When Dr. Dre surprised the crowd at Eminem and Jay-Z's historic first Home and Home Tour stop in Detroit, fans greeted the elusive rap king with epic chants of "Detox!" after he spit memorable bars from his last LP, The Chronic 2001. During a recent sit-down, Dre said the warm response motivated the beatmaster to hit the lab and get his much-anticipated and long-delayed follow-up into the hands of those screaming fans.
"Being on the stage with Eminem and Jay-Z was one of the most incredible feelings I've felt in a long time. It inspired me, it made me want to hurry up and get back in the studio and put more effort and more work into my own project," Dre told MTV2's "Sucker Free" on Wednesday during an event for his latest successful venture, Beats by Dre.
The much-lauded producer said rocking the stage with his protégé-turned-pop phenomenon, Eminem, and his "Under Pressure" collaborator, Jay-Z, validated his current efforts and demonstrated that more than 10 years into the wait for Detox, hip-hop heads are still hungry for more Dre-helmed bangers.
"The response from the people out there was just incredible," Dre said. "It let me know that I still got love out there and I'm not wasting my time in the studio with what I'm doing, with the music or with all the Beats product that we're putting out."
After stacking hip-hop hits for decades, nurturing the careers of superstar MCs such as Snoop Dogg, Em and 50 Cent, releasing two almost undeniably classic solo efforts, 2001 and 1992's The Chronic, and shaping the way the latest generation of rap lovers hears music with his Beats by Dre headphones, the Doc has crafted a game-changing legacy. Even boasting that singular résumé, the deafening shouts from die-hard Dre acolytes still excite the rap icon.
"I can't explain it," he said. "It's an incredible feeling. It's not something that can be bought. You have to earn it, and it just made me feel just amazing."
Source - http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1649124/20100930/dr_dre.jhtml
Friday, 1 October 2010
AZ Says The Firm May Reunite, With Or Without Dr. Dre
In an interview across the pond, AZ says The Firm reunion is a possibility, even if Dr. Dre isn't on board.
AZ let HipHopDX know a lot about his future plans when we spoke with him back August. Now, he is still speaking on his forthcoming project, Doe or Die 2, and he is also revealing information about a possible Firm reunion.
"It's a possibility," he told Hip Hop Chronicle UK. "Talks is in the works."
When he revealed that twenty percent of The Firm isn't on board, he went on to insinuate that Dr. Dre was one person who wasn't on board.
"With or without [Dr. Dre], it still might happen," he added.
But for now, his sights are set on Doe or Die 2, an album that will be released in 2011. To prepare fans for that, he is dropping the fifteenth anniversary release of the original Doe or Die next month.
"Right now, what I'm putting out is the fifteenth anniversary on November 3. I'm going to continue working on Doe or Die 2. That'll have to be a classic so I'm putting that out next year sometime."
Source - http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.12422/title.az-says-the-firm-may-reunite-with-or-without-dr-dre
AZ let HipHopDX know a lot about his future plans when we spoke with him back August. Now, he is still speaking on his forthcoming project, Doe or Die 2, and he is also revealing information about a possible Firm reunion.
"It's a possibility," he told Hip Hop Chronicle UK. "Talks is in the works."
When he revealed that twenty percent of The Firm isn't on board, he went on to insinuate that Dr. Dre was one person who wasn't on board.
"With or without [Dr. Dre], it still might happen," he added.
But for now, his sights are set on Doe or Die 2, an album that will be released in 2011. To prepare fans for that, he is dropping the fifteenth anniversary release of the original Doe or Die next month.
"Right now, what I'm putting out is the fifteenth anniversary on November 3. I'm going to continue working on Doe or Die 2. That'll have to be a classic so I'm putting that out next year sometime."
Source - http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.12422/title.az-says-the-firm-may-reunite-with-or-without-dr-dre
Dr Dre & LeBron James Power Beats Commercial (Video)
Watch the video again for the second time, this time focussing on the background music only. Could be Dre's music.
Thursday, 30 September 2010
Wednesday, 29 September 2010
Detox this Xmas?
Dr. Dre’s Detox has been over a decade in the making, but fans of the rap mogu may get their Christmas wish this year. Dre is hoping to release the long-awaited project by the end of 2010.
When asked at Wednesday’s Beats by Dr. Dre fall presentation when the follow- up to The Chronic 2001 would arrive, the Doc said, “That’s a good question. In a perfect world, you know I’m really trying to make Christmas, but we’ll see,” adding,“Something will definitely be out.”
The hip-hop pioneer has been recording non-stop. “I’m actually working on it every day.” He is making sure to take his time so he doesn’t disappoint fans. “I just have to make sure I don’t accomplish this word: anticippointment.”
Interscope chairman Jimmy Iovine seemed less confident of the drop date, joking that Christmas may have to move for Dre. “I feel that if it comes down to it, Dre wil move Christmas. We support him 1000 percent.”
In a hopeful sign, Dre previewed some new music from Detox for a lucky few backstage at the event. “He just played something for us back there,” shared Iovine“He’s got two new songs that are just incredible.
Dr. Dre was on hand to announce his new Beatbox digital sound system and headphone lineup, including a product collaboration with Justin Bieber, at the Beats by Dr. Dre press conference at the Best Buy Theater in New York City.
Source - http://www.rap-up.com/2010/09/29/dr-dre-aims-to-release-detox-by-christmas/
When asked at Wednesday’s Beats by Dr. Dre fall presentation when the follow- up to The Chronic 2001 would arrive, the Doc said, “That’s a good question. In a perfect world, you know I’m really trying to make Christmas, but we’ll see,” adding,“Something will definitely be out.”
The hip-hop pioneer has been recording non-stop. “I’m actually working on it every day.” He is making sure to take his time so he doesn’t disappoint fans. “I just have to make sure I don’t accomplish this word: anticippointment.”
Interscope chairman Jimmy Iovine seemed less confident of the drop date, joking that Christmas may have to move for Dre. “I feel that if it comes down to it, Dre wil move Christmas. We support him 1000 percent.”
In a hopeful sign, Dre previewed some new music from Detox for a lucky few backstage at the event. “He just played something for us back there,” shared Iovine“He’s got two new songs that are just incredible.
Dr. Dre was on hand to announce his new Beatbox digital sound system and headphone lineup, including a product collaboration with Justin Bieber, at the Beats by Dr. Dre press conference at the Best Buy Theater in New York City.
Source - http://www.rap-up.com/2010/09/29/dr-dre-aims-to-release-detox-by-christmas/
Friday, 24 September 2010
Leaked tracks won't appear on Detox
Dr Dre recently was asked about the multiple "Detox" tracks that have leaked to which the producer said the songs will not be included on the album.
"It's no leaks that came out that are going on the record," Dre promised in an interview last week. "I got hard new sh*t. I had a little bit of a leak in my security and what have you but I got new sh*t coming and trust me, it will not be anticippointment, you know what I mean? Y'all n*ggas gonna love this sh*t. Yeah!"
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