Talk:N.W.A

Removal of Misogyny and rape culture within their lyrics section
This section alone feels more political than factual. It has 1 source of a 1998 peer reviewed paper. I support a 'controversy' section, but these two sentences just fall out of place. PeaceKeeper1234 17:35, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 20 April 2020
Ice Cube was also a Songwriter for N.W.A KAAPSTADBOI123 (talk) 09:00, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
 * His songwriting contributions are acknowledged in the prose of the article.  Rob van  vee  09:09, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

Snoop Dogg was a member from 1999 to 2002
Sources state that Snoop Dogg was recruited by Dr Dre in 1999 to replace Eazy-E on the proposed reunion album Not These Niggaz Again.


 * 1 (""Me and Cube have been talking for the last two weeks about doing a N.W.A. album, and I'm really into it," Dre told MTV News. "He seems motivated. We talked to [MC] Ren. Snoop would be the fourth member of the group. I think it would be a hot project. Myself, Cube, Ren, and Snoop would be incredible."")
 * 2 ("SNOOP DOGG REPLACES LATE EAZY-E FOR NOT THESE N***AS AGAIN, DUE BY NEXT FALL.")
 * 3 ("At the turn of the century, Dre and fellow original members Ice Cube and MC Ren as well as Snoop Dogg (filling in for the late Eazy-E) recorded a track for the "Next Friday" soundtrack, performed together on television and the Up in Smoke Tour, and talked of an N.W.A reunion album called Not Those N****z Again").

I don't know why this bit of historical trivia seems to have been forgotten. I certainly remember it. It's also why Snoop states that he's a member of the group on "Lay Low" from his 2000 album Tha Last Meal. - Forty.4 (talk) 14:03, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

You can read the biography here: https://archive.org/details/drdrebiography00roro - Forty.4 (talk) 17:14, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
 * No proof of him being a member. Read WP:NOR - esse quam videri - to be rather than to seem (talk) 14:39, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Please read the sources. There is a direct quote from Dr Dre stating that Snoop was the fourth member of the reformed group. There are multiple sources stating that he was to replace Eazy-E on the planned reunion album. - Forty.4 (talk) 16:38, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
 * More here, from Ronin Ro's biography of Dr Dre:
 * "'Dre met with Cube, who spent two weeks in November telling him the time was right for an N.W.A reunion. ... instead of Yella, Dre insisted on including Snoop, [who] was commercial and could add "that extra spice that needs to be there." The others had no choice but to go along with it. ... While fans continued to reject Snoop as a replacement for Eazy, [Dre] figured, they could have the album ready in a year then work out which label would release it, since he was signed to Interscope, Cube was still on Priority, and Snoop was with No Limit. ... Dre claimed publicly that their work to date left him unsatisfied. They could try again, he said, but Cube was doing "a big special-effect movie," Snoop had to promote Tha Last Meal ... ["Lay Low"] found Snoop saying, "Snoop and Dre give a fuck about what y'all say/From the 'World's Most Dangerous Group,' N.W.A" ... But the worst mistake, [The D.O.C.] felt, might have been insisting that Snoop be part of the group. Snoop's voice on some songs worked, but his face on an N.W.A record would alienate fans. Eazy simply could not be replaced, he felt.' (excerpts from pp. 188-203)."


 * I did read the sources, but you should go ahead and look up again what no original research means. The sources you provided only prove that Snoop Dogg performed during the tour and on the track (which nobody denied in the first place). A featured performance is not the same as being an official member of a band. - esse quam videri - to be rather than to seem (talk) 21:41, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I have provided numerous reliable sources that explicitly state that Snoop was inducted into the group by Dr Dre, not merely featured on a song. The sources are quoted here directly above your comment denying that they say what they clearly and explicitly say. Bizarre! Here are a few of the most explicit repeated: "Snoop would be the fourth member of the group." - Dr Dre / "insisting that Snoop be part of the group" - The DOC / "Snoop Dogg replaces late Eazy-E for Not These Niggaz Again" - MTV. It's strange that someone who claims to have followed NWA since 1988 doesn't remember this major detail about their short-lived reunion, but be that as it may, you cannot simply insist brazenly that sources don't say the things that they clearly say. - Forty.4 (talk) 01:07, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Here are yet more reliable sources: "NWA are planning to reform, make a new album and replace the late Eric ‘Eazy-E’ Wright with Snoop Dogg" - NME; "The reformed N.W.A., composed of Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, MC Ren and Snoop Dogg (subbing for the late Eazy-E)" - Rolling Stone; "The remaining members and new addition Snoop Dogg, filling in for the late Eazy-E, began recording the group’s third LP" - Complex. - Forty.4 (talk) 01:21, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
 * By the way, this is also why Snoop is not credited as a featured guest on "Chin Check", because he was a member of the group. - Forty.4 (talk) 01:25, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
 * And yet, the same Rolling Stone magazine never lists Snoop Dogg as a member, neither do the L.A. Times , the N.Y. Times , TIME , ABC and numerous others that I consulted when I searched for references / confirmation that he was an official member of the band. I’ve been following them since 1988 and never did anybody involved state that Snoop Dogg is a member of N.W.A. - esse quam videri - to be rather than to seem (talk) 13:32, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
 * The sources you've provided are not contemporaneous with the ones I've provided. Snoop Dogg was inducted into the reunited group in 1999 for their planned reunion album. Sources from that period (cited above) clearly state this. Since the planned reunion album was never completed, it stands to reason that Snoop's brief membership would gradually recede into the footnotes of the group's history and be reported on less over time. Your sources also don't contradict my sources, ie: none of them state that Snoop was not a member in 1999/2000, they simply report the legacy membership circa 2015/16 as being the surviving original members. It can be true both that Snoop was briefly a member during their short-lived reunion period and that the current legacy membership doesn't include him. Please engage with the cited sources; it's becoming very hard for me to continue to assume good faith here when you say things like "never did anybody involved state that Snoop Dogg is a member of N.W.A." when I have twice directly cited Dr Dre saying "Snoop would be the fourth member of the group," as well as Dre's biographer paraphrasing The D.O.C criticising Dre for that same decision, etc. Or when you claim Rolling Stone "never lists Snoop Dogg as a member," when I have cited their 1999 article explicitly listing the group's members as "Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, MC Ren and Snoop Dogg." Not to mention all the other contemporaneous sources reporting the fact of Snoop's membership. You're simply not engaging with the sources, flatly denying that they say what they clearly say. I'll have to ask for input from other editors. - Forty.4 (talk) 00:00, 24 April 2021 (UTC)
 * He Was supposed to be temporary a member to replace E. But that Never actually came about. So it does not make him a member of NWA. Nobody even knew who he was until Dre had him on his NEW LABEL and album as a new artist. 2600:100B:B1C3:20F4:0:29:2CC5:3A01 (talk) 00:42, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * No one's claiming he was a member of NWA in its original incarnation before The Chronic, that's a nonsense statement. He was added to the group as a new member when the group re-formed in 1999. The fact that the planned album was never completed is irrelevant. The single "Chin Check" was released in 1999 and the new version of the group was included on the Up In Smoke tour in 2000. (And there's no source supporting your claim that Snoop's membership was intended to be 'temporary'.) - Forty.4 (talk) 03:44, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 24 February 2022
please change "1991's Niggaz4Life was be the group's final album." to ''"1991's Niggaz4Life was the group's final album." '' for more grammatical clarity. RimemberMe (talk) 03:21, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:37, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that. I did some editing yesterday and created that error. Thank you (RM) for noticing it and bringing it up, and thank you (SFR) for correcting it. GaryColemanFan (talk) 00:13, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

Requested move 11 October 2022

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 

The result of the move request was: Procedural close. RM opened by a blocked user. No support expressed by others thus far. This could be proposed again by someone else, but there is no clear reason to have it open currently. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 19:22, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

N.W.A → N.W.A. – per WP:TITLETM, simliar to N.E.R.D.. 2600:6C40:5400:5E68:296F:5AF8:BD2E:EC98 (talk) 14:04, 11 October 2022 (UTC) The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
 * Comment: See also the prior discussions at Talk:N.W.A/Archive 1, Talk:N.W.A/Archive 1, Talk:N.W.A/Archive 2, Talk:N.W.A/Archive 3, Talk:N.W.A/Archive 3. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 17:29, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment OP's account is now blocked. 162 etc. (talk) 19:12, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

"Niggaz"
Article doesn't explain what "Niggaz" means. --2001:1C06:19CA:D600:E267:7D63:59DA:7ED3 (talk) 19:51, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

Use of term "broken English"
It is stated in this article that "Niggaz Wit Attitudes... is broken English for Niggas With Attitudes." The use of the term broken English is incorrect and can be seen as disrespectful to speakers of African American English. "Niggaz Wit Attitudes" is a band name, making grammatical errors irrelevant, and spelling the words this way is intentional and is part of common spelling and speaking practices in African American English or Language, not broken English, which implies that to speak or spell this way is incorrect or wrong. Calling phrases like this "broken English" has a history of discrimination and racism.

Sources: Talkin and Testifyin by Geneva Smitherman Linguistic Justice by April Baker-Bell "Language and Linguistics on Trial..." Rickford and King "If Black Language Isn't A Language Then Tell Me What Is" James Baldwin 132.161.245.67 (talk) 22:56, 7 November 2023 (UTC)


 * I am bold to fix that broken statement. Torzsmokus (talk) 10:50, 27 November 2023 (UTC)