VH1 To Premiere New 90-Minute Rock Doc on October 3: "N.W.A: The World's Most Dangerous Group"
Hollywood, California - September 9, 2008 - To commemorate the historic and ongoing musical and cultural influence of N.W.A, Capitol/Priority will release N.W.A And Their Family Tree on September 30. The new CD and digital collection features a cross-section of 18 genre-defining tracks by the pioneering gangsta rap group and its founders, plus Mack 10, Westside Connection, Snoop Dogg, and other N.W.A-inspired artists. On October 3 at 11pm ET/PT, VH1 will premiere a new 90-minute Rock Doc, "N.W.A: The World's Most Dangerous Group."
Two decades have passed since N.W.A rocketed Straight Outta Compton to multi-platinum success, worldwide acclaim and notoriety as rap music's most powerful force, redefining forever the boundaries of popular music. In the course of little more than three years, N.W.A's Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, MC Ren and Yella reached unprecedented gangsta superstardom with their no-holds-barred missives from Los Angeles' toughest streets.
N.W.A And Their Family Tree charts the group's lineage through 18 key tracks, including what could be considered the House of N.W.A's most valuable heirloom, the explosive title track from Straight Outta Compton, the group's history-making, double platinum 1988 release. Also included are N.W.A's "Fuck Tha Police," "Dopeman," "Express Yourself," and "Boyz-N-The Hood" (N.W.A featuring Eazy-E), Ice Cube's "It Was A Good Day," "Eazy-E's "We Want Eazy," M.C. Ren's "Final Frontier," The D.O.C.'s "It's Funky Enough," Westside Connection's "Bow Down" and "Gangstas Make The World Go ‘Round," Mack 10's "Foe Life," Snoop Dogg featuring Xzibit's "Bitch Please," and other top tracks from the scions of N.W.A.
Defining the style that came to be known as gangsta rap, N.W.A propelled the genre into an expanded musical realm and topped the charts with their own challenging and illuminating style of rhymes, unprecedented in their brutal reality, over complex, funk-fueled tracks. "The World's Most Dangerous Group" played a key role in mapping rap music's trajectory and spawned three of the most important figures in gangsta rap's evolution: the late rapper and entrepreneur Eazy-E, street lyricist extraordinaire Ice Cube and mega-producer Dr. Dre.
VH1's new Rock Doc, "N.W.A: The World's Most Dangerous Group," tells the story of the group of childhood friends from Compton who channeled the rage of the streets through the prism of rap music and pop culture. The documentary features new interviews with Ice Cube, DJ Yella, Eazy-E's widow Tomica Woods-Wright, former manager Jerry Heller, Ice-T, journalist Cheo Coker, and director John Singleton. Supplemented by rarely-seen footage and interviews from the group's early days, photos, and music, the documentary illustrates how gangsta rap exploded from late ‘80s Los Angeles, a city torn by drugs and violence, and how America responded.
N.W.A And Their Family Tree
1. Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A
2. Boyz-N-The Hood - N.W.A featuring Eazy-E
3. Dopeman - N.W.A
4. Fuck Tha Police - N.W.A
5. We Want Eazy - Eazy-E
6. Express Yourself - N.W.A
7. It Was A Good Day - Ice Cube
8. V.S.O.P. - Above The Law
9. You Can't Play With My Yo-Yo - Yo-Yo featuring Ice Cube
10. Foe Life - Mack 10
11. It's Funky Enough - The D.O.C.
12. Final Frontier - MC Ren
13. Regulate - Warren G. & Nate Dogg
14. Bow Down - Westside Connection
15. Bitch Please - Snoop Dogg featuring Xzibit
16. Gangstas Make The World Go ‘Round - Westside Connection
17. Lay Low - Snoop Dogg featuring Master P, Nate Dogg, Butch Cassidy & The Eastsidaz
18. We Be Puttin' It Down - Bad Azz featuring Snoop Dogg
