It's May 14, 2024, 07:43:23 PM
Infinite: No doubt, but a billion dollar divorce and a pandemic may have had something to do with that. Back in February I heard Dre productions that sounded the most like Dre productions we've heard since 2007/8/9 (Eminem's album)..hoping he's still in that pocket or better. fwiw, Lost Angels hasn't been wrong with his intel. Back before Compton he told us about Dre, Hutch, and X on the same track. No reason to doubt what he's hearing, plus all the social media stuff is escalating. Lot of group pics, old faces (Sly, Nas, D.O.C., Rick Ross), group photos with new, unknown talent, posts with actual audio of Dre, others with audio muted...all point to the same thing. There may be promo, there may not be promo before it comes, but it's coming this time it feels like. I'm personally hoping there is a big rollout. I don't care how long. Today's suprise drops really cut the life of a project short, IMO. Take it back to those days. Let us know it's coming 6 weeks before it does. Don't drop a single til 2 weeks prior so we have no idea what it sounds like. Sscit, I feel Compton too. It flows like one body of work for the most part but some of the song concepts, structures and production I still can't come back to. That whole Just Another Day, For The Love of Money and Satisfaction stretch doesn't belong on that album, IMO. They belong on those artists' albums, not Dre's. And Dre's half of Medicine Man is straight up wack to me. As for Dre's voice, I don't mind it. What I mind most is the beats and the fact it's raining snares all over the place.
There's no pandemic... there is a lockdown though.. and if anything lockdown would give him more time to record
My bad, I'm talking about the three Dre joints on Music to Be Murdered By... Little Engine (especially at beat switch, and at 2:20 marker), Little Engine (vintage Dre/Em), Lock it Up (knocks, super clean mix).
If history is any indication:He released The Chronic, major success. Says hes done with gangster rapHe released Dr Dre presents The Aftermath. It flops. Runs back to gangster rapHe released Chronic 2001. Major success. Once again is done with gangster rap He released Compton, it flops. So if history is any indication, he’s gonna run back to gangster rap and his original formula and the new album will be a success. The question is how many decades do we have to wait for it.
I'm a big fan of the Aftermath album. I got it when it dropped and have never stopped listening to it. Though I admit it contains filler. COMPTON though has no filler and is a classic. Damn shame he never filmed a single video for it. I never quite understood that.
Damn shame he never filmed a single video for it. I never quite understood that.
compton was not a classic and it will never be. if it was a classic, dre would push it with all he can.em didnt announce "music to be murdered by" before, we just woke up one day and saw that he released a full Lp... of course he shoot videos and promoted it later but it already surprised and impressed people.when dre released compton it didnt get the attention and reaction that they expected. it has no common sound or mood from beginning to end. its a bunch of different type of records that aftermath team did in years. im hardly calling it a dr. dre solo. if dre release something classic, he doesnt need to promote, it would rock the world and cause an earthquake like dre said "that aint no earthquake, its just dre coming"i think dre didn't want to promote it like his highly expected solo LP, because he wasnt happy with it. so he chose to call it a "soundtrack" inspired by nwa movie.i believe he is going to rock the world one more time with a legendary album. lately he spent too much time in studio with various artists like ice-t, busta rhymes, b-real, snoop, the glove, kanye, nas, kurupt, paak, em, scott and damn almost everybody in the industry... he must be coming with something. he should!