Rap star Dr. Dre has announced that he will release his first album in nearly 16 years to accompany a film on his former band N.W.A. and hinted the record would be his last.
Dr. Dre has revealed that his new album, entitled Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre, will be released on August 7, a week before the biopic Straight Outta Compton opens in US cinemas.
The album will feature collaborations with his protégé Eminem, former N.W.A. bandmate Ice Cube and fellow Los Angeles-area rap giants Kendrick Lamar and Snoop Dogg.
The rapper, whose birth name is Andre Romelle Young, said he decided to record the album during the filming of Straight Outta Compton.
Speaking on his Apple Music show Dr. Dre said: "I felt myself just so inspired by the movie that I started recording an album.
"I started recording a soundtrack. I kept it under wraps, and now the album is finished."
Dr. Dre. also hinted on that this would be his last album writing on Twitter that it was "my grand finale".
While focusing on the music business, Dr. Dre has not released a solo studio album since 2001, which despite its name was released in late 1999.
