I've been waiting for this album for a long, long time. Back when he was supposedly going to release "Detox." I put a lot of faith in Dre's albums, as Chronic and 2001 are two of my favorite albums of all time.
The switch from "Detox" to "Compton" was a little perplexing, and I should have known something was up when he was "inspired" by the Straight Outta Compton movie to switch directions and make this album - aka, I feel like it's a cash-in product.
The album's biggest flaw - and I'll get this out of the way first - is clearly that THIS IS NOT A DR. DRE ALBUM. Several songs don't feature him AT ALL. It feels like, oh I don't know, buying a Metallica album only to have Creed show up and play the songs. It's like he used his name as a platform to feature whatever artists he's invested in and this album is supposed to be a launch pad for them.
Now, I won't say the guest artist are THAT bad, but I feel completely like a sucker of false advertising. And the album overall is pretty weak, with beats that don't make sense and just artist that don't flow as well as Dre. I thought the previews on iTunes were a little weak, but I figured I can trust that the "whole" of the songs would be better, as I was looking to Chronic and 2001 as my reference point.
Not even guest appearances of Ice Cube or Snoop can help this disaster.
I can't believe this album hasn't gotten more flack or outrage. Maybe people don't care, and I'm the only sucker... Now, I could have "downloaded" the album for free and saved my money, but I'm a STRONG supporter in paying for music, not that Dre's $800 million net worth would necessarily feel the loss, but I'm so mad at myself for buying this garbage.
It's true what Nas said, Hip-Hop is dead...
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