The Best of N.W.A: The Strength of Street Knowledge

~ Release by N.W.A (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Label: Priority Records - Catalog #: 09463 80696 2 1

Amazon ASIN: B000KEG96U (explicit lyrics), B000KEG974 (clean version)

The Deluxe 20th Anniversary Edition (currently the only known version released) includes a DVD with 5 music videos and interview footage.

Annotation last modified on 2006-12-28 07:40 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Straight Outta Compton
producer:
Dr. Dre (Andre Young, rap producer) and Yella (US hip-hop/electro producer Antoine Carraby)
vocals:
Eazy‐E, Ice Cube and MC Ren
samples:
Amen, Brother by The Winstons (60s US funk & soul group) (membranophone), Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me) by The Gap Band (effects), Get Me Back on Time, Engine Number 9 by Wilson Pickett (lead vocals), It's My Turn by Dezo Daz feat. DJ Slip (US hip-hop producer Terry K. Allen, Compton's Most Wanted) (lead vocals), Take Me to the Mardi Gras by Bob James (US jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer) (drums (drum set)), West Coast Poplock, Part 1 (vocal) by Ronnie Hudson & The Street People (lead vocals) and You’ll Like It Too by Funkadelic (membranophone)
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 248)
recording of:
Straight Outta Compton
writer:
Andre Young (Andre Young, rap producer), Eric Wright, Lorenzo Patterson and O’Shea Jackson
4.54:16
2Appetite for Destruction
recording of:
Appetite for Destruction
writer:
Dr. Dre (Andre Young, rap producer), Kokane (US rapper Jerry Long, Jr., aka Mr. Kane), Lorenzo Patterson and Tracy Lynn Curry (rapper Tracy Curry of N.W.A, fka Doc T)
3:08
3Dopeman
recording of:
Dopeman
composer:
Ant Banks, Dedrick Rolison and Ice Cube
6:16
4Fuck tha Police
producer:
Dr. Dre (Andre Young, rap producer) and Yella (US hip-hop/electro producer Antoine Carraby)
vocals:
Dr. Dre (Andre Young, rap producer), Eazy‐E, Ice Cube and MC Ren
recording of:
Fuck tha Police
writer:
Lorenzo Patterson and O’Shea Jackson
55:15
5Real Niggaz
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Priority Records, LLC (company credits only! do not file releases here) (in 2015)
recording of:
Real Niggaz
writer:
Andre Young (Andre Young, rap producer), Dj Yella (US hip-hop/electro producer Antoine Carraby), Eric Wright and Lorenzo Patterson
publisher:
Dollarz n Sense Muzick and Ruthless Attack Muzick
4:28
68-Ball
recording of:
8 Ball
writer:
Ice Cube
4:15
7Express Yourself
producer:
Yella (US hip-hop/electro producer Antoine Carraby)
samples:
Dieueul-Dieuleul by Aby Ngana Diop (drum machine) and Express Yourself by Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
recording of:
Express Yourself (N.W.A. version)
lyricist:
O’Shea Jackson
composer:
Charles Wright
is based on:
Express Yourself
44:23
8Alwayz Into Somethin’
producer:
Yella (US hip-hop/electro producer Antoine Carraby)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Priority Records, LLC (company credits only! do not file releases here) (in 2015)
recording of:
Alwayz into Somethin'
writer:
Andre Young (Andre Young, rap producer), Lorenzo Patterson, Burke Reeves and Tracy Curry (rapper Tracy Curry of N.W.A, fka Doc T)
54:25
9A Bitch Iz a Bitch
recording of:
A Bitch Iz a Bitch
lyricist:
Ice Cube
writer:
Andre Young (Andre Young, rap producer)
publisher:
Ruthless Attack Muzick
43:06
10Gangsta Gangsta
recording of:
Gangsta Gangsta
lyricist:
Eazy‐E, Ice Cube and MC Ren
composer:
Andre Young (Andre Young, rap producer), Andrew Noland, Leroy Bonner (funk guitarist, aka Sugarfoot), Eric Wright, Marshall Jones (US bassist & songwriter, member of Ohio Players), Lorenzo Patterson, Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks, O'Shea Jackson, Walter Morrison and Greg Webster (drummer for Ohio Players)
5:27
11100 Miles and Runnin’
producer:
Yella (US hip-hop/electro producer Antoine Carraby)
samples:
(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party) by Beastie Boys, Lend Me an Ear by The D.O.C. (rapper Tracy Curry of N.W.A, fka Doc T), Theme From Shaft by Isaac Hayes and Thriller (album version) by Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
recording of:
100 Miles and Runnin’
writer:
Andre Young (Andre Young, rap producer), Lamont Dozier, Eric Wright, Gregory Hutchinson (aka Big Hutch), Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer), Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter), Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland‐Dozier‐Holland songwriting team), Paul Jackson (jazz bassist) and Melvin Ragin
54:30
12Boyz-N-The Hood
performer:
N.W.A (US hip hop group)
recording of:
Boyz-N-The Hood
writer:
Eric Wright, Ice Cube and Henrik Rasmussen
4.355:37
13Real Niggaz Don’t Die
producer:
Yella (US hip-hop/electro producer Antoine Carraby)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Priority Records, LLC (company credits only! do not file releases here) (in 2015)
recording of:
Real Niggaz Don’t Die
writer:
Andre Young (Andre Young, rap producer), Dj Yella (US hip-hop/electro producer Antoine Carraby), Eric Wright, Dino Fekaris, Lorenzo Patterson, N. Zesses, Tracy Curry (rapper Tracy Curry of N.W.A, fka Doc T) and Colin Wolfe
3:39
14Compton’s in the House (remix)
5:15
15Approach to Danger
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Priority Records, LLC (company credits only! do not file releases here) (in 2015)
recording of:
Approach to Danger
writer:
Dj Yella (US hip-hop/electro producer Antoine Carraby), Doc (rapper Tracy Curry of N.W.A, fka Doc T), Dr. Dre (Andre Young, rap producer) and MC Ren
2:45
16Chin Check
3:41
17If It Ain’t Ruff
producer:
Yella (US hip-hop/electro producer Antoine Carraby)
samples:
A Star in the Ghetto (12" edit) by Average White Band
recording of:
If It Ain’t Ruff
writer:
Andre Young (Andre Young, rap producer) and Lorenzo Patterson
43:33