Compton
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100
Dre often feels everywhere and nowhere throughout Compton, managing to at once deploy and transcend the genre conventions he helped invent.
10y
90
Compton is Dre’s eye-witness proclamation of his past, present and future wrapped in a slick post-Obama package.
10y
90
While Detox seemed poised to erode Dre's sonic reputation, Compton, reputedly his last record, instead solidifies Dre's already ironclad claims to all-time status.
10y
88
On his previous classics he showed us that new things were possible, a magic that's available only so many times in one life. Compton doesn't have the same breathtaking power, but it's excellent nonetheless, and more complicated and jarring than we could have known to hope for.
10y
83
This elaborate tapestry of voices and sounds, both new and familiar, conveys Dre’s epic vision. Compton successfully crams the magnitude of his origin story into ambitious, densely packed sonics.
10y
83
What makes this one momentous is the way it balances three objectives with impressive aplomb: constructing a love letter to his hometown, making an album that’s more of an endnote than a suffix, and continuing a lineage that has supplanted itself within hip-hop’s DNA.
10y
80
It’s an hour-long demonstration that Dr Dre’s skills as producer and curator alike are still as potent as ever.
10y
80
'Compton’ may be less state-of-the-art than other rap albums in 2015. It may spend a lot of its time reflecting on the past. But as an argument for that now famous district in South Los Angeles and its continued importance and centrality to hip-hop, it’s forceful and convincing.
10y
80
Despite its numerous flaws, Compton is still one of the most engaging listening experiences of the year.
10y
80
In many ways, Compton is a child of To Pimp a Butterfly, if only Kendrick had the same sense of urgency when reaching to the bleachers.
10y
80
It adds up to an album by turns confounding and enthralling. It's no Detox. It's something realer, and better.
10y
80
After the scene-setting ‘The Chronic’ and the comeback of ‘2001’, this is a man reflecting on life and his career – and it sounds fantastic.
10y
80
Regardless of whether or not the album will spawn a generation of imitators like his previous releases, Compton is a proper capstone to Dre’s legendary career.
10y
80
Like Lamar’s grandstanding To Pimp A Butterfly, the numerous strands of Compton: A Soundtrack take time and effort to fully unravel, but the rewards are manifold.
10y
80
Impressively layered, widescreen productions – especially cuts by DJ Premier, DJ Dahi and Dem Jointz – are the album’s most satisfying aspect.
10y
80
Serving as more than just the nostalgic release that many expected it to be, Compton carries Dr. Dre back into spotlight from the boardroom on his own terms, with his own verification.
10y
80
The album slips into a febrile combination of reminiscences, boasts and complaints that manages to keep an eye firmly on the present whilst gazing fondly back on former tribulations.
7mo
80
He seems to have found a new and more sincere voice, less bullish than we have heard him before, whilst using a fantastic roster of contributors to push the mood and narrative.
7mo
80
There is a demob-happy feel to much of Compton’s aural landscape, full of piano and brass, but enduringly bouncy.
8y
80
This brilliant kaleidoscopic LP, which was recorded in under a year, focuses on the veteran producer's connection to the modern world as it references Eric Garner, frames it with N.W.A.'s history, and decides that little has changed.
10y
75
We’re given exciting stuff throughout the hour long run time of Compton—blockbuster material—there’s plenty of action and drama to go around. And although fat definitely needed to be trimmed from this animal, it’s humbling to know Dre hasn’t let his ego get the best of him musically.
10y
70
Compton is a solid reminder of both Dre's skills and the depth of his contacts book.
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3y
70
Breaking away from the nonchalant bravado of Dre’s former persona, Compton is an intense – and often ugly – record.
9y
70
Compton earns a lot of credit simply by not being a disaster or an embarrassment, but there’s only so much a 50-year-old rapper can say to a generation following their favorite artists on Snapchat.
10y
70
Dr. Dre is back! Dr. Dre is back! Dr. Dre is back!
8y
70
It's hard to deny ‘Compton’ is brilliantly constructed, a masterclass in 21st century hip-hop.
10y
70
Directing the many famous rappers he's collaborated with, Dre offers a survivor's artful sound and a billionaire's stately stature.
6y
70
So that Compton maintains this level of consistency is perhaps 2015’s greatest surprise so far.
10y
68
This isn’t so much an album as it is a living monument, a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a museum that Dre funded, built, owns and operates.
10y
60
With a different producer at the helm, this experiment may have worked. Unfortunately, with all his talent, Dr. Dre's ear lacks the scope and vision to properly curate such a wide array of ideas because that's not what he does.
10y
60
Even though his supposed swansong may feature some characteristically flawless production and fine cameos from the likes of Kendrick Lamar, it cancels out its own meaningfulness in subtle hypocrisy.
10y
[Dr. Dre's discography ranking 3/3]
NO DETOX😭😭😭 NO SEX SKITS 🔥🔥🔥 Also Dre drowned .Paak😭😭😭
So after 16 years Real Top G returned with soundtrack to film about "Compton". To make this album Dre got features from many new artist and his old friends. Features that i really like are from K.Dot, .Paak, BJ and Eminem. Other are mostly mediocore. Production like with every project produced by him is really good. Transitions between songs really good. My problem ... read more
Surpassed my expectations as much does. I thought since this wasn't in his prime it would be trash, but in reality the right features can make the perfect album. Kendrick Lamar, Game, and Em did their thing on this album, but so did Anderson Paak with the hooks.
Compton
Score: 84/100
Best Track: Genocide
Worst Track: Talk About It
The album is undoubtedly great, but to be honest, a lot of tracks just don't hit my vibe.
Is it worth a listen? — You can give it a try.
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Track List
| 1 | Intro 1:15 | 72 |
| 2 | Talk About It 3:15 | 81 |
| 3 | Genocide 4:26 | 80 |
| 4 | It's All on Me 3:47 feat. Justus, BJ the Chicago Kid | 79 |
| 5 | All in a Day's Work 5:13 feat. Anderson .Paak, Marsha Ambrosius | 79 |
| 6 | Darkside / Gone 3:53 | 83 |
| 7 | Loose Cannons 4:13 | 75 |
| 8 | Issues 3:41 | 75 |
| 9 | Deep Water 5:11 | 89 |
| 10 | Jon Connor - One Shot One Kill 3:25 feat. Snoop Dogg | 78 |
| 11 | The Game - Just Another Day 2:21 feat. Asiahn | 79 |
| 12 | For the Love of Money 4:08 | 77 |
| 13 | Satisfiction 4:24 | 74 |
| 14 | Animals 3:47 feat. Anderson .Paak | 82 |
| 15 | Medicine Man 4:14 | 86 |
| 16 | Talking to My Diary 4:23 | 90 |
Total Length: 1 hour, 1 minute
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2mo
Kendrick dropped 3 of his all time best verses and Eminem still stole the show. Aftermath was something else at this time.
