N.W.A 
The best album credited to N.W.A is Straight Outta Compton which is ranked number 527 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 3,291.
N.W.A is ranked number 532 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 3,425.
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- Dr. Dre
- Ice Cube
- Eazy-E
- MC Ren
- Arabian Prince
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N.W.A best albums
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N.W.A best tracks
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N.W.A ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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| ! | 02/24/2026 12:18 | platus | 2,153 | 72/100 |
| ! | 01/31/2024 22:06 | r0b07 | 97 | 84/100 |
| ! | 09/23/2023 10:29 | Stevo796 | 980 | 74/100 |
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This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 73.9/100, a mean average of 71.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.4/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 19.5.
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BestEverAlbums 08/02/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5392): By leniadN.W.A comments
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What a collection of talent. Arguably the most talented rap group of all time. When your least important members are MC Ren and DJ Yella you are one hell of a group. The launching pad for Ice Cube, Eazy E and Dr. Dre. What an amazing group of talent.
Even without the solo work many of the members went on to produce, this album alone set the tone for gangsta rap into the 90s, and influenced many of the rappers that followed. Even if you prefer Snoop, Biggie Smalls, or 2pac, you can't deny that we probably wouldn't have had them if not for these guys. Straight Outta Compton is certainly a great album, even if the recent movie has made it momentarily overrated.
These are a great group all very talented rappers, their best song is Gangsta Gangsta
junodog4 09/06/2012 20:38 | #50139
Shook us all up... Their one album is actually pretty good. On quality alone, it almost matches their social impact.
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