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Entries from LAist tagged with 'nwa'

October 23, 2007

If you are offended by NWA, move on. There's nothing for you here. If you are offended by Fat Albert, you are too easily offended. The lip-synching lines up so perfectly, I'm not sure if there wasn't a little computer animation help. But sometimes timing is just on your side.......

Continue Reading "Fat Albert sings Gangsta Gangsta"

July 9, 2007

This is the second piece in a series celebrating some of the most classic albums to ever come out of Los Angeles.Part two is all about the west coast hip-hop classic Death Certificate, a true masterpiece from one of the OG architects of LA hip-hop.......

Continue Reading "Classic LA Albums Vol. 2: Ice Cube - "Death Certificate""

April 20, 2007

Ice Cube @ Ventura Theatre Kottonmouth Kings @ Queen Mary Jamie Foxx @ Gibson Ricky Martin @ Staples Jon Mayer @ SMC Type O Negative, Celtic Frost, Brand New Sin @ Avalon Trans Am, Zombi, Black Taj @ The Troubadour Miss Derringer, Mad Juana, The Cheat, Olin and the Moon @ The Roxy Xololanxinxo, Fat Hed & Selecta Fada, Human Beings, Dopestyle @ On the Rox Eleven Hundred Springs, I See Hawks in L.A.,......

Continue Reading "Tonight in Rock in LA - Ice Cube, Kottonmouth Kings, Jamie Foxx, Ricky Martin, Jon Mayer, Type O Negative"

March 5, 2007

LA's favorite gangsta rap group gets the British PG-13 treatment in this very funny reworking of the N.W.A. classic. (h/t bloopy) First they gave us Led Zeppelin, then Benny Hill, then The Office. Maybe the Brits ain't so bad after all. After the jump, see Ice Cube knock it out during the Family Values Tour in New Orleans.......

Continue Reading "Fuck Help The Police"

August 19, 2006

Nina Gordon has a new album out, "Bleeding Heart Grafitti", that we will review later next week. In the meantime we were very happy to see that someone made a YouTube video of her little cover of a few years back of the title track from N.W.A's classic album. Yes it's weird to hear a white girl say the n-word but we'll give her a break... THIS time.......

Continue Reading "Nina Gordon "Straight Outta Compton""

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