

Here’s five artists who would have fit in well with Compton. Dre was born Andre Romelle Young 22 in Compton, California, on February 18, 1965, 23 the son of Theodore and Verna Young. Whether it’s for nostalgia purposes or a dope collaboration we just wanted to see. It’s human nature to wonder the “what if” and that’s what people do with albums. Emails will be sent by or on behalf of Universal Music Group 2220 Colorado Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90404 (310) 865-4000. Dre is donating 10 million to help fund a new arts center at Compton High School that will be open to students and members of the community. Dre’s Compton is a beautiful piece of work. Kendrick Lamar, Marsha Ambrosius & Candice Pillay.

What about the ones who didn’t get casted? The names that weren’t brought back from his other albums? The 100s of new artists emerging in the last 16 years?ĭr. They’re all actors casted in a role to bring nothing short of heat rock to Dre’s grand finale. With so many names associated on the album, from Kendrick Lamar to King Mez, it seems like a whole portion of the industry gets a chunk of Dre’s idea turned album. There’s so much depth dripping from track to track, and the guest features chosen fit into the vision.
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The fact that N.W.A.’s movie inspired this is amazing. It’s still West Coast sounding, but a new era entirely. Dre doesn’t sound like his previous two albums. However, this time wasn’t a crying wolf situation. Dre and releasing an album in the same sentence? Please. Like every year after 2001, these were brushed off. Rumors swirled that Dre was working on something to coincide with the release of Straight Outta Compton. Compton (also known as Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. We’re more than halfway through the year and got the biggest surprise we’ll get: Dr. Double 180 gram audiophile vinyl LP pressing in gatefold sleeve.

It’s like the Gods above felt we needed to be blessed in a major way, and those blessings keep on coming. Classes start in the fall.This year in music has been highly unpredictable.

In addition to donating to the Compton school, as reported in 2021, he and his Beats Electronics co-founder Jimmy Iovine are opening a magnet public school in South L.A. The discography of American record producer, sound engineer, and rapper Dr. The space on the Compton campus will be extraordinary, seating more than 900 people and be named the “Andre ‘Dr. Dre attended Centennial High, another Compton staple not far from the new business, but transferred to Fremont High in South L.A., before dropping out of school altogether to pursue his career in music. I knew I had something special to offer to the world, but with nothing to support my gift, schools left me feeling unseen.”ĭr. Reflecting on his life as a Compton youth, Dre said at the groundbreaking ceremony, “I was an artistic kid in school with no outlet for it. Now, years after setting up a multi-million-dollar program at USC, the mogul has broken ground on a new school in his hometown.Īccording to the Los Angeles Times, the producer-turn-executive has donated $10 million out of the $200 million it will take to build the performing arts center on a new Compton High School campus. Dre has evolved from a young musician raised in Compton into one of the most influential and prosperous men in entertainment.
