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N.W.A's career isn't necessarily one that lends itself well to anthologies. Though the group had important singles, especially in the underground hip-hop community in the late '80s, it never received any support from radio or MTV, which meant it never had any official "hits." Instead, N.W.A's albums were more important, popular, and influential than singles, even if individual tracks -- "Fuck tha Police," "Straight Outta Compton," "Gangsta Gangsta," "Express Yourself" -- became the focus of attention. And, if you notice, all those songs were from Straight Outta Compton, the only good album the group ever made. Greatest Hits does include all of the high points from that album (the title track is present in a previously unavailable remix), plus a scattershot sampling of raw early singles and the highlights from 100 Miles and Runnin' and Niggaz4Life. It's nice to have the good tracks isolated from the group's latter-day efforts, but Greatest Hits is unnecessary -- all you need is Straight Outta Compton.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Eric Wright, ComposerLyricist - Lorenzo Patterson, ComposerLyricist - O'Shea Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Dr. Dre, Producer, ComposerLyricist - DJ Yella, Producer - N.W.A., MainArtist - Antoine Carraby, ComposerLyricist - Yella, Producer
N.W.A. Greatest Hits original art: (C) 1996 Priority Records LLCThis compilation (C) 2003 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1996 Priority Records, LLC
Dr. Dre, Producer - DJ Yella, Producer - N.W.A., MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
N.W.A. Greatest Hits original art: (C) 1996 Priority Records LLCThis compilation (C) 2003 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1996 Priority Records, LLC
Ice Cube, ComposerLyricist - MC Ren, ComposerLyricist - Dr. Dre, Producer - Eazy-e, ComposerLyricist - DJ Yella, Producer - N.W.A., MainArtist
N.W.A. Greatest Hits original art: (C) 1996 Priority Records LLCThis compilation (C) 2003 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1988 Priority Records, LLC
Lorenzo Patterson, ComposerLyricist - O'Shea Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Dr. Dre, Producer - DJ Yella, Producer - N.W.A., MainArtist
N.W.A. Greatest Hits original art: (C) 1996 Priority Records LLCThis compilation (C) 2003 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1996 Priority Records, LLC
L. Patterson, ComposerLyricist - O. Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - A. Young, ComposerLyricist - Dr. Dre, Producer - Donovan Sound, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DJ Yella, Producer - N.W.A., MainArtist - Kris Solemn, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
N.W.A. Greatest Hits original art: (C) 1996 Priority Records LLCThis compilation (C) 2003 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1988 Priority Records LLC
Eric Wright, ComposerLyricist - Lorenzo Patterson, ComposerLyricist - O'Shea Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Dr. Dre, Producer - DJ Yella, Producer - N.W.A., MainArtist - Yella, Producer
N.W.A. Greatest Hits original art: (C) 1996 Priority Records LLCThis compilation (C) 2003 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1988 Capitol Records, LLC
Dr. Dre, Producer - DJ Yella, Producer - N.W.A., MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
N.W.A. Greatest Hits original art: (C) 1996 Priority Records LLCThis compilation (C) 2003 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1996 Priority Records, LLC
Eric Wright, ComposerLyricist - Lorenzo Patterson, ComposerLyricist - O'Shea Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Dr. Dre, Producer, ComposerLyricist - DJ Yella, Producer - N.W.A., MainArtist - Yella, Producer
N.W.A. Greatest Hits original art: (C) 1996 Priority Records LLCThis compilation (C) 2003 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1988 Priority Records, LLC
Mitchell, ComposerLyricist - Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kris Solem, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MC Ren, ComposerLyricist - Dr. Dre, Producer - Donovan Sound, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DJ Yella, Producer - N.W.A., MainArtist - Kris Solemn, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
N.W.A. Greatest Hits original art: (C) 1996 Priority Records LLCThis compilation (C) 2003 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2002 Capitol Records, LLC
Eric Wright, ComposerLyricist - Lorenzo Patterson, ComposerLyricist - Andre R. Young, ComposerLyricist - Dr. Dre, Producer - DJ Yella, Producer - N.W.A., MainArtist - Antoine Carraby, ComposerLyricist
N.W.A. Greatest Hits original art: (C) 1996 Priority Records LLCThis compilation (C) 2003 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1991 Priority Records, LLC
O'Shea Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Randy Muller, ComposerLyricist - Dr. Dre, Producer - DJ Yella, Producer - N.W.A., MainArtist
N.W.A. Greatest Hits original art: (C) 1996 Priority Records LLCThis compilation (C) 2003 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1988 Priority Records, LLC
Lorenzo Patterson, ComposerLyricist - Andre R. Young, ComposerLyricist - Dr. Dre, Producer - Donovan Sound, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DJ Yella, Producer - N.W.A., MainArtist - Big Bass Brian, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tracy Curry, ComposerLyricist - Burke J. Reeves, ComposerLyricist
N.W.A. Greatest Hits original art: (C) 1996 Priority Records LLCThis compilation (C) 2003 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1991 Capitol Records, LLC
MC Ren, ComposerLyricist - Dr. Dre, Producer, ComposerLyricist - DJ Yella, Producer - N.W.A., MainArtist - Tracy Curry, ComposerLyricist
N.W.A. Greatest Hits original art: (C) 1996 Priority Records LLCThis compilation (C) 2003 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1996 Priority Records, LLC
Lorenzo Patterson, ComposerLyricist - D. Williams, ComposerLyricist - Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dr. Dre, Producer, ComposerLyricist - DJ Yella, Producer - N.W.A., MainArtist - Big Bass Brian, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Yella For High Powered Productions, Producer - Donovan "The Dirt Biker" Sound , Engineer, StudioPersonnel
N.W.A. Greatest Hits original art: (C) 1996 Priority Records LLCThis compilation (C) 2003 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1990 Priority Records, LLC
Dr. Dre, Producer - DJ Yella, Producer - N.W.A., Composer, MainArtist
N.W.A. Greatest Hits original art: (C) 1996 Priority Records LLCThis compilation (C) 2003 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1996 Priority Records, LLC
O'Shea Jackson, ComposerLyricist - CHARLES WRIGHT, ComposerLyricist - Dr. Dre, Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - DJ Yella, Producer - N.W.A., MainArtist
N.W.A. Greatest Hits original art: (C) 1996 Priority Records LLCThis compilation (C) 2003 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
COLD 187 um, ComposerLyricist - Lamont Dozier, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, ComposerLyricist - MC Ren, ComposerLyricist - Dr. Dre, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eazy-e, ComposerLyricist - DJ Yella, Producer - N.W.A., MainArtist
N.W.A. Greatest Hits original art: (C) 1996 Priority Records LLCThis compilation (C) 2003 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1990 Capitol Records, LLC
O'Shea Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kris Solem, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dr. Dre, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Donovan Sound, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DJ Yella, Producer - N.W.A., MainArtist
N.W.A. Greatest Hits original art: (C) 1996 Priority Records LLCThis compilation (C) 2003 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1987 Priority Records, LLC
Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DINO FEKARIS, ComposerLyricist - D.O.C., ComposerLyricist - MC Ren, ComposerLyricist - Dr. Dre, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Donovan Sound, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eazy-e, ComposerLyricist - DJ Yella, Producer, ComposerLyricist - N.W.A., MainArtist - Big Bass Brian, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Yella For High Powered Productions, Producer - Donovan "The Dirt Biker" Sound , Engineer, StudioPersonnel - N Zesses, ComposerLyricist
N.W.A. Greatest Hits original art: (C) 1996 Priority Records LLCThis compilation (C) 2003 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1991 Capitol Records, LLC
Lorenzo Patterson, ComposerLyricist - O'Shea Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Melvin Bradford, ComposerLyricist - Kurupt, ComposerLyricist - Snoop Dogg, ComposerLyricist - Ice Cube, Producer, Executive Producer - Richard "Segal" Huredia, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dr. Dre, Producer, ComposerLyricist - N.W.A., MainArtist - Claude Achille, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Shack, Producer, Executive Producer
N.W.A. Greatest Hits original art: (C) 1996 Priority Records LLCThis compilation (C) 2003 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1999 Capitol Records, LLC
Lorenzo Patterson, ComposerLyricist - O'Shea Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Mike Elizondo, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Traci Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ice Cube, MainArtist - CHRIS TAYLOR, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Richard "Segal" Huredia, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mel-Man, Producer - MC Ren, FeaturedArtist - Dr. Dre, Producer, Mixer, FeaturedArtist, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Tom Gordon, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim McCrone, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tommy Costner Jr., Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
N.W.A. Greatest Hits original art: (C) 1996 Priority Records LLCThis compilation (C) 2003 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2000 Capitol Records LLC
Album review
N.W.A's career isn't necessarily one that lends itself well to anthologies. Though the group had important singles, especially in the underground hip-hop community in the late '80s, it never received any support from radio or MTV, which meant it never had any official "hits." Instead, N.W.A's albums were more important, popular, and influential than singles, even if individual tracks -- "Fuck tha Police," "Straight Outta Compton," "Gangsta Gangsta," "Express Yourself" -- became the focus of attention. And, if you notice, all those songs were from Straight Outta Compton, the only good album the group ever made. Greatest Hits does include all of the high points from that album (the title track is present in a previously unavailable remix), plus a scattershot sampling of raw early singles and the highlights from 100 Miles and Runnin' and Niggaz4Life. It's nice to have the good tracks isolated from the group's latter-day efforts, but Greatest Hits is unnecessary -- all you need is Straight Outta Compton.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 21 track(s)
- Total length: 01:10:17
- Main artists: N.W.A
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Priority Records
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 1996 Priority Records, LLC This Compilation ℗ 2002 Priority Records, LLC
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