Where are the hit singles?
One thing that is undeniable from every Dr. Dre album is the amount of singles you hear on there. Shit, half the album can be radio bangers. Look at 2001: It spawned “Forgot About Dre,” “Still D.R.E.,” “Next Episode,” and even made “Xxplosive” play on the radio with half the song being bleeped out due to so many curse words. On COMPTON, we can barely pick out one song to be catered to the radio. If that.
This doesn’t take away from the body of work as a whole. Maybe Dre didn’t want any radio smashes on there. Perhaps he went with what he felt at the time and didn’t think of the regular formulas for winning. At least he was inspired and gave us an album, right?