In , five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music.
Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels-armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent-stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world's most dangerous group, N.
And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today. The world's most dangerous times created the world's most dangerous group. Biography Drama History Music. Did you know Edit. However the White Sox did not adopt that logo until Crazy credits The only opening credits are graffiti writings of the main characters and their actors.
Alternate versions The "Unrated Director's Cut" is 18 minutes longer than the theatrical release. User reviews Review. Top review. Just Amazing. Doesn't matter if you are hiphop fan or not. I try to make it quick this time. Watch this movie. It is easily one of the best I have seen in a long time and I was skeptical with all the praise it got beforehand.
But it is well deserved. The three lead actors are amazing as well as the direction. Yes you see them "fight" the police but this is not a political film. This is a drama. It is about friendship, about self-fulfillment, about creating something and about how greed destroys everything. It has been a long time that I sat in a movie theater and you could feel how much respect and love everybody in the audience has for this film.
You don't need to love HipHop to enjoy this incredible movie. PaxtonMalloy Aug 28, As far as anyone knows, Knight never tried to get onto the set of Straight Outta Compton.
But the year-old rap mogul did show up during filming of a promotional trailer being shot in Compton on Jan. Knight was ushered away from the premises by security. At one point during the argument, Knight allegedly climbed into his pickup truck, turned over the engine and deliberately ran over Sloan as well as Terry Carter , a former business associate of Cube. Sloan was hospitalized but eventually recuperated. Carter was killed at the scene. Knight, who has clashed with the law many times in the past — including serving a five-year sentence for parole violations — claims he accidentally ran over the men while attempting to flee the confrontation.
His next hearing is Sept. No trial date has been set. The founders of N. You fall in love with these boys. You love the characters. You see that the music was born out of a frustration about their surroundings and environment. True story. Inspired by them.
True that. Controversy or no controversy, Langley is so gung ho about the film that her studio is planning on doing something nobody in the rap world thought was possible — reuniting N. After the lights finally flicker back on in the photo studio, Dre marvels about the past, about where he comes from and how remarkably far his music has traveled.
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First Name. With no-holds-barred lyrics, rapid-fire rhymes and explosive, hard-hitting beats, the quintet Cube exited after their debut album not only influenced a generation of hip-hop artists but also helped bring underrepresented black voices to the mainstream and into the multiplex.
A and like-minded musical acts, who were expressing the frustrations of inner-city life by discussing poverty, drugs, gang violence and police brutality. Depicting the troubled lives of young black men near the same streets that N. Rumor has it that N. A and their imitators, as well as the music industry itself. While Dr.
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