Review

Howes could easily have made an album full of massive bangers, but instead he’s created something far more interesting

No lives will be changed, nor hearts broken, but it does what it needs to do satisfyingly well

His best and most interesting record since Outside

An elegy for youth that’s still being lived, mistakes, triumphs and all.

It’s kind of formulaic, but that doesn’t mean it’s not fun

While not offering quite the full torrid picture, the Straight Outta Compton OST gives newcomers to NWA more than enough flavour and background