144 - N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton - Rickey Smiley

The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers

Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers

Comedy, Music, Music History, Comedy Interviews, Music Commentary

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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***This show is brought to you by DistroKid. Go to http://distrokid.com/vip/the500 for 30% off your first year!*** Straight Outta Compton was considered controversial upon its release due to the explicit lyrics that were seen as glorifying criminal behavior and degrading women. Despite little airplay, the album still went triple platinum. Rickey Smiley joins josh to discuss the first and only N.W.A. album to include Ice Cube, who left the group in 1989 due to a financial dispute before he went on to have a successful solo career. Follow Rickey on Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/rickeysmileyofficial/ https://www.tiktok.com/@rickeysmileydigital http://www.youtube.com/@RickeySmileyOfficial https://rickeysmileymorningshow.com/ https://rickeysmiley.com/ DistroKid Artist Of The Week: GOLO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1snPFpuzUhM Follow Josh on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshadammeyers/ Follow Josh on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@joshadammeyers Follow Josh on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoshAdamMeyers Follow Josh on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joshameyers Josh’s Website: https://www.joshadammeyers.com/ Follow DJ Morty Coyle on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/djmortycoyle/ https://www.instagram.com/alldaysucker/ Follow The 500 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the500podcast/ Follow The 500 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/the500podcast Follow The 500 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The500PodcastWithJAM/ Email the show: [email protected] Check the show's website: http://the500podcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Next chapter podcasts.
0:05.0	This show is brought to you by Distro Kid. Bring your music to the masses.
0:13.0	The 500. the 500.
0:26.5	J.A.M. been walking us down through that 2012 edition, so it ain't nothing to you.
0:33.9	Hundreds more to go in need of a a friend The king of peace for Angelo
0:39.3	Talking the 500 until the end
0:42.3	Talking the 500 until the end
0:46.3	With my man J.A.
0:52.3	On the 500, talking the 500 until the end
0:58.2	friend what's up
1:00.7	straight out of Compton
1:02.6	another crazy ass nigga
1:04.2	when puns I smoke yo my rap gets bigger
1:06.6	I'm a bad motherfucker and you know this
1:08.7	but the pussy ass nigg makers won't show this.
1:11.4	That is straight out of Compton, it's by NWA from the 1988 record of the same name.
1:17.9	It's also number 144 out of 500 on the 500 with Josh Adam Myers.
1:24.1	Uh, what's up?
1:25.3	A fleece army.
1:26.3	I'm going through Rolling Stone magazine list of the five hundred greatest albums all the way down to one.
1:31.2	The reason this might not sound good is that right now, I am on tour with jelly roll, and my Europe
1:39.0	trip kind of took a turn.
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