TAG: Straight Outta Compton
The best thing about having the Legendary Roots Crew as the house band for Jimmy Fallon is that by having the group stay in one place, it’s made possible all sorts of musical pairings that probably would not have happened before. The other great thing is that ?uestlove is an utter social media addict, so even though this live version of Ice Cube performing the NWA classic “Straight Outta Compton” with the crew never aired, the MP3 has made it’s was onto the internuts. And it’s pretty friggin nuts itself. Thinking about jumping on my bike and cruising down to South Central right now. speaking of nuts. …MORE
Think back for second, it was 1988 and five dope boys comin’ “Straight Outta Compton” were dropping an album by the same name. If you remember it was furor. Politicians and the like were up arms from this new style “ganster rap” that (gasp) cursed in every verse. God lord, what are we teaching our kids?
Fast forward 22 years. Holy shit! My how times have changed. That is unless you watch Comedy Central and get annoyed by the constant bleeping of Chris Rock’s entire act. Some stones are yet to be overturned… or thrown depending on which side you are on. If you feel like reliving those arcane glory days when words were more than words you need to hit THIS SITE. Someone with far more time than you and I has edited out the entire Straight …
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