Dr. Dre – Compton (A Soundtrack By Dr. Dre) 2LP

Dr. Dre – Compton (A Soundtrack By Dr. Dre)

It’s official, the Doctor is back with a masterful body of work, dedicated to the people of the city where he came from: Compton, California. Marking the hip-hop legend’s first new album in over 15 years, the 16-track effort that’s musically “ornate and grand-scaled,” as noted by the New York Times, is rich with imagery and ideology about life in the infamous southern Los Angeles neighborhood.

It has been heralded – via Rolling Stone, who remarks Compton “contains some of his most ambitious, idea-stuffed production ever,” the Guardian, who names Dre’s “gift for rejuvenation remarkable,” and Grantland who calls it “the first undeniably earth-shifting and socially abstract eyes-wide-open moment in a solo career” – as offering a unique new view of the city’s evolution over the last several decades, since Dr. Dre and N.W.A. put Compton on the cultural map with the 1988 release of their classic record, Straight Outta Compton.

Featuring production assistance from Focus, DJ Dahi, Free School, DJ Khalil and DJ Premier plus guest appearances from Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Cold 187um, The Game, Ice Cube, Xzibit, and Jill Scott among others.

Tracklist:
1. Intro
2. Talk About It feat. King Mez & Justus
3. Genocide feat. Kendrick Lamar, Marsha Ambrosius & Candice Pillay
4. It's All On Me feat. Justus & BJ The Chicago Kid
5. All In A Day's Work feat. Anderson .Paak & Marsha Ambrosius
6. Darkside/Gone feat. King Mez, Marsha Ambrosius & Kendrick Lamar
7. Loose Cannons feat. Xzibit & Cold 187um
8. Issues feat. Ice Cube & Anderson .Paak
9. Deep Water feat. Kendrick Lamar & Justus
10. One Shot One Kill Jon Connor feat. Snoop Dogg
11. Just Another Day The Game feat. Asia Bryant
12. For The Love Of Money feat. Jill Scott & Jon Connor
13. Satisfiction feat. Snoop Dogg, Marsha Ambrosius & King Mez
14. Animals feat. Anderson .Paak
15. Medicine Man feat. Eminem, Candice Pillay & Anderson .Paak
16. Talking To My Diary

Label: Interscope Records
Released: 2015