N.W.A. and the Posse

Originally not N.W.A.'s intended album release, the Posse album was released by Macola Records—which was then the Los Angeles hip-hop scene's main distributor—by collecting songs, mainly from N.W.A.'s EP titled N.W.A., that Macola had distributed for Ruthless Records, a record label set up by N.W.A.'s Eazy-E. Six of the 11 tracks on the N.W.A And The Posse album are from then-N.W.A. members: Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube and Arabian Prince. MC Ren and DJ Yella were not yet in N.W.A, however the former does appear on the cover photograph. One track is of Microphone Mike, later called Myka 9, along with Rappinstine, a traveling faction of the DJ crew World Class Wreckin' Cru, whose core had yielded N.W.A.'s Dr. Dre and DJ Yella. Four of the Posse album's tracks are from the Fila Fresh Crew, In November 1989, after the commercial success of Straight Outta Compton that same year, Ruthless' distributor Priority Records re-issued the N.W.A And The Posse album with the track "A Bitch iz a Bitch" replacing "Scream". == Macola ==

The World Class Wreckin' Cru', including future N.W.A members Dr. Dre and DJ Yella, led by Grandmaster Lonzo, along with C.I.A which included future member Ice Cube were signed to Lonzo's label Kru-Cut Records, a sublabel of Macola Records, the area's leading independent distributor of rap records. The success of Eazy’s single "Boyz-n-the-Hood" prompted Eazy's call for an N.W.A EP, distributed by Macola. The EP's five songs included Eazy and Cube on "Dopeman", Eazy on "8 Ball", and Arabian's production "Panic Zone." After the release of the EP, N.W.A left Macola and signed to Priority. Macola was unhappy with the departure and wanted to cash in on the group. They took the songs from Eazy's "Boyz-n-the-Hood" single as well as the N.W.A EP and combined them with other songs from related groups that Macola had in their library. this resulted in the N.W.A and the Posse album. == Cover photo ==

For the EP's cover photo which is the same cover used for the album, Eazy summoned N.W.A's members to pose for the camera in a Hollywood alleyway near Macola's office. due to being sick on the day the photo was taken (although he also was not active within the group yet, just a close friend of Dre). Rapper Candyman is also in the photo, bottom right kneeling down. == Track list ==

All songs produced by Dr. Dre and Arabian Prince. Notes • Panic Zone and Dope Man contains uncredited vocals from Krazy Dee ==Certifications==