Aug 7, 2015

After seeing @Arch Dogg and his review that was so a--- that Kevin Gates could eat it, I decided to give an unbiased review of Dr. Dre's 3rd and final album, "Compton".

First off, if you are so attached to "The Chronic" and "2001" that your perception of Dre is clouded by nostalgia, exit this right now. This is not for you.

Now, this album's only similarity's with "2001" are how this is put together like a movie, similar to the albums predecessor and his protégé's work "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City". It has an intro, the sound of a movie logo similar to 20th Century Fox rolling, followed by a introduction about the streets of Dre's hometown, Compton. And it's heavy features, like actors, play an important role in each part they play in. Features range from Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, The Game, Jill Scott, Marsha Ambrosius, Anderson Paak, Candice Pillay, Ice Cube, Xzibit and his newest crew of potential stars, Jon Connor, Justus and King Mez.

The albums production ranges from classic Dre, from tracks like "Darkside/Gone" and the Trumpet closer "Talking To My Diary" to a slight influence of trap, like on "Deep Water" and "For The Love Of Money". Along with Dre, producers DJ Dahi, Cardiak, Bink, DJ Premier and newcomer DemBeatz from Compton helmed the project, dubbed his "grand finale".

But is it? I'm not going to delve into the history of his cancelled project, "Detox". but the anticipation and impatience for it led to Dre's 3rd album held to a higher standard then his first 2. He simply couldn't match the vision of what the hype was portraying. But it was a d--- good effort. Following the success of Kendrick's Lamar critical masterpiece "To p---- A Butterfly", Dre took notes from Its process and incorporated a new sound, almost completely abandoning his classic G-f--- sound. Sounds good on paper, but just like TPAB, it alienated alot of his fans, because people hate change, atleast when its not in comfortable territory.

All in all, the album had very few issues. The only main issue is that Eminem's verse on "Medicine Man" was sonically not pleasing to the ears and did not feel natural on the album, despite being a great verse. Also, the elephant in the room, how the h--- was MC Ren excluded from the project? I understand Nate Dogg because Warren G used up the rest of his posthumous work on his new LP. But MC Ren was just as important as Ice Cube. And "For The Love Of Money" was mediocre in my opinion. But Dre traded in the mediocre 2nd half of " 2001" and "The Chronic" Eazy-E roastfest, for a bright, introspective look on his career. Kendrick Lamar shines on his bars and steal's the show on "Deep Water", "Genocide" and "Darkside/Gone" like Eminem on the previous LP, and Snoop provides one of his best verses in years on the Jon Connor solo.

The real heart on the album comes from Dre however. You can tell he put his heart into it. You could feel every word he spoke despite the fact it was mainly ghostwritten. This album, despite being an exclusive to Apple, feels natural. Like it wasn't made for a profit.

In conclusion, this album is a future classic. Because of the production, mixing, the features, the cohesion and the sincerity of all the effort.

Final Verdict: 9.5/10
Best Track: Darkside/Gone & Talking To My Diary
Worst Track: For The Love Of Money

 

Aug 7, 2015

I Dont know Why but For the love of money is one of my fave songs but also a good review

 

Aug 7, 2015

It didn't feel like a Dre beat at all. It didn't even have that feel.

 

Aug 7, 2015

Good review. i would give the album the same probably around a 9.5 but felt the Eminem verse fit in, even though it was different it was essential to the album.

 

Aug 7, 2015

I didn't hate it, I thought it was a great verse. Something just felt off about it.

 

Aug 8, 2015

Bump

 

Aug 8, 2015

Good review. I just don't agree on the part where you say Dre's verses are all ghostwritten. I actually think he did a lot more writing on this album than he usually does. We don't know for sure, but there are a lot of parts where I can tell Dre wrote it.

It was even said that he along with 2 of his new guys did most of the writing.

 

Aug 8, 2015

Great review my friend. I agree on For The Love Of Money. It's a great song, but it didn't felt like it belonged on the album, socially speaking.

 

Aug 8, 2015

Nice review sen

 

Aug 8, 2015

 

Aug 9, 2015

Much better review than arch dogg's

I agree 100%

 

Aug 9, 2015

thank you

 

Aug 9, 2015

really good review mate, will feature

 

Aug 9, 2015

really? thanks

 

Aug 9, 2015

good review bruh

 

Aug 9, 2015

Thank you, I think I will do more if people request it

 

Aug 9, 2015

Good review, I don't agree with the conclusions but it was a solid write up. The album has a couple fillers (One Shot One k---, Satisfaction, For the Love Of Money) & Medicine Man just kind of sounds out of place but outside of that, this is a really good album.

 

Aug 9, 2015

I think I'm going to add a little section on the cohesion aspect. But in the end of the day, its just my opinion on it. I back my opinion with facts, but its just my critical perspective.

 

Aug 9, 2015

One shot, one k--- is not filler

 

Aug 9, 2015

I'm not a big fan of the beat, Snoop's verse is average & Connor raps on auto pilot. I listened through the track the first couple times I listened to the album but now I just find myself wanting to skip it.