It's May 30, 2024, 04:52:27 AM
It's a good album but it's too strained for my taste. It's definitely Dre's "heaviest" solo album. I prefer lithe, carefree music that you can just grove too, which of course was one of the beauties of G-Funk. You can tell that Kendrick Lamar's approach to album-construction has deeply influenced and shaped Dre in this era. This is by turns the most intellectual Dre album, so if that's your cup of tea, you'll happily drink this up.Production-wise, of course the studio-craft sonically on display here is impecable, which is to be expected, but Dre hasn't been in his prime for decades now (imo it was early to mid 90s). Then again, I wasn't hoping for anything more than "Michael Jordan on the Wizards" level of quality from the GOAT producer. Still, this isn't a game-changer like Dre's best work.All in all, it's a good album, certainly not a typical dated sounding album by an old, washed up rapper. In fact, this is very modern, if not an attempt to push modernism forward a bit. But two things: 1) again, the tone and tempos are not really my steez and I agree there's not much music built around core melodies on this album and 2) this sounds like the kind of album Dre could put out every couple years if he were hungry enough to actually consistently make music.But it doesn't matter; Dre's legacy has been cemented for a long time, and this won't alter it in any either direction, better or worse.
Album is full of GOOD SONGS. Bunch of good shit. This shit is probably better than 90% of the queer shit that's on today. BUT.....you have to be a fanboy to say this is a classic. This isn't 2001 or Chronic. It's missing the CLASSIC tracks. There isn't a standout BEAT. It isn't revolutionary. I was expecting this though, considering Dre didn't put his all in this. It didn;t really have the DR DRE signature/change the game type sound. It's isn't as consistent as his other shit. Still great album though. You can't hate on this. This is still better than most shit but it's half-assed compared to Dre's standards. By the way, That Premier beat is SICK! Just wish Cube and Snoop spit on it.
its a solid project but not a classic. the word classic is thrown around way to freely these days..
Love the album. West Coast been producing some great music this year Kendrick, Vince Staples and now Dre.