For most of the 1980s, New York City, the birthplace of hip hop, remained the rap genre's dominant scene. Los Angeles County was secondary. Until 1988, the Los Angeles hip hop … See more

The album was recorded and produced in Audio Achievements Studio in Torrance, California for $12,000. Dr. Dre, in a 1993 interview, recalls, "I threw that thing together in six weeks so we could have something to sell out of the trunk.
In an incident … See more

Critiques
Music journalist Greg Kot, reviewing Straight Outta Compton for the Chicago Tribune, … See more

In 2004, the DigitaArts list 25 Best Albums Covers included Straight Outta Compton. By the album's release, Arabian Prince, on the cover, had left N.W.A. Lacking him, an iconic group photo taken by Ithaka Darin Pappas on November 11, 1988, at Pappa's studio … See more

In the United Kingdom, the album was released by 4th & B'way Records after a period that Roy Wilkinson of Sounds described as "months" of selling well as an import release. See more

N.W.A's best selling album, Straight Outta Compton, released in August 1988, attained gold certification, half a million copies sold, on April 13, 1989. Meanwhile, the album peaked at … See more

Credits adapted from Tidal and All Music.
N.W.A.
• Eazy-E – rapping (tracks 1–3, 5, 6, 9, 11–13), spoken word … See more