-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- @O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O Suburban Terrorism Online Rap and Roll Preservationists @O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O0@O This Issue: BMC Comes Straight Outta Massey OoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoO EDITOR'S NOTE OOps! I did it wrong! Well here is a review of the Straight Outta Compton remakes album, which I wrote back when it was "new". Oh well, dig it or I'm gonna come and..... KILL YO MUTHAFUCKIN ASS YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYIN?! (peace) -*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+- A QUiCK REVIEW... by BMC -*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+- That "Striaght outta Compton" reunion album was kinda... well.... ummm...... SHITTY to say it lightly. None of the songs made me feel like giving it a second listen, except for the "Express Yourself" cover done by Silkk The Shocker. Yes, when a gem comes from a guy with as stupid of a name and as crappy and weak of an album as we have ever seen, it ia amazing to the good shit from an incompetant rapper. What is the reason No Limit (aka GARBAGE) Records produced a hit that was actually good? We have to keep in mind that the original "Express Yourself" was as fresh and homogenously well made as the sensational spectaculars such as "Squeeze The Trigger" and "I'm Kool Moe Dee" were back in the day. In the 98 version, we see some DeeJay mondernize the score with the aid of several cutting edge sounds. This is possibly where the beauty ends, because the 15th track contains Silkk's vocal trizzo. Silkk adds a vocal that is less entertaining and intelligent than the original that was done by Drizzay. He sounds quite unintelligent, and it has been speculated that he is No Limit Records' answer to ma$e. He is the rapper that seems lazy and unintelligent, but you can tell quite obviously that he is only rapping and making videos as part of some contract which would legally have sold his soul. In closing, that song is pretty good, and makes for a decent switch from the original. Oh, and the rest of the album was partially reviewable as well. Take the example of the "Straight Outta Compton" remake which featured rap legends King Tee and MC Eiht, and also featured famous deadweight and hood ornament Gangsta Dresta. Does anyone see the mismatch of rap skillz? How the hell did Gangsta Dresta get on that list? You can see the young man's raw talent shine through in such heart warming songs as "Compton and Watts," but on the whole he is a pretty bad rapper. MC Eiht put out some of the late 80's grittiest raps, and King Tee has become a living legend, or as Ice-T said, "he can't think without a drink, but he's a player." So where the hell did the demand for Drizzaysta come from? NO DAMNED WHERE! Speaking of Tomica, Eazy-E turned in his grave because the album was made on Priority Records and not on the label that all of the NWA records were made and released on. Of course I am referring to Ruthless Records, and if you really expect for me to explain why I think that Ruthless defined all of rap in the 80's and continued to bear heavy influence to rappers today, then you don't deserve to know, so go to hell like Eazy-E did. And finally, there was the touching rendition of Ren and Dre singing "Compton's In The House." - they didn't start the song with the "To the people over here" lines - the "NWA's Greatest Hits" version of "Compton's In The House" also started that way When I realized that what I was listening to was actually a second copy of the song that I had originally paid for on the "NWA's Greatest Hits" album, I felt the pain of having my soul torn from my body by Ruthless Records' disgusting greed and willingness to cheat the fans. I cried for a bit, and then I busted a cap into my CD player. Then I turned the gun on myself and then I died. The End. PS Straight Off The Streets Of Muthafuckin Compton Eazy-E's Greatest Hits NWA's Greatest Hits Ruthless 10th Anniversary Straight Outta Compton 10th Anniversary What do these albums all have in common? Eazy-E is dead, so now the "executives" are selling the entire label and everyone on it up the river. 11523 -*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+-*-+- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Issue #5 April 9th, 1999