Compton (album)

Compton
Studio album by Dr. Dre
Released	August 7, 2015
Studio	Dre's Crib Record One (Los Angeles) Sony (Culver City, California) [1]
Genre	West Coast hip hop
Length	61:40
Label	Aftermath Interscope
Producer	Dr. Dre (also exec.) Focus... Dontae Winslow DJ Dahi Free School Dem Jointz Bink DJ Khalil Best Kept Secret D.R.U.G.S Beats Trevor Lawrence, Jr. Cold 187um Curt Chambers Neff-U Cardiak DJ Premier DJ Silk Mista Choc
Dr. Dre chronology
2001 (1999) Compton (2015)
Singles from Compton
"Talking to My Diary" Released: August 14, 2015

Compton is the third studio album by American rapper and producer 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.^[2] It is the follow-up to his second album, 2001 (1999), after the cancellation of the premeditated album Detox.

Production for the album took place with Detox, but the album itself was devised when production of the N.W.A biographical film Straight Outta Compton gave Dre the idea for a soundtrack, with album-specific production taking place in 2013–2015 at several recording studios and was handled by a variety of high-profile record producers, including Dr. Dre himself, Focus..., Dem Jointz, Trevor Lawrence, Jr., DJ Dahi, Cardiak and Theron Feemster, among others. Compton features guest appearances from Anderson .Paak, Marsha Ambrosius, Craig Owens, King Mez, Justus, Kendrick Lamar, Candice Pillay, Jon Connor, Sly Pyper, Dem Jointz, The Game, Xzibit, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, and others.

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