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Straight Outta Compton

EW.com | 5 days ago

'House Party': '90 review revisited

...least in America at large, had yet to acquire its full lethal, power-slinging edge. The first N.W.A. album, Straight Outta Compton, was released a year and a half earlier (in August,...

AOL Music | 2 weeks ago

The Hip-Hop Herald 03.04.10: Going From Rags To Bitches

...Infamous. The first N.W.A. album wasn't even really a proper N.W.A. album, but then they came with Straight Outta Compton. Common had Can I Borrow A Dollar?, but then Resurrection. T.I....

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Esquire | 2 weeks ago

The Upside of Disaster? Killer Music Videos!

...pickle recently surpassed the number of fans that follow the band: Someone brilliant edited N.W.A.'s Straight Outta Compton down to the essentials the cursing, that is. Said brilliant...

Pitchfork | 2 weeks ago

Sneak Behind the Scenes of the Pavement Reunion Tour

...until the early 90s when I heard rap music for the first time. The first actual rap tape I bought was N.W.A.'s Straight Outta Compton-- I had to get my mom to buy it because it had that...

When Dre tries to cut in, Eminem tells Grady to leave his wife and take his and his wife's kids with him, and Eminem also brings up Dre's violent N.W.A. past, accusing him of hypocrisy when he says, "Mr. Dre, Mr. N.W.A., Mr. A.K. coming Straight Outta Compton, y'all better make way. How in the fuck are you gonna tell this man not to be violent?"

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Pitchfork | 2 weeks ago

Video: Shane MacGowan, Johnny Depp, Nick Cave Do Haiti Benefit Song

...until the early 90s when I heard rap music for the first time. The first actual rap tape I bought was N.W.A.'s Straight Outta Compton-- I had to get my mom to buy it because it had that...

Pitchfork | 2 weeks ago

New Release: Wooden Shjips: Vol. 2

...until the early 90s when I heard rap music for the first time. The first actual rap tape I bought was N.W.A.'s Straight Outta Compton-- I had to get my mom to buy it because it had that...

Pitchfork | 2 weeks ago

New Release: Zola Jesus: Stridulum EP

...until the early 90s when I heard rap music for the first time. The first actual rap tape I bought was N.W.A.'s Straight Outta Compton-- I had to get my mom to buy it because it had that...

Pitchfork | 3 weeks ago

New Gorillaz: Superfast Jellyfish

...again until the early 90s when I heard rap music for the first time. The first actual rap tape I bought was N.W.A.'s Straight Outta Compton-- I had to get my mom to buy it because it had...

Pitchfork | 3 weeks ago

Rising: Gonjasufi

...the early 90s when I heard rap music for the first time. The first actual rap tape I bought was N.W.A.'s Straight Outta Compton-- I had to get my mom to buy it because it had that...

AOL Music | 3 weeks ago

411 Music Hall Of Fame Class of 2010: N.W.A.

...of the hip-hop scene. Predominantly written by Ice Cube, the lyrics on Straight Outta Compton took on a highly political and social-commentary stance. Some critics felt that the...

AOL | 3 weeks ago

Black Music Milestones

The Birth of N.W.A. The influential rap group burst onto the scene with their now-classic album 'Straight Outta Compton.' Its profanity-laced lyrics and violent imagery...

AOL Music | 3 weeks ago

The 37th Chamber 02.20.10: I HATE HIP-HOP!

...I fell in love with hip-hop music at the age of 12. Long time readers may be aware that I was listening to Straight Outta Compton that my cousins had decided to play for me (because...