"Alwayz Into Somethin'" is a 1991 single by American

United States

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 hip hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 group N.W.A featuring Admiral D from their third full-length studio album, Niggaz4Life. The song also appeared on the N.W.A's Greatest Hits

Greatest Hits (N.W.A)

N.W.A's Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album originally released on July 2, 1996. The re-released version contains two bonus tracks by the reunited group. The track "Chin Check" was recorded by Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, MC Ren and Snoop Dogg under the N.W.A name for the soundtrack of Next Friday...

album and The Best of N.W.A. - The Strength of Street Knowledge.

History

The song is an early example of G-funk

G-funk

G-funk, or Gangsta-funk, is a sub-genre of hip hop music that emerged from Westcoast gangsta rap in the early 1990s. G-funk incorporates multi-layered and melodic synthesizers, slow hypnotic grooves, a deep bass, background female vocals, the extensive sampling of P-funk tunes, and a high-pitched...

 produced by Dr. Dre

Dr. Dre

Andre Romelle Young , primarily known by his stage name Dr. Dre, is an American record producer, rapper, record executive, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and a former co-owner and artist of Death Row Records...

. His commercially successful solo debut, "The Chronic

The Chronic

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," further developed the sub-genre with beats, samples, and instrumentation similar to the one used in "Alwayz into Somethin.'" The song was featured in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

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, on the West Coast gangsta rap station, Radio Los Santos.

Music video

In the music video, N.W.A.'s members are shown robbing stores, shoplifting, stealing cars, shooting at rival gang members, blowing things up, being arrested and tossed in jail. The video depicts scenes of murder and gang violence.