Compton's Most Wanted (the original line up MC Eiht, Chill MC and DJ Slip) were wrongly referred to as NWA clones, if you listen to NWA's debut Straight Outta Compton (1988) and then this album you will see which one has dated the most.
There has always been something great about It's A Compton Thang, the production is just dope, sure there are a ton of James Brown samples (the awesome "The Final Chapter" actually uses 2 James Brown samples and 2 J.B',s samples)and a lot of familiar breaks (Lee Dorsey,Funk Inc) but it all works well and Eiht and Chill flowed effortlessly throughout the album.
Every track is a winner and the album is pretty much timeless, it's one I seem to go back to a lot and the production isn't just simple loops and drums, from the Barry White sampling smoothness of "I'm Wit Dat" to the Anita Baker soul on "Late Night Hype", the laid back Roy Ayers classic "Brother Green" used on "I Give Up Nothin" to the same Lee Dorsey "A Lover Was Born" sample used by DJ Premier for Lord Finesse's "Strictly For The Ladies"
It was also an album that mentioned the gangster lifestyle, but it didn't glorify like NWA did, in essence this is one of the greatest ever gangster rap albums and a very welcome to your rap collection.
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