It's May 11, 2024, 02:42:00 AM
I don't like the Compton album. Such a disappointment! I don't know anyone who even plays anything from that. I remember when I first heard it, i didn't feel it at all. I thought maybe I'm just too old, so let me play it for teenagers and see if they like it. None of them liked it. Every one of my friends I played it for who like rap, nobody liked it. I bet if you asked the average hip hop fan about it, that most would not be able to answer the questions that a classic album would be able to get. Like nobody quotes any of the lyrics off this album, I bet most can't name more than 5 song titles off this album, I've never heard anyone bump this in their ride or at functions. I even liked some of the Detox tracks more than anything on this album. Of course, the sonics and engineering are excellent, I'm not gonna argue that, but who cares about that when the songwriting/beats have no replay value. For me, Dr. Dre lost his ear for picking dope beats. The last thing I liked from him is the Topless song. Even stuff he has production credits for on the Eminems recent album is nothing special. Thats my opinion.If you like it, thats cool, I'm happy for you. I guess we just have different tastes. Maybe its a classic in some peoples personal opinion, but not in the real world it isn't.
Even Dres "worst" songs are way better than any other artist could hope to achieve on his best day. After all he's revolutionized the game countless times and is a true originator who is still current and can drop whenever he wishes, the whole world will sit up and listen.Aftermath presents needs a level of intelligence to be able to contextualize it with music coming out from that specific era as it represented a counter current and was a refreshing breath of fresh air in the midst of that played out E/W beef.
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