![]() ![]() “I started this gangsta shit,” goes the hook, “And this the motherf-in’ thanks I get?” Dre’s beat, a steaming slab of future funk circa Chronic 2001, and his verse may steal the show, but Cube and Ren represent well, showing that the old chemistry was still there and making “Hello” a fitting farewell to the N.W.A era at the dawn of a new millennium.įirst released as the B-side to Eazy-E’s “Boyz-N-Tha-Hood,” this aggressive slice of life opens with a skit in which a desperate cokehead tries to trade a rope chain for a $20 bag of cocaine. But the song serves as a look back of the group’s legacy. Dre and MC Ren occurred nine years after the group officially disbanded. 2 (The Peace Disc), this reunion of Cube, Dr. Released on Ice Cube’s 2000 album War & Peace Vol. How’s that for “The Strength of Street Knowledge”? Whether the group ends up rapping at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony at the Barclays Center ( Ice Cube says no), they will be permanently immortalized for changing the face of hip hop, pop music, and American culture with songs like these. ![]() ![]() While the film garnered just one Oscar nomination - for Best Original Screenplay - it was one of the top 20 movies of 2015, raking in over $160 million domestic gross that year alone. Perhaps the success of the hit biopic Straight Outta Compton gave them the extra push they needed. ![]()
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