In an interview with Zane Lowe on Beats 1 Radio, Dre said he spoke to Compton Mayor Aja Brown about ways to give back to the city with the release of his first album in 16 years. “He clearly has a heart for Compton, especially our youth. Dre says he will donate royalties from his new album to the city of Compton for a new performing arts facility. Young has decided to make a significant investment in his community,” Brown said in a statement. Dre said he hopes “everybody appreciates all the hard work I put into this album.” biopic “Straight Outta Compton” which opens Aug.
The rapper, whose real name is Andre Young, said Thursday he “decided to donate all of my artist royalties from the sale of this album to help fund a new performing arts and entertainment facility for the kids in Compton.” Dre says he will donate royalties from his new album to the city of Compton for a new performing arts facility. biopic Straight Outta Compton. Dre, a supposedly final effort that was 'inspired' by the N.W.A. Features include Xzibit, Eminem, Marsha Ambrosius, Jill Scott, The Game, Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, Jon Connor, BJ the Chicago Kid and more. The project is titled Compton: The Soundtrack.
Talk about giving back! Let’s jump into these juicy “Dre day” deets shall we my Snoopas®?ĭr. Dre album was supposed to be The Detox, but that once-mythical, canceled LP was replaced by Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre is preparing to release new music inspired by the upcoming film, Straight Outta Compton. Dre album that I’ve listened to from front to back.
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And for an album that’s full of exhilarating theatrics but never maintains focus, it’s a fitting finale.Photo Via Dr Dre Instagram #PhatGyrlSnoop® Dr Dre To Donate New Album Royalties to Compton Not because it’s one of hip-hop’s biggest icons first records in 16 years, but because it’s the first Dr. While stumbling through his verses, he pays a heartfelt tribute to his former N.W.A group mates, yet somehow gets through it without really saying anything. We eventually get some time alone with Dre on the album’s dramatic final track Talking To My Diary. The album is packed with growls, grunts and screams Snoop completely looses his cool on One Shot Kill, a grim drowning analogy is stretched out on Deep Water and Loose Cannons ends with a skit during which a woman is murdered following a fit of male rage – which is especially hard to stomach considering the recently reprised stories about Dre’s real life history of violence towards women. Breaking away from the nonchalant bravado of Dre’s former persona, Compton is an intense – and often ugly – record. With its grand love-letter-to-Compton theme, erratic instrumental switches and elastic hooks, the most prominent influence here is Dre’s former protege Kendrick Lamar – whose appearances are expected highlights. Dre is a construct, and he’s harnessed a large roster of guests to put him together. Rather than establishing a simple a ventriloquist and puppet dynamic with the album’s many contributors, it’s as if Andre Young has acknowledged that Dr. While Dre’s never made much of a secret of his use of ghostwriters, here the voice of the relatively unknown rapper King Mez – who provided reference tracks for every Dre verse on the record – can be heard somewhere on pretty much every track. Amazons Choice highlights highly rated, well-priced products available to ship immediately.
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If you were to think of Compton as a movie – and it’s a record that insists you recognise its cinematic qualities – then it’s a post-modern work. Dre made Compton primarily because he wanted to. This is the man who sold Beats Electronics for three billion dollars – there is little incentive for him to be making rap music. Having felt a sudden rush of inspiration when the principle photography for the Straight Outta Compton biopic began, Dre forfeited the end-goal of radio play for a rawer, more experimental project. By this point, even the potential Detox singles Kush and I Need a Doctor seem like a distant memory. Dre abruptly stamped out the final embers of hope that Detox would ever see the light of day.īut the world had moved on anyway. After teasing the album for around 15 years, Dr. The record, it just wasn’t good … I worked my ass off on it, and I don’t think I did a good enough job.” So that was that.
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