Straight Outta Compton - Red Band Trailer

[burner1]

Not really sure how this one will pan out, but did like the music back in the day.

[evilsatan]

Saw this morning, looks awesome!!

[BertRoot]

CB4

Funny to see Dre and Ice Cube in a car together when they have barely had a good word for each other for years.

[{{909}}]

so, basically no one respects their music, the local government wants to close down their community hall where all the street kids congregate and do wholesome activities. The only thing they can do is perform a rap party to raise money to save the hall and at the same time everyone realises rap is real music....right?

[Zoots]

[DJ OD]

Yeah, not sure how it will pan out either! Got plenty respect for the old skool NWA, but the were short lived imo and not as revolutionary as they think.

if it's a true representation of life in Compton in the 80s fine, if it's another money spinner for the clingons, then 'bitch, shut the fuck up"!



DJ OD

[Geko]

Yeah, not sure how it will pan out either! Got plenty respect for the old skool NWA, but the were short lived imo and not as revolutionary as they think.

if it's a true representation of life in Compton in the 80s fine, if it's another money spinner for the clingons, then 'bitch, shut the fuck up"!



DJ OD

I disagree. NWA changed the face of hip-hop. They took rap away from New York and influenced most, if not all, artists making rap music, today.

Dr Dre has arguably had the largest influence on the direction of hip-hop than anyone. Eazy was a marketing genius. Cube brought South Central to the suburban white kids.


Personally... I thought the trailer looked awesome. But I've always been a West Coast groupie.

I interviewed Jerry Heller for a hip-hop website 10 years ago ish. It was when he released his biography. I lost the transcript and the audio, otherwise I'd post it. His young missus managed all his affairs and they were really nice people. I did quite a few interviews with people in the world of rap music, no-one A-List. But stupidly (being young) I kept all of it in my msn inbox. All the audio and emails etc. I have none of it, except 12 pages of hard copy dialogue with Shock G.

[MrPuddy]

I am not a fan of Icy-Tea and Scoopy Scoopy Dog Dog and all the guys in the trailer. But this looks really good. 

[Geko]

I am not a fan of Icy-Tea and Scoopy Scoopy Dog Dog and all the guys in the trailer. But this looks really good. 

Ha Ha.

Neither of those are in the trailer.

[Zippeyrude]

The evolution of hip hop is great to see. I recall run dmc and the beastie boys taking hip hop mainstream, a direction that skooly d, kool moe d, etc. never managed to do. Nwa were the second stage of hip hop, long after the originals broke through, including llcoolj, and public enemy to an extent.

it was shortly after the second stage that i fell out of love for hip hop, it had turned from a force for expression to a race issue imo, and at a time that house was evolving.

im still looking for a copy of the tuff crews 'my part of town', lol

[BertRoot]

This was round the start of Hip Hop when it hit me.

[Zippeyrude]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EUiKSkCyRIs

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CikybHxxOB0

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q0b0jIaCEHU

[Geko]

Rakim and Eric B was when I started listening. Although... I am obviously quite a bit younger than most in this thread. I got hooked in the early to mid 90s after NWA. Chronic, Doggystyle and 2pac.... It's why I ended up working for a hip-hop website in my late teens.