Straight Outta Compton: Music from the Motion Picture


Straight Outta Compton: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack to the 2015 film of the same name. The album was released by Universal Music Enterprises on January 8, 2016 in digital formats. The soundtrack features songs that were mainly performed by N.W.A but also includes solo performances from N.W.A members Ice Cube, Eazy-E, and Dr. Dre.

Commercial performance

The soundtrack debuted at number 39 on the US Billboard 200, for the week ending January 30, 2016. The album debuted at number-one on the Top Rap Albums chart. In the second week, the album peaked at number one on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, selling 12,000 units in the second chart week.

Track listing

Writing credits adapted from the album's liner notes and those of the albums Eazy-Duz-It and Straight Outta Compton and the EP 100 Miles and Runnin' all of which feature tracks that appear on this album.

Sample credits

Personnel

  • Frank Collura – A&R
  • Vartan – Art Direction
  • Jake Voulgarides – Coordinator
  • Howard Kim – Design
  • Dr. Dre – Executive-Producer
  • F. Gary Gray – Executive-Producer
  • Ice Cube – Executive-Producer
  • Tomica Woods-Wright – Executive-Producer
  • Mike Knobloch – Executive-Producer
  • Kyle Staggs – Management
  • Philip M. Cohen – Management
  • Tanya Perara – Management
  • Kelly Martinez – Management
  • Evren Göknar – Mastering Engineer
  • George Yarboi – Product Manager
  • Monique McGuffin Newman – Production Manager
  • Sujata Murthy – Public Relations
  • Angela Leus – Music Supervision
  • Rachel Levy – Music Supervision
  • Jojo Villanueva – Music Supervision