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Chose to do my Sophmore College English report on that NWA "music" after hearing about it from that internet inventor guy's wife, Tipper Gore. Bought the CD, listened to the entire thing a handful of times to prepare my report. Couldn't believe how many times they cursed and used the N word (147 times total IIRC).
The main song totally slammed on in the media was "F The Police"...it rocked
both musically and while giving their angry and violent thoughts on police.
My report was titled "Does life imitate art or does art imitate life" with my purpose to describe the thought process of the guys that made the music. In addition to hearing the CD countless times, I read articles about some gangs in Oakland (Oaktown) and looked at as many articles as I could find. My conclusion was Art imitated life because NWA said they wrote what they lived - and life imitated Art because people were into the music and wanted to act like the rappers.
Got an A on my 20 minute spoken report in front of a room with students and teachers of all races present. Explained I wound up really enjoying the CD, which I never expected to - I was always a hard rockin' headbanger and metal head. NWA has some cool beats along with insane descriptive tales of a life that I never knew existed and I was glad I didn't live alongside and get affected from their violence.
Never heard Dre's "music" so I can't speak on it, but Straight Outta Compton and F the Police are 2 songs that still thump really loud occasionally on my 15's .
The main song totally slammed on in the media was "F The Police"...it rocked
both musically and while giving their angry and violent thoughts on police.
My report was titled "Does life imitate art or does art imitate life" with my purpose to describe the thought process of the guys that made the music. In addition to hearing the CD countless times, I read articles about some gangs in Oakland (Oaktown) and looked at as many articles as I could find. My conclusion was Art imitated life because NWA said they wrote what they lived - and life imitated Art because people were into the music and wanted to act like the rappers.
Got an A on my 20 minute spoken report in front of a room with students and teachers of all races present. Explained I wound up really enjoying the CD, which I never expected to - I was always a hard rockin' headbanger and metal head. NWA has some cool beats along with insane descriptive tales of a life that I never knew existed and I was glad I didn't live alongside and get affected from their violence.
Never heard Dre's "music" so I can't speak on it, but Straight Outta Compton and F the Police are 2 songs that still thump really loud occasionally on my 15's .