Straight Outta Compton

Much of this is brilliant but i can do without most of Dre and Cube’s cringe bs.

I always prefered Public Enemy and the political messaging, but it's hard to deny that this is an absolute classic, and defined rap for years.

Production: 10/10

Lyrics: Hit or miss. I get it: Eazy-E is like the spiritual heart of the group, but he's not a good rapper. Ice Cube is regularly excellent. The themes and overall thesis is unfortunately still relevant. It's also unfortunate that there are regularly word choices which have not aged well.

But yeah, there's a reason why this album is on this list. 10/10

Da, definitivno ne volim rap.

A classic album.

I like Public Enemy a lot, so I should like this one more than I do. The title track is one of the best sogns of the golden age of Hip Hop for sure, but besides that I don't find the album to have that many strong and memorable tracks. I like it still, but it hasn't aged as well or hits as hard as some other similar albums of the era.

This record proves that tho bad values aren't made better in the name of 'reality,' they also don't necessarily detract from an album's greatness. Tho N.W.A. was branded the 'world's most dangerous group' when they first hit the scene, 'street knowledge' is only part of their equation. If you were unaware, they may school you to the tragedy of police brutality, but more importantly, Dre, Cube, Ren, and E are informants of America's ugly and universal gangsterism: 'Gangsta, gangsta, that's what they yellin' is a national outcry. Aesthetically, what else is there to say? Cube's continuity w/ Chuck D, Ren's underrated flow, Eazy-E's admixture of criminality and comedy, Dre's fluid, variable production: a deep and ubiquitous influence.

Born of frustration. Some of the themes haven't dated too well, but still very much worthy of the 1001.

I obviously hear and acknowledge some of the homophobic and misogynistic content that hasn't aged well and/or contributes to the "shock factor" label that gets applied to this album. However, I personally don't find any of it to be that shocking or more offensive than other hip-hop albums from this general time period. To me, the greater social messages of this record are the ones that prevail and matter, and I think the title track and "Fuck tha Police" in particular still hit damn hard all these years later. It's not my favorite style of music, nor my favorite era of it (though some of Dre's work is undeniably great), but it's mostly alright by me.

3.5/5

As a big fan of hiphop I was excited to finally see some representation in this list.

This album was a first listen for me, but being familiar with the members' later work, it was super fascinating to hear them at this very early stage of their career - notably Dr Dre's production and Ice Cube's rapping.

Unfortunately, I don't think the album has aged terribly well, and don't see myself coming back to it much. Definitely a prime choice for this list nonetheless, and I appreciate its huge influence on everything that would come after it.

This was really a groundbreaking album. It's a snapshot of a specific time and lifestyle - one that persists for many communities in the US today. The rapant sexism is tough to listen to, even when many of the tracks are full of important social commentary (e.g. Fuck the Police). The flows are pretty good and often hard hitting, but the runtime allowed some tracks to seem redundant. A flawed album but good. 2.5/5 -> 3/5

Surprisingly good for a hip hop/rap album but still not entirely my thing.

This was too long and repetitive. Wasn't bad though, just wish it was shorter

3 ⭐️

This album is basically everything I hate about hip hop - misogyny, violence, intolerance, homophobia, self-aggrandizing toxicity. And I suppose this album is where a lot of that originated in the genre. It's juvenile and dumb. But like most of the hip hop albums that followed, I really sympathize with the social commentary on this record. I just hate this kind of music and can hardly stand to make it through the whole album. 1/5

Simply one of, if not thee, greatest rap album of all time. The lyrics of Cube/Ren combined with Dre's production is perfection. You can still feel the influence in flow to songs like Rapper's Delight and the beats are basic and pumped full of samples which might sound somewhat simplistic these days but I think that gives it a lot of its charm. It might not have the creative rhyming of Eminem or experimental production of Kanye but, considering how young the whole genre was, and the fact it was produced for $12k, it's beyond impressive. Certainly one of the most cited and influencial albums of all time considering how huge the genre is now.

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Álbum muy importante en su momento y al que tenía muchas ganas de echarle un vistazo. El estilo sí que es verdad que ya está un poco pasado y algunas letras pues tampoco son lo mejor hoy día, pero tiene un mensaje tan importante que cambió el hiphop en su momento. Es imposible que no te guste esto.

Canción destacada: Fuck the Police :)

This is a tough one. I don't like it. I haven't really found any hip-hop that I like. But I recognize that this album and a few others launched an almost-entirely-new genre that is still pretty dominant in the popular music of today. For me, the best I can do is nod my head to the beat.

Ehhhh, not my jam.

The start is incredible but as a whole album I can see where Dr Dre is coming from. It always felt like the poor cousin to Public Enemy to me.