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...isolation of the breakbeat at huge New York block parties in the late 1970s evolved into the musical form that burst into popular consciousness with the Sugarhill Gang and Run-D.M.C. He analyzes how the violence and rage of NWA’s “Straight Outta Compton?? during the crack epidemic changed hip-hop dramatically, leading to the rise of G-funk and East Coast-West Coast rivalries, and ending with hip-hop selling to mostly white audiences. It’s an important story to tell, and Reeves enriches it with humorous, shocking...
...take on the Pied Piper; Oldielocks (Clifford N. Murray ’10), a combination of the old and apparently Jewish woman who lived in a shoe and Goldielocks; and Roy L. Pain (Thomas R. Compton ’09). The opening musical number features some surprisingly capable singing. Compton??s voice comes off strong even when a repeated ‘ribbet’ comprises his only sung line. Andersson and Daniel V. Kroop ’10 as the character Wan Childpolicy also display considerable genderbending vocal talents. Even as the jokes wear on, the Pudding...
...Okay (One Blood)” has a strange, stuttering backing track. Unfortunately Game spends the whole song talking about, and often talking to, Dr. Dre, whose absence shows in the track‘s noisy, decidedly un-bumpin’ mix. The will.i.am-produced “Compton?? is a very, very welcome surprise, as he uses the old Geto Boys “Gangsta Boogie” sample to create a track that runs over your face like all the others are supposed to. This track proves that the Black Eyed Peas frontman, who effortlessly spits...
...Cube’s domestication: with the exception of John Singleton’s stellar “Boyz n the Hood,” none of his film projects has been faithful to the grimy realism of his best records—“Straight Outta Compton?? or “AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted...
...West Side Story. On the grand scale of all things hardcore, with 10 being “early 90s Compton?? and 1 being “Pusey Library,” Northeastern crew should be several notches below the still-benign 2 Live Crew. That’s just the way it’s supposed...