I feel the same way. Attention spans are shorter than ever nowadays and people seemed to give a fukk more about getting their "Straight Outta...." shirts than the music. As always the album was mixed beautifully and it made people pay attention to Anderson Paak. You definitely have a point when saying people kind of glossed over it bc it didn't sound like the typical music that's still playing popular now.
Was Compton underappreciated due to the times?
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Fukwatutalkinwatisaylaw
Superstar
Heard for it tha first time tha otha week and couldn't even listen.. Dre voice sound horrible once that shyt go I don't wanna hear no more same with Busta and a few other old heads.. And Dre tryna sound like Kendrick was whack too.. He really coulda kept this and dropped some unreleased NWA shyt and it woulda been better
raoulduke187
All Star
no, it was underappreciated because it's a goddamn terrible album
. Any standout tracks from the album?
The album was a mistake for a couple reasons
Everyone was expecting an album with that 2000 mixing and mastering. The music he did release around then sounded like chronic 2001.2. From busta to relapse shyt sounded like no other.
He should have released whatever it is he has in the vault with promo and everything. There is no way he doesn't have a west coast banger some where in there. Prolly has like 10 albums worth lol
He most likely fukked up the careers of mez and justice. The only thing people wanted was classic dre with the crew. Ice cube,snoop etc etc. the outta nowhere introduction to them made the real fans uncomfortable. Pack came out unscathed cuz he's too dope and a real talent across the board
To me the album is great. Not amazing, but great. This is where I laugh at dre haters because fact of the matter is, dre is held to higher expectations even by the people that hate him most. Guarantee anyone else drops this album it's an instant classic or at least a 4.5. I think so much time has passed he should have dropped his "real" cd and then introduce the new people with Compton
Compton is a great album. But a great album by dre is 2 mics cuz it didn't blow you away. Anyone else it's a 4.5-5
His expectations are a gift and a curse
Everyone was expecting an album with that 2000 mixing and mastering. The music he did release around then sounded like chronic 2001.2. From busta to relapse shyt sounded like no other.
He should have released whatever it is he has in the vault with promo and everything. There is no way he doesn't have a west coast banger some where in there. Prolly has like 10 albums worth lol
He most likely fukked up the careers of mez and justice. The only thing people wanted was classic dre with the crew. Ice cube,snoop etc etc. the outta nowhere introduction to them made the real fans uncomfortable. Pack came out unscathed cuz he's too dope and a real talent across the board
To me the album is great. Not amazing, but great. This is where I laugh at dre haters because fact of the matter is, dre is held to higher expectations even by the people that hate him most. Guarantee anyone else drops this album it's an instant classic or at least a 4.5. I think so much time has passed he should have dropped his "real" cd and then introduce the new people with Compton
Compton is a great album. But a great album by dre is 2 mics cuz it didn't blow you away. Anyone else it's a 4.5-5
His expectations are a gift and a curse
feelosofer
#ninergang
Yes, at the end of the day Dr Dre is held to a higher standard than any other artist outside of maybe Nas, in the sense that anything with his name attached to it has to be CLASSIC. Compton wasn't that, but what Dre did do was showed people how influential he is because he tailored his sound to the modern soundscape without sacrificing his signature sound, in fact he actually refined it from more funk inspired Chronic albums. I think it was a proper swan song even if it's is one of his weaker releases relative to his discography.
Saysumthinfunnymike
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I think it's somewhat underappreciated yeah in part because everything is so quickly digested now and people tend to have shorter attention spans. But as others have said, Dre's lyrics and even his voice didn't sound like Dre. A lot of the lyrics didn't mesh with what Dre should say or sound like, despite Dre having writers he always had his own unique voice and sound but that wasn't on here.
That said, there's some great production on it and standout tracks overall.
Something like this I still listen to
That said, there's some great production on it and standout tracks overall.
Something like this I still listen to
mbewane
Knicks: 93 til infinity
This. Dre for some reason kind of switched his flow and indeed he is held to higher expectations, because he's DR DRE. The thing is that everyone thought Detox was delyaed for years because he was cooking up a masterpiece, and instead we get this, a good album but nothing game changing imo.
The God Poster
LWO representa
Breh you literally like anything that's old or isn't what's "in"
Shyt was garbage
Shyt was garbage
MegaTronBomb!
Power is in my hair nikka
I wish people would quit looking for ways to like this album.
Compton wasn't even a top 5 project from Compton this year.
Compton wasn't even a top 5 project from Compton this year.
NoChillJones
Banned
Album is a dope album. These young boys don't appreciate it because a "old nikka" made it. Meanwhile 21 savage and Dram have top 10 hits. Fact old heads make better TIMELESS music...new heads make songs that are hot because they are part of the culture not because the music is good
bigbadbossup2012
Biggest baddest boss
The album was VERY dope... but in comparison to Dre's previous albums, it wasn't to that level of excellence which is fine. I feel a lot of it has to due to Dr. Dre himself as a rapper. Maybe had DOC been involved, it'll make a huge difference. Production was top notch, but it wasn't groundbreaking because it was basically what the L.A. sound of today evolved into already. You listen to albums from L.A., especially from the TDE camp... this been the vibe.