Ruthless / Priority (2007, Reissue)
Every Wednesday, in honor of Ed Lover Dance Day from Yo! MTV Raps, I take a break from rock and roll to write a little bit about hip hop. In the late 80s and early 90s hip hop ruled my musical life. During this often called 'Golden Era' I discovered so much incredible music. As I am slowly replacing the CDs I've had for twenty-five plus years with vinyl copies, I'm going to talk about some albums that had a really important impact on me during some very formative years.You are correct, I did write about picking up a version of this record on vinyl a few months ago, but my main experience with this album was always on CD. The regular pressing of the vinyl didn't reflect the same tracklist as the CD version and that irked me a little while listening to it. Yes, I know I'm aggrevated by very trivial things.
This 2xLP version has the same tracklist and song order as the CD I've had for ten thousand years. It feels more comfortable to me this way. That tracklist takes up three sides of this double album. The fourth side is other hip hop groups covering N.W.A songs. You've got Snoop Doggy Dogg, Bone Thugs N Harmony, WC and Mack 10. I haven't listened to this side. I don't know that I'll ever listen to it. Who could possibly care about listening to N.W.A covers when you've got the real thing right in front of you?
N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton:
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