N.W.A's 'Straight Outta Compton' surges on Billboard, highest chart position since 1991

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The classic N.W.A. album Straight Outta Compton is number four on Billboard’s charts, and that puts N.W.A. the highest they’ve been on the charts since their 1991 release of Niggaz4Life.

The album’s success comes as the movie with the same name, Straight Outta Compton, is finishing number one at the box office for the second week, making this week a big one for N.W.A.

At the same time, Dr. Dre’s Compton reached number three on the charts in its second week, just above Straight Outta Compton, also working alongside the success of the original album as well as the movie.

Basically, right now, it’s a pretty good time to be the N.W.A.