Straight Outta Compton

of the genre, but have to admit an initial curiosity about the multiplicity of grooves and especially about the messages conveyed by its performers. The vibrantly paced “Straight Outta Compton” isn’t just a film about hip-hop but much more. It competently covers the episodes around the formation of the band N.W.A. in 1986 Compton, California, and all the subsequent happenings that led to its end and division of its members: Ice Cube (his son O'Shea Jackson Jr.), Dr. Dre (Corey Hawkins), Eazy-E (Jason

the former Compton-based rappers rose above the disarray, having absolutely no idea they’d be completely altering the trajectory of music for decades to come, and. They (as a group and individually) would establish themselves as a set of dominant, gifted artists – unleashed edgy beats, brutally honest lyrics, and emotions that are still heavily embedded in today’s modern rap and related sub-genres.

system” (Rob,2002). N.W.A short for N****s With Attitude affected the rap game in three ways, positively, negatively, and overall. It was twenty years ago that the rap group N.W.A with Ice Cube as its most vital lyricist released its album “Straight Outta Compton”. They called their music reality rap, everyone else called it gangsta and music history was made. Hip hop music came from the clubs and sidewalks of New York City as party music made with turntables and rhymes by performers who usually couldn’t

knew their music would never die, it is a legacy. The way theymade this happen was by taking hip hop and rap away from funk and disco and made it its ownsound. Run DMC was not worried about the West Coast, however in 1988 N.W.A came out with“Straight Outta Compton” and that's when Run DMC had to come out with “Tougher thanLeather”.In 1984, Arabian Prince was a producer that produced a hit single for J.J. Fad. AntoineCarraby, aka DJ Yella, was a record producer and a film director. Andre Romelle Young

Straight Outta Compton! Dr. Dre is truly “Straight Outta Compton”. Dr. Dre was part of many different successful group projects and record labels. Dr. Dre wrote and co-wrote many songs and changed the sounds of gangsta rap forever in more than one way. There were multiple artists that were brought fame by Dr. Dre. Although Dr. Dre has earned just as much controversy as he has fame over the years he has created a legacy of himself whether it was by The Chronic, N.W.A., Ruthless Records, Death Row

F. Gary Gray’s Straight Outta Compton is a 2015 biographical drama based on the controversial American hip hop group of the 1980s and 1990s that were based in Compton California, who rose to fame through their glorified battle with the police department. The storyline captures the rise and fall of internal friendships, the constant conflict between managers and artists, plus many creative and controversial themes. The film begins with the introduction of the three most well known members of the

“Fuck Tha Police” - N.W.A. In the year of 1988, a song called “Fuck Tha Police” was published and publicly released to the world by the famous rap group N.W.A. on August 9th. The song is an ultimate form of protest. Not only did it reveal racism and police brutality towards African Americans, but it was a real eye opener for the whole world to see how Caucasian people treated people of color back then. The song transcended into a slogan and is now a movement in pop culture all over the world today

​​known ​​when​​ the album Straight​​ Outta​​ Compton​​​ was ​​released​​ in ​​1988,​​ which​​ was ​​about ​​protest​​ of ​​police​​ brutality and ​​racial ​​profiling. ​​The ​​artist ​​who​​ was ​​involved ​​in​​ gangsta rap ​​were, ​​Notorious ​​B.I.G., Tupac,​​Snoop ​​Dogg, ​​Ice.T ​​and​​ etc. Gangsta rap was considered to be similar to narcocorrido genre that is played in northern Mexico. N.W.A was a rap group who became known when their album Straight Outta Compton came out in 1988. N.W.A’s

“Fuck Tha Police” written in 1988. “Fuck Tha Police” is a protest song that appears in the N.W.A.’s album Straight Outta Compton. The main idea being protested in the song is, clearly, the apparent issue of police brutality and racial performances, but it also expresses violence against the police in a way that would be acceptable. “Upon its original release on N.W.A.’s Straight Outta Compton LP in 1988, the song was safely titled “_ _ _ _ Tha Police (Fill in the Blanks),” and the album cover was

his music and in some cases when he won the battle he would continue to lash out, like what Achilles did to Hector after he beat him, Throughout Eazy-E’s life, he was being faced with a lot of adversity. Whether that is related to growing up in Compton or the brutality he had to face regarding cops or whites in that area. When he and his close friends from the neighborhood started the hip hop group NWA, he faced even more adversity. What started off as a no name group, turned into a very influential