You get a real fill for what these members had to go through and how it really influenced the rhymes that were written down.
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So in light of the N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton opening across the nation this weekend, we take a moment to reflect back on their 1989 single “Express Yourself”.
Hi Marlon, it’s so great catching up with you, but most importantly, to talk about your character “The Doc”, in the new movie “Straight Outta Compton” in theaters this friday. “You ain’t gotta worry about me no more”, the 90s hip hop star said. They say they believe that if a few police officers are convicted and subsequently given large prison sentences for killing African American individuals, things might change on how policing happens in America. Wright ultimately wasn’t cast, though; instead, director F. Gary Gray and producers Ice Cube and Dr. Dre chose actor Jason Mitchell for the role.
Straight Outta Compton emphasizes that song’s anger and underlines its relevance, from Rodney King to Ferguson, with repeated scenes of police overstepping their boundaries.
Sounds like Paul got to hang out with some pretty cool guys.
Admitting to having “social anxiety”, he continued: “That’s the reason for my mystique and why I’m so secluded and why everybody knows nothing about me”. “I think it opened the floodgates for artists who wanted to be a little raw”.
Nice gesture by Ice Cube. But Kendrick still seemed a bit nervous – starstruck, even – when he sat down to interview Dre and the other surviving members of N.W.A for Billboard magazine. Did you discover anything like that in portraying your dad as a teenager?
“I keep looking at him and thinking he’s a young me”, he said. I’m a journalist just like you, reporting what’s going on in the hood.
CP: Were you allowed to listen to your father’s records unedited growing up then?
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“It appears (the management team) are being proactive and have done some preplanning of their own, adding extra security personnel, separate checkpoints and age/ticket verifications prior to the movie showing”, Schick said. “The love of the music”, Dre responds.
