N.W.A. and the Posse

N.W.A. and the Posse, commonly held as N.W.A's first or debut but neglected or forgotten album[1][2][3]—with Straight Outta Compton, released the next year, then being called N.W.A's first album—is a compilation album released on November 6, 1987, by Macola Records, the early distributor for N.W.A's label, Ruthless Records.[2][4] In April 1994, or roughly five years after the Straight album's August 1988 release and July 1989 platinum certification of 1 million copies sold, the Posse album was certified gold, half as many.[5]

N.W.A. and the Posse
(L-R) Top: DJ Train (obscured), Sir Jinx; Middle: MC Chip, MC Ren, Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, K-Dee, Ice Cube, Arabian Prince, DJ Scratch (obscured); Bottom: Krazy Dee, Candyman.
Compilation album by N.W.A
Released	November 6, 1987 (original) November 13, 1989 (reissue)
Recorded	1986–87
Genre	West Coast hip hop gangsta rap
Length	46:26
Label	Macola (original) Ruthless (reissue) Priority (reissue)
Producer	Dr. Dre
N.W.A chronology
N.W.A. and the Posse (1987) Straight Outta Compton (1988)
Singles from N.W.A. And The Posse
"Boyz-n-the-Hood" Released: March 3, 1987 "Panic Zone" Released: August 13, 1987

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But originally not N.W.A's intended album release, it collects early Ruthless releases that Macola—at that time, the Los Angeles rap scene's main record distributor—had recently distributed for Ruthless, mainly N.W.A's EP titled N.W.A.[6][7] Macola omitted "A Bitch Iz a Bitch" to favor party, electro sounds, like the "Panic Zone" track, that led the Los Angeles rap scene until N.W.A's Straight album hit.[1][2][8] Months after that national, rap landmark's arrival, its own distributor, the new Ruthless distributor, Priority Records, reissued Posse with the "Bitch" track.[2]