Posted by West Coast Hip Hop pioneers N.W.A blazed a trail for other gangsta rappers to follow in the late 1980s and early ’90s with politically charged anthems such as “Fuck Tha Police” and “Straight Outta Compton.”
Ultimately, the group — comprised of Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, the late Eazy-E, MC Ren, DJ Yella and Arabian Prince — dissolved after two groundbreaking albums and went their separate ways.
But on March 13, DJ Yella posted a cryptic photo of Eazy-E to his Instagram account with the caption, “Get ready!!!”
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Then on Sunday (May 23), DJ Yella returned with a throwback photo of N.W.A and wrote, “Let the countdown begin!”
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A day later, DJ Yella posted another throwback photo of N.W.A with the caption, “The Countdown Continues:4” but without any further context.
As N.W.A fans scrambled to guess what it could be, Yella remained tight lipped and didn’t provide any clues.
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As one commenter pointed out, N.W.A supposedly has an arsenal of old material that was never released.
“Countdown 2 what OG?” they wrote. “PLEEEEEEZZZE tell me it’s an new NWA album I know y’all got so many old songs from the 80s & 90s that got shelved that y’all don’t gotta put out any new music just drop that old shit a all of us ol school real fans would be so geeked 2 hear it y’all would do multiple platinum #s off streams alone.”
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Meanwhile, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube and the other surviving members of N.W.A haven’t posted anything suggesting some secret project is on the way.
Cube is currently dealing with a lawsuit from his longtime producer Sir Jinx, while Dre is supposedly wrapping up an album and juggling his divorce from Nicole Young.