If you are looking for a straight forward, easy, simple, and normal book, then put Straight Outta Compton down and walk away. When you need a shot in the arm of fast-paced, shocking, off the cuff, brilliant "slanguage," then check out this book. Ricardo Cortez Cruz takes his audience through a powerful journey, a quick rapping, back alley ghetto fest. Its modern presence clashes head on with the Compton scene, and results in an unusual, yet creative and fresh look at the plight of the impoverished African American male in LA.

The writing is fresh, fluid, freaky, fast, and formidable. If you need a book full of energy where the words jumps off the page and smack you in the face, then check out Straight Outta Compton by Ricardo Cortez Cruz.