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{{Infobox album
| name         = The Best of N.W.A: The Strength of Street Knowledge
| type         = Greatest hits
| artist       = [[N.W.A]]
| cover        = TheBestofNWATheStrengthofStreetKnowledge.jpeg
| alt          =
| released     = {{Start date|2006|12|26}}
| recorded     = 1986–91, 1998
| studio       =
| genre        = {{hlist|[[West Coast hip hop]]|[[gangsta rap]]}}
| length       = {{Duration|h=1|m=13|s=49}}
| label        = [[Priority Records|Priority]]
| producer     = {{hlist|[[Dr. Dre]]|[[DJ Yella]]}}
| prev_title   = [[The N.W.A Legacy, Vol. 2]]
| prev_year    = 2002
| next_title   = [[Family Tree (N.W.A album)|Family Tree]]
| next_year    = 2008
| misc         =
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jeffries|first=David|title=The Best of N.W.A - N.W.A {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-best-of-nwa-mw0000452814|access-date=March 28, 2021|website=[[AllMusic]]|language=en}}</ref>
| rev2 = RapReviews
| rev2score = 9/10<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kim|first=Susan|date=March 13, 2007|title=N.W.A. :: The Best of N.W.A.: The Strength of Street Knowledge :: Priority Records|url=https://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2007_03_bestofnwastreet.html|access-date=March 28, 2021|website=www.rapreviews.com}}</ref>
}}
'''''The Best of N.W.A: The Strength of Street Knowledge''''' is a greatest hits album by American hip hop group [[N.W.A]]. It was released on December 26, 2006 through [[Priority Records]] with a bonus DVD material (deluxe 20th anniversary edition). It contains some of their old hits and remixes, interviews and music videos. The title is a reference to the quote from the intro to "[[Straight Outta Compton (song)|Straight Outta Compton]]".
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = [[Straight Outta Compton (song)|Straight Outta Compton]]
| note1 = 2002 digital remaster
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Ice Cube|O'Shea Jackson]]|[[MC Ren|Lorenzo Patterson]]|[[Eazy-E|Eric Wright]]}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|[[Dr. Dre]]|[[DJ Yella]]}}
| length1 = 4:15
| title2 = [[Appetite for Destruction (song)|Appetite for Destruction]]
| writer2 = {{hlist|Patterson|[[Dr. Dre|Andre Young]]|[[The D.O.C.|Tracy Curry]]|[[Kokane|Jerry Buddy Long Jr.]]}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Dr. Dre|DJ Yella}}
| length2 = 3:08
| title3 = Dope Man
| writer3 = Jackson
| extra3 = Dr. Dre
| length3 = 6:15
| title4 = [[Fuck tha Police]]
| note4 = 2006 digital remaster
| writer4 = {{hlist|Jackson|Patterson}}
| extra4 = {{hlist|Dr. Dre|DJ Yella}}
| length4 = 5:14
| title5 = Real Niggaz
| writer5 = {{hlist|Patterson|Wright|Young|[[DJ Yella|Antoine Carraby]]}}
| extra5 = {{hlist|Dr. Dre|DJ Yella}}
| length5 = 4:27
| title6 = 8-Ball
| writer6 = {{hlist|Jackson|Young}}
| extra6 = Dr. Dre
| length6 = 4:15
| title7 = [[Express Yourself (N.W.A song)|Express Yourself]]
| writer7 = {{hlist|Jackson|[[Charles Wright (musician)|Charles Wright]]}}
| extra7 = {{hlist|Dr. Dre|DJ Yella}}
| length7 = 4:22
| title8 = [[Alwayz into Somethin'|Alwayz into Somethin{{'-}}]]
| note8 = 2000 digital remaster
| writer8 = {{hlist|Patterson|Young|Curry}}
| extra8 = {{hlist|Dr. Dre|DJ Yella}}
| length8 = 4:24
| title9 = A Bitch Iz a Bitch
| writer9 = {{hlist|Jackson|Young}}
| extra9 = Dr. Dre
| length9 = 3:06
| title10 = [[Gangsta Gangsta (N.W.A song)|Gangsta Gangsta]]
| note10 = 2002 digital remaster
| writer10 = {{hlist|Jackson|Patterson|Wright|Young|[[Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner|Leroy Bonner]]|[[Marshall "Rock" Jones|Marshall Jones]]|Ralph Middlebrooks|[[Walter "Junie" Morrison|Walter Morrison]]|Andrew Noland|Greg Webster|[[Steve Arrington]]|Marvin Pierce|Norman Napier|Roger Parker|Charles Carter|Wayne Hankerson|[[William DeVaughn]]}}
| extra10 = {{hlist|Dr. Dre|DJ Yella}}
| length10 = 5:26
| title11 = [[100 Miles and Runnin' (song)|100 Miles and Runnin{{'-}}]]
| writer11 = {{hlist|Patterson|Wright|Young|[[Cold 187um|Gregory Hutchinson]]|[[Lamont Dozier]]|[[Herbie Hancock]]|[[Brian Holland]]|[[Eddie Holland|Edward Holland]]|[[Paul Jackson (bassist)|Paul Jackson]]|[[Wah Wah Watson|Melvin Ragin]]}}
| extra11 = {{hlist|Dr. Dre|DJ Yella}}
| length11 = 4:29
| title12 = [[Boyz-n-the-Hood]]
| writer12 = {{hlist|Jackson|Wright|Young}}
| extra12 = Dr. Dre
| length12 = 5:37
| title13 = Real Niggaz Don't Die
| writer13 = {{hlist|Patterson|Wright|Young|Carraby|Curry|[[Dino Fekaris]]|Nick Zesses}}
| extra13 = {{hlist|Dr. Dre|DJ Yella}}
| length13 = 3:38
| title14 = Compton's in the House (Remix)
| note14 = 2002 digital remaster
| writer14 = {{hlist|Jackson|Patterson|Young}}
| extra14 = {{hlist|Dr. Dre|DJ Yella}}
| length14 = 5:15
| title15 = Approach to Danger
| writer15 = {{hlist|Patterson|Young|Carraby|Curry}}
| extra15 = {{hlist|Dr. Dre|DJ Yella}}
| length15 = 2:45
| title16 = [[Chin Check]]
| note16 =
| writer16 = {{hlist|Jackson|Patterson|Young|[[Snoop Dogg|Calvin Broadus]]|[[Kurupt|Ricardo Brown]]|[[Melvin "Mel-Man" Bradford|Melvin Bradford]]}}
| extra16 = Dr. Dre
| length16 = 3:41
| title17 = If It Ain't Ruff
| note17 = 2002 digital remaster
| writer17 = {{hlist|Patterson|Mitchell}}
| extra17 = {{hlist|Dr. Dre|DJ Yella}}
| length17 = 3:33
| total_length = 1:13:49
}}
;Notes
*Tracks 1, 4, 7, 10. 14 and 17 are from ''[[Straight Outta Compton]]'' © 1989
*Tracks 2, 5, 8, 13 and 15 are from ''[[Niggaz4Life|Efil4zaggin]]'' © 1991
*Tracks 3, 6, 9 and 12 are from ''[[N.W.A. and the Posse]]'' © 1987
*Track 11 is from ''[[100 Miles and Runnin']]'' © 1990
*Track 16 is from ''[[Next Friday (soundtrack)|Next Friday (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)]]'' © 1998
;Sample credits
*Track 7 contains a sample from "[[Express Yourself (Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band song)|Express Yourself]]" written by [[Charles Wright (musician)|Charles Wright]] as recorded by [[Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band]]
*Track 10 contains a sample from "[[Funky Worm]]" written by [[Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner|Leroy Bonner]], [[Marshall "Rock" Jones|Marshall Jones]], Ralph Middlebrooks, [[Walter "Junie" Morrison|Walter Morrison]], Andrew Noland and Greg Webster as recorded by the [[Ohio Players]]
*Track 11 contains a sample from "[[Nowhere to Run (song)|Nowhere to Run]]" written by [[Holland–Dozier–Holland]] as recorded by [[Martha and the Vandellas]] and a sample from "Hang Up Your Hang-Ups" written by [[Herbie Hancock|Herbert Hancock]], [[Paul Jackson (bassist)|Paul Jackson]] and [[Wah Wah Watson|Melvin Ragin]] as recorded by [[Herbie Hancock]]
*Track 13 contains a sample from "[[I Just Want to Celebrate]]" written by [[Dino Fekaris]] and Nick Zesses as recorded by [[Rare Earth (band)|Rare Earth]]
{{Track listing
| headline = [[DVD]]
| all_writing =
| extra_column = Type
| title1 = [[Straight Outta Compton (song)|Straight Outta Compton]]
| note1 = Street version
| extra1 = [[Music video]]
| title2 = Hypocrisy of censorship
| note2 =
| extra2 = [[Ice Cube]] interview
| title3 = [[Express Yourself (N.W.A song)|Express Yourself]]
| note3 = Long/execution version
| extra3 = Music video
| title4 = [[Compton, California|Compton]] and "[[Gangsta rap]]"
| note4 =
| extra4 = [[Dr. Dre]], [[DJ Yella]] & [[MC Ren]] interview
| title5 = [[100 Miles and Runnin' (song)|100 Miles and Runnin{{'-}}]]
| note5 = New street version
| extra5 = Music video
| title6 = Parental advisory stickering
| note6 =
| extra6 = DJ Yella interview
| title7 = [[Appetite for Destruction (song)|Appetite for Destruction]]
| note7 = Extended street version
| extra7 = Music video
| title8 = Sex, change of lifestyle
| note8 =
| extra8 = Dr. Dre, [[Eazy-E]], DJ Yella & MC Ren interview
| title9 = [[Alwayz into Somethin'|Alwayz into Somethin{{'-}}]]
| note9 = Street version
| extra9 = Music video
| title10 = Approach to Danger, sampling, arguing in the studio
| note10 =
| extra10 = Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, DJ Yella & MC Ren interview
| title11 = Role models, news as an influence, telling the truth and positivity
| note11 =
| extra11 = Ice Cube interview
}}
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"  style="text-align:center;"
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (2007–15)
!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|33|artist=N.W.A.|album=The Best Of N.W.A. - The Strength Of Street Knowledge|access-date=March 28, 2021|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|74|artist=N W A|access-date=March 28, 2021|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|France|125|artist=N.W.A.|album=The Best Of N.W.A. - The Strength Of Street Knowledge|access-date=March 28, 2021|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|72|artist=N W A|access-date=March 28, 2021|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|47|artist=N W A|access-date=March 28, 2021|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardRap|25|artist=N W A|access-date=March 28, 2021|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCatalog|6|artist=N W A|access-date=March 28, 2021|rowheader=true}}
|}
==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|title=The Best of - The Strength of Street|artist=Nwa|award=Gold|relyear=2006|certyear=2018|access-date=December 28, 2022|id=13796-3158-2}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|streaming=true|noshipments=true}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{Discogs master|199119|The Best Of N.W.A "The Strength Of Street Knowledge"}}
{{N.W.A.}}
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