Almost as groundbreaking as the album.....

Rating: 9/10 (26 June 2016)

In the mid-1980s, the streets of Compton, California, were some of the most dangerous in the country.
When five young men translated their experiences growing up into brutally honest music that rebelled against abusive authority, they gave an explosive voice to a silenced generation.......
Being too young to understand the fundamental message that N.W.A. had to say on their debut, I was ignorant to their struggles with the police and other peers. Even in the early nineties, when The Chronic, Lethal Injection, and The Predator were realised, I was fifteen, still ignorant to what the artists were saying, but played it anyway because the amount of profanity used to vex the living daylights out of my mother.
But for some reason, I have always understood the message Singleton gave us with Boyz N Da Hood.
The film is an absolute triumph, not pulling any punches when it comes to dealing with the more touchier aspects of the film, so I'm sure there were a few old wounds re-opened for some of the legends when this was being made.
The cast are phenomenal, as are the Jerri-curl,wigs, and Jackson is the most perfect person to play his dad. Cube always had the look of aggression all the way through the nineties, and here, it's no different. Whenever Cube is on screen, he strikes fear into the film, as you always think there is going to be so e sort of confrontation.
The music is beautiful and for some, including me, it's a revelation to know that some of his biggest songs were him giving a message to his haters.
It's easily one of the best music biopics made in a long time, because it doesn't need to hide anything or put up a front, much like the subject matters.
It's not going to be for everyone, because there are some ignorant people whom just wouldn't understand others struggles, but it's a triumph getting its message across.