"Compton," the new album from Dr. Dre — producer, music executive, kingmaker and co-founder of N.W.A — was released on Apple Music's streaming service Thursday night, while on other platforms Donald Trump was entertaining the masses during the GOP presidential debate and Jon Stewart was bidding his final farewell as host of "The Daily Show."
Dre's "Compton," his first album since 1999, offered a different kind of entertainment but sparked just as much buzz on social media by a devoted following that stretches from teens to fiftysomethings.
For their patience, the artist born Andre Young, now 50, has delivered what is for all intents a hip-hop concept album.