Straight Outta Lynwood

Straight Outta Lynwood
Studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic
Released	September 26, 2006 (2006-09-26)
Recorded	July 5, 2005–July 22, 2006
Studio	Mad Dog (Burbank) The Pass (Los Angeles) 4th Street Recording (Santa Monica) Westlake Audio (Los Angeles & Hollywood)
Genre	Comedy parody
Length	47:45
Label	Volcano Way Moby
Producer	"Weird Al" Yankovic
"Weird Al" Yankovic chronology
Poodle Hat (2003) Straight Outta Lynwood (2006) Internet Leaks (2009)
Singles from Straight Outta Lynwood
"Don't Download This Song" Released: August 21, 2006 "White & Nerdy" Released: September 12, 2006 "Canadian Idiot" Released: September 26, 2006

Straight Outta Lynwood is the twelfth studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic, released on September 26, 2006, the title drawing inspiration from hip hop group N.W.A's Straight Outta Compton.^[1] 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.

The album contains three further parodies, based on "Confessions Part II" by Usher, "Do I Make You Proud" by Taylor Hicks, and Trapped in the Closet by R. Kelly. The other half of the album is original material, containing many "style parodies"—musical imitations of existing artists, such as Brian Wilson, Rage Against the Machine, Sparks, animated musical specials, Cake, and 1980s charity songs. Originally, there were plans for the album's lead single to have been a spoof of James Blunt's hit "You're Beautiful" entitled "You're Pitiful", but Blunt's record label, Atlantic, blocked the commercial release of the parody in spite of Blunt's initial approval.

In 2006, the album was released as both a digital download and as a DualDisc (a double-sided optical disc that contained a CD on one side and a DVD on the other) containing both the album and animated music videos for a number of the album's songs. Straight Outta Lynwood was met with mostly positive reviews: Many critics applauded "White & Nerdy" and "Trapped in the Drive-Thru", while some of the other parody songs were met with a more muted response. The album peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200. "White & Nerdy" became Yankovic's highest-charting single as well as his first Platinum-certified single. The record itself was certified Gold for shipments of over 500,000 copies.