The Best of N.W.A: The Strength of Street Knowledge

~ Release by N.W.A (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Label: Priority Records - Catalog #: 09463 80696 2 1

Amazon ASIN: B000KEG96U (explicit lyrics), B000KEG974 (clean version)

The Deluxe 20th Anniversary Edition (currently the only known version released) includes a DVD with 5 music videos and interview footage.

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleLength
1Straight Outta Compton
producer:
Dr. Dre and Yella
vocals:
Eazy‐E, Ice Cube and MC Ren
samples:
Amen, Brother by The Winstons (membranophone), Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me) by The Gap Band (effects), Get Me Back on Time, Engine Number 9 by Wilson Pickett (lead vocals), It's My Turn by Dezo Daz feat. DJ Slip (lead vocals), Take Me to the Mardi Gras by Bob James (drums (drum set)), West Coast Poplock by Ronnie Hudson and the Street People (lead vocals) and You’ll Like It Too by Funkadelic (membranophone)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 248)
recording of:
Straight Outta Compton
writer:
Andre Young, Eric Wright, Lorenzo Patterson and O’Shea Jackson
4:16
2Appetite for Destruction
recording of:
Appetite for Destruction
writer:
Dr. Dre, Kokane, Lorenzo Patterson and Tracy Lynn Curry
3:08
3Dopeman
recording of:
Dopeman
composer:
Ant Banks, Dedrick Rolison and Ice Cube
6:16
4Fuck tha Police
producer:
Dr. Dre and Yella
vocals:
Dr. Dre, Eazy‐E, Ice Cube and MC Ren
recording of:
Fuck tha Police
writer:
Eazy‐E, Lorenzo Patterson and O’Shea Jackson
5:15
5Real Niggaz
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Priority Records, LLC (in 2015)
recording of:
Real Niggaz
writer:
Andre Young, Dj Yella, Eric Wright and Lorenzo Patterson
publisher:
Dollarz n Sense Muzick and Ruthless Attack Muzick
4:28
68-Ball
recording of:
8 Ball
writer:
Ice Cube
4:15
7Express Yourself
producer:
Yella
samples:
Dieueul-Dieuleul by Aby Ngana Diop (drum machine) and Express Yourself by Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
recording of:
Express Yourself (N.W.A. version)
lyricist:
O’Shea Jackson
composer:
Charles Wright
is based on:
Express Yourself
4:23
8Alwayz Into Somethin’
producer:
Yella
bass:
Mike Sims
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Priority Records, LLC (in 2015)
recording of:
Alwayz into Somethin'
writer:
Andre Young, Lorenzo Patterson, Burke Reeves and Tracy Curry
4:25
9A Bitch Iz a Bitch
recording of:
A Bitch Iz a Bitch
lyricist:
Ice Cube
writer:
Andre Young
publisher:
Ruthless Attack Muzick
3:06
10Gangsta Gangsta
producer:
Yella
recording of:
Gangsta Gangsta
lyricist:
Eazy‐E, Ice Cube and MC Ren
composer:
Andre Young, Andrew Noland, Leroy Bonner, Eric Wright, Marshall Jones, Lorenzo Patterson, Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks, O'Shea Jackson, Walter Morrison and Greg Webster
5:27
11100 Miles and Runnin’
producer:
Yella
samples:
(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party) by Beastie Boys, Lend Me an Ear by The D.O.C., Theme From Shaft by Isaac Hayes and Thriller by Michael Jackson
recording of:
100 Miles and Runnin’
writer:
Andre Young, Lamont Dozier, Eric Wright, Gregory Hutchinson, Herbie Hancock, Brian Holland, Eddie Holland, Paul Jackson and Melvin Ragin
4:30
12Boyz-N-The Hood
performer:
N.W.A
recording of:
Boyz‐N‐The Hood
writer:
Eric Wright and Ice Cube
5:37
13Real Niggaz Don’t Die
producer:
Yella
bass:
Colin Wolfe
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Priority Records, LLC (in 2015)
recording of:
Real Niggaz Don’t Die
writer:
Andre Young, Dj Yella, Eric Wright, Dino Fekaris, Lorenzo Patterson, N. Zesses, Tracy Curry and Colin Wolfe
3:39
14Compton’s in the House (remix)
producer:
Yella
recording of:
Compton’s ’n the House
writer:
Andre Young, Lorenzo Patterson and O'Shea Jackson
5:15
15Approach to Danger
bass:
Colin Wolfe
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Priority Records, LLC (in 2015)
recording of:
Approach to Danger
writer:
Dj Yella, Doc, Dr. Dre and MC Ren
2:45
16Chin Check
3:41
17If It Ain’t Ruff
producer:
Yella
samples:
A Star in the Ghetto (12" edit) by Average White Band
recording of:
If It Ain’t Ruff
writer:
Andre Young and Lorenzo Patterson
3:33