Straight Checkn 'Em

Straight Checkn 'em

Studio album by Compton's Most Wanted

Released

July 16, 1991

Recorded

March-April 1991

Genre

West Coast rap, Gangsta rap

Label

Orpheus Records

Producer

DJ Slip, The Unknown DJ

MC Eiht chronology

It's a Compton Thang
(1990)

Straight Checkn 'Em
(1991)

Music to Driveby
(1992)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Entertainment Weekly	(A-)^[2]

Straight Checkn 'Em is the second studio album by American rap group Compton's Most Wanted, released July 16, 1991 on Orpheus Records. It peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and at number 92 on the Billboard 200.^[3]

Along with a single, a music video was produced for the song, "Straight Checkn 'Em". The song, "Growin' Up in the Hood", was originally heard in the film, Boyz n the Hood, and was also released as a single and a music video to promote the film's soundtrack.

Background

The album contained one of the group's most successful songs, "Growin' Up in the Hood," which also appeared on the Boyz n the Hood soundtrack. The first part for the famous "Def Wish" series (I-IV) appears in Straight Checkn 'Em. Just like their previous album It's a Compton Thang, this album was entirely produced by DJ Slip and The Unknown DJ. Tha Chill was unable to appear in this album because he was sentenced to prison some months before the recording, the only song he was able to appear was "Growin' Up in the Hood".

Track listing

All tracks produced by DJ Slip and The Unknown DJ and written by MC Eiht.

#	Title	Samples	Time
1	"Intro"	"Slum Creeper" by Quincy Jones	1:02
2	"They Still Gafflin' "	"I Get Lifted" by George McCrae "Good Ole Music" by Funkadelic "Do Your Thing" by Isaac Hayes	4:29
3	"Growin' Up in the Hood"	"Kool is Back" by Funk Inc. "Kung Fu" by Curtis Mayfield "Cleopatra Jones" by Joe Simon "Gangsta Gangsta" by N.W.A "Paul Revere" by Beastie Boys "Love's Gonna Get 'Cha [Material Love]" by Boogie Down Productions "Rollin' Wit the Lench Mob" by Ice Cube "It's Funky Enough" by The D.O.C.	4:11
4	"Wanted"	"Funky Drummer" by James Brown "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby" by Barry White "Straight Checkn 'Em" "(Not Just) Knee Deep" by Funkadelic "Buns O Plenty" by Isaac Hayes "Blow Your Head" by The J.B.'s	4:14
5	"Straight Checkn 'Em"	"Don't Change Your Love" by The Five Stairsteps	3:46
6	"I Don't Dance"	"Sing a Simple Song" by Sly & the Family Stone "Atomic Dog" by George Clinton "I Can Make You Dance" by Zapp "Dance Floor" by Zapp "Jackin' for Beats" by Ice Cube "Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)" by Parliament "Going Back to Cali" by LL Cool J "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice	2:29
7	"Raised in Compton"	"People Make the World Go Round" by Young-Holt Unlimited	3:48
8	"Driveby Miss Daisy"	"Pot Belly" by Lou Donaldson	4:26
9	"Def Wish"	"Wilford's Gone" by The Blackbyrds	3:41
10	"Compton's Lynchin' "	"Superman Lover" by Johnny "Guitar" Watson "Jackin' for Beats" by Ice Cube "Played Like a Piano" by King Tee featuring Ice Cube and Breeze "100 Miles and Runnin' " by N.W.A	4:42
11	"Mike T's Funky Scratch"		2:34
12	"Can I Kill It?"	"Love T.K.O." by Teddy Pendergrass "Footsteps in the Dark" by The Isley Brothers "This Is for the Lover in You" by Shalamar "Fool Yourself" by Little Feat "They Still Gafflin"	4:30
13	"Gangsta Shot Out"	"Gangster Boogie" by Chicago Gangsters	2:32

Charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[4]	92
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[5]	23

References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ Entertainment Weekly review
↑ ((( Straight Checkn 'Em > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums ))). All Media Guide, LLC. Retrieved on 2010-01-12.
↑ "Compton's Most Wanted – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Compton's Most Wanted. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
↑ "Compton's Most Wanted – Chart history" Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for Compton's Most Wanted. Retrieved August 5, 2016.

External links

Straight Checkn 'Em at Discogs

Compton's Most Wanted

Tha Chill MC Eiht DJ Slip DJ Mike T Ant Capone

Albums	It's a Compton Thang Straight Checkn 'Em Music to Driveby Represent Music to Gang Bang

Other albums	We Come Strapped Death Threatz Compton's O.G. When We Wuz Bangin' 1989–1999: The Hitz

Singles	"It's a Compton Thang" "Growin' Up In tha Hood" "Def Wish" "Hood Took Me Under" "Def Wish II" "This Is Compton 2000" "Music to Gang Bang"

MC Eiht

Studio albums	We Come Strapped Death Threatz Last Man Standing Section 8 N' My Neighborhood Tha8t'z Gangsta Underground Hero Hood Arrest Smoke in tha City Veterans Day Affiliated Compton's O.G. Which Way Iz West

Collaborations	The Pioneers (with Spice 1) The New Season (with Brotha Lynch Hung) Keep It Gangsta (with Spice 1)

EPs	Keep It Hood

Related articles	Discography Compton's Most Wanted The Warzone

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