The 'Straight Outta Compton' Cast Talks Dr. Dre and Feeling the Compton Love

Hip hop fans and film aficionados alike are gearing up for the August 14 release of Straight Outta Compton, the highly anticipated N.W.A biopic chronicling the rise and fall of the iconic rap group. Actors Corey Hawkins, O'Shea Jackson, Jr. and Jason Mitchell—who play Dr. Dre, Ice Cube and Eazy-E in the film, respectively—stopped by Got Ur # to reveal what went down both in the recording studio and on set.

Explaining that Dre showed major love for the cast, Hawkins recalls bumping the Compton soundtrack with the legendary rapper-producer, who told them, "Y'all are doing y'all thing so heavy in this movie, and I'm inspired, man."

And speaking of heavy, Dre apparently cranks up the bass in the studio.

"I ain't never heard music that goddamn loud," Jackson told Fuse. "Dr. Dre plays music so f*cking loud that when he started playing it, you kind of gotta look around like, 'Is everybody else okay with this?' It's so f*cking loud, man! What are you doing?! But it thumps. Shout out to Dre!"