Sound of the Streets
The music the city gave the world — above all the rise of West-Coast hip-hop out of Compton, N.W.A and gangsta rap, and the neighbourhoods that made it.
Part of Los Angeles
7 moments in this segment.
- — The Central Avenue jazz district. Los Angeles, 1945.
- — Buffalo Springfield — "For What It’s Worth". The 1966 Sunset Strip riots anthem.
- — CSNY — "Our House". Provided to YouTube by Rhino Atlantic Our House · Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
- — N.W.A — Straight Outta Compton (1988). Los Angeles, 1988.
- — N.W.A — the Compton sound (1988). The year 2008 marks the 20th anniversary of N.W.A's landmark album STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON, one of the two most important gangsta rap albums ever (the other being N.W.A. founding member Dr. Dre's THE CHRONIC). The album sounds as ferocious and frightening as ever, as it continues to voice the "power of street knowledge" to the masses. Like the similarly themed 10th Anniversary edition, this version of S.O.C. contains a handful of reworked versions of songs by some of the biggest names in post-N.W.A. rap,…
- — Tupac at Death Row Records (rare footage). Los Angeles, 1996.
- — Tupac, the last interview (1996). Los Angeles, 1996.
