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Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton (1995)

Where the lyrics of Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton take you, and where it was really made.

The master tapes of the unfinished project went missing from Eazy-E's car the day he was admitted to the hospital, and the album was assembled from leftovers after his death.

Key places

Recorded at Audio Achievements (1995)

Recording site Audio Achievements — Discogs credits Audio Achievements as the studio where this album was recorded. The point is placed at the city level for Torrance, so the exact building is not pinned here. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Second and final studio album by American rapper Eazy-E
• Released posthumously on January 30, 1996 by Ruthless Records and Relativity Records
• Came out ten months after Eazy-E's death in March 1995
• Singles: “Just tah Let U Know”, “Sippin' on a 40” (featuring B.G. Knocc Out and Dresta), “Tha Muthaphukkin' Real” (featuring MC Ren), and “Creep n Crawl”

Background

• Eazy-E was working on a project called Str8 Off Tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton vol. 1 & vol. 2 when he died in March 1995
• The recordings were stolen from his car while he was in the hospital
• That project was reported to contain 60 to 70 songs and was going to be the largest double-album release
• After the theft, DJ Yella stepped in as the primary architect and assembled tracks from fragments left over from the abandoned Temporary Insanity sessions
• Temporary Insanity was planned as a double album for release in 1993 with up to 60 songs
• Eazy-E dropped Temporary Insanity because of the rivalry with Dr. Dre
• Released posthumously after Eazy-E's 1995 death from AIDS

Recording

• Discogs credits Audio Achievements as the studio where the album was recorded
• Mixing was also credited to Audio Achievements
• Discogs lists Donovan “The Dirt Biker” Sound as recording engineer
• Mastering was done at Bernie Grundman Mastering

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Eric Lynn Wright, known as Eazy-E, was an American rapper, entrepreneur, and record executive born September 7, 1964 in Compton, California.
• He founded Ruthless Records in 1987 and was dubbed the "Godfather of Gangsta Rap".
• In 1987 he formed N.W.A with Ice Cube, Dr. Dre and Arabian Prince, later joined by DJ Yella and MC Ren.

Members

• N.W.A's original lineup was Arabian Prince, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E and Ice Cube; DJ Yella and MC Ren joined later.
• Ice Cube left in 1989, and the group continued as a four-piece before disbanding in 1991.

Career

• N.W.A's debut studio album Straight Outta Compton (1989) is ranked among the greatest and most influential albums.
• His solo debut Eazy-Duz-It (1988) sold over 2.5 million copies in the US and reached number 41 on the Billboard 200.
• He released two EPs, 5150: Home 4 tha Sick (1992) and It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa (1993), and signed Bone Thugs-n-Harmony.
• He died of HIV/AIDS on March 26, 1995, aged 30; his final album Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton was released posthumously in 1996.
• In 2016 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of N.W.A.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Entertainment Weekly's David Browne viewed it as Eazy-E's “most musically varied and enjoyable album”
• Browne wrote that Eazy-E leaves the listener the same way he entered: rough, raunchy, embattled, and unapologetic
• Stephen Thomas Erlewine noted that Eazy-E sounds revitalized but the music isn't imaginative
• Erlewine wrote that the album treads over familiar gangsta territory with bass, synthesizers, and boasts

Records

• Billboard 200: debuted and peaked at number 3
• Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart: number 1
• Certified gold on May 20, 1996, selling over 500,000 copies
• Certified platinum soon after

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The project stolen from Eazy-E's car was reportedly recovered, and the master tapes are now said to be in the hands of Dr. Dre
• Temporary Insanity would have been the first solo double album in the gangsta rap genre
• Tracks such as “First Power” and “Sorry Louie” were originally planned for Temporary Insanity and later repurposed for this album
• The song “Wut Would You Do” was a diss aimed at Death Row Records
• Bryan Turner, head of Priority Records, publicly said Temporary Insanity was one of the best albums he had ever heard

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

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