When is detox album coming out

In , Flying Lotus offered an update on the album. Last November, actor and recording artist Page Kennedy tweeted that he'd heard Dre's new album and hinted that it contained contributions from Eminem. Are we finally getting Detox this year? Time will tell. Is Dr. A biopic Straight Outta Compton which premieres August 14th that will include all new music, including potentially the first songs from the seminal gangsta rap group since But problems had already begun to rise by the end of the year when Dre ditched the concept idea.

That project never appeared, and Ice Cube eventually left the label. More guests were leaked Mary J. No album fillers or nothing like that. No fast-forwarding. But by mid-year, Dre conceded that he was too pre-occupied with his Aftermath imprint.

Still, the Detox dream persisted. Meanwhile, collaborators like Mike Elizondo and J. Rotem stoked anticipation in the press, and built a mythic status for the still-unreleased album. In , Dre gave an extensive interview to the LA Times. Journalist Robert Hilburn suggested that, contrary to popular belief, the rapper had been working on his third album for the past eight years. In June, Snoop Dogg claimed that the long-gestating album was finished. I'm rich as fuck, but I'm having a great time still.

He explains a little bit of what it will sound like as well. It makes sense after Compton , I think. It makes sense, but I like it better than Compton. Now what he heard may not be the actual Detox , but it could just be the Dr. Dre next album. Years passed. Collaborators hinted at an unreleased masterpiece in other magazine interviews. Times in The following year, Snoop Dogg confirmed Detox was finished. The first official release of anything from Detox came during a Dr.

Pepper commercial. The album, however, did not come out. Dre line of headphones were, and said nothing about Detox. In , he confirmed that the project was dead. It was completely reasonable to be excited about Detox until it was completely insane to think it would ever drop.

He also released Compton , his third solo effort, and first in 16 years. Dre was working on for 15 years. Even noted perfectionists like Dre release material.

Instead, as Detox became more mythic in the hip-hop community, it served, whether Dre intended to or not, as a useful publicity tease even as the hype proved impossible to live up to.