![]() After a short intro, “Talk About It” is a strange track to start with: produced by DJ Dahi, it’s a grower for sure but has a derivative Rick Ross ’09 feel. Clearly, Kendrick takes the lead role that Snoop Dogg adopted in 1992, and that Eminem ran with in 1999 – this proves to be both hugely beneficial and somewhat disappointing (we’ll get to that later). ![]() “Compton” probably sprang to life thanks to some cosmic tag-team of Tim Cook and Kendrick Lamar: Cook making Andre Young a billionaire, and Lamar breathing life into Compton due to his stunning albums. ![]() With that little preamble out of the way, let’s just “Talk About It” – no, not “Detox” (which Dre scrapped due to a lack of freshness). Jesus, I even had to figure out the lyrics for myself – imagine that (!) Without the memes, reviews or even the opinions of my friends, I had a set of Ears By Jay and my knowledge of “The Chronic” and “2001” alone. It’s a rare privilege and basically what we used to do back in the day – buy/consume an album for personal listening pleasure, without the need for analysis, dissection and the public mocking/praise of social media. Due to travel commitments I had the immense fortune to listen to “Compton” and nothing else since the release, with almost no influence from that pesky internet. ![]() “I JUST… BOUGHT… CALI-FORNIA!” booms the good doctor upon his (unsurprising) return album (his deal with Apple made an LP inevitable).
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