Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton


Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton is the second and final studio album by American rapper Eazy-E. It was released posthumously by Ruthless Records and Relativity Records on January 30, 1996, ten months after Eazy-E's death in March 1995. The album spawned the single, "Just tah Let U Know".

Album information

Released posthumously after Wright's 1995 death from AIDS, Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton was, according to Gerrick D. Kennedy in his book Parental Discretion Is Advised: The Rise of N.W.A and the Dawn of Gangsta Rap, "... completed with Yella's assistance. The album was unfinished at the time of Wright's death, and was cobbled together using leftover records and scraps of songs he had yet to complete for his... "double album titled Temporary Insanity intended for release in January 1993.

Critical reception

Entertainment Weekly David Browne viewed it as Eazy-E's "most musically varied and enjoyable album" where "he leaves our consciousness the same way he entered — rough, raunchy, embattled, and utterly unapologetic."
Stephen Thomas Erlewine noted "... Eazy-E sounds revitalized, but the music simply isn't imaginative. Instead of pushing forward and creating a distinctive style, it treads over familiar gangsta territory, complete with bottomless bass, whining synthesizers, and meaningless boasts."

Commercial performance

The album was certified gold on May 20, 1996, selling over 500,000 copies.

Personnel