Straight Out Of Compton
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Primarily Hispanic now, right? My grandparents lived in a small apartment in Hawthorn. My grandpa had a frame shop in Inglewood off Crenshaw. When I was real little, Grandpa used to let me walk over to the donut place. It was until the late '80s that I became petrified of going to visit them. Probably a little irrational.
A friend of mine actually did some casting and promotions for this movie. Not sure they were her choices, but I'm not sure I loved any of the casting of the big 5 except of course Cube's kid being the no brainer. And the promotions leaving Ren & Yella out until like this past week were annoying too haha.
Anyway, haven't seen it yet. I was an NWA fan, have visited Compton, which at this point is a decent little city. I will see it but I'm don't care that much.
Anyway, haven't seen it yet. I was an NWA fan, have visited Compton, which at this point is a decent little city. I will see it but I'm don't care that much.
What is funny to me now is that when I was growing up listening to NWA and watching Colors, Boyz in the Hood, etc I thought Compton was a really, really bad neighborhood, but it actually is a decent little area and nothing like they used to portray it (or probably just how I envisioned it). There were much worse ghetto areas here in Miami, Belle Glade, Tampa, and Jax and I wouldn't blink twice driving through them, but if you mentioned Compton it was like "oh damn, we're getting shot".
Good movie. Missed some things like the dre/eazy e feud but couldn't get it all in there. Missed some other great diss tracks as well .
A whole other movie could be made on the east vs west coast feud
A whole other movie could be made on the east vs west coast feud
Somewhat related, I briefly dated a girl that lived off of Crenshaw back in '98. the first time I went to her house, I had to take a picture of the street sign as I turned onto Crenshaw. I'm certain that this upped my street cred by at least 15%. /nostalgic memory
First time I visited I got a photo of Crenshaw Blvd, too, haha.
I much preferred that to Rodeo Dr.
A friend of mine from HS posted on FB that she liked it so much, she took her kid to see it a few days later, like it was some kind of learning experience for a 8 year old.
Hey, I'm in my mid 30's & listened to them, but there's some common sense missing above.
Hey, I'm in my mid 30's & listened to them, but there's some common sense missing above.
Can't wait to see it. Being first exposed to NWA, on underground tapes that had somehow made their way east, before it could be bought in stores, was probably the biggest cultural revelation of my youth.
I can't say it had a long term impact, I stopped listening to rap just years later, but I still remember the visceral excitement of it. That, along with Rowdy Roddy Piper hitting Superfly Snuka with a coconut, were the most electrifying cultural events of my youth.
I can't say it had a long term impact, I stopped listening to rap just years later, but I still remember the visceral excitement of it. That, along with Rowdy Roddy Piper hitting Superfly Snuka with a coconut, were the most electrifying cultural events of my youth.
Me and my best friend used to listed to 2 Hard Mutha F@#$ers before every football game we played in our senior year of high school. We both played on the weakside. I played D End and he was my linebacker.
My 20 year old son asked me if I wanted to go see it. I laughed and was like I lived during that time so know what it's about. He was like I want to see it.
One of my friends saw it and said it was good.
My 20 year old son asked me if I wanted to go see it. I laughed and was like I lived during that time so know what it's about. He was like I want to see it.
One of my friends saw it and said it was good.
Like my daddy always told me - "Son, you can't always be first, but you can be next."
ok, i went and saw it. Overall, I thought it was a good movie. I think the police scenes were a little dramatized and i'm sure those guys were not angels.
Didn't Easy-E make a solo album in the early 90's that was huge? if so, why didn't they cover that one?
Didn't Easy-E make a solo album in the early 90's that was huge? if so, why didn't they cover that one?
Well they sure covered the others solo stuff, and I would venture to say that the main character is easy-e, just found it kind of weird they didn't even mention his solo album
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