Dope Man - N.W.A. - MP3 instrumental karaoke

A prized relic of hip-hop's early years tracing N.W.A.'s first steps on the scene, "Dope Man" is spring-loaded with scratching, electro-funk, hardcore rap rhymes and samples the 1973 hit “Funky Worm” by The Ohio Players. The follow-up to Eazy-E’s street anthem “The Boyz-N-the-Hood,” "Dope Man," takes an uncompromising look at the crack epidemic, as told from both the user and the dealer's perspective, and was released as the B-side to the group's electro debut single “Panic Zone" in 1987. It quickly became the gangsta-rap icons' battle cry, announcing the kind of no-holds-barred, self-described "reality rap" they would transfer onto their hit 1988 debut full-length, Straight Outta Compton, which was shot through with humour and saw them break fully into the mainstream. In 2016, Straight Outta Compton became the first rap album to be inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and is widely considered among hip-hop's greatest albums.