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Dr. Dre Announces New Album “Compton: The Soundtrack”

It was announced today that legendary producer Dr. Dre will finally release a new album. It won't be Detox, the oft-rumored record that's been expected since at least 2004. Instead, Dre will release Compton: The Soundtrack on August 7th-- one week before the release of the N.W.A. movie.

Rolling Stone reports that

"During principal photography, I felt myself going to the studio and being so inspired by the movie that I started recording an album," Dre said on The Pharmacy. "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."

The track list contains some interesting details and collaborators, principally among them for L.A. music fans the name Anderson Paak. The talented Paak has been making waves in the underground and for Stones Throw Records for a a few years, and is credited on four of the album's 14 cuts.

1 Intro (feat. Dr. Dre)
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 (feat. Snoop Dogg) Jon Connor
11 Just Another Day (feat. Asia Bryant) The Game
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 (feat. Dr. Dre)

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