Priority Records – B0022703-01, Def Jam Recordings – B0022703-01, Interscope Records – B0022703-01, Virgin – B0022703-01 The debut album by N.W.A, "Straight Outta Compton" is now best remembered as the pioneering record of gangsta rap; with its ever-present profanity and violent lyrics, it helped to give birth to this then-new sub-genre of hip hop. It has been considered groundbreaking by music writers and has had an enormous impact on the evolution of West Coast hip hop. "Straight Outta Compton" redefined the direction of hip hop, which resulted in lyricism concerning the gangsta lifestyle becoming the driving force in sales figures. It also helped to shift the power to the West Coast from the East Coast, which had enjoyed a period of prominence in hip hop for most of the 1980s.

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B3, contains a sample from "express Yourself" (C. Wright) recorded by the Charles Wright and the 103rd Street Watts band.