N.W.A. Greatest Hits [Explicit Content] (Bonus Track, Remastered) (2 Lp's) 05/26/2023

N.W.A. Greatest Hits [Explicit Content] (Bonus Track, Remastered) (2 Lp's) 05/26/2023N. W. A.: Ice Cube, MC Ren, Eazy E, Yella, Dr. Dre (rap vocals). All tracks have been digitally remastered. You can't accuse N. W. A. of being subtle. The original gansta rap group was unabashedly angry, with controversial songs that reflected the troubled streets from which it came. N. W. A.'s unpleasant style touched a nerve; critics called it offensive at least, dangerous at worst. But to simply dismiss N. W. A. as a group of violent, misogynist

Ice Cube (vocals)

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Fans and completists will want to own it anyway

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

as he states on "Talkin' 2 Myself" -- it became Marshall Mathers time again

but it comes off as a label sampler itself

As Muse is not a subtle band -- any suspicion they were is erased by the artwork depicting a hand controlling the joystick of an office drone controlling a joystick directing drones -- it's hard to avoid their conclusion that war is bad

Reasons - Performed by Earth

The track uses a sample from the famous horror movie of the same name from the late 1970's

that part of his background only comes through when he chooses to sing

Somewhere I Belong 9

diluting the impact of its better songs (the terrific single "Triumph") with an excess of lackluster material