Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton | ||||
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Released | January 30, 1996 [1] | |||
Recorded | 1992–1995 | |||
Studio | Audio Achievements (Torrance, California) | |||
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Length | 53:45 | |||
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Singles from Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton | ||||
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Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton is the second and final studio album by American rapper Eazy-E. It was released posthumously by Ruthless Records and Relativity Records on January 30, 1996, ten months after Eazy-E's death in March 1995. The album spawned the single, "Just tah Let U Know".
Released posthumously after Wright's 1995 death from AIDS, [2] Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton was, according to Gerrick D. Kennedy in his book Parental Discretion Is Advised: The Rise of N.W.A and the Dawn of Gangsta Rap, "... completed with Yella's assistance. The album was unfinished at the time of Wright's death, and was cobbled together using leftover records and scraps of songs he had yet to complete for his ... "double album titled Temporary Insanity [3] intended for release in January 1993. [4]
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Entertainment Weekly | B [5] |
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Entertainment Weekly 's David Browne viewed it as Eazy-E's "most musically varied and enjoyable album" where "he leaves our consciousness the same way he entered — rough, raunchy, embattled, and utterly unapologetic." [5]
Stephen Thomas Erlewine noted "... Eazy-E sounds revitalized, but the music simply isn't imaginative. Instead of pushing forward and creating a distinctive style, it treads over familiar gangsta territory, complete with bottomless bass, whining synthesizers, and meaningless boasts." [10]
The album was certified gold on May 20, 1996, selling over 500,000 copies.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "First Power" |
| DJ Yella | 0:46 |
2. | "Ole School Shit" (featuring Dresta, B.G. Knocc Out & Sylk-E. Fyne) |
| DJ Yella | 4:01 |
3. | "Sorry Louie" | E. Wright | 4:04 | |
4. | "Just tah Let U Know" | E. Wright | Eazy-E | 4:09 |
5. | "Sippin' on a 40" (featuring B.G. Knocc Out & Dresta) | DJ Yella | 4:30 | |
6. | "Nutz on Ya Chin" |
| Eazy-E | 3:08 |
7. | "Tha Muthaphukkin' Real" (featuring MC Ren) |
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| 4:21 |
8. | "Lickin, Suckin, Phukkin" |
| DJ Yella | 2:24 |
9. | "Hit the Hooker" |
| Naughty by Nature | 2:52 |
10. | "My Baby'z Mama" | C. Lloyd | Bobcat | 3:44 |
11. | "Creep n Crawl" |
| DJ Yella | 4:11 |
12. | "Wut Would You Do" (featuring Dirty Red) |
| Tony G | 5:52 |
13. | "Gangsta Beat 4 tha Street" (featuring Dresta, B.G. Knocc Out & Menajahtwa) | DJ Yella | 3:40 | |
14. | "Eternal E" (featuring Roger Troutman) |
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| 5:26 |
Total length: | 53:45 |
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA) [18] | Platinum | 1,000,000 [19] |