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N.W.A.: Straight Outta Compton (Priority/Ruthless)

Push, Melody Maker, 8 July 1989

THE SLEEVE of Straight Outta Compton, the debut LP from N.W.A., depicts one of the members of this Los Angeles rap group pointing a pistol at the camera. It's a slightly fuzzy affair, probably because the photographer couldn't stop his hands trembling.

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