It is strange going back and listening to NWA today. What with violent rap music having being saturated and marketed to a point of being self-parody, its hard to fully wrap your head around how completely left-field and unexpected Straight Outta Compton (the album and the song) was. It was a watershed moment not just for rap, but for music. And its still pretty phenomenal.
" It is strange going back and listening to NWA today. What with violent rap music having being saturated and marketed to a point of being self-parody, its hard to fully wrap your head around how completely left-field and unexpected Straight Outta Compton (the album and the song) was. It was a watershed moment not just for rap, but for music. And its still pretty phenomenal. "
By the standards of the whole East/West rivalry of yesteryear, there's nothing new coming out that even compares to the early '90s in terms of violence. Why? Because they were dead fucking serious about their violence. Nowadays, with 50 Cent and shit, it's just stupid mindless bullshit.
" It is strange going back and listening to NWA today. What with violent rap music having being saturated and marketed to a point of being self-parody, its hard to fully wrap your head around how completely left-field and unexpected Straight Outta Compton (the album and the song) was. It was a watershed moment not just for rap, but for music. And its still pretty phenomenal. "
By the standards of the whole East/West rivalry of yesteryear, there's nothing new coming out that even compares to the early '90s in terms of violence. Why? Because they were dead fucking serious about their violence. Nowadays, with 50 Cent and shit, it's just stupid mindless bullshit. "
Yeah but only one member had any criminal record on himself. Great album, but still didn't mean that they were serious. He does have a point.
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