Straight Outta Compton
1988
gangsta rap, hip hop, hip-hop
- Artist
- N.W.A
- Song
- Straight Outta Compton
- Album
- Straight Outta Compton
- Released
- 1988-08-08
- Duration
- 4:18
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"Straight Outta Compton" is a song by American hip-hop group N.W.A. It is the opening track from their 1989 debut album of the same name. The song samples "You'll Like It Too" by Funkadelic, "West Coast Poplock" by Ronnie Hudson and the Street People, "Get Me Back on Time, Engine No. 9" by Wilson Pickett, and "Amen, Brother" by the Winstons. It was voted number 19 on About.com's Top 100 Rap Songs, and is ranked number six on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip-Hop.
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