Dr. Dre: Straight Outta Compton–And Into A New Model For The Music Business?

Dr. Dre with Ice Cube and director F. Gary Gray on the promotional trail for‘Straight Outta Compton.’ (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images for CinemaCon)

The doctor is in: late last night, Dr. Dre finally released the third solo album of his quarter-century-plus career. And, as he first announced earlier this month on his Beats 1 radio show, the work in question was not his long-rumored Detox (“It just wasn’t good,” said Dre), but rather a new album inspired by upcoming filmStraight Outta C...