Straight Outta Compton

The album's title alludes to the N.W.A. album Straight Outta Compton and is hometown a neologism from Nashville (his hometown) and Johnny Cash, Nashville's most known musician. The singles from this album include "Let Me In ", "Shorty...

In this article: Young Buck, Straight Outta Cashville, Nashville, Look at Me Now, Let Me In, Vibe, Shorty Wanna Ride, RIAA, and Stat Quo

...Chris Rock wrote an article for the magazine about the 25 Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of all time in 2005, ''Straight Outta Compton was number one on his list. The album was also ranked the 130th best album of all time by Acclaimedmusic.net. In...

In this article: N.W.A, Time Magazine, FBI, Ice Cube, Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Ruthless Records, DJ Yella, and Compton, California

...who had just released the seminal It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. Hip-hop was on the cusp of gangsta rap with N.W.A.'s Straight Outta Compton. We fell in love with the idea of driving away in Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car" or...

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...as an actor helped turn the Raiders into something more than a football team,a Ice Cube noted. a Ita s been 21 years since we released Straight Outta Compton, but to this day, kids all over the world buy Raiders gear, imitate the "Gangster...

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...Westside Connection partner WC to help him perform a greatest hits set, including gangsta rap classics "Natural Born Killaz," "Bow Down," "Straight Outta Compton" and the latter's "Pay Ya Dues," a song that could've served as the official...

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Album cover for 'Straight Outta Compton,' by the group N.W.A. (Handout / July 6, 2009) Singing a profanity-laced rap song about the police while hanging out a car window on the Southern State Parkway got a passenger in trouble - with the...

In this article: N.W.A, Summons, West Coast rap, Los Angeles Police Department, and Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A. biopic, 'Straight Outta Compton,' in development Mar 6, 2009, 08:00 PM | by Christine Spines Rap is finally getting the Ray treatment. New Line is developing Straight Outta Compton, an urban drama about N.W.A. (a.k.a. Niggaz With...

In this article: Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, N.W.A, Compton, California, AIDS, New Line, Fresh Prince, and Curtis Hanson

...Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Rap supergroup N.W.A will become the latest hip-hop act to have its story told in a big-screen biopic. Straight Outta Compton will chart the group's rise and fall, EW's Entertainment Insider reports. The film has...

In this article: N.W.A, Ice Cube, and Dr. Dre

Rapper Ice Cube talks about the 20th anniversary of N.W.A's 'Straight Outta Compton' Eric Williams SCOWL: The attitude is still there on Ice Cube's new release. Twenty years after 'Straight Outta Compton,' Ice Cube considers its...

In this article: Ice Cube, N.W.A, Los Angeles Times, Molotov cocktail, Compton, The Longshots, Rolling Stone, and Rodney King

...message? You stepped into Compton, fool. It's been more than two decades since the south Los Angeles rap crew N.W.A dropped the album Straight Outta Compton. A special 20th-anniversary CD comes out today. Back in the late '80s, that...

In this article: N.W.A, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, and Compton