Compton (album)  Compton is the third studio album by American hip-hop producer and rapper Dr. Dre. It was released on August 7, 2015, on Apple Music and the iTunes Store, with the physical editions released on August 21, 2015. It is the follow-up to his second album "2001" (1999) after the cancellation of the long-planned "Detox". Production for the album took place with "Detox", but the album itself was devised when production of the N.W.A biographical film "Straight Outta Compton" gave Dre the idea for a soundtrack, with album specific production taking place in 2013–2015 at several recording studios and was handled by a variety of high-profile record producers, including Dr. Dre himself, Focus..., Dem Jointz, Trevor Lawrence, Jr., DJ Dahi, Cardiak and Theron Feemster, among others. "Compton" features guest appearances from Anderson .Paak, Marsha Ambrosius, King Mez, Justus, Kendrick Lamar, Candice Pillay, Jon Connor, Sly Pyper, Dem Jointz, The Game, Xzibit, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, and others. The album debuted at number 2 on the US "Billboard" 200, selling 295,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. Upon its release, "Compton" received general acclaim from music critics. Following 11 years of unsuccessful work on his infamous "Detox" album, Dre officially cancelled the project on August 1, 2015, during an episode of his Beats 1 radio show, "The Pharmacy with Dr. Dre". He stated that the album did not meet his standards and had decided to scrap the project as a result. During the same episode, Dre announced that he would be releasing a brand-new album, entitled "Compton", on August 7 on iTunes and Apple Music, with a physical release following on August 21. Earlier the same day in an interview with Power 99FM, Ice Cube had preemptively announced the album. The album was inspired by the N.W.A biographical film "Straight Outta Compton" and features a number of collaborators from various points in his career, including Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, Xzibit, and The Game, among others. "During principal photography of "Straight Outta Compton", I felt myself going to the studio and being so inspired by the movie that I started recording an album," Dre said on his radio show.