At first glance this is a good CD set, though what you won't find out until you buy the CD and listen to it is that some tracks are "radio freindly" edits while other songs remain true to the "Explicit Lyric" stickers designed back in the day especially for artists like NWA.

To me it's an injustice to NWA to put censored versions of their songs on a compilation CD labeled as their legacy. If you're going to come, come correct and put the real versions of EVERY NWA song on the CD, don't mix and match Radio Edits and Explicit content, NWA was not, and is not a radio friendly band. If you want to put out an all clean version of the CD that's fine, but then put out an all explicit version of the CD as well to truely show those too young to remember exactly what the legacy of NWA is. It was groups like NWA and 2 Live Crew that prompted the record industry to create explicit lyric stickers as the profanity spewed on albums such as "Straight out of Compton" was unheard of at the time. To make a long story short you can't do the legacy of the first gangsta rap band justice by censoring the raw emotions invoked by the profanity in their lyrics.

There were also a lot of tracks I'd have liked to see on this two disc set that didn't make it. "Automobile" and "100 Miles & Runnin'" form the CD with the aforementioned name would have been welcome additions. Would have been nice too to throw on "Panic Zone" or anything from "NWA and the Posse" which featured The Arabian Prince when he was still a member of NWA.

This 2 CD set left me with a sour taste in my mouth, mostly due to the censorship of some of the songs included. Case in point: the remix of "It was a good day", I loved the disco beat in the background but it was completely ruined the second I heard Ice Cube swerve off to the clean version of the song.

Avoid this set, and buy NWAs released CDs, then you can relive their legacy as it was meant to be remembered.

THIS 2-DISC SET HAS SONGS FROM N.W.A AND SOME OF THE RAPPERS THAT WERE PUT IN THE RAP GAME BY N.W.A MEMBERS. HAS A LOT OF THE WEST'S BEST RAPPERS ON HERE, SUCH AS; THE N.W.A THEMSELVES, MACK 10, W.C., DAZ DILLINGER, SNOOP DOGG, ABOVE THE LAW, AND MORE. THE BEST SONGS ON HERE ARE THE CLASSIC ''STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON'', ''THE LAST SONG'', ''FINAL FRONTIER'', ''TRUST NO B***H'', ''BOYZ N THE HOOD'' [REMIX], AND ''KEEP THEIR HEADS RINGIN''. THIS IS A MUST-HAVE COMPILATION FOR ANYONE WHO LOVES WEST COAST GANGSTA RAP.

THIS IS ONE OF THA BEST COMPLITATIONS OF ALL TIME AND ONE OF THA BEST ART COVERS CONTAINING MORE THAN 10 ALBUM COVERS ON THA COVER.STR8 OUTTA COMPTON IS TIGHT!!! ALLOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HEARD OR HEARD OF THIS SONG SO I AINT GONNA TELL U NUTTIN ABOUT IT.BOYZ N THA HOOD THIS TRACK IS DOPE EAZYZ FIRST TRACK THIS IS THA REMIX THOUGH.IT WAS A GOOD DAY RMX WEAK BEAT STRONG LYRICZ WANTED THA ORIGINAL VERSION BUT STILL GOOD.DEAD HOMIEZ IS ONE OF CUBES BEST TRACKS.STEADY MOBBIN TIGHT BEAT TIGHT LYRICZ TIGHT CUBE TRACKZ.GUERILLAS IN THA MIST TIGHT AZZ SONG CRAZY NI''Z ON THIS TRACK ONE OF THA DOPEST TRACKZ ON THIS CD.WESTSIDE SLAUGHTERHOUSE TIGHT DISS TRACK TO THA EASTCOAST WC RIPZ THIS TRACK UP.BOW DOWN TIGHT TRACK AGAIN WC RIPZ THIS TRACK UP.THA GANGSTA THA KILLA THA DOPE DEALA ICE CUBEZ IS THA GANGSTA WCZ THA KILLA AND MAC 10 IS THA DOPE DEALA I DIDNT REALLY LIKE THIS TRACK BUT AGAIN WC RIPZ IT UP.ONLY IN CALIFORNIA WUT THA F''C IS THIS THIS TRACK SUCCZ SUCCIE AZZ BEAT.NUTTIN BUT THA CAVI HIT TIGHT TRACK UNLIKE ONLY IN CALIFORNIA I DONT REALLY LIKE DPG DAT MUCH BUT THIS IS ONE TIGHT TRACK.COLOR BLIND TIGHT AZZ BEAT FEATURING DEADLY THREAT KAM WC THA MAAD CIRCLE KING TEE AND J DEE TIGHT TRACK.FINAL FRONTIER DAMN MC REN RIPZ THIS TRACK UP MC REN IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE RAPPERZ ITZ F''CED UP HOW EVERYONE KNOWZ NWA BUT NOT MC REN.DISC 2:WESTSYDE RADIO MIX TIGHT MIX BY JULIO G IT SOUNDS WEIRD II THINK ITZ FASTER THEN THA ORIGINAL VERSIONS OF THA SONGZ 14 MINUTEZ OF OL SCOOL NWA N EAZY-E.WE WANT EAZY I DONT REALLY LIKE THIS TRACK CUZ I LIKE THA LATER E (1990-1995) THAN THA EARLIER E (1987-1989) BUT ITS STILL GOOD.TRUST NO B''CH YEA DATZ THA E IM TALKIN ABOUT DOPE AZZ TRACK BY PPC FEATURING DJ QUIK AMG AND EAZY.F''C THA POLICE TIGHT TRACK.ALWAYZ INTO SOMETHIN TIGHT AZZ NWA TRACK REN VERESES R BETTER THAN DRES BUT DRES STILL GOOD.NO ONE CAN DO IT BETTER TIGHT TRACK F''CED HOW HE GOT HIS VOICE MESSED UP.CALIFORNIA LOVE SOME PEOPLE CONSIDER THIS A CLASSIC BUT I DONT THINK SO I AINT REALLY A BIG PAC UNLIKE E I LIKE THA EARLIER PAC (1991-1994) THAN THA LATER WIT DEATH ROW.KEEP THEIR HEADS RINGIN THIGHT TRACK TIGHT LYRICZ BY J-FLEX WHO DISSED DRE I DONT KNOW Y THOUGH.LET ME RIDE BEST DRE TRACK ON HERE BETTER THAN KTHR.NATURAL BORN KILLAZ TIGHT TRACK BY DRE N CUBE DAMN DRE SHOULDVE LEFT DEATH ROW EARLY ENOUGH TO DO ANOTHER WHOLE ALBUM BY NWA ON RUTHLESS.MURDER WAS THA CASE RMX ONE GOOD ALBUM N HES THIS BIG TIGHT TRACK BY SNOOP FELL OFF AFTER MURDER WAS THA CASE SDTK.IN CALIFORNIA TIGHT TRACK BY DAZ DONT KNOW Y ITZ ON HERE THOUGH.LAST SONG TIGHT SONG FEATURES NWA.GET THIS IF U DONT.

Has your tipical songs then it has some other lesser known songs there are some big ones here and some little but it will get 4 stars because of the songs it has on it.

it is sad when you think that nwa's career was relatively short... as shown here on this album the legacy lives on and they had a big effect on the whole hip hop/gangsta scene. here you get some classic nwa moments, some brilliant songs from the group members and other wicked songs from artists that were down with the group. i must say that there are many stand out tracks such as "eazy e - we want eazy", "snoop doggy dogg - murder was the case" and "ice cube/dr dre - natural born killaz" to name a few. if you haven't got this yet then put it at the top of your to get list. you could do a lot worse. rip eazy e.