Customer Ratings & Reviews

N.W.A. made their mark in hip hop, perhaps like NO OTHER group on the West Coast has or ever will again. This album is one of the greatest albums of all time, just for the sheer historical value surrounding it(they received letters from the F.B.I., they said things on this record that NO ONE thought of saying at the time, etc).Dr.Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, MC Ren, and DJ Yella were THE crew in the west. This AWESOME album showed their collective strength as a forced to be reckoned with. There will NEVER be another group this tough again. Here's the review: Album Highlights: Straight Outta Compton, F**k Tha Police, Gangsta,Gangsta, Dopeman(Remix), 8Ball, Quiet On Tha Set, and Parental Discretion Iz Advised. Production: Thumbs up, the first of many Dr.Dre gems. Lyrics and Subject Matter: Thumbs up, largely on the strength of Ice Cube. Originality: Thumbs up, no one else was coming like this in 1988, from the east OR west. The Last Word: What a BLOCKBUSTER album this is. The intensity shown on this record will NEVER be matched again, by ANYONE. N.W.A. defied the odds and released one TREMENDOUS album that'll stand the test of time. STRONGLY RECOMMENDED.