandmate MC Ren. Straight Outta Compton, the acclaimed and influential debut by N.W.A, is a seriously good hip-hop album. “I mean, groups don’t break up at Number One. “When we broke up, the group was Number One on the Billboard chart,” N.W.A‘s DJ Yella, says.
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