World Class Wreckin' Cru
World Class
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World Class Wreckin Cru World Class 1985 US Vinyl KC 004Used · Buy It Now$25.00
World Class Wreckin Cru "World Class" Vinyl LP - Dr. Dre & Yella Pre NWA - 1985Used · Buy It Now$30.00
World Class Wrec World Class Wreckin' Cru - Turn Off the Lights: Greatest (CD)Brand New · Buy It Now$20.47
VG+ World Class Wreckin Cru – Turn Off The Lights (1987) KC-006 12" Single USUsed · Buy It Now$9.99
World Class is the 1985 debut album by the World Class Wreckin’ Cru, the Los Angeles group led by Alonzo Williams with a young Dr. Dre, DJ Yella and Cli-N-Tel, released on Williams’s Kru-Cut Records.
The story
The group grew out of Williams’s Eve After Dark club in Compton. “Surgery,” with its famous call for Dr. Dre, became a local electro hit.
Sound and production
Dre and Yella built drum-machine electro with scratching and synths, a world away from the sound they would create with N.W.A just a few years later.
Legacy
It’s the missing link between LA electro and N.W.A, and a fascinating early look at Dr. Dre’s production.
Tracklist & credits
Produced by Lonzo, The Wreckin Cru
- A1Planet8:15
- A2World Class5:02
- A3Surgery (Remixed)5:14
- A4Juice (Edited Version)3:59
- B1(Horney) Computer7:19
- B2Gang Bang You're Dead6:34
- B3Lovers7:02
Tracklist and producer credits: Discogs. Gear credits: Breakbeat Archive, sourced on each credit.
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