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.