Straight Outta Compton Bio Analysis

Eazy E was a west coast rapper. He was the Co-founder who was part of the group N.W.A. known for albums like Straight Outta Compton. Eazy E was born on September 7, 1963 in Compton, California. His original name was Eric Lynn Wright. He started a group named N.W.A. with his other rappers Ice Cube and Dr. Dre. They were known for their violent lyrics. They made A album called Straight Outta Compton. At that time Eazy was a solo artist.

A few years later Eazy E met up with Ice Cube tomake amends and be friends again, and also wanted to get N.W.A back together. Unfortunately,Eazy died of AIDS on March 26, 1995. After everyone grieved his death, they went theirseparate ways but still kept in contact. Dr.Dre became the founder and CEO of AftermathEntertainment and Beats Electronics, continuing with being a producer and then making his ownheadphones called “Beats”. Ice Cube on the other hand had already started his solo career onceleaving N.W.A. and started writing for other artist. Also starting his acting career by starring infamous movies such as, “Boyz N The Hood”, “Friday”, and “Are We There

Dr. Dre had to make a love track for his boss, Lorenzo. Dre took that opportunity to get his friends, Ice Cube, Eazy E, and DJ Yella together to make "Boyz In Tha Hood". The rap song was made for an other group to sing but they didn't like the song so they left. Then Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, and DJ Yella made Eazy rap it because the song was about him. After getting more than 200,000 dollars, N.W.A had MC Ren join the group to help impress different record companies. They made the song "Dopeman" and impressed the founder of Priority Records, Brain Turner. When N.W.A got into Priority Records they made "Straight Outta Compton". The album made triple platinum and made more than 2,ooo,ooo dollars and was the 2nd highest grossing album at the time.

Straight Outta Compton was the first release by N.W.A.(Wasserstein 2015). Ruthless Records was tough to convince to let Dr. Dre leave N.W.A., since Ice Cube had already left and the group was struggling(Smith 2015). Ice Cube and Dr. Dre had teamed up by 1986 to supply Ruthless Records with compositions(Hoffman 2006). Death Row Records was formed in 1991 when Dre and Knight teamed up. There were multiple boycotts of Death Row Records by activists(Smith

I decided to compare reviews for the motion picture film Straight Outta Compton. The film features three founding members from a famous rap group known as N.W.A. I read the reviews from both The Washington Post and a website called rogerebert.com. Both reviewers claim that the film is both exhilarating and entertaining to both fans of the rap group and others who are unaware of the group presence. The reviewers describe the storyline of the film of how the group started up their careers along with the controversy and betrayal they endure through their rise to fame. The group was also placed in the middle of the street crime violence going on in the early nineties between Los Angeles residents and the Los Angeles Police Department while going through battles with outraged moms who dislike the group’s controversial music.

Jerry took advantage of the men and ripped them all off financially. From the beginning Jerry was very sketchy not providing the legal documents for the group that was originally needed. When Jerry did provide the legal documents for the men to sign, he wanted it to be singed right away opposed to waiting for an attorney which legally is how it should be done. Some members began to catch on such as, Ice Cube while Eazy E did not. Jerry took a big portion of the groups money and never split it evenly, Ice Cube began to catch on. Jerry looked over Ice Cube and stereotyped him as just a young uneducated thug and figured he wouldn’t be smart enough to get help reading the fine print that he had prepared. When in reality, Ice cub was an amazing poet who was extremely bright. With that being said, he backed out. Towards the end of the film you begin to notice Eazy E running into some financial trouble. Eazy E stood by Jerry’s side the whole time, Jerry had he nice house while Eazy E was forced the leave his lavish life and was going back and forth between homes. Jerry took advantage of him and was convinced Eazy E would never be smart enough to figure it out because he was a young black

G-eazy’s music has been greatly influenced by his life; He always tells about the highs and lows and leaves no details out. “ Back when

We saw how back then, people of color was discriminated way more than now. It was a general thought that being black meant to be a criminal. It one scene, they show the boys outside the recording studio, out of the sudden the cops come and ask them to get on the ground. The manager comes and tells the cops to let them go, that they are his artists and they are working there. The cops tell him that his clients look like gang members. They were mistreated just for they looked, which to me, it is one of the worst form of racism. We also saw the "hood" culture issues in the film, addictions, drug dealing, gangs, ect. I do not think there was a general solution to these issues, but I must say it was really cool how their music ended up being listened by everyone, no matter the race and those that thought of people of color as the

That same year, Dr. Dre and his good friends started a group called n.w.a which meant n*gga’s with attitude which was a gangster rap group. The group

An artist is defined as person who is skilled at a particular task or occupation. N.W.A. (N*ggaz With Attitude) is definitely qualified to be considered a group of artists. They are one of the most respected rap groups to ever be in the music industry. Coming out of a tough city like Compton, California, the group used their music to express what they felt, to vent and expected changes to be made from their performances. Eric Wright (Eazy E), Andre Young (Dr Dre), Oshea Jackson (Ice Cube), Lorenzo Patterson (MC Ren), Antoine Carraby (DJ Yella), and Tracy Curry (The D.O.C) all came together in 1986 to become a part of this game changing group, with the exception to MC Ren, who joined two years later in 1988. Typically, when people think of N.W.A. , they think of

Speaking on “The Pharmacy”, Dre explained how the album was inspired by his contribution to the forthcoming motion picture Straight Outta Compton, a biopic on N.W.A. out August 14. During the show, Dre was accompanied by Ice Cube as well as F. Gary Gray, who directed the movie. It was Ice Cube who first revealed that a new album was just around the corner late last month, also hinting that an N.W.A. reunion tour was also in the works. However, a representative

The movie was very accurate to the lives of N.W.A., although there were a few inaccurate points. The scene where Cube throws a girl out of his hotel room after her boyfriend comes to the door is inaccurate. It was added just to show more of their lifestyle during their tours. Overall the movie did accurately portray the lives of the members of N.W.A., the police brutality, and the environment in Compton at the time. It depicted each personality and member as they really were. The things added to make the movie more of a story instead of just life events were very minimal and didn’t draw away from the overall accuracy of the movie.

In the context of this paper, it is important to understand the significance of place designation in Hip Hop culture. Dr. Murray Foreman, a professor of media studies at Northeastern University captured this when he stated, “…youth use rap in the deployment of discourses of urban space and more proximate scales of urban locality, or place (Foreman).” Dr. Foreman’s assertion reveals two things. First, urban youth engaging with rap is significant because many black males see Hip Hop as an opportunity to escape and reverse their ill-fated futures as the urban untouchables. Rappers like Shawn “Jay Z” Carter describes this when he raps,

N.W.A. influenced and started the career’s of many hip hop artist. N.W.A. as a whole broke down the social barriers with their lyrics and the message behind each and every song. N.W.A. represented a new age to music doing what had never been done before. Stretching the limits and having to overcome controversy along the way. Starting from a run down city near Las Angeles, California to touring across the nation constantly making one hit song after another. N.W.A. inspired many kids, teenagers, and young adults with their music and what they stood for. Rapping about how racial tensions and unfairness due a skin color is very wrong. N.W.A. inspired thousands and even millions to stand up for what was right and to not back down so easy. They also had a fun time while doing so. Some of the artists that they inspired and even started many careers which turned into legacy’s are tied to N.W.A.. 2 Live Crew, Ice T, Snoop Dogg, and the legendary Tupac are all linked together by the core strength of Niggaz Wit Attitude (N.W.A.)

Hip Hop music also uses profanity and vulgar language that the young people hear, use and apply. These lyrics are extremely provocative and give off a major misconception that the youth listen and practice. The lyrics also do damage on the black youth through the young black females as they dismantle the characteristics and belittle them in the eyes of men so that they only look at themselves as objects and subjective figures. According to Ronald Roach’s article, he includes how a nationally syndicated columnist, Clarence Page, said, “. . . consistent with a culture that uses 'bitches' and 'hos' as labels for every woman but one's mama, the study reveals 'Black females are dissed by almost everyone,' including other Black females.” (Roach