Classic Material: N.W.A. - The World's Most Dangerous Group

This doc is worth every minute of the hour + of your life it will consume watching it. VH1's The World's Most Dangerous Group is the story of N.W.A. It's been around for a minute but if you haven't checked it then do so. Immediately!

N.W.A. - The World's Most Dangerous Casting Call

Damn, I knew cutting off my jheri curls was going to come back to haunt me.

Classic Material: N.W.A. - Live in Concert (Video)

N.W.A. is on my list of artists that I'd give anything to have seen live, but due to all kinds of reasons that will never happen. A few years back we posted the audio of this show as Rap Treat #54, but this is a dvd rip of the Houston, Texas concert which means the audio came straight from the mixing board and is professionally shot and edited (at least to 1989 standards anyways). Unlike many artists from the late '80's N.W.A. was not known for their live show, but this concert does not disappoint. They have a dope stage set, their show is put together tight, they have mad hits to rock, and they have a couple dancers! I didn't really see that coming but then again having a couple of fly girls dancing on stage works for them. This is easily worth 25 minutes of your life, especially if you were never lucky enough to witness The World's Most Dangerous Band in concert before Ice Cube left and Eazy passed away.

You are now about to witness the strength of street knowledge.

Rap Treats #74: KDAY Concerts - Eazy-E & N.W.A + Public Enemy + King Tee Live From Skateland USA, Compton

For a rap radio junkie like myself, Los Angeles' KDAY is up there with Mr. Magic on WBLS, DJ Red Alert on KISS, Stretch & Bobbito on WKCR, and Sway & King Tech on KMEL. In fact, in my eyes it trumps them all because KDAY was the first station to adopt an all Hip-Hop format in 1983. What can you say about a station who's street team included Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Ice-T, MC Hammer, Tone Loc, Kid Frost, and Young MC to name a few. It's the station that coined the term "Traffic Jam" and was the first to play artists like N.W.A. Tapes of KDAY have been hard to come across, even in the age of the internet, but thanks to OldSchoolRapTapes a few have surfaced. These are concerts by Eazy-E & N.W.A., Public Enemy, and King Tee who performed Live in Compton that were broadcast on the station. There is also a recording of Ice-T introducing his "new" record "Colder Than Ever" that I had never heard before. These recordings are nowhere close to being CDQ so you'll have to deal with the sound quality, but 1580 KDAY was an AM station so there isn't much that could have been done about that.

N.W.A. & Eazy-E

Public Enemy

King Tee

"Live From Skateland USA, Compton"

Ice-T

"Live On KDAY/Colder Than Ever"

Rap Treats #54: N.W.A Live In Houston (1989)

This is a rare recording of N.W.A. performing live in Houston back in 1989. This was a time when N.W.A. was finding it hard to perform anywhere because the Feds were trying to shut them down and the politics involved had promoters scurred. The only recordings of a N.W.A. show from this era that I've heard are this one and THIS one. For some bonus N.W.A., here is the audio and video of an Ice Cube-less N.W.A.'s appearance on the Arsenio Hall show from 1990.

N.W.A.

Live In Houston, Texas (1989)

Records: N.W.A. - "Dope Man" 12"

"Hey Mr. dope man you think your slick,

you sold crack to my sister and now she's sick,

but if she happens to die, because of yo drug,

I'm putting in yo culo a 38 slug"

N.W.A.

"Dope Man" 12" (1987)

(Ruthless Records)

A1 "Panic Zone"

A2 "Dope Man" (Radio Edit)

A3 "8-Ball" (Radio Edit)

B1 "Dope Man

B2 "8-Ball

Produced by Dr. Dre

Records: Eazy-E "The Boyz-N-The Hood" 12"

Cruising down the street in my 6-4,

Jockin the freaks, clocking the dough,

Went to the park to get the scoop,

Knuckleheads out there cold shooting some hoops,

A car pulls up who can it be,

A fresh El Camino rolled, Kilo G,

He rolls down his window and he started to say,

It's all about making that GTA,

Cuz the boyz-n-tha hood are always hard,

You come talking that trash we'll pull your card,

Knowing nothing in life but to be legit,

Don't quote me boy, cuz I ain't saying shit

Eazy-E

"The Boyz-N-The Hood" 12" (1987)

(Ruthless Records)

A1 "The Boyz-N-The Hood"

A2 "The Boyz-N-The Hood" (Radio edit)

B1 Eazy-E & Ron-De-Vu "L.A. Is The Place"

B2 Eazy-E & Ron-De-Vu "Fat Girl"

Produced by Dr. Dre

Rap Treats #26: N.W.A. Live At Celebrity Arena (1989)

Some more rare rap shit. This is N.W.A. Live At The Celebrity Arena circa 1989. This isn't the concert from the 'Boyz In The Hood' tour poster above (but I love old concert poster/flyers so I had to use it), it's a N.W.A. and Eazy-E concert from a few years later. I say N.W.A. AND Eazy-E because Eazy-E had top billin' back then. N.W.A. rocks first and then they bring out Eazy-E. It's a trip to hear Dr. Dre and Ice Cube intro Eazy and play the hype man role. It's basically just like the "We Want Eazy" video. I assume Celebrity Arena is in Compton because at the end of the show the crowd starts to wild out and you can hear some dude yell "Compton's in the house!" This is N.W.A. in Los Angeles at the height of their popularity. As a bonus, I also upped Eazy-E & Dr. Dre Live At The Roadium Swapmeet, which is a 10 minute Dr. Dre megamix hosted by Eazy Motherfuckin' E from 1986.

N.W.A. & Eazy-E

Live At Celebrity Arena (1989)

Eazy-E & Dr. Dre

Live At The Roadium Swapmeet (1986)