Straight Outta Compton is a classic movie
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LMAO you really did say the best part is when CREAM came on..hahahhahahahahah...]
props for that.
should be used for a birth control commercial..
DrHackenbush
Happy wars/sad love songs
He actually called his label "Black Market Records" but ended up in a legal dispute with another company, he only changed the name to Aftermath after. More ducktales
Hamza B.
Pro
Maybe I'm being too critical, but this movie was straight 
to me. I knew I was in for some bullshyt when the opening scene had Eazy rocking a 1991 black Sox hat in 1985. 
Yes, it's just a hat, but it showed me how little attention to detail went into this. Anybody that was around at the time remembers when those Sox hats came out because they took the streets and schools over, and this was after Cube went solo. shyt just got way worse from there. The acting was the only thing that made it watchable, but the clunky writing and the amount of duck tales ("What you gonna name that shyt?….Aftermath" 
) and timeline fukk-ups (Pac recording "Hail Mary"
) was just too much for me.
The biggest criticism I have though is the downplaying of Ren. Watching this without knowing anything about NWA, you would think he was just some sidekick/Vinny from Naughty By Nature type dude. Ren was the second most prolific lyric writer on Straight Outta Compton, behind only Cube. And he became the primary writer when Cube left. Not to mention he was a naturally gifted rapper, and wasn't viewed as a second fiddle at the time. Only young people or idiots think Ren wasn't good.
Ren just never got that same level of mainstream shine like Dre, Eazy, and Cube, and they pretty much cut him and his contribution out of the history. I can't get past this enough to give this movie a chance. It's too much of a revisionist history for me to overlook. Plus, they got an actor that looked nothing like him and had him rocking an oversized fitted all black Dodgers hat throughout the movie….which didn't exist (another fukkin wardrobe error!) This just added insult to injury.
Yes, my beefs with this movie are mostly rap nerd criticisms. I don't deny that. I just was hoping that for once they would give a hip hop artist a biopic with high quality standards and attention to detail that they've given plenty of rock, r&b, and country artists (The Doors, Ray Charles, Johnny Cash, Buddy Holly, etc.). Instead, they delivered a dumbed down corny movie who's only claim to fame is that it's better than Notorious or 8 Mile. Not gonna cut it, and I'm dreading this upcoming Pac movie.
to me. I knew I was in for some bullshyt when the opening scene had Eazy rocking a 1991 black Sox hat in 1985. Yes, it's just a hat, but it showed me how little attention to detail went into this. Anybody that was around at the time remembers when those Sox hats came out because they took the streets and schools over, and this was after Cube went solo. shyt just got way worse from there. The acting was the only thing that made it watchable, but the clunky writing and the amount of duck tales ("What you gonna name that shyt?….Aftermath" ) and timeline fukk-ups (Pac recording "Hail Mary") was just too much for me. The biggest criticism I have though is the downplaying of Ren. Watching this without knowing anything about NWA, you would think he was just some sidekick/Vinny from Naughty By Nature type dude. Ren was the second most prolific lyric writer on Straight Outta Compton, behind only Cube. And he became the primary writer when Cube left. Not to mention he was a naturally gifted rapper, and wasn't viewed as a second fiddle at the time. Only young people or idiots think Ren wasn't good.
Ren just never got that same level of mainstream shine like Dre, Eazy, and Cube, and they pretty much cut him and his contribution out of the history. I can't get past this enough to give this movie a chance. It's too much of a revisionist history for me to overlook. Plus, they got an actor that looked nothing like him and had him rocking an oversized fitted all black Dodgers hat throughout the movie….which didn't exist (another fukkin wardrobe error!) This just added insult to injury.
Yes, my beefs with this movie are mostly rap nerd criticisms. I don't deny that. I just was hoping that for once they would give a hip hop artist a biopic with high quality standards and attention to detail that they've given plenty of rock, r&b, and country artists (The Doors, Ray Charles, Johnny Cash, Buddy Holly, etc.). Instead, they delivered a dumbed down corny movie who's only claim to fame is that it's better than Notorious or 8 Mile. Not gonna cut it, and I'm dreading this upcoming Pac movie.
just finally watched this today
....dudes think this is a CLASSIC movie?
i thought it damn near sucked
what exactly is classic about this movie?
....dudes think this is a CLASSIC movie?
i thought it damn near sucked
what exactly is classic about this movie?
remember that line from the cop during the first shakedown "theres only one gangster out here, the LAPD" 
who the fukk left that in
who the fukk left that in
Erratic415
Superstar
It was good, not great. The first half is much stronger than the second half.
I remember one film reviewer saying it went from a great biopic to a hip-hop avengers. Biopics are often watered down to make the subjects look better, which resulted in no mentions of Dee Barnes, but instead shows Dre going 88' Tyson on Mob Pirus and stopping the DR goonery with a loud "shut up"
If you are really into a subject, any "based on a true story" will probably bother you with its inaccuracies.
I really didn't have that much of an issue with the Eazy characterization. Maybe it was the acting, but he was the most fleshed-out character to me and showed different sides to him.
Although implying he was broke seemed like BS to me when he was getting paid off of Dre and also Bone Thugs. I know Kevin Powell from VIBE said Eazy was really hurt by what had happened but that scene of him crying when looking at the Chronic billboard seemed like a stretch for something really dramatic.
People said it made Eazy look really bad, but I thought it was more of a case of making Cube and especially Dre look too good. It made it look like Eazy was in the dark about Heller screwing Dre and Cube, and wasn't cheating them himself, which I have my doubts of. It obviously doesn't show Dre beating up Barnes and Eazy and Ren talking about "good, the bytch had it coming, she needs to get beat like that again". Didn't talk about Eazy having 7 kids with 6 women, which resulted in one of my favorite Eazy songs "fukk my Baby's Mama"
It was still a good biopic despite being watered down.
BTW, anyone else see the documentary Tupac: Reserruction? I recently rewatched it. After seeing it, I have even less interest in the 2Pac biopic
I remember one film reviewer saying it went from a great biopic to a hip-hop avengers. Biopics are often watered down to make the subjects look better, which resulted in no mentions of Dee Barnes, but instead shows Dre going 88' Tyson on Mob Pirus and stopping the DR goonery with a loud "shut up"
If you are really into a subject, any "based on a true story" will probably bother you with its inaccuracies.
I really didn't have that much of an issue with the Eazy characterization. Maybe it was the acting, but he was the most fleshed-out character to me and showed different sides to him.
Although implying he was broke seemed like BS to me when he was getting paid off of Dre and also Bone Thugs. I know Kevin Powell from VIBE said Eazy was really hurt by what had happened but that scene of him crying when looking at the Chronic billboard seemed like a stretch for something really dramatic.
People said it made Eazy look really bad, but I thought it was more of a case of making Cube and especially Dre look too good. It made it look like Eazy was in the dark about Heller screwing Dre and Cube, and wasn't cheating them himself, which I have my doubts of. It obviously doesn't show Dre beating up Barnes and Eazy and Ren talking about "good, the bytch had it coming, she needs to get beat like that again". Didn't talk about Eazy having 7 kids with 6 women, which resulted in one of my favorite Eazy songs "fukk my Baby's Mama"
It was still a good biopic despite being watered down.
BTW, anyone else see the documentary Tupac: Reserruction? I recently rewatched it. After seeing it, I have even less interest in the 2Pac biopic
Overall I thought it was good, told the story very well, but there was a couple of cheesy moments, and one or two moments where I thought "yeah, that definitely didn't happen." Also Ren only had like two or three lines in the entire film when he was a pure talent and pretty much carried the group after Cube left. But a solid 7/10.
The production reminded me of 24 Hour Party People a bit, another really good 80s music biopic.
Probably mentioned in here before but did anyone spot the "cameo" from Public Enemy in the scene where Cube is recording AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted?
The production reminded me of 24 Hour Party People a bit, another really good 80s music biopic.
Probably mentioned in here before but did anyone spot the "cameo" from Public Enemy in the scene where Cube is recording AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted?
Poetical Poltergeist
Precise and cold hearted
This movie isn't as watchable as I once thought. Gets pretty boring, replay value just isn't there.
kt773
Superstar
Lol wake the fukk up....how about you late as fukk....inner cities were run over with drugs and guns in the 80s....negative rap music was and will always be a minor influence When talking about the prison pipe line what put more black men in jail? Guns and drugs, or gangsta rap? Get rid of two of these and you will see change in are neighborhoods
Ol’Otis
The Picasso of the Ghetto
first time it was cool
now i just watch for the nude scenes
they played eazy like a bytch
the dude playing snoop
now i just watch for the nude scenes
they played eazy like a bytch
the dude playing snoop
Erratic415
Superstar
MC Ren had no characterization whatsoever. At least Yella was the fun-loving guy who just wanted to get laid and even enjoyed No Vaseline.
Ren was just....there. He raps and looks mad a couple times
He went out like Kunta Kinte.