@@StaxReacts Me, Myself and I - De La Soul; Bring da Noise - Public Enemy; Children's Story - Slick Rick; Hey Ladies/Shake your Rump/Shadrach - Beastie Boys; Lyte as a Rock - MC Lyte; You Gots to Chill - EPMD; Boyz in the Hood/No More Questions - Eazy E; Follow the Leader/Microphone Fiend - Eric B and Rakim; Parents Just Don't Understand/Brand New Funk - DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince; Top Billin' - Audio Two; It Takes Two - Rob Base; Gittin Funky - Kid n' Play; Shake Your Thang- Salt N Pepa
Mentioned this in another comment but It’s Funky Enough by The D.O.C. also came out in ‘89. Also Stepping to the AM - 3rd Bass, Seminar, Beepers, My Hooptie all by Sir Mixalot. One more, Life is Too Short from ‘88 by Too Short
1988. I think Dre did most of the beats on the record. I remember when this came out. I heard it when I was well too young to hear it. It was revolutionary. Never heard anything like it!
@@StaxReacts Dr Dre and DJ yella did the beats on early NWA, before he to left the group sometime after Ice Cube did...but since then everyone knows Dr Dre and the amazing stuff he has come out with.
Still today so full of energy. I'm a 53 year old rock guy since i was 10 years old. When this came out and hits my ears in 1988 i love the raw energyy of it like you've got in rockmusic. When i first hear eazy e i fall immediatley in love with his voice. I still got today the two nwa albums on vinyl. Cheers from germany
I could tell you a new story every day for a year and you still couldn’t truly understand how great the 80’s and 90’s were. The music scene was off the chain!! Rap, Rock, RnB, New Wave, Punk… it was crazy. Fellow Gen Xr’s know what I’m saying. Glad you’re doing this man! Keep doing you!
I'm Irish and I've heard this hundreds of times, I dont believe for one second this is your first time hearing this, especially if you like your music!
Ice Cube was the nicest MC in the group and actually wrote most of the lyrics for the other MCs (especially Dr Dre and Eazy E). He went solo after this album (1989) and ran off a string of banger solo albums which all went platinum from 1990-93. At this point he was probably the most famous rapper in the world and the face of “gangsta rap” until Tupac/Biggie, Wu Tang and Nas really blew up in 93-94
You sound like someone from that era who knows what he's talking about. I think he was the nicest. And Amerikka's Most, Death Certificate, and to a slightly lesser degree, Predator and Lethal Injection, were excellent.
@@StaxReacts NO VASELINE is a heck of a diss track Ice wrote to go back at NWA after he left. Prob one of the most hard-hitting tracks ever! Dr. Dre did the beats & mixing!
Late 80s and 90s we lived like it was our last days on Earth. Even the government was afraid of our times that they had to put censorship to our music. NWA was part of our culture back in the late 80s and 90s.
Bruh I’m 50. Came up between Atlanta & New York. U had to live these times young brother. Some serious hard shit made Gen X what we are. Respect for your interest in the roots. 🤜🤛
Cube was a beast but to me Ren is very underrated MC. He has the magic flow (see his solo joint on this album If it ain't ruff) and when Cube left the group he did all the lyrics on the second album which is even better. Don't forget the D.O.C. who deserves a full album reaction with No one can do it better Then check Above The Law the best west coast group of all times and inventor of the GFunk
Love that you're getting into their tracks! This was 1988-89 and the whole crew was Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, and MC Ren (with DJ Yella on the tables, who, incidentally, produced the entire Straight Outta Compton LP).
So my best man in my wedding and my business partner in Ohio. Grew up in Compton and ran the streets with Easy E, Dre Dre and Ice Cube. Easy E was a drug dealer at the time, or so he told me. My friend eventually moved to Las Vegas and the funny thing is my friend never had as much as a parking ticket growing up or today. He went on to play college ball, was supposed to go to NBA but injured his back. He started an R&B and Hip hop Label in Ohio. He was not an artist but a marketer, He actually has a platinum album and a gold album because he got his groups on 3 movie soundtracks. Fakin the Funk with Morris Chestnut, Tatiana Ali (fresh prince of bel air daughter) Also the soundtrack for Blade, with Wesley Snipes, and Bulworth Soundtrack (Warren Beatty and Halle Berry) In Fakin the Funk, Snoop Dogg had a song on that soundtrack (my friend produced the soundtrack) In the video my friend played B Ball in Snoop Dogg's backyard. Also, NWA was on Death Row records the Founder was Sug Night. My friend road the bus to school with Sug as Sug played Football in High School
@@StaxReacts This Female group was his best artists on his label, their song made it to the Bulworth Soundtrack that went Platinum. They were on the verge of getting a big label deal and ready to sign but a jealous boyfriend stepped in and murdered the lead singer. Very Sad. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-e7ntofG_NyU.html The Song is B1tches are Hustlers too!
I use my high school days as a map for years and this was like junior year so I'm thinking 88. I had already been an NWA fan for 2 years. Saw them perform. Saw Eazy shooting a pistol in the air once clearing out a whole club. You have to remember what we had heard leading up to this. By 1988, yeah there was some hardcore music, but lyrically, this was new territory and considered wild as hell. Like really provocative. I enjoyed it thoroughly. But for shock value, I was already warmed up from their first album and Ice T.
Ice Cube does not get enough recognition and appreciation for basically writing all the lyrics for this album....the guy is a true definition of the word LEGEND!! Ren also doesn't get the credit he deserves and Eazy's introduction to the world 8n this track is legendary!! NWA we're simply GOATS of w3st coast rap...after PE ...NWA ruled. DJ Yella was scratching....Also check out "something like that " Dre and Ren....great track
This song is the linchpin for all hood shit even today. Take notice of the video. No bitches, no fly whips, no iced out chains. Just straight up RAW...
When this came out it was so bad ass!! Being a huge rock n roll guy, I really liked this because it was hard. Incredibly talented guys, and I appreciated that. Not to sound like a broken record, but there is not much of that kind of talent anymore. Ice cube can play numerous instruments, Mac ren is still heavily involved , Eazy played drums and piano. Yella, Dr Dre, etc.
Ice Cube was never in a gang, he was a studio gangsta. But he never got called out on it. When he left NWA they took a couple of pops at him about leaving but never did a full diss track. He responded with a full diss track (No Vaseline) and because it was so brutal they never replied. Also half of them were studio gangstas too, Eazy and Ren where the only real ones, Kelly Park Compton Crips.
It makes me feel better knowing I'm not the only one screaming answers at reactors like they can hear me lmao before that I'm goin "No bro that's MC Ren! NWA! Not Ren from the past few years!" 😂
It came out in 88 or 89. Yes, Ice Cube lived the life. U GOTTA watch Straight Outta Comption the movie. Sick, awesome, dope as fuck movie. VERY TRUE to life. Ice Cube wrote almost all the songs from that album. Dr. Dre mixed the songs. Watch the movie, ull learn A LOT!!!!!
You should check out the film "Straight Outta Compton" While it's partially dramatised, it documents the start of NWA and how this album came about and gives context to why they were so angry. The whole album is a big middle finger up to the system. Also, DJ Yella and Dr Dre are responsible for the beats!
Definitely head down the NWA rabbit hole bro. Fuck tha Police is a classic and check out the back and forth disses between them and Cube when he first split off on his own. Have you watched the movie Straight Outta Compton? Maybe start there and it'll give you an idea of who's who then you can do the deep dive. Definitely study up though, this is the group and the rap that paved the way for sooo many! They raped about real life, everyday shit they dealt with, just spittin facts. At that time it was huge, especially with everything going on not only at that time but in that area. Crazy shit.
On another channel somewhere - someone made the comment "Ice Cube, he's an actor in movies for kids" or something like that.. and OMG did that make me feel old. ! was 19 in 88 so basically the SAME age as Cube (2 months apart). I have a lot of respect for him. He says what he thinks, sometimes to his detriment. It's a blessing and a curse. Of course this music scared a lot of people at the time - it was all new territory. Great reaction.Enjoying you channel.
I’m from Miami and my parents lost their minds when I got this record when I was 17. We also had the 2 Live Crew and Luke had a nightclub in Miami Beach that we tried to get into.
'Dirty Cus Rap' started commercially with 2 Live Crew..but they were NOT considered 'gangsta' Rap... NWA was the world's 1st 'gangsta' rap group ...they formed from Dr. DRE who was in another group ( Wrekin' Crew )earlier and had honed his DJ skills using 'samples' from earlier soul/r&b albums
Straight Outta Of Compton came out in 1989'' Back then Ice Cube with the curl was a beast Mc Ren And Dre was'nt slackin on the mic either DJ yella was the DJ And we all know Eazy's Bad boy Image of the group. Fact Before 1989'' there was no such thing as Gangster Rap. The term Gangsta Rap came from the news media after getting wind of the song Fuck The Police on The Straight Out Of Compton album back in 1989'' 90''.🔥🔥🔥😎
NWA, the start for Dr Dre, Ice Cube, Ren, and Eazy E. Just think about all that has been created by them three after the fall of NWA. One group i don't know if you are familiar with since you are going back to old hip hop. Bone Thugs N Harmony. Bone was found and sent to stardom by Eazy E. Give them a listen sometime. Maybe start with Thuggish Ruggish Bone, Foe Tha Love of Money with Eazy E, Body Rott, Notorious Thugs with B.I.G., Thug Love with Tupac, Tha Crossroads.
BTW "F the police" turned the world upside down at the time. That song, 2 Live Crew and Eminem had major protests of them and made the news a few times.
Yo Staxx, since you’re into the turntables, I recommend you check out the the clip of all clips that influenced just about every DJ that came afterwards… “Grandmaster Flash - Wildstyle” It’s only 2mins long and was from the movie Wild Style. Although not the inventor of scratching (that was Grandmaster Theodore), this part of the movie is credited by some of the greatest DJs as what got them to start. Give it a check, you won’t regret. Know your roots! ✌️ peace
MC Ren, . is who you are seeing here. . He released a solo Album in the 90's. Shock of The Hour. . . Definitely worth checkin out for sure. . "Tons Of Guns" wld be a great song to react to.
"Imagine that whole group of people walking towards you.." well young man, if I told you that there were different crews standing around, drinking, smoking & listening to loud music on EVERY BLOCK throughout the 80's out here in L.A.would you believe it? Best believe this shit was real .. Thanks for the reaction video ✍🏻
There is a new artist named Ren who is the new big thing. I'm sure that's who people are requesting. Now, I have to go check if you've reacted to No Vaseline yet.
All of their solo work was great, but all different and evolved. DJ Yella did the tables. Check out ZaggiN4Life tracks Appetite for Destruction and Approach to Danger. Similar vibe.
@@StaxReacts Stax…think about doing a crossover video. “Bring the Noise” Public Enemy and Anthrax. This and Run DMC and Aerosmith “Walk this Way” influenced the rap/rock hybrid bands
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This album came out in 1988. I remember, at the time it raised a big outrage among white people. I was in high school and a metalhead (and a nerdy white kid) and I remember thinking, "I refuse to listen to this because it is not METAL but I kind of maybe respect these guys?" Nowadays I don't like the story they are telling but I do like the way they tell it.
Eazy is by far one of my favorite rappers, I would check out his entire discography if I were you. The best rapper alive right now is in my opinion Nas. Best entertainer was Jam Master Jay without a doubt, I saw Run DMC live back in 98 and it was the greatest thing ever, "The turntables wobbled but they didnt fall down."
