Compton : a soundtrack by Dr. Dre
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Reviews (5)
Pitchfork
d. 25. July 2016
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Kathy Landoli
d. 25. July 2016
"Then, when you least expect it, "Revolution" comes, and it's almost as if the rest of the 19 indifferent tracks on the excessively long Coolaid don't even matter. Just Blaze brings a soaring, immaculate beat (on par with Beyoncé's "Freedom") and lo and behold, fiery Snoop arrives. The lyrics, the cadence, the anger, the pure and convincing "fuck you I'm a legend" energy. It all sounds so believable, so why did it take so long for Coolaid to get there? An entire project full of Snoop chanting that he's the greatest, and all it took was one isolated track to prove it".
The guardian
d. 3. July 2016
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Alex Macpherson
d. 3. July 2016
"The first half has him snarling over gnarly beats to mixed effect ... Its back half loses coherence as Snoop retreats to a default of weed anthems".
AllMusic
2016
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David Jeffries
2016
"Coming just about a year after his Pharrell Williams-helmed album Bush landed as a conceptual, dank disco triumph, Snoop Dogg returned with this 2016 back-to-basics effort, Coolaid, which is as comfortable as it is cool ... Consider this an exciting double-LP throwback that drops "Even if I die, living legend" during the opening cut and then just gets bigger and bolder from there".
Jyllands-posten
d. 14. Aug. 2016
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Peter Schollert
d. 14. Aug. 2016
"Der er flere ørehængere (om hovedpersonen), end de fleste kolleger kan diske op med, og titlen lyver ikke: Det er en cool udgivelse".
Weekendavisen
d. 23. Sep. 2016
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Rasmus Junge
d. 23. Sep. 2016
"Gangsterrappens oprindelige rebelrolle - der i udgangspunktet deler fællestræk med populærkulturelle amerikanske antihelte som outlaw-cowboyen og mafiaen - [er] i mange tilfælde i dag reduceret til en klichétynget rolle, som holdes i hævd med rutineprægede besyngelser af kriminalitet, tunge håndvåben, strippere, dyre drinks og stoffer. En af genrens founding fathers, Snoop Dogg, demonstrerer det meget godt på sit nye album, Coolaid, der ganske vist scorer point på hovedpersonens lurendrejercharme, som kommer til udtryk i hans karakteristiske snøvlede flow og det faktum, at han aldrig tager sig selv alt for seriøst. For ham er hiphoppen et kulørt tegneserieunivers, hvor han spiller rollen som langlemmet hyggegangster med en joint i mundvigen og fikse ordspil på tungen. Men som musiker virker det, som om han for længst har opgivet at sige noget vægtigt".