NWA Movie
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Herm said:No musician ever had financial struggles while part of a "successful" group?
Im just questioning the "rags to riches" spin they used for Dre when his momma was complaining that he had no money.
Dude was some strugglin teenager after Turn Off The Lights? You open up for New Edition and your momma is mad?
Maybe this?
Even as a working local DJ and touring w/ the group im skeptical that dude was on some rock bottom shit.
I was always under the impression that Dre & Yella were older than the rest of the group and had some industry experience.
Im just questioning the "rags to riches" spin they used for Dre when his momma was complaining that he had no money.
Dude was some strugglin teenager after Turn Off The Lights? You open up for New Edition and your momma is mad?
Maybe this?
Even as a working local DJ and touring w/ the group im skeptical that dude was on some rock bottom shit.
I was always under the impression that Dre & Yella were older than the rest of the group and had some industry experience.
pcmr said:http://www.nationalreview.com/article/422527/straight-outta-compton-review-armond-white
Living an apolitical life outside of the American system is in many cases the best decision (non-decision) any of us could possibly make surrounded by a wholly corrupt political system. To claim that NWA wasn't culturally revolutionary, just because their influence wasn't politically oriented, is some ninny-level weaksauce.
Living an apolitical life outside of the American system is in many cases the best decision (non-decision) any of us could possibly make surrounded by a wholly corrupt political system. To claim that NWA wasn't culturally revolutionary, just because their influence wasn't politically oriented, is some ninny-level weaksauce.
batmon said:Herm said:No musician ever had financial struggles while part of a "successful" group?
Im just questioning the "rags to riches" spin they used for Dre when his momma was complaining that he had no money.
Dude was some strugglin teenager after Turn Off The Lights? You open up for New Edition and your momma is mad?
Maybe this?
Even as a working local DJ and touring w/ the group im skeptical that dude was on some rock bottom shit.
I was always under the impression that Dre & Yella were older than the rest of the group and had some industry experience.
Have not seen the movie.
Sounds like they left out the fact that Dre was already working in the music industry with some success.
For most in the music industry opening for star acts and selling 10s of thousands of records does not =$.
Im just questioning the "rags to riches" spin they used for Dre when his momma was complaining that he had no money.
Dude was some strugglin teenager after Turn Off The Lights? You open up for New Edition and your momma is mad?
Maybe this?
Even as a working local DJ and touring w/ the group im skeptical that dude was on some rock bottom shit.
I was always under the impression that Dre & Yella were older than the rest of the group and had some industry experience.
Have not seen the movie.
Sounds like they left out the fact that Dre was already working in the music industry with some success.
For most in the music industry opening for star acts and selling 10s of thousands of records does not =$.
LaserWolf said:batmon said:Herm said:No musician ever had financial struggles while part of a "successful" group?
Im just questioning the "rags to riches" spin they used for Dre when his momma was complaining that he had no money.
Dude was some strugglin teenager after Turn Off The Lights? You open up for New Edition and your momma is mad?
Maybe this?
Even as a working local DJ and touring w/ the group im skeptical that dude was on some rock bottom shit.
I was always under the impression that Dre & Yella were older than the rest of the group and had some industry experience.
Have not seen the movie.
Sounds like they left out the fact that Dre was already working in the music industry with some success.
For most in the music industry opening for star acts and selling 10s of thousands of records does not =$.
They did show Dre workin' within the Wreckin Cru/Lonzo Club but it seemed contradictory to his moms acting like dude aint makin no money at all.
Im just questioning the "rags to riches" spin they used for Dre when his momma was complaining that he had no money.
Dude was some strugglin teenager after Turn Off The Lights? You open up for New Edition and your momma is mad?
Maybe this?
Even as a working local DJ and touring w/ the group im skeptical that dude was on some rock bottom shit.
I was always under the impression that Dre & Yella were older than the rest of the group and had some industry experience.
Have not seen the movie.
Sounds like they left out the fact that Dre was already working in the music industry with some success.
For most in the music industry opening for star acts and selling 10s of thousands of records does not =$.
They did show Dre workin' within the Wreckin Cru/Lonzo Club but it seemed contradictory to his moms acting like dude aint makin no money at all.
GamleOle said:I haven't watched it yet, but from what I have heard so far, it is not entirely truthful. It seems that they wanted Dre to look like a gangster who stood up to Suge and beat up blood gang members. That almost certainly didn't happen. Dre was not into the gang stuff, and when Death Row was flooded with gang members around 95/96, Dre would stay at home and rarely go the the studio. I also hear that there is a scene where Dre tells Suge to his face that he is leaving the label. That's also something I doubt. In reality, it seems that Dre ran off and almost had to hide himself. When Suge couldn't get his hands on Dre after he had ditched Death Row, he invited Sam Sneed for a meeting where Sam Sneed was beat up pretty badly because of his affiliation with Dre. Although he would have red and blue in his videos, everyone says that Dre wasn't about that lifestyle, and that this was part of the reason why he left Death Row. The fact that Dre never responded to any of Suge's insults also makes it hard to believe that Dre Stood up against Suge the way he supposedly does in the movie:
To be fair, Dre had no problem w/ the gangsta shit when Suge got him out of eazy & hellers contract.
To be fair, Dre had no problem w/ the gangsta shit when Suge got him out of eazy & hellers contract.
