{{about|the album|other uses|World class}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = World Class | type = Studio album | artist = World Class Wreckin' Cru | cover = World Class Wreckin' Cru - World Class.gif | alt = | released = August 4, 1985 | recorded = | venue = | studio = Audio Achievements <small>(Torrance, CA)</small> | genre = {{hlist|Electronic|hip house}} | length = 43:42 | label = Kru-Cut Records | producer = {{hlist|Lonzo|Dr. Dre|DJ Yella|Cli-N-Tel}} | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Rapped in Romance | next_year = 1986 }}
'''''World Class''''' is the first studio album by American Los Angeles-based electro-hop group World Class Wreckin' Cru.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XkCncJ7j744C&q=World+Class+Wreckin%27+Cru&pg=PA233 |title=Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide - Mickey Hess - Google Books |date=2009-11-25 |isbn=9780313343216 |accessdate=2015-08-18|last1=Hess |first1=Mickey }}</ref> It was released in 1985 under the Kru-Cut record label.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/World-Class-Wreckin-Cru-The-World-Class/release/48486|title=The World Class Wreckin Cru* - World Class|website=Discogs|year=1985 |language=en|access-date=2017-03-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/world-class-mw0001692942|title=World Class - World Class Wreckin' Cru {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2017-03-10}}</ref> Songs on the album included "Juice" and "Surgery", which were popular singles on the underground West Coast scene.
The album cover was used as a form of ridicule to Dr. Dre in Eazy-E's diss song "Real Muthaphuckkin G's" showing the album images of Dr. Dre on the album wearing flashy clothing and makeup.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bXy2wTEsbCsC&q=Real+Muthaphuckkin+G%27&pg=PA325 |title=Icons of Hip Hop: An Encyclopedia of the Movement, Music, and Culture - Google Books |isbn=9780313339042 |accessdate=2015-08-18|last1=Hess |first1=Mickey |year=2007 }}</ref> The style was later attributed to the fashion sense of Prince which was heavily popular at the time. It was also parodied by Luther Campbell on the song "Cowards Of Compton".
==Track listing== All songs produced by Lonzo & The Wreckin Cru. {{Track listing
| title1 = Planet | writer1 = {{hlist|Hawkins|Andre Young}} | length1 = 8:07
| title2 = World Class | writer2 = {{hlist|Hawkins|Young}} | length2 = 5:03
| title3 = Surgery | note3 = Remix | writer3 = {{hlist|Antoine Carraby|Hawkins|Young}} | length3 = 5:12
| title4 = Juice | note4 = Edited version | writer4 = {{hlist|Hawkins|Alonzo Williams|Young|Carraby}} | length4 = 4:13
| title5 = (Horney) Computer | writer5 = {{hlist|Williams|Hawkins|Carraby}} | length5 = 7:14
| title6 = Gang Bang You're Dead | writer6 = {{hlist|Williams|Hawkins|Carraby}} | length6 = 6:25
| title7 = Lovers | note7 = featuring Mona Lisa Young | writer7 = {{hlist|Hawkins|Carraby|Williams|Young}} | length7 = 7:28
| total_length = 43:42 }}
==Personnel== * Alonzo Williams - vocals, bass, producer * Andre Young - vocals, drum programming, producer * Antoine Carraby - vocals, drum programming, producer * Marquette Hawkins - vocals, keyboards, producer * Mona Lisa Young - vocals * Bernie Grundman - mastering * Donovan Smith - engineer * Don MacMillan - art direction * Duane Blanks - hair styles
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Category:1985 debut albums Category:Albums produced by Dr. Dre Category:Albums produced by DJ Yella Category:World Class Wreckin' Cru albums