I found out Edwards, Baptiste ( see above) and Ryan Buendia ( see below) are all partners in crime. I just spent a good chunk of time trying to find him and I think I figured it out. Go in the studio with him.Ĭredit: Songwriting credit on "Talk About It" Veteran Cali producer, one half of Self Scientific, signed to Dre's Aftermath Entertainment, has produced for hundreds of well known artists, most notably 50 Cent, Clipse, Eminem (" Survival"), Fashawn, Game and Slaughterhouse. Life is crazy, one minute you are living in the Dallas suburbs and the next you are playing ping pong with Dre and writing songs that feature Eminem.Ĭredit: Production credit on "All in a Day's Work"
It’s pretty remarkable when you think about it, a kid with little to no experience has a huge role on a Dr. With only a few lower-quality songs and a mixtape over a bunch of other peoples beats, Dre plucked the 24-year-old Texas native from relative obscurity and featured him on seven songs off Compton.
Justus is, for lack of a better word, unknown. One of the bigger surprises of the album. He’s also a longtime DJBooth favorite, so if you don’t know him, you better get hip.Ĭredits: Featured on “Talk About It,” “It’s All On Me,” and “Deep Water,” writing credits on “Talk About It,” “It’s All On Me,” "All in a Day's Work,” “Darkside / Gone,” “Deep Water,” “For the Love of Money,” and “Medicine Man” He may not be from Compton (he hails from Michigan), but he certainly fits the vibe of the album. Jill Scott da gawd.Ĭredits: Feature/writing credits on “"One Shot One Kill" and "For the Love of Money"Ĭonnor is featured on the two tracks listed above and also has songwriting credits on them. Jill Scott isn’t the first artist I would think to put on a song featuring a Bone Thugs flip, but she does a really great job of establishing the hazy, airy vibe, so props to her. I will say though, it’s interesting that though he is featured on the song, he doesn't have a songwriting credit.Ĭredit: Feature on “For The Love Of Money” He’s preeetttty much a legend so I’m not spending much time on him. He has also wokred with Jon Connor before, so that may have been his ticket in. While it may not quite make sense on paper, there is a heavy rock influence on the album - so Craig fits in well. One minute Craig Owens is perfoming as the lead singer of the punk/metal band Chiodos, the next he is doing covers of Selena Gomez songs, and then the next he’s appearing on Compton. Fun fact, he is the nephew of Willie Hutch, who was sampled on “International Players Anthem.” That has nothing to do with Dre, but anytime I can reference “International Players Anthem” I’m going to do it. For the record, I think “For The Love Of Money” is one of the best-produced beats on the album, so shoutout.ĭue to the fact that West Coast rap is my rap-nerd achilles heel, I had never heard of Cold 187um, who, by all accounts is a West Coast legend and even claims to have created the G-Funk sound that made Dre famous. In addition to producing for Dre and Cole, Cardiak has also worked with Rick Ross, Wale, T.I. Hey I know this guy! I already stalked the New Jersey-born producer when I did the 2014 Forest Hills Drive investigation.