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I just got in off the 3rd shift. Will give my full opinion after I take a power nap. This has been 16 years in the making. From what I've heard so far..this is one of them joints that will have to grow on the masses. He should still drop Detox though imo
my album review in a few minutes...
Quote from: The_Offence on August 06, 2015, 07:03:51 PMits a solid project but not a classic. the word classic is thrown around way to freely these days..+1
its a solid project but not a classic. the word classic is thrown around way to freely these days..
Album is full of GOOD SONGS. Bunch of good shit. This shit is probably better than 90% of the queer shit that's on today. BUT.....you have to be a fanboy to say this is a classic. This isn't 2001 or Chronic. It's missing the CLASSIC tracks. There isn't a standout BEAT. It isn't revolutionary. I was expecting this though, considering Dre didn't put his all in this. It didn;t really have the DR DRE signature/change the game type sound. It's isn't as consistent as his other shit. Still great album though. You can't hate on this. This is still better than most shit but it's half-assed compared to Dre's standards. By the way, That Premier beat is SICK! Just wish Cube and Snoop spit on it.
So after a quick listen... All I can say is I'll need a couple more listening sessions lolIt's very different from the other Dre albums. First of all, there's a different vibe on a lot of the tracks. It's leaning more towards modern trap drums/hi-hats. Dre/Game/Snoop and a couple others surprised me with their flow, going the Kendrick Lamar kind of screamish/broken voice rap. I didn't even recognize Snoop at first on One Shot One Kill. For me, it will probably take a while to appreciate it because I used to listen to the more laid-back Dr Dre sound, and this is going in a very different direction. There's multiple layers of sounds and voice effects. Multiple beat transitions, hooks and filters. It's very jazzy, mixed with an old-school kind of vibe with modern drums. I like it overall, I feel like I'll need some time to digest eveything and kind of ''wipe'' my brain from the kind of sound I anticipated from a new Dre album, after listening to 2001 probably way too much. That being said, it's so clean and well mixed. The way each song transitions into each other, the sequencing of the album... You can tell from the get go it is a Dre album.
...he also has seemingly little patience for anyone who cites economic deprivation or institutional racism as excuses for not being as successful as him."Anybody complaining about their circumstances lost me, homey," he announces on "Darkside/Gone." "We ain't even talking/Fuck that energy, fuck up off me." This may be the one Dr. Dre lyric that Fox News pundits could love.
I don't live for the man, but I do study him so I can hope my pimp hands one day become as strong as his. When i first started listening to him, my hands were only strong enough to crush a beetle. Now that i've studied him for 15 years, my hands are strong enough to crush a dog.