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COMPTON VS. MISSIONARY ... WHICH DO YOU PREFER?
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WHICH ALBUM DO YOU THINK IS BETTER? TWO ALBUMS THAT UNDERWHELEMED MANY PEOPLE..
I PERSONALLY THINK "COMPTON" IS A CLASSIC AND VERY UNDERAPPRECIATED .. DRE CAME WITH A FRESH SOUND THAT WAS TREMENDOUSLY PRODUCED AND LAYERED TO PERFECTION. ALL THE FEATURES DID THEIR THING AND THE ALBUM WAS BANGIN FRONT TO BACK. SONICALLY IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS TAILOR MADE TO BE PLAYED IN STADIUMS. THE GRIPE MOST PEOPLE HAD WAS THAT IT DIDNT HAVE THE TRADITIONAL DRE SOUND VOCALLY OR MUSICALLY.. BUT TO ME, IT HAD HINTS OF IT, JUST EVOLVED TO FIT THE MODERN TIMES.
ON THE FLIPSIDE, "MISSIONARY" SOUNDED FORCED AND INORGANIC TO ME. LIKE THERE WAS ZERO DIRECTION OR COHESION AND THE ALBUM JUST SOUNDS LIKE AN OVERALL MESS.. SONICALLY, IT SOUNDED THIN AND VERY WEAK COMPARED TO DRE'S PREVIOUS WORK, ALMOST LIKE HIS EAR WAS AFFECTED BY THE ANEURISM. SNOOP'S VOCALS, WHILE MORE ENERGETIC, SOUNDED COPY + PASTED AND OVERLY CONTRIVED. EASILY THE BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT FOR ME IN TERMS OF ANTICIPATED ALBUMS. I WOULDNT SAY ITS AN AWFUL ALBUM, BUT NOWHERE CLOSE TO WHERE IT SHOULD BE CONSIDERING ITS THE REUNION OF WHAT IS ARGUABLY THE GOAT RAPPER PRODUCER COMBO + A FOLLOW UP TO WHAT MANY CONSIDER THE GREATEST ALBUM IN RAP HISTORY..
ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, WHICH ALBUM DO YOU PREFER?
TraceOneInfinite:
Compton is another classic and up to the Dre golden standard. It’s a shame they didn’t push the album—there were a few tracks on there that sounded like they could’ve been monster singles/videos.
I still remember where I was the first time I heard Dre come in with…
“I just bought California!!”
Those were good times—the NWA movie was blowing up, huge success. My life had turned around I’d just finally gotten my first legit teaching job (doesn’t sound like much but it’s a step up from wiping buttholes in nursing homes for the previous 10 years for 11.00 an hour) and the girl of my dreams.
HighEyeCue:
“Compton” by far…“Missionary” was so disappointing that I have no desire to revisit it
TraceOneInfinite:
--- Quote from: HighEyeCue on August 11, 2025, 11:24:37 PM ---“Compton” by far…“Missionary” was so disappointing that I have no desire to revisit it
--- End quote ---
It’s odd because I actually enjoyed Missionary the first time I listened thru beginning to end with no skips…
…and then never went back to listen to it again, lol
But COMPTON was my go to album for like 3 months from August until around November it was top of my rotation.
“All Fall Back On Me” 10 of 10
“All in a Day’s Work” 10 of 10
“Talk About It” 10 of 10
Jay_J:
Compton has so many problems to be fixed. Mastering issue, wack fillers, lots of skips, no integrity, even my favorite song "all in a days work" has potential but they couldnt arrenge and mix it the way it was supposed to sound way better. There is no hits or classics to take place in dre's discography.
Missionary is not as good as we all expected but there is an integrity, concept, even there are fillers no skips and there are a few hits and bangers.
To me its Missionart >>>> Compton. However both are under dre's standarts.
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