Straight Outta Compton
Straight Outta Compton is a phrase meaning directly from Compton, California—a city in Los Angeles County associated with gang activity and poverty in the late twentieth century.
The 1988 N.W.A album of this title established the phrase as an assertion of authentic street credibility.
The template "straight outta [place]" now signals someone's origins, often with pride or irony: I'm straight outta Kansas City.
- NWAPioneering gangsta rap group
- gangsta rapUrban struggle set to beats
- gangstaStreet-hardened criminal type
- rapQuick sharp blow
- hiphopRhythmic spoken-word music genre
Los Angeles · hood · streets · street life · 1988 · West Coast · beats · police · brutality · LA riots · ghetto · California · lowrider · gold chains · boombox · explicit · parental advisory · diss
- Albumsalbum, Thriller, Rumours, Pet Sounds, OK Computer
- biopicsbiopic, biopics, Lincoln, Gandhi, biographical drama
- Legendary PicturesGodzilla, Pacific Rim, Dune, The Dark Knight, Inception
- Black CinemaDo the Right Thing, Moonlight, Black Panther, Coming to America, Friday
Straight Outta ComptonNashville
Tennessee's largest city
Paid in Full · country music · Ready to Die · Beverly Hills · Malibu
Straight Outta Comptoneasy listening
Undemanding melodic audio
smooth jazz · elevator music · adult contemporary · mainstream pop · Pat Boone
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