Dusty Bake Activate
Fukk your corny debates
Album was dope as fukk. Never understood the hate it got here.
Was Compton underappreciated due to the times?
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Abstract83
Superstar
I thought it was a great album. Because it wasn't The Chronic I think people just tuned it out. I didn't have any expectations and I was blown away.
MouseTeeth
All Star
Exactly, i feel like i'm in the twilight zone..everything from.the production to the mixing and mastering to the most underrated part of the album: the VOCAL PERFORMANCES....he made everybody sound the best they have in years...i mean everybody from snoop to game to fukkin ice cube sounded great, along w dre himself....anderson paak was a highlight as well and "animals" was probably the best song on the album (a PREMO beat in 2015 no less! )...the only "weak" parts of the album if u want to call it that were the experimentations with trap beats...but i give dre credit for branching out and trying something new...they were hardly "wack" either, most were bangers ie Deep Water, For the Love of Money....the album was very dope...is it a classic like chronic/2001? nah bc it didnt have the monster hits,,,but as a jaded hip hop fan will i always look forward to a dre project? of course and i hope its not the last.
bigmanharris
Coli Gangsta
Great album. I still bump it. My favorite Dre album
KravenMorehead™
Barrel Brothers.®
gotta figure out the common denominator in older artists having this problem...
I love Latina women
Veteran
I think the main reason why this album also didn't really have any impact was because Dre just put it out with NO promotion. The album was literally just released and that was it. There were no interviews done for it by him at all.
What exactly did Tribe pull off that Dre didn't? If we're talking about they dropped a great album and Dre didn't, that's all subjective. And besides, the new album isn't exactly the follow up to a classic in the way that Compton was.
Compton is basically Dre's Life Is Good. It's an elder statesman in Hip Hop reflecting on the decisions (good and bad), lost friends, and pitfalls that he escaped while celebrating the success of still standing through it all. Like, Life Is Good, much of it is a throwback to the 90's sonically. He even went back and re-made "For The Love of Money".
Palm Tree's & Blunts
Big timah timah
It came and went. Couple songs were cool though.
bigbadbossup2012
Biggest baddest boss
In real life it wasnt popping either
bigbadbossup2012
Biggest baddest boss
Why,it's not like the world was bumping this album and the coli happened to dislike.
Dre is known for dropping projects with memorable records,this album had none.
None of the songs on that album came through and caught on,NONE
bigbadbossup2012
Biggest baddest boss
NAW,IT USED THE NWA MOVIE buzz.
People just didnt like it.
bigbadbossup2012
Biggest baddest boss
We cant just wash over this though.
This is a real serious problem and it's not a passable problem at all.
Dre projects (not just HIS albums)
are known for having stand out hits even if they werent singles.
He failed us
MouseTeeth
All Star
All things considered it was still a great album IMO and one of the best hip hop releases last year. A classic? No, but i get where you're coming from...that's the burden of being dr. dre...anything less than a classic is "wack"..
bigbadbossup2012
Biggest baddest boss
It was forgettable. I liked the chronic alot better than 2001 but 2001 had some landmark songs that kept it in the game.
Compton doesnt have to be classic but it has no moments so people dont care for it.