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Background

The film highlights YG's life on the streets of Compton before his rise to fame. Co-written by YG with the help of Darryl "Lucky" Rodgers, ''Blame It On the Streets'' draws inspiration from two of the rapper's album cuts: "BPT", a song about YG's initiation into the infamous Piru Bloods gang, and "Meet the Flockers", which describes his experience as a house burglar; YG said, "It's a group of your homies, so it's a flock of y'all going out lurking, looking for some s--t to rob," he explains. "That's why we call it flocking. I'm basically showing you the life behind those songs."

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 118 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling 17,000 copies in the first week. The album has sold 90,000 copies in the United States as of June 2016.

Track listing

*Executive Producer: YG, Sickamore, DJ Mustard *Co- Executive Producer: Jeezy CTE Music President: Steven "Steve-O" Carless

Charts

References

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