The Golden Era – Rap, Reviews, Videos – english

Here’s some pictures of a well known group with an attitude that I just stumbled upon on my hard drive:

These are from 1987, 22 years old, let’s call it the “N.W.A. and the Posse”-years. Cube, Eazy and Dre and the moustache-rockin Arabian Prince, original member of N.W.A (see “Panic Zone”).

1989, minus Arabian Prince but plus MC Ren, colors shifting towards black, white and grey, with Ice Cube looking as serious as possible:

1991: So now there’s four ’cause the fifth couldn’t make it, but – as you can see in this picture – N.W.A stayed equipped, just in case there would be an attack by… I don’t know, but judging from those weapons, they apparently expected the National Guard or something to assault them. I saw this picture in “Newsweek” on vacation in the US, but don’t know where it originated from:

So, a lot has changed in 4 years, I mean besides shaping a whole genre of rap music of course. There’s gonna be a movie about N.W.A (not exactly the latest news), and given the legendary status of this group, one can only ask: why so late? Well, better late than never I guess. Let’s see how the movie turns out, I for one am curious…