NWAStraight Outta Compton

Menacing, raw, and electrifying. Heavy basslines, threatening synth lines, and hard-hitting drums built from slowed-down funk samples. 'Straight Outta Compton' detonates with towering horns over the Amen break, Ice Cube's opening verse arriving like a news bulletin from a war zone. 'Fuck tha Police'. Staged as a courtroom drama. Got the FBI to write them a letter. 'Express Yourself' is Dre's tribute to sample-based production with a Charles Wright groove. Recorded for $12,000 in Torrance, California. Dre threw the beats together in six weeks 'so we could have something to sell out of the trunk.'