Dr. Dre Bemoans Multiple Producers Working On Same Album: 'I Don't Like It'

Dr. Dre has publicly criticized rap albums that feature production from a large number of producers.

Despite heavily relying on co-producers on his last album Compton, Dre used his interview with Stephen A. Smith to criticize Hip Hop’s move away from using only one or a small number of producers on a project.

“Find your collaborator. I don’t like the fact that there are, like, nine different producers on one album. I like the idea of one producer on one album. Continuity is everything,” he said.

Asked by Smith where the trend came from, Dre replied: “I don’t know, but I don’t like it.”

He added: “If you a producer, you should be able to produce the entire album. That’s what I thought it was supposed to be. That’s what I was doing at the beginning.”

Snoop Dogg, who was sat next to him, then chimed in: “There’s a lot of beatmakers, though, Doc. That’s the difference between your era and this era. There aren’t too many producers as there are beatmakers. It’s so easy to make beats.”

Dre was the sole or one of a very small number of producers on numerous projects such as Snoop Dogg‘s Doggystyle, Eminem‘s first five albums and all of N.W.A‘s releases.

He has also worked as one of many producers on albums from the likes of 50 Cent, Kendrick Lamar and JAY-Z.

Dre is also known to work with a close-knit team of collaborators which over the years has included names such as Mel-Man, Mike Elizondo and Mark Batson, while more recently he has worked with producers such as Dem Jointz, Focus… and Cardiak.

The Aftermath founder also admitted in his interview with Stephen A. Smith that he never listens to any of his classic material.

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“I don’t look back,” he told the sports broadcaster. “I never listen to my old music or anything like that.”

To show that he wasn’t exaggerating, Dre continued: “I’ve never listened to my old music. I never let anybody play it around me. I feel like that’s masturbation at the highest level.

“I’m always thinking forward. I don’t live my life with a rear-view mirror. I don’t give a fuck about what I did or what’s in the past.”

The rare interview was to promote Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg’s new premium gin Still G.I.N., as well as their upcoming album Missionary.