Compton (album)

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Compton
DrDre-compton.jpg
Studio album by Dr. Dre
Released August 7, 2015
Recorded 2011–15
Genre
Length 61:40
Label
Producer
Dr. Dre chronology
2001
(1999)20011999		 Compton
(2015)
Singles from Compton
  1. "Talking to My Diary"
    Released: August 14, 2015
  2. "Talk About It"
    Released: September 1, 2015[1]

Compton (also known as Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre)[2] is the third studio album by American hip hop recording artist Dr. Dre. It was released on August 7, 2015 on Apple Music and the iTunes Store, with the physical editions released on August 21, 2015.[3] It is the follow-up to his second album 2001 (1999) and the cancellation of Detox.

Production for the album took place with Detox, but the album itself was devised when production of the movie Straight Outta Compton gave Dre the idea for a soundtrack, with album specific production taking place in 2015 at several recording studios and was handled by Focus..., Dem Jointz, DJ Dahi, Cardiak, DJ Premier and Dr. Dre himself, among others. Compton features guest appearances from Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Cold 187um, King Mez, The Game, Ice Cube, Xzibit, Anderson .Paak and others.

The album debuted at number 2 on the US Billboard 200, selling 295,000 equivalent album units in its first week. Upon its release, Compton received general acclaim from music critics.

Background

Following 11 years of unsuccessful work on his infamous Detox album, Dre officially cancelled the project on August 1, 2015 during an episode of his Beats 1 radio show, The Pharmacy with Dr. Dre. He stated that the album did not meet his standards and had decided to scrap the project as a result. During the same episode, Dre announced that he would be releasing a brand-new album, entitled Compton, on August 7 on iTunes and Apple Music, with a physical release following on August 21. Earlier the same day in an interview with Power 99FM, Ice Cube had preemptively announced the album, which may have been part of the reason for officially announcing it soon after. The album was inspired by the N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton and features a number of collaborators from various points in his career, including Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, Xzibit, Cold187um and The Game, among others.

"During principal photography of Straight Outta Compton, I felt myself going to the studio and being so inspired by the movie that I started recording an album," Dre said on his radio show. "I kept it under wraps, and now the album is finished. It's bananas. It's an 'inspired by' album. It's inspired by Straight Outta Compton. We're gonna call the album Compton: The Soundtrack. I'm really proud of this." Dre also described the upcoming release as being his 'grand finale.'[4]

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 82/100[5]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars[6]
The A.V. Club B+[7]
Billboard 4/5 stars[8]
The Guardian 4/5 stars[9]
NME 7/10[10]
Pitchfork Media 8.8/10[11]
Q 4/5 stars[12]
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars[13]
Spin 7/10[14]
USA Today 3/4 stars[15]

When Compton was released, it received widespread acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a "weighted average" rating out of 100 from selected independent ratings and reviews from mainstream critics, the album received a metascore of 82 out of 100, based on 36 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim."[5] Following two weeks of Apple exclusivity, the album was released for other streaming services as well as music stores on August 21.[16]

Rolling Stone gave the album a four out of five star rating, noting that the album "contains some of his most ambitious, idea-stuffed production ever" and that "Dre's rhyming (aided as always by co-writers) is impressive", concluding that it "adds up to an album by turns confounding and enthralling."[13]

Accolades

Publication Accolade Year Rank
The Guardian The Best Albums of 2015 2015
35[17]
Pitchfork The 50 Best Albums of 2015 2015
32[18]

Commercial performance

Prior to its release, there was heavy anticipation on whether Compton or Luke Bryan's Kill the Lights would debut at the top of the US Billboard 200 chart.[19] Ultimately, Compton debuted at number 2 with 295,000 equivalent album units; it sold 278 558 copies in its first week, with the remainder of its unit total reflecting the album's streaming activity and track sales.[20] Compton is Dr Dre's third solo album to debut at number one on the Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.[20] The album remained in the chart's top ten for the next several weeks,[21][22][23] and, as of March 2016, the album has sold over 530,000 copies in the United States.[24] Compton has been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Compton debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart after selling 45,721 copies (including 2,079 streaming sales),[25] becoming Dr. Dre's first number-one album in the UK.[26] It outsold its nearest competitor, Frank Turner's Positive Songs for Negative People, by over 28,000 combined chart sales.[26] Additionally, as the physical version of the album was not released until two weeks later,[27] Dr. Dre became the first artist in history to top the UK Albums Chart with a non-physical release.[25] Compton has been certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).[28]

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "Intro"  
1:15
2. "Talk About It" (featuring King Mez and Justus)
3:15
3. "Genocide" (featuring Kendrick Lamar, Marsha Ambrosius and Candice Pillay)
Dem Jointz 4:27
4. "It's All on Me" (featuring Justus and BJ the Chicago Kid)
3:48
5. "All in a Day's Work" (featuring Anderson .Paak and Marsha Ambrosius)
5:14
6. "Darkside / Gone" (featuring King Mez, Marsha Ambrosius and Kendrick Lamar)
3:54
7. "Loose Cannons" (featuring Xzibit, Cold 187um and Sly Pyper)
  • Focus...
  • Lawrence, Jr.
  • Dr. Dre
 4:13
8. "Issues" (featuring Ice Cube, Anderson .Paak and Dem Jointz)
  • Focus...
  • Chambers
  • Lawrence, Jr.
  • Neff-U
  • Dr. Dre
 3:42
9. "Deep Water" (featuring Kendrick Lamar, Justus and Anderson .Paak)
  • Young
  • Duckworth
  • Ricks II
  • Mohrle
  • Anderson
  • Edwards, Jr.
  • Carl McCormick
  • Natche
  • Abernathy, Jr.
  • Focus...
  • Cardiak
  • DJ Dahi
  • Dem Jointz
  • Dr. Dre
 5:11
10. "One Shot One Kill" (performed by Jon Connor featuring Snoop Dogg)
  • Focus...
  • Lawrence, Jr.
  • Dr. Dre
 3:26
11. "Just Another Day" (performed by The Game featuring Asia Bryant)
  • Lawrence, Jr.
  • Feemster
 2:22
12. "For the Love of Money" (featuring Jill Scott, Jon Connor and Anderson .Paak)
Cardiak 4:08
13. "Satisfiction" (featuring Snoop Dogg, Marsha Ambrosius and King Mez)
  • Young
  • Ricks II
  • Ambrosius
  • Abernathy, Jr.
  • Broadus, Jr.
 Dem Jointz 4:24
14. "Animals" (featuring Anderson .Paak)
3:47
15. "Medicine Man" (featuring Eminem, Candice Pillay and Anderson .Paak)
  • Young
  • Marshall Mathers
  • Pillay
  • Mohrle
  • Anderson
  • Ricks II
  • Abernathy, Jr.
  • Edwards, Jr.
  • Chambers
  • Dem Jointz
  • Focus...
 4:14
16. "Talking to My Diary"  
  • DJ Silk
  • Mista Choc
  • Dr. Dre
 4:23
Total length:
 61:40
Sample credits[29]


Unreleased tracks from the album
  • "2Nite" (featuring Jeremih, Kendrick Lamar)[30]
  • "Naked" (featuring Marsha Ambrosius, Sly Piper)
  • "Music to Drive By" (featuring Dem Jointz, Candice Pillay)
  • "Back to Business" (featuring Justus, T.I., Victoria Monet, Sly Pyper) [31]

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[63] Gold 35,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[28] Gold 100,000
United States (RIAA)[64] Gold 502,000

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Worldwide August 7, 2015.[65]
August 21, 2015[66]
November 20, 2015[67]

See also

References

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