Straight Outta Compton Movie
Straight Outta Compton Movie Review
In 1986, Eazy-E goes to sell drugs at a crack-house but it is busted when the police arrive with a battering ram but Eazy escapes out the back window. Later on, Eazy goes to a club with MC Ren to see friends Dr. Dre, Ice Cube and DJ Yella who play the song "Gangsta Gangsta" while Eazy and Ren stand in the audience. After Dre leaves the club, he gets arrested after breaking up a fight his brother Tyree got into, and Eazy bails him out the next day. The next morning Dre talks to Eazy about investing some money and start a label company so they can record a song that Cube has written and get some rappers known as H.B.O. (Homeboys Only) to record the song to which Eazy agrees to. After some conflict during the recording session, H.B.O. leaves and Dre convinces Eazy to perform the song. They record "Boyz N Tha Hood" and release the song. Jerry Heller comes up to Eazy and asks if he can be their manager and they accept. While performing "Dopeman" they get the attention of Bryan Turner a producer at Priority Records to which they sign up with. Afterwards N.W.A. starts recording their debut album "Straight Outta Compton" with Heller. During one of the sessions they get harassed by some police officers. Frustrated by this, Cube writes the song "Fuck tha Police". After Straight Outta Compton is released and becomes a smash hit, N.W.A. goes on a national tour across the United States and Dr. Dre promises Tyree that he will let him go on tour with him some day. Along the way, the group encounters many protests directed against them. At one show in Detroit, a violent riot escalates after the group is arrested for performing "Fuck tha Police" against the police's wishes. Also during the tour, Dre gets a call from his mom and she tells him Tyree has died after getting into a fight with someone. Shortly after, Ice Cube becomes suspicious of Heller and his relationship with Eazy-E. He promptly confronts the two and is told that the remaining contracts are still being written. Finally, on the night before the group returns home from their tour, Ice Cube meets with Heller to sign the contract papers. He decides not to sign when he discovers that all the other group members would be making less money than Eazy-E despite the fact that each one, as a collective, did the same amount of work to make the group successful. In addition, Ice Cube learns that he was the last one to sign off on the contract. Angered by these discoveries, Ice Cube leaves the group after the tour and pursues a solo career. After leaving N.W.A., Ice Cube has a very well received first solo album, which also gains more popularity and sales than Straight Outta Compton. Feeling envious against his success, the group immediately releases the EP 100 Miles and Runnin', where they attacked Ice Cube for leaving. Angered by this, Ice Cube makes a diss track attacking the group and Heller. During this time, with the production of N.W.A's second album Niggaz4Life and The D.O.C.'s near fatal car accident, Dre becomes associated with Suge Knight, who tries to convince Dre to leave N.W.A to start his own company with him. Realizing that Heller is taking advantage of him, Dre meets with Eazy-E to try and work out the contract. When this fails, Dre leaves the group and forms Death Row Records with Knight. Following these events, Eazy-E is physically assaulted by Knight and his crew in their effort to persuade him to sign off on Dre's contract with him and Heller. Despite all this chaos, Dre enjoys his new found freedom, comes out with The Chronic and begins producing songs for other rappers, such as Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur. Dre later becomes upset when he notices Suge Knight's violent behavior and lifestyle and begins to wonder if he had made the right choice. Now without Dre and Ice Cube, Eazy-E begins to suspect that Heller is being less than truthful in his business practices as money starts disappearing from their label. He also becomes ill but continues to ignore suggestions by others to see a physician. At a club in New York City in December 1994, Eazy-E and Ice Cube cross paths and rekindle their friendship, with Cube saying that without Heller, he is ready to re-form N.W.A. After returning home, Eazy-E finds out that Heller had indeed embezzled money from the group and fires him. He later calls Dre to let him know that he fired Heller and wants to revive N.W.A. Dre agrees and Yella, Ren and Eazy-E begin working on new material. During the session, Eazy-E collapses and is taken to the hospital where he is diagnosed with HIV. During his treatment, each member of the group emotionally visits with Eazy-E before his death on March 26, 1995. The film concludes with Dr. Dre meeting with Suge Knight and telling Knight he is leaving to start his own label. During the credits, it is shown that Ice Cube still records music and has become a successful actor with films such as Boyz n the Hood, Friday, XXX: State of the Union, and Ride Along. Dr. Dre is responsible for the success of other rappers like Snoop Dogg and 2Pac and after having formed Aftermath Entertainment in 1996, where he signed Detroit rapper Eminem and Queens rapper 50 Cent, both credit him for their success. Dre also started Beats Electronics which was purchased by Apple Inc. for $3 billion.
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