# What's the Best Song on N.W.A.'s "Straight Outta Compton" (EXPLICIT)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 29, 2010, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-song-on-n-w-a-s-straight-outta-compton-explicit/555435 "2010-09-29T03:45:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dahnlor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahnlor/32/533_2.png) [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-song-on-n-w-a-s-straight-outta-compton-explicit/555435/1 "2010-09-29T03:45:46Z")
I know, everybody was itching to post this poll but was worried about retribution from East Coast gangsta rap poll-takers. But I don’t care, 'cause I don’t give a f—! That’s right, b-----s!! West Coast n----z in tha house!! What’s up m---------z!! [makes strange hand gestures] ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-song-on-n-w-a-s-straight-outta-compton-explicit/555435/2 "2010-09-29T04:55:00Z")
It’s gotta be ‘Fuck Tha Police’. ---
**Author:** ![fuzzypickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-song-on-n-w-a-s-straight-outta-compton-explicit/555435/3 "2010-09-29T05:50:30Z")
Definitely “Fuck tha Police” – any song that triggers an FBI investigation automatically counts as legendary. ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-song-on-n-w-a-s-straight-outta-compton-explicit/555435/4 "2010-09-29T07:33:21Z")
“Straight outta Compton”. Heard it for the first time when I was 10, and it blew me away - it opened my ears and mind to a completely new (to me) genre of music. I listened to nothing but hip hop for the next 10 years straight (i.e. 1988-1998). Mostly East Cost, though, but “Straight outta Compton” started it for me. ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-song-on-n-w-a-s-straight-outta-compton-explicit/555435/5 "2010-09-29T11:15:39Z")
> [@multimediac17](#): > > It’s gotta be ‘Fuck Tha Police’. Yes. You have to love Eazy-E’s intensity on this track. On the whole, I’m unsure on how I feel about this album. The production is great and funky, but it seems like its influence ultimately killed the final innocence left in hip hop and made the gangster element an integral part, at least in the 1990’s through out. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-song-on-n-w-a-s-straight-outta-compton-explicit/555435/6 "2010-09-29T12:48:28Z")
“Fuck tha Police.” No question. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-song-on-n-w-a-s-straight-outta-compton-explicit/555435/7 "2010-09-29T12:52:53Z")
“Fuck tha Police” is probably the first song people think of as the genesis of the gangsta genre. It wins based on influence alone. “Dopeman” is another favorite of mine. ---
**Author:** ![mathews78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@mathews78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mathews78)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-song-on-n-w-a-s-straight-outta-compton-explicit/555435/8 "2010-09-29T13:34:38Z")
10 out of 13 of these songs have been my favorite at one time or another, classic album. F.Y.I - Watched the doco ‘Beef’ over the weekend dealing with feuds in the hip hop music industry, well worth a watch. ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-song-on-n-w-a-s-straight-outta-compton-explicit/555435/9 "2010-09-29T13:38:56Z")
Definitely “Fuck Tha Police,” although “Straight Outta Compton” and “Gangsta Gangsta” are both wonderful as well. As a whole the album doesn’t do a ton for me, but the singles are incredible. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-song-on-n-w-a-s-straight-outta-compton-explicit/555435/10 "2010-09-29T13:55:32Z")
For the record, anyone who picks _Something 2 Dance 2_ needs to get their cap peeled back. ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-song-on-n-w-a-s-straight-outta-compton-explicit/555435/11 "2010-09-29T15:33:42Z")
I know “Fuck tha Police” will run away with this one, and that’s cool, even though I personally dig it more as a means, primarily due to the title, to shock and offend the Man than as an actual song. No, for me, the choice came down to two songs: “Gangsta Gangsta” and “Express Yourself”, and I went with “Gangsta Gangsta”, ultimately. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-song-on-n-w-a-s-straight-outta-compton-explicit/555435/12 "2010-09-29T15:57:14Z")
Really? I’m the only person choosing “Dopeman”? Wow. Everything else being a close second, but still. ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-song-on-n-w-a-s-straight-outta-compton-explicit/555435/13 "2010-09-29T15:58:12Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > For the record, anyone who picks _Something 2 Dance 2_ needs to get their cap peeled back. Hey! Leave the OG, Ice-T, out of this. ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-song-on-n-w-a-s-straight-outta-compton-explicit/555435/14 "2010-09-29T17:44:51Z")
> [@MTCicero](#): > > No, for me, the choice came down to two songs: “Gangsta Gangsta” and “Express Yourself”, and I went with “Gangsta Gangsta”, ultimately. Now that I think about it, it’s curious that “Express Yourself” didn’t get more votes. Such a classic beat. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-song-on-n-w-a-s-straight-outta-compton-explicit/555435/15 "2010-09-29T19:15:03Z")
> [@cactus\_waltz](#): > > Now that I think about it, it’s curious that “Express Yourself” didn’t get more votes. Such a classic beat. It’s an easy second choice for me. ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-song-on-n-w-a-s-straight-outta-compton-explicit/555435/16 "2010-09-29T19:55:43Z")
Express Yourself is my vote although it was tough. Something about the beat and lyrics of that one just make it stand out above the others IF I am forced to choose. By “IF” and “forced” I mean voluntarily responding to a poll that caught my eye on the inter-tubes.