Straight Checkn 'Em

Straight Checkn 'em
Studio album by Compton's Most Wanted
Released	July 16, 1991
Recorded	1991
Genre	West Coast hip hop Gangsta rap
Label	Orpheus Records
Producer	DJ Slip, The Unknown DJ
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Compton's Most Wanted chronology
It's a Compton Thang (1990) Straight Checkn 'Em (1991) Music To Driveby (1992)

Straight Checkn 'Em is the second album by West Coast rap group, Compton's Most Wanted. It was released in 1991 and contained one of the groups most successful songs, "Growin' Up in tha Hood". The first part for the famous "Def Wish" series (I-IV) appeared 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. MC Chill was unable to appear in this album because he was sentenced to prison some month before the recording.

Track listing

1. "Intro"
2. "They Still Gafflin'"
3. "Growin' Up in Tha Hood"
4. "Wanted"
5. "Straight Checkn 'em"
6. "I Dont Dance"
7. "Raised In Compton"
8. "Driveby Miss Daisy"
9. "Def Wish"
10. "Comptons Lynchin'"
11. "Mike T's Funky Scratch"
12. "Can I Kill It"
13. "Gangsta Shout Out"

Samples Used

• "Comptons Lynchin"
  • "Superman Lover" by Johnny Guitar Watson
• "Can I Kill It?"
  • "Love T.K.O." by Teddy Pendergrass
  • "Footsteps In The Dark" by The Isley Brothers
  • "Fool Yourself" by Little Feat
• "They Still Gafflin"
  • "I Get Lifted" by George McCrae
  • "Good Ole Music" by Funkadelic
  • "Do Your Thing" by Isaac Hayes
• "Growin' Up In Tha Hood"
  • "Kool is Back" by Funk Inc
  • "Kung Fu" by Curtis Mayfield
  • "Cleopatra Jones" by Joe Simon
• "Def Wish"
  • "Wilford's Gone" by Blackbyrds
• "Driveby Miss Daisy"
  • "Pot Belly" by Lou Donaldson
• "Wanted"
  • "Funky Drummer" by James Brown
  • "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More, Babe" by Barry White
• "Straight Checkn 'Em"
  • "Freak of the Week" by Funkadelic
  • "Buns O Plenty" by Isaac Hayes
  • "Blow Your Head" by The J.B.'s
• "I Don't Dance"
  • "Sing A Simple Song" by Sly & The Family Stone
  • "Atomic Dog" by George Clinton
• "Raised In Compton"
  • "People Make the World Go Round" by Young-Holt Unlimited
• "Gangsta Shout Out"
  • "Gangster Boogie" by Chicago Gangsters

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