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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: MOBNigga06 on August 25, 2015, 10:00:25 PM
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Purchased "Compton" yesterday on the strength of the reviews here, and I must say, it's the worst $14 I've ever spent on music. This is an album for mainstream white people who are uncomfortable with the attitude and themes of real gangsta rap. Instead of rapping about gangsta shit,, we get a bunch of corny raps about being troubled or depressed, rappers switching up their voices, doing impersonations, rapping way too fast for their own good, doing an artificial "angry flow," etc.
None of the familiar rappers even sound like themselves on this album. It's clear that Dre did to them what he did to Too Short: gave them a verse written by someone else and forced them to perform it until it satisfied him.
The album is so politically correct it's mind-blowing. I didn't hear one misogynistic lyric. Real rap albums are full of lines that are crude, but resonate with people because it's true shit you can't normally say in life. This is an album that was designed to make politically correct white people feel comfortable listening to rap music. Truly disgusting.
The production is weak too. There's not one song I heard and thought "I need to bump this in the whip with the top down." The production too seems geared to appeal to depressed teens dealing with issues. The beats are not for real niggas who want to enjoy life, fuck bitches, and get money.
People are surprised there's no Kurupt on the album...come on, how could you have a Kurupt verse appear on an album full of corny emo shit? Kurupt can't go five lines without saying some misogynistic shit. That's my nigga.
Also, fuck Kendrick Lamar and Eminem...their faggoty voices make their shit completely unlistenable to me.
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I didn't hear one misogynistic lyric.
"I even make the bitches I rape cum" is not misogynistic enough for you?
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Compton is another pop(ular) album for global mainstream music. But like a tons of rap releases. I think your post ain't objective and you [surely] show your frustration after listening one time what Compton is, neither The Chronic nor 2001. If you want to reassure you after the purchase of this album, starts listening "Talknig To My Diary" or "Animals".
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all u retards who still complain the problem is ur out of touch stfu and keep listening to your 90s gangsta music problem solved no one cares bout ur irreverent opinion :D
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all u retards who still complain the problem is ur out of touch stfu and keep listening to your 90s gangsta music problem solved no one cares bout ur irreverent opinion :D
I'm wondering if he still make the music... Someone can tell me if he released his mixtape "past, present, future"??? I remember that sampler sounded realy dope produced by dre , fredwreck etc...
he wasn't the Truth :D
And we still dont give a fuck about yours man, above all when you're bullshitting for no reason.
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all u retards who still complain the problem is ur out of touch stfu and keep listening to your 90s gangsta music problem solved no one cares bout ur irreverent opinion :D
I'm wondering if he still make the music... Someone can tell me if he released his mixtape "past, present, future"??? I remember that sampler sounded realy dope produced by dre , fredwreck etc...
he wasn't the Truth :D
And we still dont give a fuck about yours man, above all when you're bullshitting for no reason.
read my post again above ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
apparently u fall in the same category ;)
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I was glad to see Cold187um and X on the album, was listening the song, next thing you know they've killed a woman. So, what's there "unGangsta"? I can't believe there's so much hate on this album. What ya'll expected, Kurupt? G-Funk? DJ Quik? It's 2015. People just found out who Xzibit is, or that he's alive after hearing him on this album. Nobody knows who's Kurupt nowdays. When Quik was on tour with X he was like 1st to perform, like Warm-Up artist. Deal with it.
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What ya'll expected, Kurupt? G-Funk? DJ Quik? It's 2015. People just found out who Xzibit is, or that he's alive after hearing him on this album. Nobody knows who's Kurupt nowdays. When Quik was on tour with X he was like 1st to perform, like Warm-Up artist. Deal with it.
that's exactly what they were expecting trying to relive the 90s the album is good i myself have my complaints bout the album like others but mine are minor i am happy with this and i expected a lot worse im glad this album wasnt filled with to many washed up nobody's you have to give the future a break to shine
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Thank god I'm white so I got a good excuse why I enjoy this album.
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Purchased "Compton" yesterday on the strength of the reviews here, and I must say, it's the worst $14 I've ever spent on music. This is an album for mainstream white people who are uncomfortable with the attitude and themes of real gangsta rap. Instead of rapping about gangsta shit,, we get a bunch of corny raps about being troubled or depressed, rappers switching up their voices, doing impersonations, rapping way too fast for their own good, doing an artificial "angry flow," etc.
None of the familiar rappers even sound like themselves on this album. It's clear that Dre did to them what he did to Too Short: gave them a verse written by someone else and forced them to perform it until it satisfied him.
The album is so politically correct it's mind-blowing. I didn't hear one misogynistic lyric. Real rap albums are full of lines that are crude, but resonate with people because it's true shit you can't normally say in life. This is an album that was designed to make politically correct white people feel comfortable listening to rap music. Truly disgusting.
The production is weak too. There's not one song I heard and thought "I need to bump this in the whip with the top down." The production too seems geared to appeal to depressed teens dealing with issues. The beats are not for real niggas who want to enjoy life, fuck bitches, and get money.
People are surprised there's no Kurupt on the album...come on, how could you have a Kurupt verse appear on an album full of corny emo shit? Kurupt can't go five lines without saying some misogynistic shit. That's my nigga.
Also, fuck Kendrick Lamar and Eminem...their faggoty voices make their shit completely unlistenable to me.
Dre is 50. I'm amazed people want him to make a fool of himself spitting the old content.
You want to listen to an OG with terrible content, check out modern day Jay-Z
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Thank god I'm white so I got a good excuse why I enjoy this album.
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Nobody knows who's Kurupt nowadays.
This is silly hyperbole. Kurupt was recently featured on major studio albums by Schoolboy Q and Miguel.
I don't think Compton is pop music, but musically it's far below Dre's previous two albums. And I was amazed at how poor the writing is on the album.
If you're white and hate the album, does that mean you have street cred now? ;D
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OK OK OK we get it u guys dont like. So now fuck off from dres threads.
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Thank god I'm white so I got a good excuse why I enjoy this album.
this. lol.
and mobwigga, you´re probably white yourself. stop fronting.
you´ve been exposed here, you claim you´re a blood from campanella park and then you were asking who killed mausberg. right here on dubcc. one would think that the homies in your gang could tell you about it more than us euros but hey, what do i know right.
it´s just that you´re fake.
i do understand why some folks don´t like the album. it´s complex and not g-funk. i like it but didn´t understand it on the first spin. but as i bumped it more the whole thing started opening up.it´s better than kush or i need a doctor.
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I want to reply, t everyone else sort of said what I would say. So I'll just say this..
Dude, Dr. Dre is 50 years old. Not sure if he has any grandkids, but seriously his older children are in their 30's. This album was made by grandpa Dre. It will be what it is. I think he's going more with the Kendrick model, make an album with no singles, and just have radio stations pick the singles. It really seems he respects the hell out of Kendrick and what he does, and is using that model to appeal to the next generation. We'll see.
But to me, the album was good, not a classic like Chronic or 2001. Those albums changed the game, this album showed how much Dr. Dre has changed. But it will get some artist some love. Much respect.
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Nobody knows who's Kurupt nowadays.
This is silly hyperbole. Kurupt was recently featured on major studio albums by Schoolboy Q and Miguel.
I don't think Compton is pop music, but musically it's far below Dre's previous two albums. And I was amazed at how poor the writing is on the album.
If you're white and hate the album, does that mean you have street cred now? ;D
I agree with you about the writing. The album is clearly the product of teams of ghost-writers. It's completely incoherent, there's no personality in these songs at all. And the ghostwritten verses sound competent, but they don't come together to produce a good song.
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my opinion on this
1. If I don't use my SPF during the summer I burn up real fast...and I didn't like the album
2. With that being said I get where the OPs coming from...he doesn't mean Caucasian as much as he means suburban and knowing that I'm not offended by his comments I actually agree
3. You rap fans are crazy tho it's either "why can't so and so make music like they used to?" Or its "why did they sell out to fit in?" Or in the case of the ignorant one no matter what gets released by the artist if they're over a certain age it's inferior,sounding like a Peter Pan crew supervisor or menudos manager...if an old school artist tries what's modern they're selling out,if they stay true they're played out...I would hate to be an artist with fans like these
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lol they killed a woman on the album and it's "politically correct"..some1 didnt listen
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First off: KILLING or RAPING a bitch is NOT gangsta. It never was. It's some mentally ill, disturbed shit, that white people find fascinating, just like they find horror movies fascinating.
Gangsta rap misogyny is about FUCKING a lot of bitches by means of game, charisma, power, and persuasion. It's about having a lot of bitches on your dick, not about killing or raping bitches. And it's most of all about enjoying life and not giving a fuck.
Chef_YRD gets my point about the kind of "white people" this album is meant to attract. Of course white people have always listened to rap music. But this album was clearly constructed with a certain kind of white audience in mind, the kind that doesn't want to hear the word "nigga" too often, the kind that doesn't want to hear too much politically incorrect gangsta shit. I know many people like this. You probably do too. The kinds of pussies who say "yeah, I listen to a little bit of rap music," by which they mean Macklemore, Iggy Azalea, Drake, and Kendrick Lamar.
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First off: KILLING or RAPING a bitch is NOT gangsta. It never was. It's some mentally ill, disturbed shit, that white people find fascinating, just like they find horror movies fascinating.
Gangsta rap misogyny is about FUCKING a lot of bitches by means of game, charisma, power, and persuasion. It's about having a lot of bitches on your dick, not about killing or raping bitches. And it's most of all about enjoying life and not giving a fuck.
Chef_YRD gets my point about the kind of "white people" this album is meant to attract. Of course white people have always listened to rap music. But this album was clearly constructed with a certain kind of white audience in mind, the kind that doesn't want to hear the word "nigga" too often, the kind that doesn't want to hear too much politically incorrect gangsta shit. I know many people like this. You probably do too. The kinds of pussies who say "yeah, I listen to a little bit of rap music," by which they mean Macklemore, Iggy Azalea, Drake, and Kendrick Lamar.
you're doing a terrible job at trolling as this post makes little to no sense lol what the fuck is "politically correct/incorrect gangsta" shit?
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First off: KILLING or RAPING a bitch is NOT gangsta. It never was. It's some mentally ill, disturbed shit, that white people find fascinating, just like they find horror movies fascinating.
Gangsta rap misogyny is about FUCKING a lot of bitches by means of game, charisma, power, and persuasion. It's about having a lot of bitches on your dick, not about killing or raping bitches. And it's most of all about enjoying life and not giving a fuck.
Chef_YRD gets my point about the kind of "white people" this album is meant to attract. Of course white people have always listened to rap music. But this album was clearly constructed with a certain kind of white audience in mind, the kind that doesn't want to hear the word "nigga" too often, the kind that doesn't want to hear too much politically incorrect gangsta shit. I know many people like this. You probably do too. The kinds of pussies who say "yeah, I listen to a little bit of rap music," by which they mean Macklemore, Iggy Azalea, Drake, and Kendrick Lamar.
lol 70% of NWA content was about hittin, raping, and killing women.
this album is not for white people...it's for everyone. literally. it has that new school vibe that appears to the typical young club goer, and still has an old school feel to it at the same time. musically and sonically, it's on another level. dre is doin todays music wit a lot more authenticity and musical detail. u can hear hints of kendrick, kanye, j cole, drake, future, etc. all over this album, and thats what appeals to urban youth nowadays, not dj quik. dre basically took todays music and solidified it as authentic by doin it better than anyone else. and still, it has vintage dre sounds throughout.....so u cant say it's a sell-out album. it's dre updating his sound while stayin true to his musical genius. guarantee if u ask quik what he thinks, he will praise it harder than me. musical geniuses alike will all recognize the borders dre is breakin down wit this 1.
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First off: KILLING or RAPING a bitch is NOT gangsta. It never was. It's some mentally ill, disturbed shit, that white people find fascinating, just like they find horror movies fascinating.
Gangsta rap misogyny is about FUCKING a lot of bitches by means of game, charisma, power, and persuasion. It's about having a lot of bitches on your dick, not about killing or raping bitches. And it's most of all about enjoying life and not giving a fuck.
Chef_YRD gets my point about the kind of "white people" this album is meant to attract. Of course white people have always listened to rap music. But this album was clearly constructed with a certain kind of white audience in mind, the kind that doesn't want to hear the word "nigga" too often, the kind that doesn't want to hear too much politically incorrect gangsta shit. I know many people like this. You probably do too. The kinds of pussies who say "yeah, I listen to a little bit of rap music," by which they mean Macklemore, Iggy Azalea, Drake, and Kendrick Lamar.
you're doing a terrible job at trolling as this post makes little to no sense lol what the fuck is "politically correct/incorrect gangsta" shit?
he's not trollin, i actually see what he's tryna get at..but it's not true. even quik tried incorporating the new school sound into his last album, and it was great, but didnt come out as good as dre, who perfected the fusion wit this album.
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First off: KILLING or RAPING a bitch is NOT gangsta. It never was. It's some mentally ill, disturbed shit, that white people find fascinating, just like they find horror movies fascinating.
Gangsta rap misogyny is about FUCKING a lot of bitches by means of game, charisma, power, and persuasion. It's about having a lot of bitches on your dick, not about killing or raping bitches. And it's most of all about enjoying life and not giving a fuck.
Chef_YRD gets my point about the kind of "white people" this album is meant to attract. Of course white people have always listened to rap music. But this album was clearly constructed with a certain kind of white audience in mind, the kind that doesn't want to hear the word "nigga" too often, the kind that doesn't want to hear too much politically incorrect gangsta shit. I know many people like this. You probably do too. The kinds of pussies who say "yeah, I listen to a little bit of rap music," by which they mean Macklemore, Iggy Azalea, Drake, and Kendrick Lamar.
lol 70% of NWA content was about hittin, raping, and killing women.
this album is not for white people...it's for everyone. literally. it has that new school vibe that appears to the typical young club goer, and still has an old school feel to it at the same time. musically and sonically, it's on another level. dre is doin todays music wit a lot more authenticity and musical detail. u can hear hints of kendrick, kanye, j cole, drake, future, etc. all over this album, and thats what appeals to urban youth nowadays, not dj quik. dre basically took todays music and solidified it as authentic by doin it better than anyone else. and still, it has vintage dre sounds throughout.....so u cant say it's a sell-out album. it's dre updating his sound while stayin true to his musical genius. guarantee if u ask quik what he thinks, he will praise it harder than me. musical geniuses alike will all recognize the borders dre is breakin down wit this 1.
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First off: KILLING or RAPING a bitch is NOT gangsta. It never was. It's some mentally ill, disturbed shit, that white people find fascinating, just like they find horror movies fascinating.
Gangsta rap misogyny is about FUCKING a lot of bitches by means of game, charisma, power, and persuasion. It's about having a lot of bitches on your dick, not about killing or raping bitches. And it's most of all about enjoying life and not giving a fuck.
Chef_YRD gets my point about the kind of "white people" this album is meant to attract. Of course white people have always listened to rap music. But this album was clearly constructed with a certain kind of white audience in mind, the kind that doesn't want to hear the word "nigga" too often, the kind that doesn't want to hear too much politically incorrect gangsta shit. I know many people like this. You probably do too. The kinds of pussies who say "yeah, I listen to a little bit of rap music," by which they mean Macklemore, Iggy Azalea, Drake, and Kendrick Lamar.
you're doing a terrible job at trolling as this post makes little to no sense lol what the fuck is "politically correct/incorrect gangsta" shit?
he's not trollin, i actually see what he's tryna get at..but it's not true. even quik tried incorporating the new school sound into his last album, and it was great, but didnt come out as good as dre, who perfected the fusion wit this album.
he's gotta be trolling because none of his 'points' have any validity to them in the thread lol if he can answer the question as to what is/isn't politically correct/incorrect gangsta rap then I'll just agree to disagree 8)
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Purchased "Compton" yesterday on the strength of the reviews here, and I must say, it's the worst $14 I've ever spent on music. This is an album for mainstream white people who are uncomfortable with the attitude and themes of real gangsta rap. Instead of rapping about gangsta shit,, we get a bunch of corny raps about being troubled or depressed, rappers switching up their voices, doing impersonations, rapping way too fast for their own good, doing an artificial "angry flow," etc.
yo Mob.. I know you are a Suge loyalist and I don't know if that is playing into your take on this.... but how the fucc can you say this shit is pop when there isn't one single or one video on this one? There is no song that you can say was contrived, or made for radio. Dre was just in the studio trying to catch a vibe and make the dopest shit possible, homie. This is far from pop, this shit hits hard as fuck. There is not one song you can say is "pop" this is hip-hop st8 to the dome!
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First off: KILLING or RAPING a bitch is NOT gangsta. It never was. It's some mentally ill, disturbed shit, that white people find fascinating, just like they find horror movies fascinating.
Gangsta rap misogyny is about FUCKING a lot of bitches by means of game, charisma, power, and persuasion. It's about having a lot of bitches on your dick, not about killing or raping bitches. And it's most of all about enjoying life and not giving a fuck.
Chef_YRD gets my point about the kind of "white people" this album is meant to attract. Of course white people have always listened to rap music. But this album was clearly constructed with a certain kind of white audience in mind, the kind that doesn't want to hear the word "nigga" too often, the kind that doesn't want to hear too much politically incorrect gangsta shit. I know many people like this. You probably do too. The kinds of pussies who say "yeah, I listen to a little bit of rap music," by which they mean Macklemore, Iggy Azalea, Drake, and Kendrick Lamar.
you're doing a terrible job at trolling as this post makes little to no sense lol what the fuck is "politically correct/incorrect gangsta" shit?
he's not trollin, i actually see what he's tryna get at..but it's not true. even quik tried incorporating the new school sound into his last album, and it was great, but didnt come out as good as dre, who perfected the fusion wit this album.
he's gotta be trolling because none of his 'points' have any validity to them in the thread lol if he can answer the question as to what is/isn't politically correct/incorrect gangsta rap then I'll just agree to disagree 8)
I'm not trolling. I can explain what I mean quite easily.
A horror movie where a million people are killed by a psychopath is not politically incorrect, because it's so over the top and implausible that it doesn't really offend anyone. It's not believable.
DJ Quik saying "hoes aint shit, ain't gon be, ain't never will be, and I'mma make you feel bad that you fucked me" is politically incorrect precisely because it's a realistic sentiment held by many people who fuck a lot of girls. But it's the kind of sentiment that one cannot give utterance to in polite conversation without offending upstanding citizens. That's why it's fun to hear it on records.
A rapper who has a believable persona on his records (like Too Short) is politically incorrect because he makes you believe he really thinks all this misogynistic, braggadocious shit. A rapper like Eminem who just says a bunch of over the top shit for no reason (like on Dead Wrong), on the other hand, offends no one, because no one really believes that Eminem is going to do anything like that. But I definitely believe that Too Short has fucked 1000s of girls, played em, and moved on, while being a real nigga and getting money. That's the difference.
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Purchased "Compton" yesterday on the strength of the reviews here, and I must say, it's the worst $14 I've ever spent on music. This is an album for mainstream white people who are uncomfortable with the attitude and themes of real gangsta rap. Instead of rapping about gangsta shit,, we get a bunch of corny raps about being troubled or depressed, rappers switching up their voices, doing impersonations, rapping way too fast for their own good, doing an artificial "angry flow," etc.
yo Mob.. I know you are a Suge loyalist and I don't know if that is playing into your take on this.... but how the fucc can you say this shit is pop when there isn't one single or one video on this one? There is no song that you can say was contrived, or made for radio. Dre was just in the studio trying to catch a vibe and make the dopest shit possible, homie. This is far from pop, this shit hits hard as fuck. There is not one song you can say is "pop" this is hip-hop st8 to the dome!
on point
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First off: KILLING or RAPING a bitch is NOT gangsta. It never was. It's some mentally ill, disturbed shit, that white people find fascinating, just like they find horror movies fascinating.
Gangsta rap misogyny is about FUCKING a lot of bitches by means of game, charisma, power, and persuasion. It's about having a lot of bitches on your dick, not about killing or raping bitches. And it's most of all about enjoying life and not giving a fuck.
Chef_YRD gets my point about the kind of "white people" this album is meant to attract. Of course white people have always listened to rap music. But this album was clearly constructed with a certain kind of white audience in mind, the kind that doesn't want to hear the word "nigga" too often, the kind that doesn't want to hear too much politically incorrect gangsta shit. I know many people like this. You probably do too. The kinds of pussies who say "yeah, I listen to a little bit of rap music," by which they mean Macklemore, Iggy Azalea, Drake, and Kendrick Lamar.
you're doing a terrible job at trolling as this post makes little to no sense lol what the fuck is "politically correct/incorrect gangsta" shit?
he's not trollin, i actually see what he's tryna get at..but it's not true. even quik tried incorporating the new school sound into his last album, and it was great, but didnt come out as good as dre, who perfected the fusion wit this album.
he's gotta be trolling because none of his 'points' have any validity to them in the thread lol if he can answer the question as to what is/isn't politically correct/incorrect gangsta rap then I'll just agree to disagree 8)
I'm not trolling. I can explain what I mean quite easily.
A horror movie where a million people are killed by a psychopath is not politically incorrect, because it's so over the top and implausible that it doesn't really offend anyone. It's not believable.
DJ Quik saying "hoes aint shit, ain't gon be, ain't never will be, and I'mma make you feel bad that you fucked me" is politically incorrect precisely because it's a realistic sentiment held by many people who fuck a lot of girls. But it's the kind of sentiment that one cannot give utterance to in polite conversation without offending upstanding citizens. That's why it's fun to hear it on records.
A rapper who has a believable persona on his records (like Too Short) is politically incorrect because he makes you believe he really thinks all this misogynistic, braggadocious shit. A rapper like Eminem who just says a bunch of over the top shit for no reason (like on Dead Wrong), on the other hand, offends no one, because no one really believes that Eminem is going to do anything like that. But I definitely believe that Too Short has fucked 1000s of girls, played em, and moved on, while being a real nigga and getting money. That's the difference.
but when ur a billionaire and your company is partnered with apple, it's pretty politically incorrect to shoot a female in her face on your album.....i dont think dre was trying to do anything but get this music off his chest. like infinite pointed out, if he wanted this to be a pop record, it woulda been promoted a lot harder. this is genuine dre. he's not a gangster, get over it bruh. it's musically exceptional and he's speakin on real life shit.
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To be real trying to emulate or incoporate a new school sound is obviously going after what's popular and I also think that the consumers of hip hop are no longer predominately urban these days so my guy has a valid argument...he's not one to flop and will create a product that is highly purchased and if he changes with the times to do that by bringing in co-producers,writers, or guest features it's expected...what's popular is pop after all....quik on the other hand never makes music simply for profit listen to interviews he hasn't made a profit since trauma on record sales alone he makes music as a form of expression and the midnight life is full of exames of it through his experimentation not conformity even if e dabbled in it
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To be real trying to emulate or incoporate a new school sound is obviously going after what's popular and I also think that the consumers of hip hop are no longer predominately urban these days so my guy has a valid argument...he's not one to flop and will create a product that is highly purchased and if he changes with the times to do that by bringing in co-producers,writers, or guest features it's expected...what's popular is pop after all....quik on the other hand never makes music simply for profit listen to interviews he hasn't made a profit since trauma on record sales alone he makes music as a form of expression and the midnight life is full of exames of it through his experimentation not conformity even if e dabbled in it
QUIK CLEARLY TRIED EMULATING THE NEW SOUND ON HIS LATEST ALBUM....I DIDNT HEAR NOTHIN BOUT THAT THO. MUSIC, JUST LIKELY ANYTHING ELSE IN LIFE, EVOLVES. DRE JUST PUT HIS STAMP ON THE EVOLUTION, THATS ALL.....QUIK TRIED TOO, BUT NO ONE DOES IT LIKE DRE.
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None of the familiar rappers even sound like themselves on this album. It's clear that Dre did to them what he did to Too Short: gave them a verse written by someone else and forced them to perform it until it satisfied him.
Cant argue with this. Ice Cube really struggled trying to recite his verse, there was no flow to it at all. And that "guess you can say today was a good day" line smh.
Snoop sounded nothing like himself on"One Shot Kill". He pulled it off nice and the song came off dope, but I wanted a real Snoop/Dre song, not Snoop doing Jon Connor karaoke.
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First off: KILLING or RAPING a bitch is NOT gangsta. It never was. It's some mentally ill, disturbed shit, that white people find fascinating, just like they find horror movies fascinating.
Gangsta rap misogyny is about FUCKING a lot of bitches by means of game, charisma, power, and persuasion. It's about having a lot of bitches on your dick, not about killing or raping bitches. And it's most of all about enjoying life and not giving a fuck.
Chef_YRD gets my point about the kind of "white people" this album is meant to attract. Of course white people have always listened to rap music. But this album was clearly constructed with a certain kind of white audience in mind, the kind that doesn't want to hear the word "nigga" too often, the kind that doesn't want to hear too much politically incorrect gangsta shit. I know many people like this. You probably do too. The kinds of pussies who say "yeah, I listen to a little bit of rap music," by which they mean Macklemore, Iggy Azalea, Drake, and Kendrick Lamar.
you're doing a terrible job at trolling as this post makes little to no sense lol what the fuck is "politically correct/incorrect gangsta" shit?
he's not trollin, i actually see what he's tryna get at..but it's not true. even quik tried incorporating the new school sound into his last album, and it was great, but didnt come out as good as dre, who perfected the fusion wit this album.
he's gotta be trolling because none of his 'points' have any validity to them in the thread lol if he can answer the question as to what is/isn't politically correct/incorrect gangsta rap then I'll just agree to disagree 8)
I'm not trolling. I can explain what I mean quite easily.
A horror movie where a million people are killed by a psychopath is not politically incorrect, because it's so over the top and implausible that it doesn't really offend anyone. It's not believable.
DJ Quik saying "hoes aint shit, ain't gon be, ain't never will be, and I'mma make you feel bad that you fucked me" is politically incorrect precisely because it's a realistic sentiment held by many people who fuck a lot of girls. But it's the kind of sentiment that one cannot give utterance to in polite conversation without offending upstanding citizens. That's why it's fun to hear it on records.
A rapper who has a believable persona on his records (like Too Short) is politically incorrect because he makes you believe he really thinks all this misogynistic, braggadocious shit. A rapper like Eminem who just says a bunch of over the top shit for no reason (like on Dead Wrong), on the other hand, offends no one, because no one really believes that Eminem is going to do anything like that. But I definitely believe that Too Short has fucked 1000s of girls, played em, and moved on, while being a real nigga and getting money. That's the difference.
fair enough lol
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To be real trying to emulate or incoporate a new school sound is obviously going after what's popular and I also think that the consumers of hip hop are no longer predominately urban these days so my guy has a valid argument...he's not one to flop and will create a product that is highly purchased and if he changes with the times to do that by bringing in co-producers,writers, or guest features it's expected...what's popular is pop after all....quik on the other hand never makes music simply for profit listen to interviews he hasn't made a profit since trauma on record sales alone he makes music as a form of expression and the midnight life is full of exames of it through his experimentation not conformity even if e dabbled in it
QUIK CLEARLY TRIED EMULATING THE NEW SOUND ON HIS LATEST ALBUM....I DIDNT HEAR NOTHIN BOUT THAT THO. MUSIC, JUST LIKELY ANYTHING ELSE IN LIFE, EVOLVES. DRE JUST PUT HIS STAMP ON THE EVOLUTION, THATS ALL.....QUIK TRIED TOO, BUT NO ONE DOES IT LIKE DRE.
I don't understand how you can say that about Midnight Life. The only song on it that sounds remotely similar to current DJ Mustard-style production is Trapped on the Tracks. But Quik has been making tracks like that for years, and he influenced Mustard, so it's not quite accurate to view him as "copying" Mustard there. But in any case, the rest of the songs on the album sound nothing at all like what's popular in rap music right now. In fact, songs like Life Jacket and Fuck All Night are so unique and dope that they sound like nothing else I've ever heard.
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None of the familiar rappers even sound like themselves on this album. It's clear that Dre did to them what he did to Too Short: gave them a verse written by someone else and forced them to perform it until it satisfied him.
Cant argue with this. Ice Cube really struggled trying to recite his verse, there was no flow to it at all. And that "guess you can say today was a good day" line smh.
Snoop sounded nothing like himself on"One Shot Kill". He pulled it off nice and the song came off dope, but I wanted a real Snoop/Dre song, not Snoop doing Jon Connor karaoke.
I find it difficult even to recognize Dre's voice on this album and distinguish it from his no-name collaborators. Dre sounds nothing like himself on here. I can only tell it's him when he starts talking about something specific to his life.
There's another problem with this album that hasn't been mentioned: real rap music isn't supposed to sound so artificial. Straight Outta Compton was recorded in 6 weeks. Tupac recorded the best rap songs in history at a pace of 3 or more songs a day. This album, on the other hand, is the product of Dre's belief that you can create a good album by calculating everything: hiring a team of writers, using writers for rappers who don't need writers (like Ice Cube), forcing rappers to do a hundred takes, trying to make everyone sound angry and crazy in their verse. It's just ridiculous. Pac would be rolling in his grave if the nigga wasn't cremated.
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To be real trying to emulate or incoporate a new school sound is obviously going after what's popular and I also think that the consumers of hip hop are no longer predominately urban these days so my guy has a valid argument...he's not one to flop and will create a product that is highly purchased and if he changes with the times to do that by bringing in co-producers,writers, or guest features it's expected...what's popular is pop after all....quik on the other hand never makes music simply for profit listen to interviews he hasn't made a profit since trauma on record sales alone he makes music as a form of expression and the midnight life is full of exames of it through his experimentation not conformity even if e dabbled in it
QUIK CLEARLY TRIED EMULATING THE NEW SOUND ON HIS LATEST ALBUM....I DIDNT HEAR NOTHIN BOUT THAT THO. MUSIC, JUST LIKELY ANYTHING ELSE IN LIFE, EVOLVES. DRE JUST PUT HIS STAMP ON THE EVOLUTION, THATS ALL.....QUIK TRIED TOO, BUT NO ONE DOES IT LIKE DRE.
I don't understand how you can say that about Midnight Life. The only song on it that sounds remotely similar to current DJ Mustard-style production is Trapped on the Tracks. But Quik has been making tracks like that for years, and he influenced Mustard, so it's not quite accurate to view him as "copying" Mustard there. But in any case, the rest of the songs on the album sound nothing at all like what's popular in rap music right now. In fact, songs like Life Jacket and Fuck All Night are so unique and dope that they sound like nothing else I've ever heard.
Took the words right out of my mouth MOB....although I'd say about 2.5 songs sound influenced by new school by way of trap music or new west.....Shine (my least favorite track) or That Getter (which bangs) I'll award .5 for trapped on the tracks because without the chorus it's reminiscent of a trauma left over with a tiny bit of maybe hyphy music tossed in...idk many songs out that use a train or what sounds like a distorted music box or horns that I can say is popular...
That niggas crazy
Back that shit up
Puffin the dragon
Pet cemetary
Life jacket
The conduct
Fuck all night
Almost Every track on this album is experimental and like you said I likes anything I've heard,I'm not going to argue that that makes quik better but I will say he's the farthest thing from pop or heavy influenced by it his music showcases the true evolution of an artist because while he's stayed true to himself he's tested the boundaries of what defines his sound without selling out...nothing on midnight life sounds like safe and sound or quik is the name but it also doesn't sound forced or influenced by anything popular minus the 2.5 songs mentioned
Dre isn't a bad artist but I'm just saying MOBs argument is one that can be made
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It's unlike anything I've heard not I likes anything I heard ha
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To be real trying to emulate or incoporate a new school sound is obviously going after what's popular and I also think that the consumers of hip hop are no longer predominately urban these days so my guy has a valid argument...he's not one to flop and will create a product that is highly purchased and if he changes with the times to do that by bringing in co-producers,writers, or guest features it's expected...what's popular is pop after all....quik on the other hand never makes music simply for profit listen to interviews he hasn't made a profit since trauma on record sales alone he makes music as a form of expression and the midnight life is full of exames of it through his experimentation not conformity even if e dabbled in it
QUIK CLEARLY TRIED EMULATING THE NEW SOUND ON HIS LATEST ALBUM....I DIDNT HEAR NOTHIN BOUT THAT THO. MUSIC, JUST LIKELY ANYTHING ELSE IN LIFE, EVOLVES. DRE JUST PUT HIS STAMP ON THE EVOLUTION, THATS ALL.....QUIK TRIED TOO, BUT NO ONE DOES IT LIKE DRE.
I don't understand how you can say that about Midnight Life. The only song on it that sounds remotely similar to current DJ Mustard-style production is Trapped on the Tracks. But Quik has been making tracks like that for years, and he influenced Mustard, so it's not quite accurate to view him as "copying" Mustard there. But in any case, the rest of the songs on the album sound nothing at all like what's popular in rap music right now. In fact, songs like Life Jacket and Fuck All Night are so unique and dope that they sound like nothing else I've ever heard.
LIFE JACKET HAS THE CHEESEY FEMALE VOCALIST, HE TRIED DOIN WHAT DRE DID WITH MARSHA AMBROSIUOS .. HE HAD HIS SON DOIN "SWAG" SHIT THROUGHOUT THE ALBUM .. BACK THAT SHIT UP, THE GETTER, SHINE ALL HAD THAT CURRENT SOUND UNLIKE VINTAGE QUIK. BUT IT'S NOT WHITE PEOPLE MUSIC, IT'S YOUNG PEOPLE MUSIC.
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None of the familiar rappers even sound like themselves on this album. It's clear that Dre did to them what he did to Too Short: gave them a verse written by someone else and forced them to perform it until it satisfied him.
Cant argue with this. Ice Cube really struggled trying to recite his verse, there was no flow to it at all. And that "guess you can say today was a good day" line smh.
Snoop sounded nothing like himself on"One Shot Kill". He pulled it off nice and the song came off dope, but I wanted a real Snoop/Dre song, not Snoop doing Jon Connor karaoke.
I find it difficult even to recognize Dre's voice on this album and distinguish it from his no-name collaborators. Dre sounds nothing like himself on here. I can only tell it's him when he starts talking about something specific to his life.
There's another problem with this album that hasn't been mentioned: real rap music isn't supposed to sound so artificial. Straight Outta Compton was recorded in 6 weeks. Tupac recorded the best rap songs in history at a pace of 3 or more songs a day. This album, on the other hand, is the product of Dre's belief that you can create a good album by calculating everything: hiring a team of writers, using writers for rappers who don't need writers (like Ice Cube), forcing rappers to do a hundred takes, trying to make everyone sound angry and crazy in their verse. It's just ridiculous. Pac would be rolling in his grave if the nigga wasn't cremated.
PRETTY SURE DRE KNOWS THE PROPER PROCEDURE TO MAKE A RECORD LOL, U BARKIN UP THE WRONG TREE FOLKS
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None of the familiar rappers even sound like themselves on this album. It's clear that Dre did to them what he did to Too Short: gave them a verse written by someone else and forced them to perform it until it satisfied him.
Cant argue with this. Ice Cube really struggled trying to recite his verse, there was no flow to it at all. And that "guess you can say today was a good day" line smh.
Snoop sounded nothing like himself on"One Shot Kill". He pulled it off nice and the song came off dope, but I wanted a real Snoop/Dre song, not Snoop doing Jon Connor karaoke.
I find it difficult even to recognize Dre's voice on this album and distinguish it from his no-name collaborators. Dre sounds nothing like himself on here. I can only tell it's him when he starts talking about something specific to his life.
There's another problem with this album that hasn't been mentioned: real rap music isn't supposed to sound so artificial. Straight Outta Compton was recorded in 6 weeks. Tupac recorded the best rap songs in history at a pace of 3 or more songs a day. This album, on the other hand, is the product of Dre's belief that you can create a good album by calculating everything: hiring a team of writers, using writers for rappers who don't need writers (like Ice Cube), forcing rappers to do a hundred takes, trying to make everyone sound angry and crazy in their verse. It's just ridiculous. Pac would be rolling in his grave if the nigga wasn't cremated.
hey retard im sure new fans don't even know what he sounded like (;
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i find it racist when somebody says "music for white people" in a pejorative meaning.
Oh... i forgot blacks can't be racist because they're black... 8)
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i find it racist when somebody says "music for white people" in a pejorative meaning.
Oh... i forgot blacks can't be racist because they're black... 8)
;D ;D
lol, sad but true...
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why you dodging, blood ? ;D
stop taking this guy seriously, either he´s living in fantasy world or he´s got his own trolling style.
what set you from?
Campanella Park M.O.B.
Were there ever retaliations for Mausberg's murder? Is the killer still alive or is he thought to be dead?
they don´t talk to you about these things in the hood? maybe because you´re not from there 8)
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Purchased "Compton" yesterday on the strength of the reviews here, and I must say, it's the worst $14 I've ever spent on music. This is an album for mainstream white people who are uncomfortable with the attitude and themes of real gangsta rap. Instead of rapping about gangsta shit,, we get a bunch of corny raps about being troubled or depressed, rappers switching up their voices, doing impersonations, rapping way too fast for their own good, doing an artificial "angry flow," etc.
None of the familiar rappers even sound like themselves on this album. It's clear that Dre did to them what he did to Too Short: gave them a verse written by someone else and forced them to perform it until it satisfied him.
The album is so politically correct it's mind-blowing. I didn't hear one misogynistic lyric. Real rap albums are full of lines that are crude, but resonate with people because it's true shit you can't normally say in life. This is an album that was designed to make politically correct white people feel comfortable listening to rap music. Truly disgusting.
The production is weak too. There's not one song I heard and thought "I need to bump this in the whip with the top down." The production too seems geared to appeal to depressed teens dealing with issues. The beats are not for real niggas who want to enjoy life, fuck bitches, and get money.
People are surprised there's no Kurupt on the album...come on, how could you have a Kurupt verse appear on an album full of corny emo shit? Kurupt can't go five lines without saying some misogynistic shit. That's my nigga.
Also, fuck Kendrick Lamar and Eminem...their faggoty voices make their shit completely unlistenable to me.
agreed 99%, but the gangsta part is what made West Coast rap popular with white folks back in the day, so it would be strange to think Dre switched it up because of white people
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None of the familiar rappers even sound like themselves on this album. It's clear that Dre did to them what he did to Too Short: gave them a verse written by someone else and forced them to perform it until it satisfied him.
Cant argue with this. Ice Cube really struggled trying to recite his verse, there was no flow to it at all. And that "guess you can say today was a good day" line smh.
Snoop sounded nothing like himself on"One Shot Kill". He pulled it off nice and the song came off dope, but I wanted a real Snoop/Dre song, not Snoop doing Jon Connor karaoke.
I find it difficult even to recognize Dre's voice on this album and distinguish it from his no-name collaborators. Dre sounds nothing like himself on here. I can only tell it's him when he starts talking about something specific to his life.
There's another problem with this album that hasn't been mentioned: real rap music isn't supposed to sound so artificial. Straight Outta Compton was recorded in 6 weeks. Tupac recorded the best rap songs in history at a pace of 3 or more songs a day. This album, on the other hand, is the product of Dre's belief that you can create a good album by calculating everything: hiring a team of writers, using writers for rappers who don't need writers (like Ice Cube), forcing rappers to do a hundred takes, trying to make everyone sound angry and crazy in their verse. It's just ridiculous. Pac would be rolling in his grave if the nigga wasn't cremated.
hey retard im sure new fans don't even know what he sounded like (;
You talk some absolute shit...so new fans only listen to current stuff and have never heard anybodys old stuff?
So if thats the case explain again how your other post works about "NWA - Stright Outta Compton" hitting the billboard chats again?
Do you even think before you speak?
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I have to agree with mob's review I don't get how Dre who 'sets trends' just follows on from the horrific formula of current pop music. I can appreciate the work that has gone into this album but it's the moments with those terrible auto tuned vocals that sounds like the sloppy modern dancehall records that makes it hard to listen to this album. His over the top self flagellation and over emotional lyrics also ruin what could have been a great album. I think the cherry on the proverbial icing here is that I felt I had to adjust to this album. We shouldn't have to lower our tastes to suit it because it's an artist we support. I'll still support and encourage people to purchase this album as it beats a lot of the crap out there but doesn't mean it's not a step backwards in music
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its a different sound for Dre that's for sure...kind of like a fusion of various types of music
I wouldn't necessarily call it pop however
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I have to agree with mob's review I don't get how Dre who 'sets trends' just follows on from the horrific formula of current pop music. I can appreciate the work that has gone into this album but it's the moments with those terrible auto tuned vocals that sounds like the sloppy modern dancehall records that makes it hard to listen to this album. His over the top self flagellation and over emotional lyrics also ruin what could have been a great album. I think the cherry on the proverbial icing here is that I felt I had to adjust to this album. We shouldn't have to lower our tastes to suit it because it's an artist we support. I'll still support and encourage people to purchase this album as it beats a lot of the crap out there but doesn't mean it's not a step backwards in music
theres really not that much autotune on this album...i cant even remember what song has it off top. a lot of genuine soul and r&b as opposed to autotune.
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I wonder if Dre will ever release another compilation album. A part of me is telling me he will in a few years.... Hopefully he goes back to some good west coast vibes/tracks.
Compton was good.... but not his best work... The catchy melodies were missing- He needs to get back with Storch, Elizondo, Batson & Parker.
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why you dodging, blood ? ;D
stop taking this guy seriously, either he´s living in fantasy world or he´s got his own trolling style.
what set you from?
Campanella Park M.O.B.
Were there ever retaliations for Mausberg's murder? Is the killer still alive or is he thought to be dead?
they don´t talk to you about these things in the hood? maybe because you´re not from there 8)
(http://i.imgur.com/7BM8mYB.gif)
Homie, I appreciate the love. You talking bout me like we fucking or something! All I got to say is "I ain't on the net I'm in the set" (word to WC).
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I wonder if Dre will ever release another compilation album. A part of me is telling me he will in a few years.... Hopefully he goes back to some good west coast vibes/tracks.
Compton was good.... but not his best work... The catchy melodies were missing- He needs to get back with Storch, Elizondo, Batson & Parker.
Nah, Dre needs to find new Storch's and others. Once Dre gives you a chance, it's time to move forward, don't look back.
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catchy melodies were there.....the second part of darkside/gone was vintage dre. satisfiction and animals are catchy as hell too. it's just too much to digest in one sitting, but once u let the true value of the album soak in, there's a ganga shit that sticks. the choruses by justus were surprisingly good too.
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This video says it all
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chA02_Mez9c
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This video says it all
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chA02_Mez9c
No matter how much of this might be a lie it's still hilarious haha suges a fool man
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This video says it all
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chA02_Mez9c
No matter how much of this might be a lie it's still hilarious haha suges a fool man
Haha this
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This video says it all
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chA02_Mez9c
WOW I never even heard this before, but it all came true. Dre married a white girl, has white kids, and now he has finally released an album for white people - an album with no thuggery, no gangsta shit, few curse words, just the type of album to make white people feel comfortable listening to hip hop.
I shouldda clarified from the start of this thread that I'm not dissing white people who already listen to real rap music. They're cool to me. What I loathe are the white fans who are racist and don't listen to any music that "sounds too black." They'll fuck with Drake or Nicki Minaj but even Rick Ross is too much for them,
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This video says it all
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chA02_Mez9c
WOW I never even heard this before, but it all came true. Dre married a white girl, has white kids, and now he has finally released an album for white people - an album with no thuggery, no gangsta shit, few curse words, just the type of album to make white people feel comfortable listening to hip hop.
I shouldda clarified from the start of this thread that I'm not dissing white people who already listen to real rap music. They're cool to me. What I loathe are the white fans who are racist and don't listen to any music that "sounds too black." They'll fuck with Drake or Nicki Minaj but even Rick Ross is too much for them,
I can't speak for everyone but I knew what you meant I use the term "white people" all the time but what I really mean is suburban kids who never had to struggle a day in their life so they don't appreciate anything or relate to anything the ones with the lesser have had to endure...therefore our tastes tend to differ...a good example is an artist like wiz khalifa white kids love wiz dude...
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Homie, I appreciate the love. You talking bout me like we fucking or something! All I got to say is "I ain't on the net I'm in the set" (word to WC).
yous a salty bitch - getting on your toes and dodging the issue. just admit you´re a fraud, ain´t nobody following you around. fake gangbangers in 2015,smfh. 8)
if you´re in the set how come they don´t tell you about mausberg? you have to come to the internet to find answers? why you lyin´?
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literally. it has that new school vibe that appears to the typical young club goer, and still has an old school feel to it at the same time.
I only hear old school feel in like 2 songs.
I agree with the original post, but it's meant for pop fans regardless of color. I'm white as bread from the SFV yet I love gangsta rap. I can't relate to it but I feel and love how raw and real it was. And I love the classic old school samples in it.
As a white dude I say fuck Wiz, fuck Drake, fuck Nicki and fuck Rick Ross!!! :oi: That's all pop bullshit to me.
Like I said before, Dre knows what audience he wants, he's trying to run with the current crowd. He wants his music to be played with other top artists today. The industry is so polarized now. If he made street music, the homies would love it but pop radio would ignore it. Can't have it both ways. It is what it is.
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Purchased "Compton" yesterday on the strength of the reviews here, and I must say, it's the worst $14 I've ever spent on music. This is an album for mainstream white people who are uncomfortable with the attitude and themes of real gangsta rap. Instead of rapping about gangsta shit,, we get a bunch of corny raps about being troubled or depressed, rappers switching up their voices, doing impersonations, rapping way too fast for their own good, doing an artificial "angry flow," etc.
None of the familiar rappers even sound like themselves on this album. It's clear that Dre did to them what he did to Too Short: gave them a verse written by someone else and forced them to perform it until it satisfied him.
The album is so politically correct it's mind-blowing. I didn't hear one misogynistic lyric. Real rap albums are full of lines that are crude, but resonate with people because it's true shit you can't normally say in life. This is an album that was designed to make politically correct white people feel comfortable listening to rap music. Truly disgusting.
The production is weak too. There's not one song I heard and thought "I need to bump this in the whip with the top down." The production too seems geared to appeal to depressed teens dealing with issues. The beats are not for real niggas who want to enjoy life, fuck bitches, and get money.
People are surprised there's no Kurupt on the album...come on, how could you have a Kurupt verse appear on an album full of corny emo shit? Kurupt can't go five lines without saying some misogynistic shit. That's my nigga.
Also, fuck Kendrick Lamar and Eminem...their faggoty voices make their shit completely unlistenable to me.
I'm white and think the album sucks bad. I bump gangsta music and have been for 19 years.
I agree the album sucks bad, however it's not for WHITE people. It's for the younger generation. Just like my dad doesn't like anybody new since 1978. It's just the way it goes.
It's ignorance like this that divides races.
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literally. it has that new school vibe that appears to the typical young club goer, and still has an old school feel to it at the same time.
I only hear old school feel in like 2 songs.
I agree with the original post, but it's meant for pop fans regardless of color. I'm white as bread from the SFV yet I love gangsta rap. I can't relate to it but I feel and love how raw and real it was. And I love the classic old school samples in it.
As a white dude I say fuck Wiz, fuck Drake, fuck Nicki and fuck Rick Ross!!! :oi: That's all pop bullshit to me.
Like I said before, Dre knows what audience he wants, he's trying to run with the current crowd. He wants his music to be played with other top artists today. The industry is so polarized now. If he made street music, the homies would love it but pop radio would ignore it. Can't have it both ways. It is what it is.
Naah there's an old school vibe throughout .. Darkside/gone, the game song, animals, talking to my diary ..... Some of the beats are boom bap and some are modern. It's a good blend.
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Purchased "Compton" yesterday on the strength of the reviews here, and I must say, it's the worst $14 I've ever spent on music. This is an album for mainstream white people who are uncomfortable with the attitude and themes of real gangsta rap. Instead of rapping about gangsta shit,, we get a bunch of corny raps about being troubled or depressed, rappers switching up their voices, doing impersonations, rapping way too fast for their own good, doing an artificial "angry flow," etc.
None of the familiar rappers even sound like themselves on this album. It's clear that Dre did to them what he did to Too Short: gave them a verse written by someone else and forced them to perform it until it satisfied him.
The album is so politically correct it's mind-blowing. I didn't hear one misogynistic lyric. Real rap albums are full of lines that are crude, but resonate with people because it's true shit you can't normally say in life. This is an album that was designed to make politically correct white people feel comfortable listening to rap music. Truly disgusting.
The production is weak too. There's not one song I heard and thought "I need to bump this in the whip with the top down." The production too seems geared to appeal to depressed teens dealing with issues. The beats are not for real niggas who want to enjoy life, fuck bitches, and get money.
People are surprised there's no Kurupt on the album...come on, how could you have a Kurupt verse appear on an album full of corny emo shit? Kurupt can't go five lines without saying some misogynistic shit. That's my nigga.
Also, fuck Kendrick Lamar and Eminem...their faggoty voices make their shit completely unlistenable to me.
I'm white and think the album sucks bad. I bump gangsta music and have been for 19 years.
I agree the album sucks bad, however it's not for WHITE people. It's for the younger generation. Just like my dad doesn't like anybody new since 1978. It's just the way it goes.
It's ignorance like this that divides races.
Exactly what I said .. It's young music, not white. Pretty universal in terms of sound.
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^ You nailed it Home Skillet. Times have changed. The newer generation looks at music as music. Fading quickly in many cases are region borders, and who music is made FOR. So many things that were "Black and White" in the past are melded together, with all cultures embracing bits of each other a true melting pot emerging. Now this is not case everywhere with everything, everywhere, but in most lower to upper middle class regions and areas that have a mix of races, you see most people kind of looking the same and enjoying the same music.
Everyday I leave my house I see groups of teens of mixed cultures hanging out. I see black kids on skateboards, I see white kids listening to rap, I see so many barriers of even just 20 short years ago being broken down.
I think that is what the music reflects. Music that is universal. The music is for the youngsters, and the old folks like us who choose to embrace it.
It is a different time. I am glad that we have a vast old catalog of great archived music we can check whenever we want to embrace the times and culture we grew up in. But I am not mad at Dr. Dre for making music that everyone can embrace. This album reflects the time and society we now live in, much like the Chronic reflected the time and culture of 1992.
This is just a repeat of the past... When heavy metal came out in the 80's big time, the older guys who grew up with Led Zeplin and the "classic" rock, did not as a whole embrace the new sound. That is why is in the 1990's labor force the old timers always had classic rock blaring. That was their music.
Just like in the Old School Hip Hop days of the 80's the old timers in the 90's sometimes could not get on board with the new sound. The 80's were their era.
So it stands to reason that this is a generational issue that draws the same feelings and experiences across the board from the funk days, to the old school rap days, to the 90's rap days, to the now rap days.
From the oldies days, to the classic rock days, to the metal 80's, to the alt 90's to the whatever the fuck hybrids it melded into.
I think the larger point I am trying to make is that I hear alot of talk from people that say some of us live in the 90s and they over over. true they are over, but its the music we grew up on, and I have no shame in bumping what I love best, just like those before bump what was relevant to them. I will always bump my 90's music.
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Man I don't know what your ears were doing when they were supposed to be listening to the album but it's nowhere near 'white pop' or whatever weirdo shit you used to describe it. I for one think it's a dope ass album. Dude's a 50 year old muli-millionaire successful mogul, married man,what is he supposed to be rapping about, thuggin, pussy? This is Compton from the perspective of Dr. Dre, not YG. Catch up.
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Man I don't know what your ears were doing when they were supposed to be listening to the album but it's nowhere near 'white pop' or whatever weirdo shit you used to describe it. I for one think it's a dope ass album. Dude's a 50 year old muli-millionaire successful mogul, married man,what is he supposed to be rapping about, thuggin, pussy? This is Compton from the perspective of Dr. Dre, not YG. Catch up.
This
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There is no such thing as "White" music anyway...thats the biggest load of shit i have ever heard.
People forget that in the 90's it was mainly the white suburban kids that were buying all the Deathrow Records, Ruthless, NWA
sort of music...thats why it got so big.
As for pop music...a hell of a lot of pop music is "Black" anyway and it has been like that for a long time
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all i can say is, any1 who thinks "animals" is music for white people is trippin off they ass
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I would dispute the idea that what makes this album bad is that it's for YOUNG PEOPLE. It's for politically correct WHITE PEOPLE.
I love a lot of music that's made for young people, because it has that good, life-affirming vibe to it that was present in classic gangsta rap. I love a lot of what Mustard releases. Every song on Mustard's 10 Summers album and mixtape is for young people, and it's great to bump in the whip, especially when you got a bad young bitch with you.
One reason I say this Dre album is politically correct is because of songs like Animals (which has, incidentally, the best beat on the album). To make a song about being poor and struggling and hating the system is politically correct because that's what white people imagine life to be like for black people. That's the role that white liberals want black people to assume. They love an album talking about police brutality and poverty in the ghetto.
What's less politically correct is making an album about thriving in the ghetto, being a ghetto superstar, fucking bitches, getting money, and enjoying life (despite all the bad shit). That's what made The Chronic and Doggystyle politically incorrect. It was people who came from poverty talking about living an awesome life and being the man. Why does Dre now make a song about his difficult youth? Cause that's some shit that politically correct white people love to hear.
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I would dispute the idea that what makes this album bad is that it's for YOUNG PEOPLE. It's for politically correct WHITE PEOPLE.
I love a lot of music that's made for young people, because it has that good, life-affirming vibe to it that was present in classic gangsta rap. I love a lot of what Mustard releases. Every song on Mustard's 10 Summers album and mixtape is for young people, and it's great to bump in the whip, especially when you got a bad young bitch with you.
One reason I say this Dre album is politically correct is because of songs like Animals (which has, incidentally, the best beat on the album). To make a song about being poor and struggling and hating the system is politically correct because that's what white people imagine life to be like for black people. That's the role that white liberals want black people to assume. They love an album talking about police brutality and poverty in the ghetto.
What's less politically correct is making an album about thriving in the ghetto, being a ghetto superstar, fucking bitches, getting money, and enjoying life (despite all the bad shit). That's what made The Chronic and Doggystyle politically incorrect. It was people who came from poverty talking about living an awesome life and being the man. Why does Dre now make a song about his difficult youth? Cause that's some shit that politically correct white people love to hear.
Dom and YG are dope too
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Dre's music has always been pop music for white people. lol where do you think you are? This forum is 90% white people who grew up when gangsta rap was mainstream. And Dre was the fucking architect of making rap music accessible to the masses.
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I would dispute the idea that what makes this album bad is that it's for YOUNG PEOPLE. It's for politically correct WHITE PEOPLE.
I love a lot of music that's made for young people, because it has that good, life-affirming vibe to it that was present in classic gangsta rap. I love a lot of what Mustard releases. Every song on Mustard's 10 Summers album and mixtape is for young people, and it's great to bump in the whip, especially when you got a bad young bitch with you.
One reason I say this Dre album is politically correct is because of songs like Animals (which has, incidentally, the best beat on the album). To make a song about being poor and struggling and hating the system is politically correct because that's what white people imagine life to be like for black people. That's the role that white liberals want black people to assume. They love an album talking about police brutality and poverty in the ghetto.
What's less politically correct is making an album about thriving in the ghetto, being a ghetto superstar, fucking bitches, getting money, and enjoying life (despite all the bad shit). That's what made The Chronic and Doggystyle politically incorrect. It was people who came from poverty talking about living an awesome life and being the man. Why does Dre now make a song about his difficult youth? Cause that's some shit that politically correct white people love to hear.
The Chronic and Doggystyle aren't politically incorrect. What he did with those albums was take the music from N.W.A and strip all the politics out of it entirely. Made it purely music for people to bump in their whip and at the club.
Dre is 50 years old. His fanbase is 30 and up. He's married and has kids. He spends his days in the studio, promoting Beats, and relaxing at home. He doesn't fuck bitches anymore and he's nothing remotely like a ghetto superstar anymore.
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This album is for everyone who likes the art of music, and after watching the movie I see where Dre's state of mind was at. I appreciate this album, and it's not just for white people, it's for everyone who's wants to understand Compton. So many people expect to hear Dre from the Deathrow or NWA days but he's 50 with grown ass kids and a wife, and no I'm not white, I'm black, grew up in compton and can relate to it. There is not one thing on this album that doesn't relate to what I and other compton natives went thru, so I have to highly disagree with u MOBNigga06, i understand what u are saying but the details of this album relates to what many compton/ LA natives went thru and the mind frame of how some of us thought or still think to this very day
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I would dispute the idea that what makes this album bad is that it's for YOUNG PEOPLE. It's for politically correct WHITE PEOPLE.
I love a lot of music that's made for young people, because it has that good, life-affirming vibe to it that was present in classic gangsta rap. I love a lot of what Mustard releases. Every song on Mustard's 10 Summers album and mixtape is for young people, and it's great to bump in the whip, especially when you got a bad young bitch with you.
One reason I say this Dre album is politically correct is because of songs like Animals (which has, incidentally, the best beat on the album). To make a song about being poor and struggling and hating the system is politically correct because that's what white people imagine life to be like for black people. That's the role that white liberals want black people to assume. They love an album talking about police brutality and poverty in the ghetto.
What's less politically correct is making an album about thriving in the ghetto, being a ghetto superstar, fucking bitches, getting money, and enjoying life (despite all the bad shit). That's what made The Chronic and Doggystyle politically incorrect. It was people who came from poverty talking about living an awesome life and being the man. Why does Dre now make a song about his difficult youth? Cause that's some shit that politically correct white people love to hear.
no, he makes songs like "animals" because thats whats relevant to these times...lol. u tryin too hard bruh. i can tell u prolly just skimmed thru the album wit hate filled ears and dint really give it an honest chance. was just bumpin it again and theres really nothin white about it outside of justus and eminem features. do u realize that this is what dj quik is most likely bumpin for inspiration right now? i swear 2 God some of them beats sound like what Quik was goin for on Midnite Life, only a lot more enhanced. i feel like u were waitin to make this topic even before the album dropped......now, i need a doctor, that might be the one dre song that sounded like it was catered to white folks, but thats cuz eminem wrote it. this shit right here....it sound nothin like i need a doctor. it's authentic music, bottom line. every time a songs about to end, it just gets better and blows u away..album of the year n it aint even close.
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I would dispute the idea that what makes this album bad is that it's for YOUNG PEOPLE. It's for politically correct WHITE PEOPLE.
I love a lot of music that's made for young people, because it has that good, life-affirming vibe to it that was present in classic gangsta rap. I love a lot of what Mustard releases. Every song on Mustard's 10 Summers album and mixtape is for young people, and it's great to bump in the whip, especially when you got a bad young bitch with you.
One reason I say this Dre album is politically correct is because of songs like Animals (which has, incidentally, the best beat on the album). To make a song about being poor and struggling and hating the system is politically correct because that's what white people imagine life to be like for black people. That's the role that white liberals want black people to assume. They love an album talking about police brutality and poverty in the ghetto.
What's less politically correct is making an album about thriving in the ghetto, being a ghetto superstar, fucking bitches, getting money, and enjoying life (despite all the bad shit). That's what made The Chronic and Doggystyle politically incorrect. It was people who came from poverty talking about living an awesome life and being the man. Why does Dre now make a song about his difficult youth? Cause that's some shit that politically correct white people love to hear.
no, he makes songs like "animals" because thats whats relevant to these times...lol. u tryin too hard bruh. i can tell u prolly just skimmed thru the album wit hate filled ears and dint really give it an honest chance. was just bumpin it again and theres really nothin white about it outside of justus and eminem features. do u realize that this is what dj quik is most likely bumpin for inspiration right now? i swear 2 God some of them beats sound like what Quik was goin for on Midnite Life, only a lot more enhanced. i feel like u were waitin to make this topic even before the album dropped......now, i need a doctor, that might be the one dre song that sounded like it was catered to white folks, but thats cuz eminem wrote it. this shit right here....it sound nothin like i need a doctor. it's authentic music, bottom line. every time a songs about to end, it just gets better and blows u away..album of the year n it aint even close.
Nah, homie, I've now listened to the album straight through four times now. It's still a huge disappointment to me. I had no prejudice coming in: I loved 2001 - Xxplosive is one of my favorite songs of all time - and of course The Chronic is a classic.
Listening to it more, a couple tracks go from "terrible" to "tolerable," but the whole vibe is just faggoty to me. There's nothing cool or inspiring on it. Some albums are what you play when you're bout to fuck a bitch, other albums are to be played when you're getting money. What's this album for? To play when you're angry at the world or feeling gay or something? That's so not a part of my lifestyle I just can't fuck with it.
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I would dispute the idea that what makes this album bad is that it's for YOUNG PEOPLE. It's for politically correct WHITE PEOPLE.
I love a lot of music that's made for young people, because it has that good, life-affirming vibe to it that was present in classic gangsta rap. I love a lot of what Mustard releases. Every song on Mustard's 10 Summers album and mixtape is for young people, and it's great to bump in the whip, especially when you got a bad young bitch with you.
One reason I say this Dre album is politically correct is because of songs like Animals (which has, incidentally, the best beat on the album). To make a song about being poor and struggling and hating the system is politically correct because that's what white people imagine life to be like for black people. That's the role that white liberals want black people to assume. They love an album talking about police brutality and poverty in the ghetto.
What's less politically correct is making an album about thriving in the ghetto, being a ghetto superstar, fucking bitches, getting money, and enjoying life (despite all the bad shit). That's what made The Chronic and Doggystyle politically incorrect. It was people who came from poverty talking about living an awesome life and being the man. Why does Dre now make a song about his difficult youth? Cause that's some shit that politically correct white people love to hear.
no, he makes songs like "animals" because thats whats relevant to these times...lol. u tryin too hard bruh. i can tell u prolly just skimmed thru the album wit hate filled ears and dint really give it an honest chance. was just bumpin it again and theres really nothin white about it outside of justus and eminem features. do u realize that this is what dj quik is most likely bumpin for inspiration right now? i swear 2 God some of them beats sound like what Quik was goin for on Midnite Life, only a lot more enhanced. i feel like u were waitin to make this topic even before the album dropped......now, i need a doctor, that might be the one dre song that sounded like it was catered to white folks, but thats cuz eminem wrote it. this shit right here....it sound nothin like i need a doctor. it's authentic music, bottom line. every time a songs about to end, it just gets better and blows u away..album of the year n it aint even close.
Nah, homie, I've now listened to the album straight through four times now. It's still a huge disappointment to me. I had no prejudice coming in: I loved 2001 - Xxplosive is one of my favorite songs of all time - and of course The Chronic is a classic.
Listening to it more, a couple tracks go from "terrible" to "tolerable," but the whole vibe is just faggoty to me. There's nothing cool or inspiring on it. Some albums are what you play when you're bout to fuck a bitch, other albums are to be played when you're getting money. What's this album for? To play when you're angry at the world or feeling gay or something? That's so not a part of my lifestyle I just can't fuck with it.
i play this album when i wanna hear top of the line sonically engineered music...i play it for the crispiest sounding productions in hip-hop. if music had an imax, this would be it.. forget the content, thats not what this is about. it's about the sound, and the beats bump, it's musically exceptional, and the raps are all on point to top that off. if u goin into a dre album lookin for the dopest raps, then u shoulda bought a tech n9ne album (who also a lotta peeps say is white music, but thats a whole nother topic)..but at the end of the day, the content is what u'd expect from a 50 year old married billionaire. he still talkin shit "stone cold killers in these compton streets".."get stabbed in homeroom shoulda skipt that class"..."from close range we official, cocaine money and pistols"....it aint really a family friendly album like u makin it out, it's pretty much a grown version of the shit dre been spittin bout since nwa came out. also, u makin it out to be some depressin album wit a buncha sob songs n shit, when the album captures pretty much every mood in it. the chorus on "life jacket" is just as gay as anythin on this album, and u prolly slap that shit twice a day. if u cant fux wit it cuz of content, then i aint tryna tell u how 2 feel. but u cant say it aint musically on-point.
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i think some of negative opinions on album got a lot to do with listeners. it aint a jab at nobody but i mean when chronic dropped you was little kid happy that parents gave you gangsta rap allbum for christmas - cool, when 2001 dropped for the 1st time you knocked out some muthafucka for talkin shit to you - cool. when Compton dropped you dowloaded it from internet after workin for 12 hours in some shity work - not so cool
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Seriously? What sort of discussion is this? A 'white' album, could you define that a bit more precisely and do so by objective standards rather than just pulling a definition out of your lower intestines? Like the album if you do and dislike it if you don't, but do not claim your disliking it (which is fine) is because the album was catered to a different ethnic group than yours. That's some racist projection going on there. Let's assume you're not one of those persons who claims that only white people can be racist, but I'm not betting any money on that.
But sillier than that is that talk about 'manliness' and it being about living a hedonistic lifestyle. If you want to go there and define 'manliness' (and that's subjective, culturally defined and alltogether a pretty useless concept) how on earth can you say that living an irresponsible lifestyle where you only care about your personal gratification is manly or something to aspire to? It's immature, parasitic, vapid and shallow to live your adult life as a small kid caring only about the next time it's going to get some candy. That's a lifestyle no one should admire or desire. What's it ever going to lead to and what good is it to needlessly leave a trail of destruction and exploited others in your wake? You will be a lonely, creepy and despised old guy someday (if you're ever going to get old) and you might well already qualify as the first two. That, I think, is one of the great problems in rap and has been from the start, more or less: a powerful voice that's generally used to spread nothing but at best useless and at worst harmful life lessons to people that are way too easily influenced.
You know what 'real manliness' is? It is standing up for what's right, taking responsibility, being there for others, being a good authority figure and making your surroundings a better place for yourself and others to live in. Being a misogynist, drug-using, tantrum-throwing ass is not.
I had this co-worker that I'm sure the kiddies (be it physical or emotional or both) would describe as 'manly'. He was a loudmouth, dominant, did whatever he liked, had what you'd call 'game' (terrible term but hey) and didn't seem to have a care in the world. You know what happened behind the scenes? He never took any responsibility for his actions, didn't work to improve himself, racked up an enormous debt, lied himself into a corner, made a complete mess of his life in general...and in the end he was caught grooming a 12 year old for sex and was about to be sacked for it (and good riddance to him, I'd add). Things didn't come to that though, because this 'manly man' couldn't face the crows coming home to roost and committed suicide because well, when did he ever take responsibility? He left it to others (his co-workers, his family, his girlfriend he cheated on) to discover and clean up all of his mess because he was too pre-occupied with getting his kicks to ever care for anything or anyone. Extreme example perhaps, but a pretty good anecdote to show you there is nothing admirable about your definition of manliness.
As for 'Compton', I'm glad Dre realised he should make a grown man's album and not try to be the dumb twenty-something he once was. I'll tell you this too: as much as I like '2001', I've come to see 'The Watcher' and 'The Message' as the best tracks on there and you know why? Because they have serious and reflective lyrics instead of the hollow bullshit elsewhere on the album. Reflecting on your life, your place in the world and in hiphop is what a leading rapper/producer should do, leave the talking about nonsense to the no-names. I sincerely hope that rapping about the serious is to be a trend in hiphop and if it is, that it might inspire its fans to grow with it. There's more than enough stupidity in the world as is.
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2 good replies... looks like that MOBnigga got aired out and left to dry ::)
This album is for everyone who likes the art of music, and after watching the movie I see where Dre's state of mind was at. I appreciate this album, and it's not just for white people, it's for everyone who's wants to understand Compton. So many people expect to hear Dre from the Deathrow or NWA days but he's 50 with grown ass kids and a wife, and no I'm not white, I'm black, grew up in compton and can relate to it. There is not one thing on this album that doesn't relate to what I and other compton natives went thru, so I have to highly disagree with u MOBNigga06, i understand what u are saying but the details of this album relates to what many compton/ LA natives went thru and the mind frame of how some of us thought or still think to this very day
Seriously? What sort of discussion is this? A 'white' album, could you define that a bit more precisely and do so by objective standards rather than just pulling a definition out of your lower intestines? Like the album if you do and dislike it if you don't, but do not claim your disliking it (which is fine) is because the album was catered to a different ethnic group than yours. That's some racist projection going on there. Let's assume you're not one of those persons who claims that only white people can be racist, but I'm not betting any money on that.
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As for 'Compton', I'm glad Dre realised he should make a grown man's album and not try to be the dumb twenty-something he once was. I'll tell you this too: as much as I like '2001', I've come to see 'The Watcher' and 'The Message' as the best tracks on there and you know why? Because they have serious and reflective lyrics instead of the hollow bullshit elsewhere on the album. Reflecting on your life, your place in the world and in hiphop is what a leading rapper/producer should do, leave the talking about nonsense to the no-names. I sincerely hope that rapping about the serious is to be a trend in hiphop and if it is, that it might inspire its fans to grow with it. There's more than enough stupidity in the world as is.
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Seriously? What sort of discussion is this? A 'white' album, could you define that a bit more precisely and do so by objective standards rather than just pulling a definition out of your lower intestines? Like the album if you do and dislike it if you don't, but do not claim your disliking it (which is fine) is because the album was catered to a different ethnic group than yours. That's some racist projection going on there. Let's assume you're not one of those persons who claims that only white people can be racist, but I'm not betting any money on that.
But sillier than that is that talk about 'manliness' and it being about living a hedonistic lifestyle. If you want to go there and define 'manliness' (and that's subjective, culturally defined and alltogether a pretty useless concept) how on earth can you say that living an irresponsible lifestyle where you only care about your personal gratification is manly or something to aspire to? It's immature, parasitic, vapid and shallow to live your adult life as a small kid caring only about the next time it's going to get some candy. That's a lifestyle no one should admire or desire. What's it ever going to lead to and what good is it to needlessly leave a trail of destruction and exploited others in your wake? You will be a lonely, creepy and despised old guy someday (if you're ever going to get old) and you might well already qualify as the first two. That, I think, is one of the great problems in rap and has been from the start, more or less: a powerful voice that's generally used to spread nothing but at best useless and at worst harmful life lessons to people that are way too easily influenced.
You know what 'real manliness' is? It is standing up for what's right, taking responsibility, being there for others, being a good authority figure and making your surroundings a better place for yourself and others to live in. Being a misogynist, drug-using, tantrum-throwing ass is not.
I had this co-worker that I'm sure the kiddies (be it physical or emotional or both) would describe as 'manly'. He was a loudmouth, dominant, did whatever he liked, had what you'd call 'game' (terrible term but hey) and didn't seem to have a care in the world. You know what happened behind the scenes? He never took any responsibility for his actions, didn't work to improve himself, racked up an enormous debt, lied himself into a corner, made a complete mess of his life in general...and in the end he was caught grooming a 12 year old for sex and was about to be sacked for it (and good riddance to him, I'd add). Things didn't come to that though, because this 'manly man' couldn't face the crows coming home to roost and committed suicide because well, when did he ever take responsibility? He left it to others (his co-workers, his family, his girlfriend he cheated on) to discover and clean up all of his mess because he was too pre-occupied with getting his kicks to ever care for anything or anyone. Extreme example perhaps, but a pretty good anecdote to show you there is nothing admirable about your definition of manliness.
As for 'Compton', I'm glad Dre realised he should make a grown man's album and not try to be the dumb twenty-something he once was. I'll tell you this too: as much as I like '2001', I've come to see 'The Watcher' and 'The Message' as the best tracks on there and you know why? Because they have serious and reflective lyrics instead of the hollow bullshit elsewhere on the album. Reflecting on your life, your place in the world and in hiphop is what a leading rapper/producer should do, leave the talking about nonsense to the no-names. I sincerely hope that rapping about the serious is to be a trend in hiphop and if it is, that it might inspire its fans to grow with it. There's more than enough stupidity in the world as is.
this was a very white reply
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Seriously? What sort of discussion is this? A 'white' album, could you define that a bit more precisely and do so by objective standards rather than just pulling a definition out of your lower intestines? Like the album if you do and dislike it if you don't, but do not claim your disliking it (which is fine) is because the album was catered to a different ethnic group than yours. That's some racist projection going on there. Let's assume you're not one of those persons who claims that only white people can be racist, but I'm not betting any money on that.
But sillier than that is that talk about 'manliness' and it being about living a hedonistic lifestyle. If you want to go there and define 'manliness' (and that's subjective, culturally defined and alltogether a pretty useless concept) how on earth can you say that living an irresponsible lifestyle where you only care about your personal gratification is manly or something to aspire to? It's immature, parasitic, vapid and shallow to live your adult life as a small kid caring only about the next time it's going to get some candy. That's a lifestyle no one should admire or desire. What's it ever going to lead to and what good is it to needlessly leave a trail of destruction and exploited others in your wake? You will be a lonely, creepy and despised old guy someday (if you're ever going to get old) and you might well already qualify as the first two. That, I think, is one of the great problems in rap and has been from the start, more or less: a powerful voice that's generally used to spread nothing but at best useless and at worst harmful life lessons to people that are way too easily influenced.
You know what 'real manliness' is? It is standing up for what's right, taking responsibility, being there for others, being a good authority figure and making your surroundings a better place for yourself and others to live in. Being a misogynist, drug-using, tantrum-throwing ass is not.
I had this co-worker that I'm sure the kiddies (be it physical or emotional or both) would describe as 'manly'. He was a loudmouth, dominant, did whatever he liked, had what you'd call 'game' (terrible term but hey) and didn't seem to have a care in the world. You know what happened behind the scenes? He never took any responsibility for his actions, didn't work to improve himself, racked up an enormous debt, lied himself into a corner, made a complete mess of his life in general...and in the end he was caught grooming a 12 year old for sex and was about to be sacked for it (and good riddance to him, I'd add). Things didn't come to that though, because this 'manly man' couldn't face the crows coming home to roost and committed suicide because well, when did he ever take responsibility? He left it to others (his co-workers, his family, his girlfriend he cheated on) to discover and clean up all of his mess because he was too pre-occupied with getting his kicks to ever care for anything or anyone. Extreme example perhaps, but a pretty good anecdote to show you there is nothing admirable about your definition of manliness.
As for 'Compton', I'm glad Dre realised he should make a grown man's album and not try to be the dumb twenty-something he once was. I'll tell you this too: as much as I like '2001', I've come to see 'The Watcher' and 'The Message' as the best tracks on there and you know why? Because they have serious and reflective lyrics instead of the hollow bullshit elsewhere on the album. Reflecting on your life, your place in the world and in hiphop is what a leading rapper/producer should do, leave the talking about nonsense to the no-names. I sincerely hope that rapping about the serious is to be a trend in hiphop and if it is, that it might inspire its fans to grow with it. There's more than enough stupidity in the world as is.
this was a very white reply
I know you're being sarcastic but this is hilarious because that's exactly what most people would say
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if music had an imax, this would be it.. forget the content, thats not what this is about.
That pretty much sums it up. Beats, production and overall sound of this album were all exceptional. Content on the other hand was just eh. I liked a couple of songs, but didn't see much replay value in the product as a whole. Definitely not something that I would still be bumping even just half a year from now.
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Just listened to It's All On Me, Dre's half-singing his lyrics??? He's never done that before. Gee, I wonder why he's doing that now??? ::)
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u know, i was listenin to the album again last night, and the very first song dispels mobnigga's notion of this bein "depressing/suicidal music"
"Ain't no new rap in my ear, too many depressed niggas
Emotional every song, deserve to have breast niggas"