1001 Albums Summary

Fire start with Straight Outta Compton and Fuck Tha Police back to back, the two tracks from the album I was most familiar with. Gangsta Gangsta isn't far behind with a sick beat. The other highlight of the album is Express Yourself, with a more mainstream appealing sound. The storytelling throughout most tracks on this record is a blast, sometimes clashing heavily with the uplifting beats with very dark themes like in Dopeman. Even a track like Something 2 Dance 2 which shouldn't work for this album does, thanks to the impeccable production. The album overall impressed me the most by how polished it is from start to finish and even though I'd remove a couple of tracks to make it a more compact album with no skips it's undoubtedly a classic and feels way ahead of it's time and I can only guess how groundbreaking it back then, as today it sounds like a kick start to 90s Hip Hop. 9/10