The N.W.A Legacy, Volume 1: 1988-1998 (explicit)

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

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1Westsyde Radio Megamix
N.W.A14:48
2We Want Eazy
executive producer:
Eazy‐E
producer:
Dr. Dre (Andre Young, rap producer) and Yella (US hip-hop/electro producer Antoine Carraby)
vocals:
Eazy‐E
recording of:
We Want Eazy
lyricist:
Eric Wright
composer:
George Clinton (US funk musician), Bootsy Collins (US funk musician & songwriter) and Maceo Parker (US funk/jazz saxophonist)
Eazy‐E5:03
3Trust No Bitch
Penthouse Players Clique feat. DJ Quik, Eazy‐E & AMG5:04
4Fuck tha Police
producer:
Dr. Dre (Andre Young, rap producer) and Yella (US hip-hop/electro producer Antoine Carraby)
samples:
Funky Drummer, Part 1 by James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and It's My Thing, Part 1 by Marva Whitney
part of:
Fuck tha Police: 20 Songs Against Police Brutality (number: 1), CBC Music: 10 Songs That Have Changed the World, Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 190) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 417)
recording of:
Fuck tha Police
writer:
Eazy‐E, Lorenzo Patterson and O’Shea Jackson
N.W.A45:48
5Alwayz Into Somethin'
producer:
Yella (US hip-hop/electro producer Antoine Carraby)
bass:
Mike Sims
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Priority Records, LLC (company credits only! do not file releases here) (in 2015)
recording of:
Alwayz Into Somethin’
writer:
Andre Young (Andre Young, rap producer), Lorenzo Patterson, Burke Reeves and Tracy Curry (primarily known by his stage name The D.O.C., American rapper from Dallas, Texas)
N.W.A34:27
6No One Can Do It Better
producer:
Dr. Dre (Andre Young, rap producer)
lead vocals:
The D.O.C. (rapper Tracy Curry of N.W.A, fka Doc T)
recording of:
No One Can Do It Better
writer:
D.O.C. (The D.O.C., rapper Tracy Curry of N.W.A, fka Doc T)
composer:
Dr. Dre (Andre Young, rap producer)
publisher:
Dollarz n Sense Muzick and Ruthless Attack Muzick
The D.O.C.44:53
7California Love
additional vocals:
Roger Troutman (funk musician in Zapp)
guest vocals:
Dr. Dre (Andre Young, rap producer)
vocals:
2Pac (US rapper)
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 9), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 320) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 347)
recording of:
California Love (original version)
lyricist:
James Anderson (US rapper, Death Row Records artist)
writer:
Joe Cocker, Dr. Dre (Andre Young, rap producer), Mikel Hooks, Ronnie Hudson, Tupac Shakur (2Pac’s personal identity), Chris Stainton (keyboard player, session musician and songwriter), Larry Troutman and Roger Troutman (funk musician in Zapp)
publisher:
Delirious Music, Embassy Music Corporation, Essex Music International, Inc., H & R Lastrada Music, Onward Music Ltd., R2M Music (BMI), Saja Music Co. (Saja Music Company, publisher), Songs of Lastrada (BMI-affiliated), Sony/ATV and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
quotes lyrics from:
West Coast Poplock
quotes lyrics from:
Dance Floor
quotes music from:
Woman to Woman
2Pac feat. Dr. Dre4:48
8Keep Their Heads Ringin'
engineer:
Tommy D. Daugherty and Keston Wright (engineer)
co-producer:
Sam Sneed
producer:
Dr. Dre (Andre Young, rap producer)
keyboard:
Stu “Fingas” Bullard
additional vocals:
Dorothy Coleman, Nancy Fletcher and Barbara Wilson (hip hop vocalist)
vocals:
Dr. Dre (Andre Young, rap producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Priority Records, Inc. (company credits only! do not file releases here) (in 1995)
samples:
Funk You Up (long version) (12″) by The Sequence (female old school hip hop/funk trio)
recording of:
Keep Their Heads Ringin’
lyricist:
J-Flex (US rapper, Death Row Records artist)
writer:
Dr. Dre (Andre Young, rap producer) and Sam Sneed
Dr. Dre4.655:08
9Let Me Ride
drum machine programming:
Dr. Dre (Andre Young, rap producer)
producer:
Dr. Dre (Andre Young, rap producer)
additional vocals:
Jewell (US R&B singer Jewell Caples/Peyton) and Ruben Cruz (Dr. Dre-affiliated singer Ruben Cruz of P.B.L., aka Crimson Monroe)
vocals:
Dr. Dre (Andre Young, rap producer)
recording of:
Let Me Ride (album version)
lyricist:
RBX (US rapper) and Snoop Dogg (US rapper)
is based on:
Mothership Connection (Star Child)
Dr. Dre34:23
10Natural Born Killaz
co-producer:
Sam Sneed
producer and mixer:
Dr. Dre (Andre Young, rap producer)
keyboard:
Priest "Superfly" Brooks (US rapper, producer & engineer)
additional vocals:
Ice Cube
vocals:
Dr. Dre (Andre Young, rap producer) and Ice Cube
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Death Row Records (in 1994) and Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1994)
recorded at:
Can‐Am Studios in Tarzana
mixed at:
Dre’s Crib in Los Angeles
recording of:
Natural Born Killaz
lyricist:
James Anderson (US rapper, Death Row Records artist)
writer:
Dr. Dre (Andre Young, rap producer) and Ice Cube
publisher:
Ain't Nothin' Goin' But F...n' (aka Ain’t Nothin’ but F****n’ and other variations), Gangsta Boogie Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Dr. Dre feat. Ice Cube4.754:53
11Murder Was the Case (remix)
producer and mixer:
Dr. Dre (Andre Young, rap producer)
keyboard:
Stu‐B‐Doo (producer Stewart Bullard)
percussion:
Carl “Butch” Small (percussionist)
background vocals:
Angela Dauphiney, Nanci Fletcher, Danette Williams (hip hop vocalist) and Barbara Wilson (hip hop vocalist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Death Row Records (in 1994) and Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1994)
recorded at:
Can‐Am Studios in Tarzana
mixed at:
Dre’s Crib in Los Angeles
recording of:
Murder Was the Case (remix)
writer:
Dat Nigga Daz (Daz Dillinger, US rapper Delmar Arnaud), Dr. Dre (Andre Young, rap producer) and Snoop Dogg (US rapper)
publisher:
Ain't Nothin' Goin' But F...n' (aka Ain’t Nothin’ but F****n’ and other variations), Emoni’s Music and Suge Publishing
is based on:
Murder Was the Case
Snoop Dogg54:22
12In California
Daz Dillinger5:10
13The Last Song
guest vocals:
Dr. Dre (Andre Young, rap producer), Eazy‐E and MC Ren
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1990)
Above the Law6:21