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Streets of Compton is a soundtrack album to support his show on A&E with the same name. It is a three-part documentary series that aired on June 9, 2016. The series feature interviews with several Compton residents and delve into Compton's recent past and attempt to explain how drugs, gangs, and political strife helped give birth to one Compton's rich musical and cultural history.
Commercial performance
Streets of Compton debuted at number 25 on the US Billboard 200, with 20,000 equivalent album units; it sold 15,000 copies in its first week, and boasted over 3 million streams. As of July 24, 2016 Streets of Compton has sold over 25,000 copies in pure album sales not including streams.
Exclaim!'s Rob Boffard gave the album a mixed to negative review, writing that it "feels a cynical attempt to benefit from the massive interest in Compton, a contractually obliged soundtrack album for an A&E documentary series of the same name."
