The white people look shocked, the black people embarrassed. Fifteen sets of eyes stare at the carpet, the ceiling, the California Raisins gold records on the walls, anywhere but the cassette deck.

Ice Cube’s angry voice cuts through the room over a funky Steve Arrington guitar riff: “… Out the door, but we don’t quit./Ren said, ‘Let’s start some shit.’/I got a shotgun, and here’s the plot:/Takin’ niggas out with a flurry of buckshot …”įifteen sets of jaws go slack, including their manager’s, their publicist’s, and the president’s.

In the office of the record company president, Dre, the producer, slaps in a tape it’s the first time anybody has heard the song outside the studio. Eazy’s group N.W.A - Niggas With Attitude - has just finished mixing down “Gangsta Gangsta,” a breathtakingly violent, vulgar gangster-rap jam that is their first single in more than a year. He answers most of the reporter’s questions with a noncommittal mmmmm he could as well be talking to a parole officer as a writer from the slicks. Last Updated 04/27/18, this page shows about 610 45s.This article was originally published on May 5, 1989.Īugust ’88: Eazy E props his Air Jordans up on a desk, stares at the ceiling, and leaves the room whenever the beeper on his belt goes off, which is often. Note: This is a partial list that I plan to add to as new essential B sides come to my attention. But many are simply overlooked gems that you may want to seek out. In some cases, the B side was actually the hit, as radio programmers ignored the originally intended A side, and in others the B side was a secondary hit that received significant airplay, enough to 'chart' on Billboard magazine's singles charts. We are including mp3 'snippets' of some of the tunes, which you can listen to by clicking on the blue 'play' button. This list is restricted to B side songs that are on one of the 'best-of' lists we maintain (Kev Roberts, Dave Marsh, Rolling Stone) or that earn one or two stars from Classic 45s. B sides were used to store other great songs by the artist, other sides of the artist's musical personality, and songs not included on the artist's albums. Except for some promo 45s, however, that is simply not the case, and the B side of these 'singles' is almost always worth seeking out. Often referred to as 'singles', many casual observers assume that 45s have only one song. This page displays about 600 songs that were on the B side of 45 RPM records. Other Lists: Retail Edits | Promo Edits | 45-Only Tracks | Censored 45s | Short: ≤2:10 | ≤2:30 | Lost Tunes Back to 'The Joy of 45 Collecting: Why 45s?'

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