Masterpiece!

Rating: 10/10 (8 October 2015)

"Straight Outta Compton" is an entertaining biopic describing many of the challenges faced by the pioneering west coast rap group N.W.A. It's "brutally honest" portrayal of social injustice seeps to captivate audiences and their emotions. Each character is dynamic and has a unique composition to what created the origins of "gangsta rap". It bases their music on personal hardships and struggles experienced within the confines of Compton. The movie successfully represents social change that occurred through much of their west coast influences.
The story is told of a few friends composing smash hits with a few bumps along the road. It first gives a glance of police discrimination, invading their personal privacies and going through humiliating engagements. This later results in Ice Cube's hit "Fuck the Police". Soon after a series of events break off into a greedy downward spiral leaving the group to dismantle by going their own separate ways. Jerry Heller becomes the primary influence to the shadow of N.W.A's demise.
One of the biggest problems to this rags to riches tale is that it leaves out much of the detail the characters had. Eazy-E is a drug dealer turned MC who lets money get in the way of camaraderie, and Dre is just a gifted producer who only focuses on music. The only one who had a solid amount of depth is Ice Cube, who grows from a teenage rapper to an influence of social activism. It doesn't describe much of the violence that ruined the group's image, but only bits and pieces that affected them. Other than that, much of the details are left out (other than Eazy-E's character Eric). The movie focuses on a suburban audience who lack the idea of this lavishing lifestyle. It brushes on some of the detail but never involves the other side of what the rap group essentially went through.
While being a motion picture "wonder-hits" album, its still one of the most entertaining movies to date.