World Class Wrecking Crew

The World Class Wreckin' Cru recorded some solid West Coast electro with Dr. Dre in the production chair, hitting the pop charts with a smooth love jam named "Turn Off the Lights" during 1988, the same year Dre's N.W.A. delivered the gangsta landmark Straight Outta Compton. The group was formed by Lonzo (Alonzo Williams), owner of the Compton club Eve After Dark, who recruited a pair of popular local DJs, Dr. Dre and DJ Yella, along with Dre's high-school friend Cli-N-Tel. Early singles like "Surgery" and "Juice" - many of them recorded at a four-track studio that was part of the Eve After Dark complex - stood alongside work by the Egyptian Lover and L.A. Dream Team as stellar examples of the fast-moving fusion of old school rap and electro.
But even as the World Class Wreckin' Cru became one of southern California's most popular rap acts, Dr. Dre and DJ Yella were pursuing other production opportunities, one of which came from a new label (Ruthless) formed by Eazy-E. Along with Ice Cube, they wrote a single named "Boyz-n-the Hood" that was initially offered to the Ruthless act HBO, but later prompted the entire crew to form as N.W.A. After street-level singles like "Dopeman" and "8 Ball" became huge local hits, the World Class Wreckin' Cru became less of a priority for both Dr. Dre and Yella.
Even after the loverman ballad "Turn Off the Lights" entered the R&B Top 40 in 1988, they continued with N.W.A. Phases in Life, a World Class Wreckin' Cru LP released in 1990, was basically a solo release by Lonzo.

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[TafTabTah]

"All of a sudden Dr. Dre was a G thing but on his old album he was a she thing"

[avilleson]

man this is crazy,ive been trying 2 find this song for about 10yrs.now no lie.wanted 2 show my 2 sons which r 20 and 18 now,what a real old school jam sounds like.plus it was 1st song i ever had sex to,lol.the real crazy part is i was 16 and it was with their mom.wow!

[MRMIXX74]

@wlsfergo Delfonics- La La Means I Love You.......also Prince La, La, La Means I Love U..I believe that Jackson 5 also redone it too.

[didi1078]

this is was bomb back in my time. why can't they make stuff like this again.

[MrLiquar]

Nice song

[zo62]

i thought that was a horn at the end of that, nice voice

[TimBTv]

Eazy can make fun but its the furthest back of west coast rap as you can get. Dre was a real west coast gangster hip hop pioneer

[DiemondRush]

YESSSSS!

[CAPITALBEE]

That intro is fire classic dre

[wlsfergo]

@herefordmarciem NO THE 80S 1986

[wlsfergo]

@RKJCNE NO 1986

[wlsfergo]

WHO SANG LA LA LA MEAQNS I LOVE U