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STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON MOVIE RELEASE DATE 8/14/2015
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You out watching those movies when you were 10? Yeeeeeeeahhh..... Tap dance
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To add. NWA was very impactful. It introduced hip hop to white suburban America. White kids were buying and dressing in Raiders starter jackets, shirts, hats, etc. NFL went from selling 300mill in merch to 3bill over the time period. A lot could be attributed to NWA and them making Raiders clothing the "IT" thing.
Hell, even the LA Kings changed their colors to blk/silver and sold a grip of merchandise too.
Once something black and menacing penetrated white American it was considered a problem. Funny thing is they were just rapping about what's real, and their everyday experiences.
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Originally Posted by thenewjs23
Watching tnite. My girl who is white said we arent going to a black theater. Sadly i aggreed.
Surprised the whitest theater in the area is playing it. im going in all black.
My guy gonna be in a theater full of crickets. You gotta go to an urban area to see this.
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He prbly use to slang with EExcited to see this. I remember being 5 when Easy passed. One of my earliest memories was being on the 110 fwy South, and seeing Easy and a Lowrider. He had the Raider cap and Locs on. I had a Raider shirt & shorts. My dad knew him from idk where, he said wsup to my dad and peeled out.
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Exactly. That was what made the experience last night. Every time a song came on the whole theatre was reciting the lyrics word for word. Was like a concert in that joint.My guy gonna be in a theater full of crickets. You gotta go to an urban area to see this.
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Im 31 and i remember that. Im more into the artists history and background also tho.
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The entire theater went "oh my gahhhh" when it was revealed that eazy had HIV. I swear I was the only person in there who knew that's how he died prior to seeing it.
I feel like this movie is coming out at a good time, the drake generation are getting a cool look at history.
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They were overrated IMO and don't have a classic. Straight Outta Compton was an OK album at best.
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Always one.
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Lowkeeyyyy disagree with this but everything else you said is valid.
Not really Lowkey, I 100% disagree with your statement about their music actually
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Just came back from seeing this and thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm 32 and even though my parents would not let me listen to it i remember the impact. My dad was a cop so i can understand their reasoning even more. Even so i wish I could have experienced this era fully when it happened.
I'm black if it matters. .
I'm black if it matters. .
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Ice Cube is a top 10 lyricist in my book and arguably the best to do it from the West. He'd be a certified legend if he didn't drop anything after his first three albums. Cut it out with there's always one. Public Enemy was what NWA is remembered as.
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Remember it like it was yesterday.
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Im probably older than you by alot and this movie aint bringing out violence dog
This movie aint like colors this movie aint gon bring out bloods and crips dog
If you expecting 40 year old african american nwa fans to have drive bys and brawls over a rap group biopic i dont know what to tell you son.
And its usually dudes talking bout hood thats not even hood
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Yooo this movie was GREAT. Yall really diggin too deep into the criticism. Only thing I didn't like was the weird time lapse when it was 93 Cube writing Friday then all of sudden Pac recording Hail Mary but like many said. It's a movie with time restraints. Cube Jr did a hell of job. Had his pops mannerisms down to a science it was lightweight spooky. E's character did a great job too. All around great movie. I'll prolly see it again cause my girl wana see it too...I live in suburbia and it got an ovation at the end...
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You must be from the east coast
Although i somewhat agree that they are a tad bit overrated due to the lack of material and such a short time period of them being on top that all goes out the window when you realize what am impact they made on music as a whole.
If it wasnt for them your favorite rapper would be sounding like fresh prince right about now
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Fresh Prince was dope
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Fresh Prince was dope
You was bumpin that parents just dont understand in the ride huh?
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From New York and proud of it. Nas would sound like the Fresh Prince?
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You was bumpin that parents just dont understand in the ride huh?
But for real though, Fresh Prince was another guy who was way before my time. When I got older I went back into his material, and I thought it was seriously dope. Everything ain't gotta be so damn hard, violent, and controversial. World needs more of Fresh Prince music
Parents Just Don't understand
Summertime
Ring My Bell
Trapped on The Dance Floor
I'm all that
Whew
