The impact of this album can not be overstated. There also is not anything that I can say about it that has not already been said. Public Enemy challenged the establishment; N.W.A destroyed it. They exercised free speech and, as a result of it, got a letter from the F.B.I. "Straight Outta Compton" set a new precedent for gangsta rap. "Fuck Tha Police" said what so many people wanted to, but were either afraid or did not have a microphone. And "Gangsta Gangsta" and "Dopeman" painted pictures of life and situations in existence on the tough Compton streets. But more than that, it spoke for everyone who was screaming to be heard from a place of struggle. This album forever changed music and we are all better for it.
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