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Home » Straight Outta Compton

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Posted inMusic

Riot Fest tests the limits of the ‘album in full’ set

by Luca Cimarusti September 9, 2015August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inMusic

A ridiculous and occasionally useful guide to Riot Fest 2015

by Chicago Reader September 9, 2015August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inBlogs

Twenty-seven years after Straight Outta Compton, can political hip-hop reach white listeners?

by Annie Howard August 14, 2015August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inFilm

Straight Outta Compton plays it safe by sticking to interpersonal drama

by Tyler Daswick August 14, 2015August 18, 2021

The N.W.A. biopic devolves into trash talk and diss tracks.

Posted inBlogs

Straight Outta content: N.W.A’s legacy and Chicago’s newest rap group, W.W.A

by Leor Galil August 12, 2015August 18, 2021

Four Chicago rappers form a supergroup that pays homage to N.W.A as the iconic LA group’s biopic rolls into theaters.

Posted inBlogs

Dr. Dre, Tink, and the latest wrinkle in the streaming-music wars

by Leor Galil August 5, 2015August 18, 2021

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.

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