![]() Looking for the perfect NWA costume this halloween? We’ve done the hard work for you by finding all the best quality pieces to make your Eazy-E outfit look legit! We also appreciate that you probably don’t want to blow your whole pay check and want some money left over to buy some 40’s so we’ve made sure that all the items are super affordable! Most notably of course is Eazy E’s infamous Compton hat, that was styled in old English characters and still to this day is inspiring knock-offs and replicas. We’re talking sports teams like the Los Angeles Raiders, Los Angeles Kings and the Dodgers, hood repping LA and Compton, or just a bit of self promotion with N.W.A, Ice Cube and MC Ren. They usually repped black snapbacks (although occasionally a white one would pop up on someone’s head), always emblazoned with something they gave a f**k about. At the height of their worldwide domination these guys must have owned at least 100 of them each. If you check out any group pics of NWA from back in the day, you’ll be hard pressed to find one where all five of the crew are not wearing a snapback. Let’s check out what sort of effect those boys from the hood had not only on the music game, but on the fashion game too. Back to that time where kids were angry, rap was fresh and West Coast fashion was king. Set in Compton in the mid to late 80s, we’re about to get a whole lot of 80s street style returning to the screen, so we’re going to take a trip back in time to where it all began. You can browse our great range of tall tees in our store. Especially young Cube rocking a white tall tee. This photo had us and everyone else psyched. The cast are relative unknowns, clever casting to see their stars rising like those of N.W.A.s. It features O’Shea Jackson as Cube, Corey Hawkins as Dre, Jason Mitchell as Eazy, Aldis Hodge as Ren and Neil Brown as Yella. and their time coming up in Compton, California. Dre, Eazy E, Ice Cube, MC Ren and DJ Yella aka N.W.A. The flick shows the rise and fall of the MVPs of the rap game, Dr. I was too young to remember the impact this had on society back in 1988, but today it remains the greatest hip-hop album to exist.In 2015, we’re getting excited about the imminent release of the new NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton. His lyrics and anger are the most dazzling throughout the record (note – he wrote most of the lyrics on the album). Ice Cube, of course is the real standout here (even surpassing Dr. Filled with tormented material, “Express Yourself” can be fun at times and “Gangsta Gangsta” is a hell of a song. It’s gritty subject matter and harsh lyrics bring it to life in a fearsome yet passionate way. Make no mistake, this is not a kids record. Many of the tracks contain some very graphic lyrics, but there is a certain level of playfulness to the album as a whole. From the superb opener “Straight Outta Compton” to the anger fueled “Fuck Tha Police,” this was hardcore music. Comes off a show-stopper, the go for broke style is so real and scary that it makes you feel you’ve been pistol whipped into oblivion, and yet you come back for more. Just like the Sex Pistols and Black Flag before them, this was right in your face and hard to ignore. ![]() ![]() I’ll have to put my vote in as this record being my favorite hip-hop/rap album of all-time. ![]() Our Blog N.W.A “Straight Outta Compton” (1988)
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