“Straight Outta Compton” is a true story directed by F Gary Gray and is about the formation of the group NWA in the late 80s and the early 90s. The movie focuses on the three main members of the group Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, and Ice Cube. And the movie shows how this group changed the way we think of music

In the first part of the movie you can see some of the members writing songs and practicing on the turntable to see the passion that the members wanted to be artists. Ice Cube is played by his actual son and did a great job. All the cast actually did a great job playing a real characters. Including character played by Eazy-E played by Jason Mitchell who is asked to do most of the intense acting, and he gives a very impressive performance. The NWA and the after the NWA dissolved the artists went on to create things by themselves but I knew very little about the actual members of the NWA.

This movie for being about music has a great soundtrack that shows the music of that time. I loved hearing all the music again.There are a lot of cameos from artists that would become great that we’re not in the NWA including Tupac, Snoop Dog, Warren G. and Jimmy Lovine who is a major record producer. For people are age not alive during the beginning of the NWA and the Rodney King Riots this movie does a great job at showing what it meant to be in Compton at that time. The movie shows the audience that what the NWA wanted to speak the truth when rapping. But the movie never says what the members do outside of rapping is okay but shows what the group had to go through to get where they got.

Some of the problems facing “Straight Outta Compton” is the truth behind some of the history behind the members can be false. The problem comes up because of Eazy-E passing he can’t be there to give some of the truth and because the real Ice Cube and Dr. Dre are producers on the movie and probably wanted some of the story left out for their sake.

“Straight Outta Compton” is number one at the box office as it deserves making it the highest-grossing musical biopic of all time. “Straight Outta Compton” tops the other two movies coming out the same time including the prayer based film “War Room” and the electronic music dramedy “We Are Your Friends.” This movie shows what the actual people were doing. Never this movies try to show that they were good people but do show how their music has impacted modern rap.

“Straight Outta Compton” gets four out of five stars.