Dr. Dre has broken cover to reveal plans for a new studio album.
The legendary hip-hop figure made the announcement on Beats 1 show The Pharmacy, and spoke at length about what fans should expect.
Partially inspired by the new N.W.A. biopic, 'Compton' will be released on August 7th exclusively through Apple Music. The cover art is up above – check out the tracklisting below (pre-order LINK).
1 Intro
2 Talk About It [ft. King Mez & Justus]
3 Genocide [ft. Kendrick Lamar, Marsha Ambrosius & Candice Pillay]
4 It's All on Me [ft. Justus & BJ the Chicago Kid]
5 All in a Day's Work [ft. Anderson Paak & Marsha Ambrosius]
6 Darkside/Gone [ft. King Mez, Marsha Ambrosius & Kendrick Lamar]
7 Loose Cannons [ft. Xzibit & COLD 187um]
8 Issues [ft. Ice Cube & Anderson Paak]
9 Deep Water [ft. Kendrick Lamar & Justus]
10 One Shot One Kill [ft. Snoop Dogg]
11 Just Another Day [ft. Asia Bryant]
12 For the Love of Money [ft. Jill Scott & Jon Connor]
13 Satisfaction [ft. Snoop Dogg, Marsha Ambrosius & King Mez]
14 Animals [ft. Anderson Paak]
15 Medicine Mane [ft. Eminem, Candice Pillay & Anderson Paak]
16 Talking to My Diary
'Compton' of course comes as fans still debate the near-mythical status of 'Detox'. Long stuck in development hell, Dr. Dre revealed his own take on why the release didn't happen – it simply wasn't good enough.
"I didn't like it. It wasn't good. The record, it just wasn't good. … I worked my ass off on it, and I don't think I did a good enough job."
So that's that.
