Dr. Dre is supposed to announce a release date for Detox on Saturday

jro · Jul 30, 2015

Apparently the NWA movie was what finally spurred him into getting a whole album together. So I guess Suge Knight just needs to murder more people or something.

I'd be more eager to hear this if it wasn't for the fact that Dre sounded utterly terrible with Eminem and Skylar Grey on "I Need a Doctor" (seriously, he sounds like a country white guy pretending to be a rapper. It's awful).

Tung Fu ru · Jul 30, 2015

We'll see if this even happens. He's been working on this album for so long, he's probably put together about 5-10 albums worth of material by now. It would be cool if he could put out anything close to as good as his first two albums, but sometimes overthinking and rethinking a song or songs can really hurt the music. Anyone ever hear GnR's (Axel's) Chinese Democracy?

I've heard a bunch of supposed "leaked" tracks that he's been working on for the album. Some are actualy pretty good, but I expect none will be on the final album.

ggallegos1 · Jul 30, 2015

Chinese Democracy was horrendous, and I'm sad to say I was one of the chumps who bought a copy on the first week.

Dre sounded tired and uninspiring in I Need a Doctor, he has for quite some time. I'd love to hear some angry Dre, one that was real, brutally honest, and up front like his Snoop days or even Eminem's early psycho stage.

Let's be honest, the Beats brand of headphones is one of his best career moves.

Tung Fu ru · Jul 30, 2015

ggallegos1 said:
Let's be honest, the SELLING off of Beats brand of headphones and Beats Music (apple music) is one of his best career moves.

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Unfortunately, now that he's SUPER rich, he really has no motive to make good music anymore.

Splitt442 · Jul 31, 2015

ggallegos1 said:
Chinese Democracy was horrendous, and I'm sad to say I was one of the chumps who bought a copy on the first week.

You were hoping for Appetite 2 and you didn't get it, doesn't make the album horrendous. Better, There Was a Time and I.R.S. were worth $15 alone, the rest was a bonus.

Wachenroder · Aug 1, 2015

Splitt442 said:
You were hoping for Appetite 2 and you didn't get it, doesn't make the album horrendous. Better, There Was a Time and I.R.S. were worth $15 alone, the rest was a bonus.

Better, IRS and maybe Chinese Democracy were the only songs I remember liking on that album but it yeah it wouldn't say it was horrendous. Just didn't come close to measuring up to previous GnR albums (which were great).

As for Detox, i'll believe it when I see it. We've been on this merry go round a 1000 times now so i'm not getting excited just yet. Plus it aint gonna be the same without Nate.

ki_atsushi · Aug 2, 2015

So did he?

Tung Fu ru · Aug 2, 2015

So he announced he has a new album coming out on Friday. But it's not Detox, he said that he didn't like it, so it's apparently scrapped.

The new album is called "Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre". Oh and it's exclusively on iTunes' Apple Music, and I assume iTunes as well.

here

jro · Aug 2, 2015

Tung Fu ru said:
So he announced he has a new album coming out on Friday. But it's not Detox, he said that he didn't like it, so it's apparently scrapped.

The new album is called "Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre". Oh and it's exclusively on iTunes' Apple Music, and I assume iTunes as well.

here

Just saw this. Damn.

That's become more the norm lately- announce something a few days ahead of time. I assume to try to combat leaks/streams.

SpamYouToDeath · Aug 2, 2015

jro said:
Apparently the NWA movie was what finally spurred him into getting a whole album together. So I guess Suge Knight just needs to murder more people or something.

I'd be more eager to hear this if it wasn't for the fact that Dre sounded utterly terrible with Eminem and Skylar Grey on "I Need a Doctor" (seriously, he sounds like a country white guy pretending to be a rapper. It's awful).

I thought "sounding terrible" was part of the brand.

jro · Aug 5, 2015

Eh. I didn't mind "Kush," though I think it's arguable that Akon has more presence on the song than Dre. I'm glad he admitted that the work he'd done was subpar, though I still don't have high expectations for this.

Hot Chocolate · Aug 5, 2015

jro said:
Eh. I didn't mind "Kush," though I think it's arguable that Akon has more presence on the song than Dre. I'm glad he admitted that the work he'd done was subpar, though I still don't have high expectations for this.

The tidbits he's released so far sound sub par

Time might have passed Dre by

wizkid007 · Aug 6, 2015

Album is nothing without Scott Storch. He was and always will be the talent behind Dre.

jro · Aug 7, 2015

Good reviews so far. Going to have to buy it on iTunes this weekend.

jro · Aug 7, 2015

The production is pretty insane- it's eclectic as hell and is really quite impressive. Dre's flow, though, I still don't know. He sounds pretty different than he did on Chronic 2001, and not for the better (he sounds like he's yelling most of his lyrics now). It's far better than I Need a Doctor (I'm still convinced he was zonked on cough syrup or in half a coma for that one or something) at least.

BeefJerky · Aug 8, 2015

"Just Another Day" and "Animals" were good tracks, but overall I was less than impressed.

I guess Dre just doesn't have it in him anymore.

420p · Aug 8, 2015

New ghostwriters

Tung Fu ru · Aug 8, 2015

420p said:
New ghostwriters

So am I the only one here that views Dr. Dre as much more of a producer than an MC? IMO his albums are more to promote artists that he's working with and show off his production styles. I'm pretty sure he has other MCs "ghostwrite" his lyrics on all his albums, I don't really think he tries to hide that.

Anywhooo, back on the subject:
I listened to the new album yesterday. Thought it was pretty cool. Not at all what I expected, and the production is all over the place. I'm going to have to listen to this album through a few times before I'll have a full opinion. Definitely some tracks that stick out above the rest. "Issues" really stood out for me right away. I'm sure after a few more listens, others will too.

Endlessnameless · Aug 8, 2015

Tung Fu ru said:
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Unfortunately, now that he's SUPER rich, he really has no motive to make good music anymore.

This exactly. I'm not really a fan of rap, but growing up in the 90's it was hard not to hear snoop, dre, etc. That music, the emotions it conjured up were legit as he was writing/rapping from a place of anger/feeling that he just can't capture anymore. I'm not saying wealthy people don't have problems but with 4 billion in the bank it's hard to conjure up anger/ anything that the majority of youth can relate to.

420p · Aug 9, 2015

Tung Fu ru said:
So am I the only one here that views Dr. Dre as much more of a producer than an MC? IMO his albums are more to promote artists that he's working with and show off his production styles. I'm pretty sure he has other MCs "ghostwrite" his lyrics on all his albums, I don't really think he tries to hide that.

Anywhooo, back on the subject:
I listened to the new album yesterday. Thought it was pretty cool. Not at all what I expected, and the production is all over the place. I'm going to have to listen to this album through a few times before I'll have a full opinion. Definitely some tracks that stick out above the rest. "Issues" really stood out for me right away. I'm sure after a few more listens, others will too.

Nah, he isn't even producing stuff in the classical sense of a rap-producer anymore. He is more of a director, that brings together different people to form the vision of dre. i didn't listen to the album yet, but my expectations are pretty low. Btw, r.i.p. sean price.

BeefJerky · Aug 9, 2015

420p said:
Nah, he isn't even producing stuff in the classical sense of a rap-producer anymore. He is more of a director, that brings together different people to form the vision of dre.

Ugh, you hit the nail on the head. :crying:

GohanX · Aug 9, 2015

We'll always have 100 Miles and Runnin...

Sherlin · Aug 9, 2015

I listened to Dre's new Compton album at work on Friday with a guy that's from LA and has a strong tie to that whole scene. He threw it away after we listened to it. Haha

420p · Aug 28, 2015

I listened to it now. Well, hmm, I liked two songs, if I remember correctly.

CORY · Aug 28, 2015

It's okay imo. Could have been better. The featurings are retty meh. Not a fan of King Mez, Xzibit nor The Game... at all. I was expecting more songs with Kendrick considering the name of this project.

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