20 Greatest Pre-'Straight Outta Compton' West Coast Rap Songs

N.W.A’s 1988 album Straight Outta Compton was the Jordan that kicked down all the doors — the idea that hip-hop didn’t have to come from New York, the hard truths of “reality rap,” the waterfall of profanity, Raiders gear and something that had America so shook that the FBI had to get involved. But before their…