PAGE 8  Entertainment ‘Compton’ brings rapper Dr. Dre full circle

Compton: A he got in the studio. Elliot Bauman Soundtrack by Dr. Before I noticed anything PRINT EDITOR-IN- Dre. Wow, the day sonically from this project though, CHIEF has finally come. before I even pressed play I was in awe Dre has released by the crazy features list. Dr. Dre is so a new album. For good about taking both superstars and the first time since I was two years old, underground artists and producers and Andre Young from Compton, California melding their talents to make some has produced and released a full-length great music. This is a recurring theme LP. stemming from the respect anyone in As alluded to, Compton is rapper/ the rap game must pay Dr. Dre. Names producer Dr. Dre’s first commercial like Snoop Dogg, XZibit and some release since the widely acclaimed of Compton’s own like The Game, release of his album “2001” in 1999. Kendrick Lamar, Anderson .Paak and, of Contrary to popular belief, it is not course, N.W.A. partner Ice Cube. The list a soundtrack for the movie “Straight is insane but all the credit goes to Dre Outta Compton,” although the two do for figuring out how to manage all of make nice companions. The album is a the egos and truly get the best qualities separate project dealing with Dr. Dre’s from everyone. The result is some of early life in Compton while alluding to the best feature work I’ve heard in 2015. much larger issues he feels the need to Snoop Dogg spit a verse that sounded address. like it was from 1993, The Game killed “2001” and his earlier album, “The it on Just Another, Kendrick did what END OF AN ERA: “Compton” has been rumored to be Dr. Dre’s fi nal album. The rapper is Chronic,” hold a special place in my he does best, and even Ice Cube, who best known for popularizing the genre of West Coast G-funk. heart. The heavy bass lines and slick seemed to have altogether abandoned wikipedia.org/courtesy photo melodies present on both albums rap, had some tough lines. introduced the world to the G-Funk Another undeniably Dr. Dre sound, showcasing an impressive quality is the ability to paint a picture It’s not all positive, however, is a great effort by Dr. Dre in what is combination of both hip-hop and funk for the listener, whether it be through a sometimes Compton can get a little rumored to be his last album. The great elements and really shaping the West song or a skit. The storytelling on this corny. Dre does a good job adapting sound, great story and great features Coast sound. Personally, I love this album is second to none. I truly believe to the new school sound that he ends overshadow the negatives and make this sound, but, in 2015, I can agree with that all of the ideas Dre had going into up adopting some of the negatives of an album to remember. the notion that it is a little antiquated. this project were clearly translated to today’s rap music. These include, corny In response to this, Dre delivers a new the listener. Aiding this effect is the lines, forgettable hooks, cliché song and improved sound while still utilizing great sound of this album from a mixing concepts and an instrumental or two many G-Funk elements. In short, Dre and mastering standpoint. Everything is that sound like they could’ve been made didn’t let 16 years without an album crisp and sounds great no matter what for Nick Jonas. Overall, though, “Compton” 4 out of 5 Beats release create a stagnant mindset when you’re listening to it with. cheyenne dishman/graphic Biopic tells origins of controversial rap group

to their explicit, hardcore, surreal lyrics that took that time and the movie greatly shows perfectly how the nation by storm. Ice Cube, a former member it affected all people and how it even affected today’s of N.W.A. is played by his son, O’Shea Jackson, Jr., culture inside and outside of hip hop. They gave the who captures his father’s attitude and personality people a voice, they said what nobody had the gall to perfectly. Not to mention that he practically looks say, especially for the world were here. It was also a exactly like his father. pretty heart-wrenching moment when they wind down The movie depicted the background of each to the death of Eazy E and the splitting of the group. member of the notorious group vividly and Overall I would rate this movie 5 stars in my THE MOST DANGEROUS GROUP: The cast of the fi lm accurately. There were a lot of concerns during the opinion just based off of the story alone. It was as “Straight Outt a Compton” stand together representi ng the making of this movie because of the cast, almost if you were there every time they were in the studio real-life members of N.W.A. The biopic was released on Aug. everybody in the movie were new actors and their or going through some rough and or good times, the 14. ability to portray these iconic symbols in the movie did not lack mental involvement. It was as if forbes.com/courtesy photo hip hop culture and the nation as a whole was a you felt every emotion that they felt and for that I take concern, but many critics were put to rest. my hat off to the outstanding director F. Gary Gray for “Straight Outta Compton” Besides the great acting job, the cast looked putting together this masterpiece film. Maeson Reynolds almost identical to the original members in the group PHOTO EDITOR was probably the most realist and electrifying movie in and also other celebrities shown within the movie 2015. It captures the reality played the part well outside of the acting but also of living in the era of the start with appearances. The movie did an excellent job of of gangsta rap. It was a very authentic experience documenting the real struggle of being an African- and how gangsta rap changed not only Compton, American in Compton but also for the entire nation. California, but the entire nation. The film glorified both sides of good and bad 5 out of 5 ice cubes N.W.A. was powerful, outspoken and was of their lifestyle and held nothing back from the considered the world’s most dangerous rap group due audience. N.W.A. had a huge impact on hip hop at cheyenne dishman/graphic