I know, NWA split up and went their own ways after the main guy passed on!But, Snoop and Dre started dipping. whats that story?

This movie was excellent showing how LA treated African Amercians in the late 80s early 90s. i am a fan of political rap and this movie shows it. it not only shows the rise and fall of N.W.A but also what they had to go through to get to the top. i think straight outta compton came out in the right time with everything that happened between 2015 to 2016. it shined light and made everyone understand just a little bit. other than that the movie was excellent but i just had one problem with it. when N.W.A was recording straight outta compton Dr Dre went outside and was having baby mama trouble and then the cops drove by and looked out the window. After Dre's baby mama drove off the rest of nwa came out and asked what he did wrong and about 3 cop cars came from around the corner and harassed the group when everything was said and done cube comes up to Dre and thats how fuk da police came about. but thats not how the real story went

Yes, the film is overlong but generally entertaining. Would have given it 7* but knocked off a star for the flagrant rewriting of history to favour the producers (Dr.Dre, Ice Cube and Tomica) Performances are generally good (esp. Ice Cube's son) Better editing and more honest portrayal of facts would have improved the film. Btw ignore the 1* reviews - don't watch a film about gangsta rap if it offends you so much!!

All in all, the movie isn't so bad... Especially considering how awful some biopics are. However, I don't believe the film is very accurate. Now, before you go like "What?! the films' producers are two of the main characters, of course it's damn accurate!" to which I'll say: That exactly is the problem..." Besides not including a pivotal member in the formation and release of NWA's first record and pretending he never existed (I'm referring to Arabian Prince here), the movie focuses too much on Dre and Ice Cube, since they're the two members that achieved the most fame as solo artists, and Eazy E of course, since 1- He's deceased and it's out of respect for his legacy, 2- His - controversial and not really liked- widow serves as a producer for the film also. The film really takes away the importance of DJ Yella and MC Ren and minimizes their roles in NWA to focus on Dre and Ice Cube probably because it was assumed that it'll attract the audience more as to this day these are two huge names in the hip hop world whilst DJ yella and MC Ren -despite being real OGs- aren't as known to the mainstream audiences. So, overlooking the fact that history is re-written, the cast does live up o the expectation, especially Ice Cube's son: He does a wonderful job portraying his father, so does Paul GIamatti as Jerry Heller. Some scenes are a little cliché (Ice cube listening to NWA dissing him and hopping in the studio to spit "No Vaseline" and NAW in turn listening to it sitting in Heller's office arguing if Ice Cube knows what anti-semitism is... -,-' ) Conclusion: it's worth a watch but to get the real NWA story and beefs, it's best to do some reading from around the web.