Compton's Most Wanted CMV "One Time Gaffled Em Up"12" OOP VG+ MC Eiht NWA Eazy E

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Compton's Most Wanted "One Time Gaffled Em Up" 12" Orpheus Records (US) 

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Compton's Most Wanted was an American gangsta rap group and one of the pioneers of the West Coast Hip Hop scene. The leader of the group was MC Eiht.

Formation and early years

C.M.W. included rappers MC Eiht, Boom Bam, Tha Chill, Ant Capone, who was later replaced by designated scratcher DJ Mike T, and producer DJ Slip. The Unknown DJ was also a producer for the group.

In the mid-1980s, Tha Chill and Ant Capone, founding members of C.M.W. prior to the joining of MC Eiht, were writing raps and practicing demo tapes (also called "hood tapes") with their longtime Compton friend MC Ren of the multi platinum group N.W.A. Tha Chill then encouraged MC Eiht to leave the corner hustle of the street scene in Compton and start making money in a legit but fun way by writing street raps which was becoming a big street buzz in the Los Angeles County Area. In 1987, while in Compton, The Unknown DJ was given a "hood tape" by a friend and was very interested in the diverse style and rhyme schemes of the "Compton's Most Wanted" rap group. The Unknown DJ then took the "hood tape" to DJ Slip in Gardena, a city just south of Compton, who at the time was the owner of Los Angeles County's largest DJ Rental business called "Music People - DJ4HIRE".

Compton's Most Wanted became part of a coalition DJ/ rap team called The Sound Control Mob, headed by DJ Slip along with other members DJ Mike T, DJ Rockin Tom, DJ Ric Roc, DJ Fat Jack and MC's The Real MC Master Rhyme and G.Q. Steve of The Sleeze Boys. DJ Slip then got "The Sound Control Mob" a record deal withAlonzo Williams a.k.a. Grand Master Lonz of World Class Wreckin' Cru and Compton native Charles Turner. The collaboration label was called "World Class/ City Fresh Records". In 1989, Ant Capone left the group due to contract and managing issues with The Unknown DJ, and Tha Chill was arrested for "joy riding," but was released a few weeks later on time served and finished what was remaining on the album.

In 1989, C.M.W. released their first single "This Is Compton" and signed to Orpheus Records. The following year, they released their first album, It's a Compton Thang which featured the single with the same title. It's a Compton Thang was entirely produced by DJ Slip and The Unknown DJ. The album peaked at #132 in the U.S. charts. A year later, the group released the follow-up album, Straight Checkn 'Em, which featured popular hits like "Growin' Up In tha Hood," which was the title sound track off the John Singleton block buster hit movie Boyz In The Hood, and the first version of the "Def Wish" series. MC Chill was sentenced to prison some months before the album was released and he did not have the chance to participate, but he was on the sound track of Boyz In The Hood. However, the album Straight Check'n Em was a bigger success than their previous album, peaking at #92.

Again in 1992, the group released their third and most successful studio album, Music to Driveby. It featured the single "Hood Took Me Under" which was produced by DJ Mike T and DJ Slip and charted at #5 in Hot Rap Singles. The "Hood Took Me Under" album version was featured on the popular video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (which also features MC Eiht as a vital supporting character) at the West Coast radio station, Radio Los Santos. The album charted at #66 in the U.S. charts and is considered a classic by many people. It was the last album C.M.W. released until their long break.

It was before "Who's Fucking Who," also produced by DJ Mike T and DJ Slip which was aimed at Bronx, NY old school rapper Timothy "Tim Dog" Blair. C.M.W. agreed with each other not to diss Tim Dog on the fact he didn't mention anything about them in his song. All that changed while on promotional tour in 1990 at aSony music release party for all the labels under the Sony Corporation. Epic Records Compton's Most Wanted & brother label Columbia Records' Tim Dog were at the party. We explained to each other our style and mission in the entertainment industry and agreed everything was on the up and ups. Tim Dog even explained his motive for the "Fuck Compton" song saying it was a personal beef against N.W.A's Dr. Dre for an altercation with female rapper/ television personality Dee Barnes from the rap video show Pump It Up because she was born in New York but lived in Los Angeles. He also stated he didn't like jeri curls and he hated R&B singer Michel'le's voice. But all that changed while taking pictures when Tim Dog asked members DJ Mike T & MC Eiht to spread a message to all Compton rappers that "he was accepting all diss records and he wanted to start a U.T.F.O. style of dissing like the "Roxanne Roxanne" era. DJ Mike T got infuriated by the gimmick approach knowing that the New York/ Los Angeles feud was about to boil over and Tim Dog's rhyme style was getting outdated in New York by the next generation of rap. So when C.M.W. got off their promo tour, DJ Mike T made the initial track for "Who's Fucking Who" and took it to DJ Slip's house where he and MC Eiht had already started working on the Music To Drive By album. MC Eiht still didn't want to waste a song to diss Tim Dog because he was a non factor to us, but DJ Mike Texpress his true reasons and has him listen to what he had made. Then it was a go! Basically, we sampled Tim Dog's "Fuck Compton" song and rearranged his vocals making him diss himself, to himself, about himself. The 2nd single/ video "Def Wish 2" was directed at well-known Compton rapper name DJ Quik who had controversial lyrics on his "underground tape" prior to his signing with Profile Records.

Their first three albums It's a Compton Thang, Straight Checkn 'Em and Music to Driveby, were produced by DJ Slip and The Unknown DJ. The Unknown DJ also produced both Electro funk tracks as well as Ice-T's classic gangsta song "6 In the Mornin'", and King Tee's classic gangsta songs "Payback's A Mutha" & "If Ya Ever In Compton Ya Better Bring A Gun" featuring Compton legend Mix Master Spade.

"Def Wish II" was one of the last 4 songs produced by The Unknown DJ before being fired by Epic Records for publishing and an error in misdirected funds on a his studio tax write-off. Epic Records initiated the 1st diss by bringing a cut out of DJ Quik to the "Hood Took Me Under" video shoot saying, they heard his "underground tape" and they felt it was a slap in the face. While on the Music To Drive By tour 1992 in Dallas, DJ Mike T by an Independent Artist contract underEpic Records was 2nd in command of C.M.W. and asked MC Eiht to start working on his solo career because Tha Chill had missed the last two albums but was opening and on stage at our concerts and nobody really knows by way of our interviews that he was the mastermind behind all 3 albums. DJ Mike T also felt thatMC Eiht would miss a better ride by going solo if the public kept viewing the lyrics as a group written project rather than he and his talent being expressed for everyone by himself.

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