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Dr. Dre.
1) Compton
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Description
It's official. The Doctor is back with a masterful body of work, dedicated to the people of the city where he came from. Dr. Dre's first album in 15 years also features appearances from Kendrick Lamar, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, and more.
"3 out of 4...Dr. Dre rages on gritty 'Compton'"--USA Today
"8.8 out of 10... it's excellent... and more complicated and jarring than we could have known to hope for."--Pitchfork
2) Training day
Description
Jake Hoyt, a fresh-faced rookie in the Los Angeles Police Department, gets a chance to join the elite narcotics squad headed up by 13-year veteran Detective Sergeant Alonzo Harris. Jake is to prove himself during a one-day ride-along. As the day wears on, it becomes increasingly clear that Detective Harris has blurred the line between right and wrong to an alarming degree, enforcing his own code of ethics and street justice. Eventually, Hoyt begins...
Description
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking viewers back to where it all began, the film tells the true story of how these cultural rebels-armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent-stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world's...
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
In Training day, Jake Hoyt, a fresh-faced rookie in the Los Angeles Police Department, gets a chance to join the elite narcotics squad headed up by 13-year veteran Detective Sergeant Alonzo Harris.
In Fallen, detective John Hobbes is searching for a criminal he's already met, already caught and already killed.
5) Beef
Series
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
A look into the deep and harsh world of high-profile hip-hop battles and beefs, as told by the artists themselves
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