You are now about to witness the strength of street knowledge Music biopics can be great, but they also tend to all fall into the same tropes. Hard upbringing, big break, personal struggles, then big heroic come back, or die just before they were about to have a big heroic comeback. Look at the Johnny Cash film […]

8 years ago

Since the film Straight Outta Compton, gems are being unearthed from the NWA camp. Ice Cube was famously edited out of NWA’s ‘F**k Tha Police’, but an unreleased demo has surfaced featuring an unheard verse with the rapper. Global Grind found the rough recording uploaded to the YouTube channel Peep Game. Ice Cube raps: “Stereotypes of a […]

11 years ago

NWA are enjoying something of a revival at the moment, mainly due to the theatrical release of their Straight Outta Compton biopic. But even the legendary hip hop collective struggle to match the Muppets in terms of street cred and timeless cool. The furry bad-asses have driven the point home with their own cover of one of rap […]

11 years ago

The N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton has smashed all projections by taking over $60m in its first weekend. The film’s performance makes it the fifth-highest grossing August release in American history and the highest ever grossing R-rated debut for the month. Despite production costs of just $29m, the documentary has made more in its opening […]

11 years ago

Epic news for hip hop heads – Dr Dre is releasing a new album this week and the remaining members of NWA may tour, according to Ice Cube. Cube was talking to Philly’s Power 99 radio station about the forthcoming Straight Outta Compton movie when the rapper revealed the news about Dre bringing out a new record. “Actually Dre is […]

11 years ago