World Class Wrecking Crew

The World Class Wreckin' Cru recorded some solid West Coast electro with Dr. Dre in the production chair, hitting the pop charts with a smooth love jam named "Turn Off the Lights" during 1988, the same year Dre's N.W.A. delivered the gangsta landmark Straight Outta Compton. The group was formed by Lonzo (Alonzo Williams), owner of the Compton club Eve After Dark, who recruited a pair of popular local DJs, Dr. Dre and DJ Yella, along with Dre's high-school friend Cli-N-Tel. Early singles like "Surgery" and "Juice" - many of them recorded at a four-track studio that was part of the Eve After Dark complex - stood alongside work by the Egyptian Lover and L.A. Dream Team as stellar examples of the fast-moving fusion of old school rap and electro. But even as the World Class Wreckin' Cru became one of southern California's most popular rap acts, Dr. Dre and DJ Yella were pursuing other production opportunities, one of which came from a new label (Ruthless) formed by Eazy-E. Along with Ice Cube, they wrote a single named "Boyz-n-the Hood" that was initially offered to the Ruthless act HBO, but later prompted the entire crew to form as N.W.A. After street-level singles like "Dopeman" and "8 Ball" became huge local hits, the World Class Wreckin' Cru became less of a priority for both Dr. Dre and Yella. Even after the loverman ballad "Turn Off the Lights" entered the R&B Top 40 in 1988, they continued with N.W.A. Phases in Life, a World Class Wreckin' Cru LP released in 1990, was basically a solo release by Lonzo.

Comments

1. before Dre was gangsta lol eazy.e said it best
2. huhhhhhhh ice cream man
3. Co-lead vocals by the future former Mrs. Suge Knight, AKA Michel'le.
4. ayeee
5. You know I eat pussy so let's get one thing understood....
6. master p ice cream man
7. gooo michell'e
8. Loved this song back in the 90s. Loved it so much, I knew every word but I didn't know it was Michel'le who sang the song. Thanx to Lifetime movie... Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel'le.
9. Master P version way better than this.. NO LIMIT SOLDIER FOR LIFE
10. Lmfao Lonzo was a fool for this 😂😂😂 but Michel'le made it less foolish 😌
11. oh shit this the original
12. This song came on in my car like a month ago and after I heard it I totally forgot the lyrics and the name I was so sad because it's definitely one of those oldies but goodies! It crossed my mind again today as I was listening to oldies I was like geez I really wish I could remember that song.. and just now as I'm getting ready for bed I decide to watch surviving Compton and the second I heard the beat I was like yaaaassss!!! I'm so happy now I love this song!!! And I had no idea it was michel'le's voice!! I didn't even know who she was until this movie!
13. I wonder was eazy e in this group too.
14. when destiny's child broke up they sung this song before you turn off my career 😂😂😂
15. Michel'le slayed this track!!
16. Im just 20 & been listening to this for years
17. 562?!!!!!!!
18. I don't get this kind of music.
19. Some real Compton gangbanger shit right here. No doubt was carrying Uzi's and smoking blunts 24/7 during this time period. Definitely not a studio gangster
20. i get it this was around when prince and the revolution so dre was trying to copy him that explains the lipstick eyeliner dressing like a girl but then he switched to a gangster.