N.W.A’s DJ Yella had an interview with VladTV in which discusses he the newly-released movie Straight Outta Compton, which is in theaters today (August 14). Straight Outta Compton was directed by F. Gary Gray and produced by Dr. Dre and Ice Cube, among others.
DJ Yella was portrayed the film by Neil Brown Jr. DJ Yella says Neil Brown Jr. is a great actor and was spot-on to how he used to look in his younger days. DJ Yella was also a consultant for the film, whose trailer garnered millions of views on YouTube.
“Twenty-two million views in 24 hours,” DJ Yella says of Straight Outta Compton‘s views on its YouTube trailer. “I’m just like ‘Wow.'”
Having seen the movie being produced and being able to watch the finishing product on screen, DJ Yella says he’s impressed. “It’s huge, you know,” he says. “It looks grand.”
Watch the interview below.
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Heard his buddy, dr dre flopped with his new album. All this hype and he can’t even beat out a country album? LOL!!
Nah, Dre succeeded with his new album with digital sales only.
Drake did nearly 500k with just digital sales with far less time to promote it so its no excuse fanboy.
What excuse? Besides, Dre still succeeded. Also, you can’t call anyone a fanboy when you are one.
Says the guy with Drake’s nut dripping off his chin. Hahaha
You are wrong idiot! Number one in the UK (US numbers arent out yet) and number one in digital sales. Fool, you just a broke hater! LOL!
Go suck a teenybopper drake dick lil punk no one gives a fuck about your wimpy gay idol
Only bitches listen to lame ass droopy drake and most of them even think shit wack
Off topic, but what up with all the Drake dickriding on a hiphop website? U get paid in dildos for promotion or is it just a man crush on your gay idol? Grown ass men dont listen to no drake shit, only halfwits and record industry plants would hype that wack shit, which side are u on?
Album is classic!!!
love & respect to yella but nwa trailer did not get 22mil views in 24 hrs…..lol
The movie sucked; glorifies Cube and Dre; downplays Suge’s presence; 2pac’s scene is 45 seconds. Terribly story. Terrible film.
Guess we watched two different movies because it was amazingly done & reminiscent of my past “hood” favorites. Depth, story telling, not rushed, well scripted and made you feel for each persons agenda. Great flick 9/10 & I’ve been watching movies since 1988 so I know a good flick when I see one
how long do you want pacs scene to be? he wasnt in the group last i checked.
I hear better than that wack ass notorious movie.
Yella (and Ren) are always getting overlooked and considering they were in NWA; I’ll take their opinion over those who read the story in XXL haha. I’m gonna bump Renincarnated right now.
Another mad dope album that got slept on cuz it wasn’t Cube or Dre *smh*
…..and no I’m not hating on Cube or Dre. I’m just saying NWA was more than two ppl #under-appreciated
cause they continued doing bigger things. Cube with movies and dre in death row with suge and pac. Mc ren obviously wrote more than what dre did cause he’s a producer but his solo shit was never a success. Dj yella well he directed porn. Who’s gonna wanna talk about a guy who went from djing with a popular hip hop group, to directing to porn. Might as well throw in Arabian prince while you’re at it.
a missed opportunity to tell the real/human story of one of the most influential
groups in rap history. it’s a shame that ice cube and dre were executive producers on this; voiding it from an real objectivity and honesty. omitting any of the material that might cast them in a bad light really gave a skewed revisionist history of the group history, evolution, and legacy. of course this is expected from almost any “autobiographical” film–especially when the executive producers still have vested interests on maintaining and capitalizing off their respective and collective brand/brands—-(domestic violence,bigotry, misogyny is not a good look for future ventures AND likewise, showing their humanity/frailties/insecurities or addressing the REAL political and systematic issues going on at the time may take away from their seemingly larger-than-life, tougher than steel personas). my problem is, why leave all that out when it can easily be researched? ??especially when their whole story (good and bad) has been documented over the past 2 and half decades. they should have been as expository as possible ;giving the people something new and not a convoluted aggrandizing ego/vanity project. for a group that was fearless, audacious, and brave, this film’s portrayal seemed way too safe and streamlined. seems they were way too conscious of their backer’s interest/agenda. in some regards, they co opted their own history and proved to be as subservient to the same system they once opposed…for the love of money.
bet we never see a public enemy movie in our lifetime! can’t truss it!
Nobody cares what you think.
and would someone please get the details right? for a period piece, please do the proper research and come correct with it properly. from the clothing,cars, studio equipment to the overblown concerts…things didn’t look like that in the 80s or the 90s for that matter! new era fitted’s and pristine baggy jeans were NOT happening back then. dookie chains didn’t go all the way down to their stomachs hahahhaha. if they can get it right (or more accurate) for other period pieces, why can’t they ever get it right in a rap related movie. nickelodeon ass production value!
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