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Recorded
  
1990–1991

Niggaz4life(1991)
  
Release date
  
28 May 1991

Producers
  
Dr. Dre, DJ Yella, Eazy-E

Length
  
55:35

Artist
  
Label
  
Ruthless Records

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Released
  
May 28, 1991 (1991-05-28)

Studio
  
Audio Achievements,Torrance, California

Genres
  
Hip hop music, Gangsta rap, West Coast hip hop, G-funk, Hardcore hip hop

Similar
  
NWA albums, Gangsta rap albums

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Niggaz4Life (also known as EFIL4ZAGGIN or Efil4zaggin) is the second and final studio album by gangsta rap group N.W.A, released in 1991. It was their final album, as the group disbanded later the same year after the departure of Dr. Dre and songwriter The D.O.C. to form Death Row Records; the album features only four members of the original line-up, as Ice Cube had already left the group in 1989. Niggaz4Life debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200, selling over 954,000 copies in the first week, but in its second week peaked at #1.

Contents

In 1992, several months after the release of the album, N.W.A released a video entitled Niggaz4Life: The Only Home Video, which chronicled the making of the album and its three music videos, "Alwayz into Somethin'", "Appetite for Destruction" and "Approach to Danger".

In 2002, the CD was re-released in two formats. Both had the EP 100 Miles and Runnin' appended to the end of the original track listing, but one was available with a DVD copy of Niggaz4Life: The Only Home Video.

In comparison to its predecessor, the album was also heavier on misogyny, for which it became notorious. The songs on the album's second half featured more profanity, sexist themes, and references to various sexual acts, provoking the ire of the PMRC, liberal and conservative politicians, and civil rights activist C. Delores Tucker.

Accolades

  • Ranked #1 in The Source's Top 15 Albums of 1991 list in 1991
  • Ranked #7 in MTV's Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of All Time list in 2005
  • Commercial performance

    The album debuted number 2 on the US Billboard Top LPs chart, selling over 954,000 copies. The second week it climbed up to number 1, making it the first hardcore rap album ever to do so. As of 1991 the album has sold 2.1 million copies in the US alone.

    Track listing

    Songwriting credits are adapted from the CD liner notes. All songs produced by Dr. Dre and DJ Yella.

    Songs

    1Prelude
    2Real Niggaz Don’t Die3:40
    3Niggaz 4 Life

    References

    Niggaz4Life Wikipedia


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