"Streiht Up Menace" is the debut

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MC Eiht Aaron Tyler (born May 22, 1971), better known by his stage name MC Eiht (pronounced MC eight), is an American rapper and actor. Many of his songs are based on his life in Compton. His stage name was partly inspired by the numeral in KRS-One's na ...

off the soundtrack of 1993 movie ''

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''. The lyrics of the song focus on the life of the main character in the movie, Kaydee "Caine" Lawson (

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), acting as a sort of plot summary for the film. Compton's Most Wanted also did this with another song from a soundtrack with the song "Growin' Up In The Hood" from the ''

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'' soundtrack. The track was later released on the 2001 Compton's Most Wanted compilation album "When We Wuz Bangin" and on the 2010 MC Eiht compilation album "The Best Of MC Eiht".

Video

The video for "Streiht Up Menace" depicts MC Eiht alone in a slightly foggy bedroom. The video also features clips from the movie.

Legacy

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's "Falling" from his second album, " More..." (1996) sampled "Streiht up Menace" as did "Rapfilm" by Kool Savas (2009). The song is featured in the in-game radio station ''West Coast Classics'' in the 2013 video game ''

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''. In 2010,

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did a wedding remix of MC Eiht's Straight Up Menace on his debut album ''

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''.

References

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