Theater Whore: Straight Outta Compton

Straight Outta Compton 7/10

Finally got a chance to check out the NWA based movie Straight Outta Compton. When thinking of how I'd rate it I had a hard time because I lived through this story. I guess this is what happens when you get older. I loved the group growing up and know almost all of their songs. I sided with Ice Cube after the group split up because he was fucking incredible. The acting was okay. Cube's son was good but everyone else seemed slightly off, like I could tell that they were acting. I would have liked to see them age or look different other than a couple of haircuts as well. And the guy playing Suge Knight was distractingly bad. This may have been better if the actual members were not involved because it felt like a cleaned up version of what NWA was. Its worth checking out but I'm kinda glad I waited.

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Ross Radio Quickie Show 12

In this episode I wanted to play some wake your ass up music. Malcolm McLaren Buffalo Gals, Grandmaster Flash White Lines, NWA Something 2 Dance 2, Kool Moe Dee I Go To Work, and Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam Head To Toe. Click here for this and past Ross Radio Quickie Shows. 

Ross Radio Show 55

In this episode I chronicle the career of rap group NWA. If you don’t know what that means you should probably not listen to this episode. From NWA I play Something 2 Dance 2, Straight Out Of Compton, Gangsta Gangsta, Ice Cube No Vaseline, NWA 100 Miles And Runnin’, Ice Cube Check Your Self, NWA Always Into Somthin’, MC Ren Final Frontier, NWA Appetite For Destruction, Ice Cube Jackin’ For Beats, The DOC Its Funky Enough, Ice Cube featuring Dr. Dre Natural Born Killaz, Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg Dre Day, and NWA featuring Snoop Dogg Chin Check. Click here to download this and past Ross Radio Shows.