Dr. Dre - Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre (Discussion Thread) *Stream*

[Claudex]

Honestly I've never payed too much attention to Dr. Dre's flow or lyrics, since I've always knew it wasn't him anyway. So it doesn't bother me much that in this project I can't even tell when Dre comes through. It really doesn't bother me because if he didn't rap at all in here I wouldn't have minded either, except maybe for the "Talking To My Diary"/"All In A Day's Work" joint. Those ones just had to be him.

I'm very pleased with this album though, sonically it's just so much piff . Best beats I've heard consecutively in an album all year 10/10. The lyrics/delivery would be a 6.5/10 because so much of isn't exactly groundbreaking. The ad-lib game in this shyt is 10/10 though, this feels like the change Rakim brough to the game in terms of flow. Dre made sure that the ad-libs here were truly interwoven with the beat, it doesn't feel separate from the bars, beat like it usually does. I'm saying the ad-libs here definitely feel different from the way they are usually used.

Dre couldn't change Em to the old Em, but he at least made him go a little slower in the tempo this time and somehow less corny. The rape bar here didn't even make me cringe as much as the window pane one.

Xzibit and COLD 187 (the use of the ad-libs on his part definitely enhanced his verse)

This Anderson Paak dude...damn

I really really enjoy this album. I was very pleasantly surprised. It definitely feels as full of instruments as TPAB but I didn't mind that then and I don't mind it now. No matter how much I like the new minimalistic beats, I also enjoy these ones where the artists have the money to put orchestras in the recording process.
Amazing Job Dr. Dre, truly.

 

[Abstract83]

I heard so many bad reviews about this album. I sampled it on Itunes and was nodding my head to the beats and bars. Im goin in not expecting a Chronic album.

 

[Da King]

Anderson Paak nikka the highlight of the new acts featured on the album,

 

[Big Mel]

CD just arrived. Here's the OFFICIAL production credits:

1. Intro - Focus & Dr Dre

2. Talk About It - DJ Dahi & Free School

3. Genocide - Dem Jointz

4. It's All On Me - Bink! & Dr Dre

5. All In a Day's Work - DJ Khalil & DJ Dahi

6. Darkside - Best Kept Secret & Dr Dre

7. Gone - D.R.U.G.S.B.E.A.T.S. & Dr Dre

8. Loose Cannon - Focus, Trevor Lawrence Jr. & Dr Dre

9. Issues - Focus, Curt Chambers, Trevor Lawrence Jr., Theron Feemster & Dr Dre

10. Deep Water - Focus, Cardiak, DJ Dahi, Dem Jointz & Dr Dre

11. One Shot Kill - Focus, Trevor Lawrence Jr. & Dr Dre

12. Just Another Day - Trevor Lawrence Jr. & Theron Feemster

13. For The Love of Money - Cardiak

14. Satisfaction - Dem Jointz

15. Animals - DJ Premier. Additional production by BMB Spacekid

16. Medicine Man - Dem Jointz & Focus

17. Talking To My Diary - DJ Silk, Choc & Dr Dre

 

[Columbo]

This is the first time in years ive been stuck on one album like this, I cant stop listening to it. Id have to say right off the bat its right there with GKMC and Life is Good as the album of the decade so far

 

[Da King]

CD just arrived. Here's the OFFICIAL production credits:

1. Intro - Focus & Dr Dre

2. Talk About It - DJ Dahi & Free School

3. Genocide - Dem Jointz

4. It's All On Me - Bink! & Dr Dre

5. All In a Day's Work - DJ Khalil & DJ Dahi

6. Darkside - Best Kept Secret & Dr Dre

7. Gone - D.R.U.G.S.B.E.A.T.S. & Dr Dre

8. Loose Cannon - Focus, Trevor Lawrence Jr. & Dr Dre

9. Issues - Focus, Curt Chambers, Trevor Lawrence Jr., Theron Feemster & Dr Dre

10. Deep Water - Focus, Cardiak, DJ Dahi, Dem Jointz & Dr Dre

11. One Shot Kill - Focus, Trevor Lawrence Jr. & Dr Dre

12. Just Another Day - Trevor Lawrence Jr. & Theron Feemster

13. For The Love of Money - Cardiak

14. Satisfaction - Dem Jointz

15. Animals - DJ Premier. Additional production by BMB Spacekid

16. Medicine Man - Dem Jointz & Focus

17. Talking To My Diary - DJ Silk, Choc & Dr Dre

So the two best beat on the album Dre didn't even touch, Dre really done

@TEKBEATZ

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

So the two best beat on the album Dre didn't even touch, Dre really done

We knew it was a Premier beat when we heard it but it's mixed by Dr. Dre & Premier so you're still getting Dre's fingerprints on it.

 

[Abstract83]

I'm floored by this album so far. I popped that shyt in the Ac TL today. Pulled the sunroof back and drove around bumpin it. Production is on point and the features are crazy. Everybody was on their A Game. I could do without some of the hooks like satisfiction. But Overall great effort from Dre. If you looking for The Chronic you'll be disappointed. My only expectations was for Dre to write history again and change the game by being innovative. But im satsfied either way.

 

[Diamond Tom]

For the record, the CD sounds MUCH better in the whip than the iTunes version

 

[VBM]

Finally saw the movie

 

[CarltonJunior]

So the two best beat on the album Dre didn't even touch, Dre really done

@TEKBEATZ

Deep Water, Talking To My Diary, Animals and It's All on Me are the best IMO. Satisfiction sounds worse with every play, beat and song-wise.

I find it funny because every song that feels like it's 100% out of Dre's character wasn't produced by him and I could tell. I was thinking to myself the other day when I heard "Just Another Day" I was like "ain't no way Dre made this "

 

[RAX 010]

That trumpet on Diary tho....

 

[yseJ]

this album really very different from what I expected, but its 2015 and the songs reflect that; its way more eclectic than Id expect a dre offering. and...more white. its like dre's speakerboxxx. its not necessarily bad, but its a departure of big proportions. personally, its not really fukking with chronic and 2001. those albums were groundbreakers. this is cool by itself, but coming from dre I couldnt help but expect more

with that said, theres some bangers in terms of production. foe the love of money has some monster bass, but I still prefer the original (and the rapping on the og is simply >>>>>, and I fukk with jon connor)
animals is that primo beat with dre mastering

 

[GoonbergScandal]

People said that Dre stopped using the G-Funk sound, but Satisfaction,"Talking to My Diary", and Darkside / Gone all got G-Funk sounds in them.

 

[the cool]

This is the first time in years ive been stuck on one album like this, I cant stop listening to it. Id have to say right off the bat its right there with GKMC and Life is Good as the album of the decade so far