Nostalgia kicks in; the pupils of the eyes dilate, damn, taking you back from the late 80’s to the early 90’s where hip hop and rap music was, I would say “heavy artillery”. It’s been a long time coming, a movie that shows you how it was back then with the N.W.A. The raw talent that kept the large crowds screaming for encore; the movement that tapped into a new age of music where their views were expressed through lyrics about what they were going through and how they would deal with it.
Even the FBI were on their case, and it’s only music, nothing more but it had seemed that they were one of the most wanted criminals as a group at the time, just because of some lyrics, and freedom of speech, I guess politics were handled differently back in the 90’s. Let’s just say that Eazy-E had an inkling at this point and suggested that they should use this as publicity to promote their music to the best of their advantage. That’s how a business man should think, more problems + more publicity = more money. All they were doing was providing us with their vision of the world through their eye lenses, but truth be told, it couldn’t be taken literally as power by the police had to remain intact with their political agenda. It couldn’t be known that police were a unit of criminals themselves, and so their lyrics were regarded as hate. So what were they supposed to do, talk about love and roses? I don’t think so, especially where they came from.
But as soon as they began to excel, money flipped the team sideways, things started to fall apart, Ice Cube had a problem with Eazy-E’s lack of communication and love for the team; Eazy was only in it for his own financial gain. Dr. Dre’s brother died, conflict had risen and the public became eager about their dispute. What had been known about their violent lyrics to glorify: killings, shootings, sex, and hate crime against the police, had turned into a war against each other. Their fans loved the contention between each other because it was another way of seeing what they had to offer, what the possibilities were that could happen during this peak stage of their careers. Fans always love a bit of beef (fighting), it’s just how it’s always been and will always be. It looked like Dre was the main man that could only keep the group together; the centre piece, the producer, and the maker of unique beats that kept N.W.A plus many collaborations together with artist such as: Snoop Dogg, Warren G, and Tupac Shakur.
Not to mention, part of this was formed due to Suge Knight; owner of Death Row Records. He was one tough, evil, businessman who loved to rope in anything he saw that could make him money. It didn’t matter how he would succeed; violence was normal to get what he wanted, and his people were ready to brutally wreck anyone who tried to come between him and his business. Dre got sucked in, and before he knew it, things got out of hand which could damage his reputation as a producer, but Suge Knight insisted on his eminent connections which made his business appear enticing. And for a short while, Dre was somewhat stuck between Ice Cube and Eazy-E, which kept the group separated in the meantime.
Then the saddest part came, Eazy-E was diagnosed with HIV; we don’t know how, and conspiracy still loiters up to this day, yet, this is what leads the group to become strong again. It made them stronger than ever, plus Dre decided to set foot on his own path to build an empire called Aftermath, and make beats for the majority of high-profile artists today. This empire is where he and many artists are still ascending the ladder and still prevailing; Aftermath continues to do great things, and we shall all look forward to it.
The movie was intended to show you where they came from; the streets of Compton. The real gritty ghetto, where murder and police harassment were immanent and the dream to get out of the hood was improbable for many. It regards anything to be possible no matter where you come from; with the right mind and way of thinking, it beats talent. For the politics they were involved in with the police and how they handled it; reaching out to the public was essential. So much talent was unearthed in those times; showing you what could be engineered by working as a team. Furthermore, to show you what they had created and how it’s still mainstream today.
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