Straight Outta Compton

Straight Outta Compton is the debut studio album from American hip hop group N.W.A, released August 8, 1988. The album is widely regarded as the pioneering record of gangsta rap; and with its ever-present profanity and violent lyrics, it helped to give birth to the then-new sub-genre of hip hop. Includes the global smash hit singles ‘Straight Outta Compton’, ‘Express Yourself’ and ‘Gangsta Gangsta’USM is proud to present HIP HOP HEROES, a campaign featuring both CD and Vinyl re-issues paying tribute to some of Hip Hop’s greatest artists.From the moment Run DMC released rap’s first million selling album (King Of Rock) in 1985, Hip Hop had the world hooked. Outselling country music by 9 million copies in 1998, which saw sales increase by over a third for the genre from ‘97-’98, it has since gone on to be one of the biggest selling genres in music history. With the likes of DMX, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Nelly, and 2Pac all selling copies in their tens of millions, Hip Hop culture became a game changer.All vinyl titles use exact reproductions of the original LP artwork to retain authenticity, but now on 180 gram heavyweight vinyl.