On this date in 1987, a compilation album consisting of all of South Central Los Angeles and Compton’s hottest Hip Hop artists entitled N.W.A. And The Posse, initially launched on Macola Information. It was re-issued by Ruthless in addition to Precedence Information. That is the group’s first, however unrecognized album, in contrast to their 1988 multi-platinum descendant Straight Outta Compton.
On the time, N.W,A.(Niggas Wit Attitudes) solely consisted of Dr. Dre, Ice Dice, Eazy-E and Arabian Prince. DJ Yella and MC Ren weren’t but part of the legendary collective, despite the fact that Ren did seem on the album’s cowl photograph(seen above). Different prolonged crew members aka “The Posse” included the late DJ Practice(J.J. Fad), Tha Lench Mob’s Sir Jinx, Candyman, who is understood for his platinum single “Knockin’ Boots”, Ok-Dee, Krazy Dee, MC Chip and DJ Scratch(NOT of EPMD). Six of the album’s 11 tracks got here from N.W.A.’s core members, however 4 of the album’s tracks got here from the Fila Contemporary Crew, the clique from wich Dr. Dre plucked Doc-T aka The D.O.C.
A few of the album’s highlights embrace “Dope Man”, *8 Ball” and the traditional “Boyz-N-The-Hood” anthem, which has been sampled and copied quite a few instances since its 1987 inception. All the above singles together with an extra two tracks had been written by O’Shea Jackson aka Ice Dice.
Salute to Dr. Dre, Ice Dice, Eazy-E(R.I.P.) DJ Yella, MC Ren, The D.O.C., Arabian Prince and everybody else who took half on this essential a part of Hip Hop historical past!
