I'll dl & give it a shot after Uh-Ohs thoughts I'm on the fence about it



Dre is a beast at production & 2001 is usually in constant rotation regardless of how he's been as of late

give it a shot

im overly analytical though, i've become stupid picky the older i get, generally don't even like hip hop anymore, so my opinions should be taken with a few grains of salt

my main reason for the quick listen/review was to curtail the mindless love for this album, based purely from the hate in my heart for anything massive amounts of people like lol

Ain't u only like 25 my dude?

Medicine man is doope

shit is ill

I'm probably one of the biggest westcoast rap fans you'll find...I thought this was absolutely terrible.

All on Me was a great song, Talking to my Diary was good, outside of those two I didn't like anything. All ridiculously over produced. Half of the songs just switch to a new beat half way through for no reason at all. Guys like Snoop and Xzibit rapping on beats that completely don't go with how they sound. It all sounds so new school and technological too.

To be fair, half of you guys are probably Drake and Lil Wayne fans on here so that could be why you love it and I hate it. If you LOVED Chronic and 2001, and want to hear an album like those, don't listen to this. It couldn't be more opposite. It's pretty much exactly like how My House - Warren G and Nate Dogg, on a mixtape called Regulate G Funk Era Part 2, sounds absolutely nothing like fans of the original G Funk Era enjoyed.

I physically couldn't listen to For The Love of Money without saying "Fuck this shit" and looking up Bone Thugs version on Youtube. Dre is REALLY heavy on the guitars on this, and I couldn't help but thinking "If you're going to use guitars, why the hell aren't you doing it like you did in the absolute classic Beautiful but Deadly by DOC, which is one of Dre's best produced songs?

I dunno. As a guy who loved Chronic, loved 2001, and listens to NWA, Comptons Most Wanted, DOC, Westside Connection, Above The Law, BG and Drestah and all of the westcoast legends, this album was abysmal to me. A shame to cause with the movie coming out, and with the name of this album being called Compton, I was hoping to hear some of the music which put these kids from Compton on the map in the first place. I wanted to hear what got them to the big show but instead was met with what they think the 2015 rap fans want to hear. I'll still with my Souls of Mischief and Too $hort I guess.

But u a fagot tho

*DMX voice* ....UHH HUUHHHH!!

DMX shouldn't be mentioned in the same thread as this album.

Lmao

sounds like a bags line tbc

y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThlhSnRk21E

I listen to this song the very second I wake up, in full, twice. I've done this for 15 years. In preparation for the Kumite.

Actually thinkin bout it, this EtH guy has a good point. lol my bad.

I'm just disappointed is all. As a few said, 2001 is an incredible album. NWA were an incredible rap group.

Put it this way, if Dre's new album was on GTA 5, it would be on Radio Los Santos instead of Westcoast Classics.

his point is shit
this is 2015, you think dre was gonna drop some G Funk shit?
fuck outta here
it's called staying relevant
I see now why you don't get it

good lord i'm so thankful you dont post anymore

walls of negircho

If you want the old album, they will have them on iTunes. I don't comprehend how people expect artists to make the same albums over and over. Then again you like Too Short so yeah, debating with you would be like listening to a, well Too Short album. I hope your 40 cuz you give off a old and lame vibe.

BIIIIIIIIIITCH!!!

Completely true. Based on the name and the ties to the movie, I thought he'd be trying to drop something a bit more similar to his other albums. I'm not really into Drake and Kendrick Lamar and whoever else and was hoping Dre was gonna drop something that sounded similar to what I used to like. When I hear NaS dropping an album I'm hoping for something similar to Illmatic, not something where he's trying to "stay relevant".

I don't see how Dr Dre has to change his musical style to "stay relevant". As you guys said, 2001 and Chronic are incredible albums. If he dropped a new version of one of those, wouldn't that be just as incredible?

I expect them to keep the same kind of music. I was a huge Kanye West fan when he made College Dropout but then that awful album with Love Lockdown came out and it all went downhill. If I'm a fan of a rapper, it's because they have a certain sound or something. So when they change that sound, I don't immediately like them because it's the same artist.

I'm 23. I grew up listening to Hadaway and Sash :D

dre is a producer first, and a rapper like, third, so you can't really compare him to Nas
but, I'm gonna say this and this is the truth
if he dropped 2001 today, it wouldn't be as successful
the game has changed. snoop and cube and em don't sound the same anymore
neither does dre
which means doing the same thing will always fall short
you got to change it up to stay fresh
warren g just dropped a record too
how's that one in comparison? I wouldn't know, because I haven't heard it

Oh, so your a hipster. LOL You wasn't even making sperm when Chronic came out bro. That's why you like it so much, you wan't to connect to a "different time". This urge to be different has made you mundane. You seem like a cool dude though, so lighten up and go download a Gucci Mane album.

Dre's albums aren't really about Dre rapping though so I was just kind of comparing album quality to album quality.

Warren G's new record, or at least My House, is pretty terrible. I don't get why he names his tape after the Regulate album, maybe my favourite album of all time, and then doesn't keep the G Funk style.

I probably wasn't born when Scarface came out. I still think it's a cracking film. Alright let's not talk a different time. Nipsie Hussle - Hussle In The House, Mac Lucci - Cali Life, the entire Game LAX album. I loved those because they have the kind of sound I like. I don't think I'm really "different". My favourite top 3 rappers are 2pac, NaS and I go back and forth but right now probably Warren G. Not exactly some underground unknown guys. When I started to like 2pac every second dude on the planet loved 2pac. That just kind of switched to other people and I kept liking him and went into the music more. When I was like 12 I wasn't thinking about being different, I was thinking "Fuck you Playback FM, Radio Los Santos for life".

It's not just old school music I like, it's just mainly. Half the world prefers music from the 90s though. uh-oh was saying Dre's on an "Atlanta" thing. I'm not really sure of what that means specifically but I'm more into the "California" thing.

It's the same as Ludacris for me. I absolutely LOVED Word of Mouf, but now his songs are complete and utter shite cause he's "trying to stay relevant". I suppose Destroyers right though in saying that although we all love 2001 and whatever other albums, they wouldn't have the same commercial success these days so what would be the point in making them?

"Niggas want my old shit buy my old albummms"

tbcompton, I'm having a hard time coming up with an album that came out this year that's better.

To be fair I'd be the exact same for very different reasons :D

you from LB, right?

I don't lol

yeah, but Romeo Santos doesn't count
I'm talking rap albums, bro

Was, but don't hold that against me :D

Won't lol

Just remember the username is all bro

That shit he did with Usher hard tho

After marinating with this over the weekend. Its shitty

ETH is on point in all his criticisms in this thread. Im not sure who he is so im gonna just guess he is disliked and assume thats why you all are disagreeing with him

But this album is overproduced trash. I cant name a better album that came out this year, but i havent listened to any lol

I'll get into it more when i get home

Anything can be shitty if u want it to be.

That was very deep my brother.

The problem however is i didnt want this to be shitty. I can see why people would like tracks off this but it just sucks to me

All music is subjective. People like what they like. I like dope hip hop. This was pop music set in a semi hop hop semi r'n'b backdrop of ever changing nonsense.

I just like dope beats. Dope rappers. Dope singers. Following the same format. I feel like he tried doing too much in too little of a space.

I wouldve enjoyed this more as an instrumental album. As actual music i cant fuck with it

I didn't even hear it yet. Just pre combatting ur hipsterisms.

The whole time im like. Why is dre trying to sound like these young niggas?

Couple of dope fucking tracks, certified classic tbh. But the whole album
As a whole is decent. Over hyped tbh.