Time — In 1991, TIME's critic said that their latest album was "an entire open season for negative stereotyping" more info

Stereogum — N.W.A. are in the air right now. The much-ballyhooed N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton is premiering tomorrow, Dr. Dre just released his long-awaited new solo album, and now, just one day after Ice Cube said some gross, kinda misogynistic stuff ab... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — There's a shot early in the new film about rap group N.W.A, "Straight Outta Compton," that shows a teenaged Andre Young lying on his back at home, surrounded by records. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Alternately riveting and wearying, up-to-the-minute relevant as well as self-mythologizingly self-indulgent - as much of a heroic origins story as anything out of the Marvel factory - "Straight Outta Compton" ends up juggling more story lines and moo... more info

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Stereogum — It turns out that the rumored N.W.A reunion is happening. It’s just that the surviving members of the legendary rap group aren’t playing shows; they’re simply promoting their new biopic Straight Outta Compton. They already sat down with the mov... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — With the arrival of the N.W.A movie "Straight Outta Compton" comes a renewed interest in Los Angeles hip-hop of the late 1980s and '90s.  more info

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Stereogum — The monolithic, ubiquitous Straight Outta Compton promotional campaign is almost over — the movie hits theaters this Friday. But first, here’s a little more hype. Starting at 4:30PM EDT/1:30PM PDT, YouTube is hosting a live conversation with the ... more info