Somewhat Whitewashed but a Welcomed Flashback

Rating: 8/10 (18 February 2016)

The Actors representing the N.W.A. members are Folded Into the Movie Without Missing a Beat. All are Believable and Bounce to a realistic Rhythm that is Righteous. The Music Soundtrack is Thankfully all from the Originals and the short Concert Scene is Filmed Impeccably.
This is a somewhat Whitewashed account of a spontaneous Eruption of Street Rhymes, Sampling, Back Tracks, and Turntables that Created a Phenomenon. They did Change the World. Not only with Their Music, but Attitudes, Fashion, and Art.
Here is an Inconvenient Truth to Some but Truth it is...Black Music is almost Always at least Ten Years Ahead of White Music.
This is just one more Example. Because of that this is an Important Film. Not a Complete and Thorough Account of What, Where, How, and Why N.W.A. Influenced Popular Culture (what one Movie could do that), but a necessary Signpost nonetheless. It's all worth Revisiting, Examining, and Exploring even in Thin, Shallow, Doses.
Overall, Authentic as it needs to be for a Commercial Cash-Crab and Entertaining enough for devoted Fans and Rubberneckers. Some, if not all, of the Grit and Street-Cred is Evident, but the Movie at times seems too Calculated to be a Deep Dive into the Life and Times of an Embryonic Era of Musical Evolution, Music as a Business, and the Homeboys that Made it Happen.