What did happen to the posse?
waxjunky
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The cover of the 1987 album N.W.A and the Posse does not look like something released by one of the most important rap groups of all time. Actually, just looking at the photo, who would believe that some of the guys in this alleyway would change the course of popular music forever less than a year after the flashbulb popped? Who would guess these men were capable of creating their own genre of music, putting their fingerprints on nearly every hip-hop song written in the past 20 years? In fact, this picture is a perfect snapshot of one of the most important scenes in the history of popular music. Stare for a moment and you can see a myth about to be born. That myth, gangsta rap, enabled four guys in this picture ? Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, MC Ren and Eazy-E ? to titillate and terrify America as Compton-based rap group Niggaz With Attitude. The mythical power of N.W.A certainly doesn't come from the clock necklaces, the running pants or the Jheri curls. Look to the left, at the bottles of malt liquor, the plain jeans and the black ball caps. Those props (and that's the right word) hint at what's going on here, which is the gestation of gangsta rap.http://www.laweekly.com/2010-05-06/music/whatever-happened-to-n-w-a-s-posse/
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Interesting choice.
And then there's...
Tracklisting:
01 - Fila Fresh Crew - I Hate To Go To Work
02 - J.B. Beat - Freak City
03 - D.J. Battlecat - D.J. N-Effect
04 - Digital Underground - Underwater Rimes
05 - The Arabian Prince & The Sheiks - Situation Hot
06 - The Unknown D.J. & D.J. Slip - X-Men
07 - Krushin' MC's - Nightmare On Rhyme Street
08 - The 2 Live Crew - Revelation
09 - Ice T - 6 In The Mornin'
10 - A.T.C. - Cisco Jam
Can't seem to find anything about this track anywhere. Anyone able to help?