Review: Dr. Dre's 'Compton' is a brilliant farewell to West Coast rap

As the clock struck midnight EST to mark the August 7th arrival of Dr. Dre's Compton, the rapper-producer joined Zane Lowe on Beats 1 to discuss his first LP in 16 years. Dre's interview came just hours after he streamed his new album exclusively on

If you want to listen to Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre before it arrives on Friday, Apple Music has you covered. Cupertino's streaming service will offer an "exclusive" stream of Dr. Dre's new album starting Thursday at 9 PM 

If you want to listen to Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre before it arrives on Friday, Apple Music has you covered. Cupertino's streaming service will offer an "exclusive" stream of Dr. Dre's new album starting Thursday at 9 PM 

After 16 years of waiting (and not Detoxing), Dr. Dre's new album is finally upon us. The Beats co-founder first announced Compton, inspired by the upcoming.

When an important artist disappears for years on end, the fear is always that the artist will finally return with something underwhelming. That's not what Dr. Dre has done with Compton, his first album in 16 years. Instead, he's