Niggaz4life/100 Miles and Runnin' [PA] [Remaster]N.W.A.
Release Date: 09/24/2002
Original Release:
2002
# of Discs:
1
J&R Item # 463592_CD
UPC # 724353793722
Label: Priority Records (USA)
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Disc: 1
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Performer: N.W.A.
Engineer: Donovan Producer: Yella; Dr. Dre; Eazy-E; Barrie Smithers; Shannon Ward; Bryan Kelley Distributor: EMI Music Distribution Notes: Niggaz With Attitudes: Eazy-E, DJ Yella, Dr. Dre and M.C. Ren (rap vocals). Additional personnel: Mike "Crazy Neck" Sims (guitar). Recorded at Audio Achievements, Torrance, California. This contains as bonus material the EP 100 MILES AND RUNNIN'. N.W.A.: Eazy-E, DJ Yella, Dr. Dre and M.C. Ren (rap vocals). Additional personnel: Mike "Crazy Neck" Sims (guitar). Recorded at Audio Achievements, Torrance, California. Includes liner notes by Phyllis Pollack. All tracks have been digitally remastered. 1 EP & 2 LPs on 2 CDs: ELIF4ZAGGIN (1991)/100 MILES AND RUNNING (1990)/STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON (1989). Personnel: Mike Sims (guitar). Audio Remasterer: Kris Solem. Liner Note Author: Phyllis Pollack. Recording information: Audio Achievements, Torrance, CA. Illustrator: Steve Huston. Photographers: David Provost; Peter Dokus. Though original NWA member Ice Cube would be well on his way to a successful solo career, Easy E would later pass away from AIDS, and Dr. Dre would be a year or so away from rolling out THE CHRONIC, 1991's NIGGAZ4LIFE is still a terrific collection of street gems. There is no denying the ruggedness of tracks like "Real Niggaz Don't Die," "Alwayz Into Somethin'," and the title track. Having Dr. Dre behind the boards with DJ Yella makes for a slamming combination of energy and grit. Though this album would be NWA's last as a group, it helped NWA strengthen the role the group played in bringing West Coast-style hip-hop to the masses. Some of the other tracks to check out are "Appetite for Destruction," "Real Niggaz," and the comic-sexual "She Swallowed It." NIGGAZ4LIFE is a classic.
Springing without warning from a late-1980s crack war-torn Los Angeles, N.W.A. made their neighborhood infamous with STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON. The group--which included Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, and Eazy-E--was among the first on the West Coast to address street-oriented, sociopolitical themes in a confrontational manner. Though N.W.A. proved too volatile to hold together, its individual members went on to become the biggest names in West Coast hip-hop.
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