Forget straight outta compton this is the real story. Fuck tha police is a mock court scene, in which the police department is put on trial, with ice cube, mc ren, and eazye playing the role of the prosecution. This song actually got banned from triple j in australia, so they played nwas express yourself for 24 hours, locked the office and left. They were among the earliest and most significant popularizers and controversial figures of the gangsta rap subgenre, and are widely considered one of the greatest and most influential groups in the history of hip hop music active from 1987 to 1991, the rap group. Its inappropriate, sows seeds of discontent and is generally in bad taste. Mc ren, will you please give your testimony to the jury about this fuckedup incident. Noisey released a documentary entitled the story of fuck tha police today september 9. While the songs lyrics decry police brutality against young black men, legend has it that the impetus for n. What do cops think of the song fuck tha police by nwa. Fuck tha police takes the form of a trial against the lapd, with dr.
South park takes on police brutality with the help of n. Prosecuting attourneys are mc ren ice cube and eazy muthafuckin e. Stream nwa fuck the police kryoman remix by kryoman from desktop or your mobile device. Of course the postrodney king trial conflagration of 1992 imbued n. Fuck tha police is a protest song by the rap group n. Judge dre presiding in the case of nwa versus the police department. A was revolutionary, and not just because of their mark on music. This soon leads to widespread protests against all police across south park and whips the largely white and very yuppie townsfolk into a montage featuring n. A focuses on racial profiling in order to inform black americans about police brutality.
When asked if racism existed outside of compton by spin magazine in 1990, eazye replied, the black police in compton are worse than the white police. It bounced across the airwaves for 6 months before the police and politicians noticed and abc management pulled it off the air. Police in otago, new zealand have complained that nonpolice officers broadcasted n. The polarizing song has been praised for addressing the longstanding issues of police brutality and racial profiling. Listen to both songs on whosampled, the ultimate database of sampled music, cover songs and remixes. Kezyklef nwa amaka serial hit maker and producer, kezyklef unleashes a new classic mindblowing love song nwa amaka this is a follow up to his lastly released single titled kumasi babe. Features psquare, mi abaga, burna boy, 2baba, flavour, decarlo, mr eazi. A s fuck tha police was an incident in which members of the group were. Excops reflect on impact of fuck tha police hiphopdx.
But the rest of the album is straightup mcing and funky hiphop, from mc ren freestyling quiet on tha set to dr. Fuckthapolicetheexplicit scanner internet archive html5 uploader 1. Straight outta compton is the debut studio album by american hip hop group n. It is justifiably celebrated for classic gangsta raps like fck tha police, ice cubes. To report these numbers, i used netlytic to download the videos. Cop aight smartass, im taking your black ass to jail. But the people who sing the song, repeat it, enjoy it, or espouse the message are likely clients who see police in a negative light because their own behavior warranted police contact. A s greatest hits with an extended mix and the best of n. A selfproduced track that has fiokee the magic finger with the guitar download mp3 kezyklef nwa amaka. Police departments in northwest arkansas names and numbers.
Someones messing with the radios of new zealand cops in otago and southland, playing rap group n. It is justifiably celebrated for classic gangsta raps like fck tha police, ice cubes gangsta gangsta and straight outta compton. Judge dre is presiding and the trial is described as being n. Liam payne lyric video song fuck tha police remastered 2000 artist. Nwa miscellaneous fuck the police right about now nwa court is in full effect. Straight outta compton is a song by american hip hop group n. In 1989 triple j was the only station in the world playing nwas fuck tha police. In late 1989, the year after fuck tha police made its debut, the federal bureau of investigation sent a letter to priority records, which distributed n. It was ranked number 425 on rolling stones list of the 500 greatest songs of all time. It was released on july 10, 1988 as the lead single from their debut album of the same name. Fuck tha police pictures rhetorical analysis background information through the use of pathos, n. Straight outta comptons nearmythic reputation belies its contents. We currently dont have any genres associated with this song. Fuck tha police is a protest song by american hip hop group n.
This has in turn been amplified by recent unrest in contemporary ferguson and the steady dripfeed of video footage capturing the tragic results of failed police practices across america, a full quarter of a century since the release of straight outta compton. A that appears on the 1988 album straight outta compton as well as on the n. Rapped testimonies expressing anger at racism and police brutal read more. It was voted number 19 on s top 100 rap songs, and is ranked number 6 on vh1s. In the song, ice cube says searching my car, looking for the product. We dont take sides to mark 25 years since the release of straight outta compton, nwa talk gangs, girls and guns in a classic interview from october 1989 from. New zealand police radio hacked to play nwas fk tha. A from compton, california released their second album, straight outta compton. A an abbreviation for niggaz wit attitudes was an american hip hop group from compton, california. We has come to light today with this classic number titled yes, i pray nwa oge nta from the prolific nigerian singer, phyno.
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