In the black community, the ministers and teachers don’t deny that the problems we rap about exist, but they’d rather sweep it under the rug. We use the same kind of language as the kids use every day. In an interview with Sunday Correspondent Magazine in 1989, Ice Cube addressed the controversies behind the song “The parents, the police and the people of the local community are scared of what we say. The crude lyrics made the song to be both wildly accepted and rejected by the masses. The song addresses the issues of police violence against African Americans back in the day and tries to emphasize that these rappers will not succumb to the police’ brutality and injustice. This is N.W.A.’s first entry to US top 40 chart. biopic ‘Straight Outta Compton’ was released in September 2015, the song reached #38 on Billboard Hot 100. Although the initial rankings of the song were poor on charts, after the N.W.A. “Straight Outta Compton” single was released as the lead single off the album titled the same. In 2017, it was decided to be preserved at the National Recording Registry for being recognized as “culturally, historically, or artistically significant.” Rolling Stone magazine ranked the album at #114 on their ‘500 Greatest Albums of All Time’ list. The album became a hallmark of gangsta rap and hip hop in general, being considered one of the most influential albums of all time. made a massive impact on hip hop and rap genre with their debut studio album also titled ‘Straight Outta Compton.’ The album, released in August 1988, set the backstory for the group consisting of members Ice Cube, MC Ren, Eazy E, Dr. Let us take you through the history, lyrics and meaning behind this song. The group single-handedly paved the way for ‘gangsta rap’ genre in the late ’80s and “Straight Outta Compton” is one of their most prominent works. This era of Hip Hop is unpassable without mentioning the likes of the rap collective N.W.A. In this article, we take you back to what is called the ‘Golden Age’ of Hip Hop.
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