Dr. Dre – Compton

To what may be the surprise of many, Compton was only recorded in a few short, even rushed months. But despite the reputation that Dr. Dre has for being an obsessive and a perfectionist when it comes to creating music, his projects have all been created in surprisingly normal, and even short amounts of time. The Chronic only took a few months in 1992. 2001 was whipped up quickly just to prove he still had street cred. This reputation, or indeed, this myth, can be contributed almost solely to Detox, the legendary album supposedly over a decade in the making. The more time passed, the more its cult grew, almost akin to that of The Beach Boys’ Smile…until the simple announcement that it had been scrapped stopped everything dead in its tracks. That Detox will never be released is perhaps for the best, its legend was far better than what anybody could imagine. It’s just like that quote from 500 Days Of Summer, “Robin is better than the girl of my dreams. She’s real”. Just replace ‘Robin’ with ‘Compton‘ and ‘girl’ with ‘album’ and ‘She’s’ with ‘It’s’, and you get the situation.