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Straight Outta Compton is about living large, living in the fast lane. It raps to its readers about being black, being born and raised in the L.A. ghetto, being so-called "Niggaz 4-Life", being sweet on black life (for those in it, the beat goes on). It focuses on the lives of two black men, Rooster and Clive-nem, who grow up together in Compton. Clive starts out like a big brother to Rooster, but Rooster changes. After Clive's daddy dies of a drug overdose, the story shifts. Rooster, the main character living large, becomes obsessed with women. Meanwhile, Clive wants to break from Compton. He and Rooster split up, fall into rival gangs - the Bloods and the Crips - and begin to hate each other. Clive has other problems besides Rooster - namely, Compton. He thinks that he's made a girl pregnant. He's involved with gangs. Straight Outta Compton samples from all aspects of black life in its search to have its characters find what rapper Heavy D. would call a "Peaceful Journey". It wasn't just written; it was mixed by a DJ, and the result is hyped!
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- Title Straight Outta Compton
- Author Ricardo Cortez Cruz
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 122
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher F2c, Normal / Boulder
- Date 1992
- ISBN 9780932511614 / 0932511619
- Weight 0.35 lbs (0.16 kg)
- Dimensions 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.6 in (21.34 x 13.72 x 1.52 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects African Americans, Gangs
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 93196166
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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