A new 10-minute long featurette for this month’s music biopic Straight Outta Compton from Universal Pictures has just been posted on YouTube. The feature, from Noisey, goes behind the scenes of the anticipated movie charting the rise of 80s rap group N.W.A.
We’ve got high expectations for this, and early buzz is good with a 91% rating on Rotten Tomatoes a week out from release in the film’s domestic terrriories.
One review read:
It does for the most part fulfill its mission, breathing life into the origin story of a group whose influence is still being felt.
In 1988, a groundbreaking new group revolutionizes music and pop culture, changing and influencing hip-hop forever. N.W.A’s first studio album, “Straight Outta Compton,” stirs controversy with its brutally honest depiction of life in Southern Los Angeles. With guidance from veteran manager Jerry Heller, band members Ice Cube (O’Shea Jackson Jr.), Dr. Dre (Corey Hawkins), Eazy-E, DJ Yella and MC Ren navigate their way through the industry, acquiring fame, fortune and a place in history.
Check out the brilliant featurette from Noisey below. Straight Outta Compton opens in the US on August 14th, and the UK a week later.
