1989: The F.B.I. vs Compton’s N.W.A. It’s no surprise musically, N.W.A. is a controversial gangsta rap group. On August 9, 1988, N.W.A. released their protest song Fuck tha Police, written by Ice Cube, the song sparked a lot of mixed reactions worldwide, even an Australian radio station, Triple J was banned from playing the song

Dr. Dre, N.W.A., Q-Tip and A Tribe Called Quest’s influence on one another goes back to the early 90s Dr. Dre’s The Chronic is hands down a classic. The album — released in 1992 — is crisp in production and finds Dr. Dre pulling from directions that many didn’t expect. At the time, Snoop Dogg,