However, a good deal of Compton feels fake, laboured and not Dre. So much of this album is exactly what the Dr ordered (too easy, sorry) just what I was hoping for, with tracks like Animals rolling back the years, and Talking To My Diary reminding us all how Dre’s vocals are as booming and harsh as ever. I’m really in two minds about Compton, and it’s difficult to cast a conclusive opinion. The Game’s triumphant return to form is a nice surprise on a nostalgia-inducing Just Another Day too. This continues across a number of tracks on Compton including Satisfiction and One Shot One Kill, in which reuniting the diamond combination of Dre and Snoop in the process. Genocide is an improvement, but I guess I was naive into thinking that trademark Dre beats would be in abundance, 16 years since his last release.ĭr Dre announced news of the project via his Beats1 Radio showīut in a three-to-four minute swoop, it all comes rushing back with It’s All On Me. That trademark airy West Coast sound comes sauntering back against Dre’s sharpened delivery. Why oh why is every single rapper insisting of using these trap-esque beats? Has the creativity really dried up that much that even the legendary Dr Dre is making tracks that would slot in on If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late. Opening track Talk About It is an absolute carbon copy of every Drake, Big Sean and Fetty Wap hit to come out in the last year. When Compton first kicked off, my thoughts were ‘not you too Dre?’. Featuring production from the man himself, and guest appearances from Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg and Xzibit, let’s see if the wait was worth it. Having been predictably released as an Apple Music exclusive, Compton has already received wide-spread critical acclaim. No it wasn’t Detox, but it’s actually a Dre album I’ll take whatever I can get. I don’t think anybody had enough time to mentally prepare and properly adjust to the fact that Dr Dre would actually be releasing a long-awaited third solo studio album.
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