Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, Rancid, and the Dwarves have the material to justify the gimmick. The other acts playing their old records? Not so much.
Tag: Straight Outta Compton
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A ridiculous and occasionally useful guide to Riot Fest 2015
The festival has been a punching bag so far this year, but with luck it’ll turn out more like a piñata—and either way, the Reader is getting in a few swings.
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Twenty-seven years after Straight Outta Compton, can political hip-hop reach white listeners?
The success of recent releases by Run the Jewels and Kendrick Lamar suggests that, commercially speaking, the tide may turn for political-activist hip-hop.
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Straight Outta Compton plays it safe by sticking to interpersonal drama
The N.W.A. biopic devolves into trash talk and diss tracks.
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Straight Outta content: N.W.A’s legacy and Chicago’s newest rap group, W.W.A
Four Chicago rappers form a supergroup that pays homage to N.W.A as the iconic LA group’s biopic rolls into theaters.
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Dr. Dre, Tink, and the latest wrinkle in the streaming-music wars
Dr. Dre’s unexpected new album Compton: A Soundtrack is the latest in a string of hip-hop releases that spread the listening public out among a growing number of streaming services.