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Straight Outta Lynwood is a House act. Their sound grew out of N.W.A, Chamillionaire, Green Day, Usher and Taylor Hicks. Those roots explain a lot about how Straight Outta Lynwood arrange songs and choose their tones. Altogether the chart holds 18 connections around Straight Outta Lynwood, reaching back through N.W.A. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Straight Outta Lynwood is the twelfth studio album by the American parody musician "Weird Al" Yankovic, released on September 26, 2006, the title drawing inspiration from hip hop group N.W.A's Straight Outta Compton. It was the sixth studio album self-produced by Yankovic. The musical styles on the album are built around parodies and pastiches of pop and rock music of the mid-2000s. The album's lead single, "White & Nerdy", is a parody of Chamillionaire's hit single "Ridin'". The single debuted at #28 on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at #9 the following week; "Canadian Idiot", a parody of Green Day's "American Idiot", also charted, peaking at #82.
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