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** TheLeader: Easy-E
** TheLancer: Ice Cube
** TheSmartGuy: Dr. Dre
** TheBigGuy: MC Ren
** TheHeart: DJ Yella
** TheLeader: Easy-E
** TheLancer: Ice Cube
** TheSmartGuy: Dr. Dre
** TheBigGuy: MC Ren
** TheHeart: DJ Yella
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** There's another {{Film/Friday}} ShoutOut even before that. When Cube unceremoniously kicks a groupie named Felicia out of their hotel room, he happens to drop another memetic line from the film.
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---> '''Ice Cube''': Bye Felicia.
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* AscendedMeme: The memetic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95SYdjRVCR0 "Damn!"]] clip from ''{{Film/Friday}}'' is used in the film's closing montage.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** Eazy-E's shows that even when surrounded by a mob or [[spoiler: at gunpoint]], he won't back down, establishing his determination and cockiness.
** Dre is seen with his head in the clouds, listening to soul and funk records in his room, foreshadowing showing how invested he would be into his music career and his choice of samples.
** Ice Cube is first seen writing down rhymes on his school bus, but his true moment didn't happen until later at his first club performance, where he unleashes his biting social-political lyrics on the crowd, establishing him both as a rebel (as he was told by Dre's uncle not to rap at all), and a social commentator on the microphone.
** Eazy-E's shows that even when surrounded by a mob or [[spoiler: at gunpoint]], he won't back down, establishing his determination and cockiness.
** Dre is seen with his head in the clouds, listening to soul and funk records in his room, foreshadowing showing how invested he would be into his music career and his choice of samples.
** Ice Cube is first seen writing down rhymes on his school bus, but his true moment didn't happen until later at his first club performance, where he unleashes his biting social-political lyrics on the crowd, establishing him both as a rebel (as he was told by Dre's uncle not to rap at all), and a social commentator on the microphone.
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''This page is about the 2015 film. If you're looking for the page about the group's album with the same name [[Music/StraightOuttaCompton click here]]''.
'''''Straight Outta Compton''''' is a 2015 biopic detailing the rise and fall of the groundbreaking, and equally controversial, rap group {{Music/NWA}}, starring Corey Hawkins,Jason Mitchell, Paul Giamatti, and O'Shea Jackson, Jr., the son of group member Music/IceCube. Group members Ice Cube and Dr. Dre served as executive producers, alongside, Tomica Woods-Wright, the widow of Eazy-E.
'''''Straight Outta Compton''''' is a 2015 biopic detailing the rise and fall of the groundbreaking, and equally controversial, rap group {{Music/NWA}}, starring Corey Hawkins,Jason Mitchell, Paul Giamatti, and O'Shea Jackson, Jr., the son of group member Music/IceCube. Group members Ice Cube and Dr. Dre served as executive producers, alongside, Tomica Woods-Wright, the widow of Eazy-E.
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''This page is about the 2015 film. If you're looking for the page about the group's album with the same name name, [[Music/StraightOuttaCompton click here]]''.
'''''Straight Outta Compton''''' is a 2015 biopic detailing the rise and fall of the groundbreaking, and equally controversial, rap group {{Music/NWA}}, starring CoreyHawkins,Jason Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Paul Giamatti, and O'Shea Jackson, Jr., the son of group member Music/IceCube. Group members Ice Cube and Dr. Dre served as executive producers, alongside, Tomica Woods-Wright, the widow of Eazy-E.
'''''Straight Outta Compton''''' is a 2015 biopic detailing the rise and fall of the groundbreaking, and equally controversial, rap group {{Music/NWA}}, starring Corey
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* GenreSavvy: Ice Cube, the group's principal writer, is the very first to notice Jerry Heller's shady dealings with the group, and his focus on Eazy. He confides in Dre about his suspicions, but he tells Cube to not let their momentum stop over royalties. Ice Cube's suspicions are confirmed when Jerry tells him [[spoiler: the rest of the group signed the contracts without getting a lawyer looking over the fine print. Ice Cube immediately jumps ship, knowing Heller would screw him further if he signed. It took the release of [[TakeThat "No Vaseline]] for Dre to look into his own funds and leave, and Eazy wouldn't realize Jerry was playing him until it was almost too late]].
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* GenreSavvy: Ice Cube, the group's principal writer, is the very first to notice Jerry Heller's shady dealings with the group, and his focus on Eazy. He confides in Dre about his suspicions, but he tells Cube to not let their momentum stop over royalties. Ice Cube's suspicions are confirmed when Jerry tells him [[spoiler: the rest of the group signed the contracts without getting a lawyer looking over the fine print. Ice Cube immediately jumps ship, knowing Heller would screw him further if he signed. It took the release of [[TakeThat "No Vaseline]] Vaseline"]] for Dre to look into his own funds and leave, and Eazy wouldn't realize Jerry was playing him until it was almost too late]].
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* ItWillNeverCatchOn: In the beginning of the film, Dre's uncle repeatedly tells him that his group's "Reality Rap" wouldn't catch on due to it not being radio friendly. We don't see him after the release of "Boyz-N-The-Hood" and the group's subsequent success, but it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to say he was eating crow at that point.
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* GenreSavvy: Ice Cube, the group's principal writer, is the very first to notice Jerry Heller's shady dealings with the group, and his focus on Eazy. He confides in Dre about his suspicions, but he tells Cube to not let their momentum stop over royalties. Ice Cube's suspicions are confirmed when Jerry tells him [[spoiler: the rest of the group signed the contracts without looking over the fine print]].
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* GenreSavvy: Ice Cube, the group's principal writer, is the very first to notice Jerry Heller's shady dealings with the group, and his focus on Eazy. He confides in Dre about his suspicions, but he tells Cube to not let their momentum stop over royalties. Ice Cube's suspicions are confirmed when Jerry tells him [[spoiler: the rest of the group signed the contracts without getting a lawyer looking over the fine print]].print. Ice Cube immediately jumps ship, knowing Heller would screw him further if he signed. It took the release of [[TakeThat "No Vaseline]] for Dre to look into his own funds and leave, and Eazy wouldn't realize Jerry was playing him until it was almost too late]].
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* GenreSavvy: Ice Cube, the group's principal writer, is the very first to notice Jerry Heller's shady dealings with the group, and his focus on Eazy. He confides in Dre about his suspicions, but he tells Cube to not let their momentum stop over royalties. Ice Cube's suspicions are confirmed when Jerry tells him [[spoiler: the rest of the group signed the contracts without looking over the fine print]].
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* ThePrimaDonna: Under Jerry's influence, Eazy begins to slowly evolve into this.
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* NoHoldsBarredDown: Two significant examples:
** The first throw-down between Ice Cube's Lench Mob, and Ruthless' Above The Law, which was based on a real life incident between the groups.
** Eazy-E getting beaten within an inch of his life by [[spoiler: Suge Knight and his cronies, in an attempt to get Eazy to release Dr. Dre from Ruthless Records]].
* ThePrimaDonna: Under Jerry's influence, Eazy begins to slowly evolve into this.
** The first throw-down between Ice Cube's Lench Mob, and Ruthless' Above The Law, which was based on a real life incident between the groups.
** Eazy-E getting beaten within an inch of his life by [[spoiler: Suge Knight and his cronies, in an attempt to get Eazy to release Dr. Dre from Ruthless Records]].
* ThePrimaDonna: Under Jerry's influence, Eazy begins to slowly evolve into this.
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* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Some reviewers are upset at the film's glossing over the group's frequent problems with misogyny, especially its featuring no mention of Dr. Dre's lengthy rap sheet on beating women.
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* AdaptationDistillation: The film has gotten some heat over glossing over, or outright ignoring key N.W.A. affiliates that were a large part of the group's success (JJ Fadd, Tairrie B, ect.) and ignoring Dr. Dre's notorious reputation as a woman beater during the Nineties in favor of featuring Music/SnoopDogg and Music/TupacShakur in minor cameos.
** Dre and Yella's past with their former group, World Class Wrecking Crew, and the Ruthless/Death Row diss records were also ignored.
** Dre and Yella's past with their former group, World Class Wrecking Crew, and the Ruthless/Death Row diss records were also ignored.
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''This page is about the 2015 film. If you're looking for the page about the group's album with the same name [[Music/StraightOuttaCompton click here]]''.
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'''''Straight Outta Compton''''' is a 2015 biopic detailing the rise and fall of the groundbreaking, and equally controversial, rap group Music/NWA, starring Corey Hawkins,Jason Mitchell, Paul Giamatti, and O'Shea Jackson, Jr., the son of group member Music/IceCube. Group members Ice Cube and Dr. Dre served as executive producers, alongside, Tomica Woods-Wright, the widow of Eazy-E.
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* ShoutOut: During a brief scene where Ice Cube is seen writing the script for {{Film/Friday}}, he quotes one of the movie's [[MemeticMutation most memorable lines]]:
---> '''Ice Cube''': You got knocked the fuck out!
---> '''Ice Cube''': You got knocked the fuck out!
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* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: When the Feds want N.W.A to tone down their lyrics, Eazy decides that they can take that to the press in order to get people more interested in just how hard the group really is. It's even [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] by him and Ice Cube later in the film.
--> "All publicity is good publicity."
--> "All publicity is good publicity."
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*NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: When the Feds want N.W.A to tone down their lyrics, Eazy decides that they can take that to the press in order to get people more interested in just how hard the group really is. It's even [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] by him and Ice Cube later in the film.
--> "All publicity is good publicity."
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: After hearing Ice Cube's diss rap "No Vaseline," Yella laughs and admits "that shit's funny."
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* IncurableCoughOfDeath: [[spoiler: Eazy-E]] comes down with one of these about halfway through the film, foreshadowing his [[spoiler: contraction of HIV]]
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* ManlyTears: More than a few are shed by Dre and Eazy when [[spoiler: Dre's brother Tyree dies.]]
** Additionally, at the end, whne [[spoiler: Eazy is in the hospital, gradually slipping away]] Everybody except for Ice Cube is seen crying.
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** EazyE is shown wearing his iconic White Sox cap during 1986. Unfortunately, said cap design '''[[http://www.sportslogos.net/logos/list_by_team/55/Chicago_White_Sox/ didn't exist before]] [[http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/-straight-outta-compton--makes-a-big-blunder-involving-eazy-e-s-white-sox-cap-181108933.html 1991]]'''. Easy DID sport that hat in RealLife , but it was [[spoiler: after NWA's breakup and shortly before his death]]
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* DirtyCop / RabidCop: Most of the cops the gang come across are this. Doubles as TruthInTelevision since a lot of police harassment toward blacks happened at that time, and is still going on today
* ThePrimaDonna: Under Jerry's influence, Eazy begins to slowly evolve into this.
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* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: Jerry Heller]], after finally being confronted and fired by Eazy over [[spoiler: Heller's corrupt handling of NWA's and Ruthless' money]], begs him to change his mind, and is all but in tears when Eazy storms out of his house.
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* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: Jerry Heller]], after finally being confronted and fired by Eazy over [[spoiler: Heller's corrupt handling of NWA's and Ruthless' money]], begs him to change his mind, and is all but in tears when Eazy storms out of his house.house.
* WartsAndAll: Part of the point of the movie; while the impact that N.W.A. made on music and society is important, the film reminds us that they were still human and were far from perfect. Examples include Eazy's promiscuity, and even brings up Dr. Dre's assault of Dee Barnes.
* WartsAndAll: Part of the point of the movie; while the impact that N.W.A. made on music and society is important, the film reminds us that they were still human and were far from perfect. Examples include Eazy's promiscuity, and even brings up Dr. Dre's assault of Dee Barnes.
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* AnachronismStew: [[TupacShakur 2Pac]] is seen at Death Row studios recording "Hail Mary" with Dre present near the end of the movie, and Eazy [[spoiler: is still alive]]. In real life, Dre had already left Death Row before the ''Don Killuminati'' sessions, and Eazy [[spoiler: had already passed on.]]
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* VillanousBreakdown: [[spoiler: Jerry Heller]], after finally being confronted and fired by Eazy over [[spoiler: Heller's corrupt handling of NWA's and Ruthless' money]], is begging him to change his mind, and is all but in tears
* VillanousBreakdown: [[spoiler: Jerry Heller]], after finally being confronted and fired by Eazy over [[spoiler: Heller's corrupt handling of NWA's and Ruthless' money]], is begging him to change his mind, and is all but in tears
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* BitterSweetEnding: [[spoiler: After a bad break up, all of the members of NWA manage to reconcile shortly before Eazy E dies from AIDS.]]
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* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: Although Ice Cube's "No Vaseline" takes shots at everybody involved with NWA, Jerry is much, much more offended by the two lines that allude to him. This might also be JewishComplaining.
* ThereAreNoGoodExecutives: Ruthless Records, Priority Records, Death Row Records. The reason Dre finally creates Aftermath Records.
* UndisclosedFunds: Contract disputes are major part of the plot, but it is never made explicit how much money anybody is being cheated out of.
* ThereAreNoGoodExecutives: Ruthless Records, Priority Records, Death Row Records. The reason Dre finally creates Aftermath Records.
* UndisclosedFunds: Contract disputes are major part of the plot, but it is never made explicit how much money anybody is being cheated out of.
