Following its premiere this month, HBO’s The Defiant Ones docu-series has given fans a firsthand look at the relationship between Dr. Dre and Eminem. At one point in the series, the musically-gifted duo recalled their first stint in the studio together.
According to Dre, within minutes of Em entering Dre’s lair, the backbone for what would become “My Name Is” was born.
“Eminem comes in in this bright, yellow fuckin’ sweatsuit — hoodie, pants, everything,” Dre said in the clip. “It’s bright fuckin’ yellow. I’m like ‘Wow’… I’m like, ‘Man, listen. I think this shit is fuckin’ incredible and I would love to work with you.’ And I had a studio in my house at the time, and I went in and put some samples together, did a couple of things on the drum machine. I invited him over.
“I’m like, ‘I put this sample together,'” he continued. “‘Tell me if you like it,’ and I hit the drum machine, and maybe two or three seconds went by and he just went ‘Hi, my name is. My name is.’ Like ‘Yo. Stop. Shit’s hot.’ That’s what happened our first day in the first few minutes of us being in the studio.”
Mr. Mathers also talked about working with Dre, an artist he dubbed one of his “biggest influences ever in life.”
“I’m looking at Dre like, ‘Dude, I see you on TV all the time,'” Em said. ‘You’re one of my biggest influences ever in life.'”
The Defiant Ones concludes Wednesday (July 12) on HBO, but all four episodes are available on HBO’s website.
No… he just gets murdered by his bodyguard on Oochie Wallie. Real GOATs like Jay never released a song that bad
Most of jay z songs are copyright
I Know What Girls Like? Always Be My Sunshine?
To be honest, I’ve always thought that ‘Sunshine’ joint was fire! Especially the third verse where Jay and Foxy do the trading bars thing. So dope. Still gets burn in the crib whenever it springs to mind.
yo hov is better than nas get over it
he is top 5 for sure but doesnt mean that if anybody dont put him in top 5 that he is racist it is just personal opinion bro but yes eminem is top 5 for me :1 tupac 2 biggie 3 nas 4 eminem 5 jay z and 6 is king kendrick
I actually believe that story. When everything fits Dre can work fast. Also Dre used a sample here, so he did the beat on his own easily, like Premo or Pete Rock. But people need to understand the sonic value of replaying samples or creating original music. For that purpose he’s using musicans. A keyboard player or a Bass player aint the same as a producer. The creative process between diggin for crates or for crazy live played melodies doesnt even differ that much. People needa get over that lame ghost producer shit, when Scott Storch, Mike Elizondo, Mark Batson, The Glove, Che Pope or whoever PRODUCED on a track they got the proper credits.
Song corny as hell, really didn’t age well, at the very least compared to even some of his own songs but he had to start somewhere…
thats bcz he was being as corny as he could…as annoying as he could…he wasnt trying to be a G or to be cool…being a corny was his marketing strategy…u dumb shithead…but then again u have to have been born
You stupid bro. JayZ raps like JayZ on it and em raps like em. It’s not a competition or a battle. It’s a collab. I didn’t even think it was that great of a song. Nas had one good album illmatic, the rest was trash.
Eminem is the best lyracist that has ever graced the mic. Notice I said lyricist and not performer. His wordplay and rhyme scheme bar none tops hip hop.
I respectfully disagree sir. Even though Eminem put him on, I would have to say Royce Da 5’9 is better!
I disagree i think royce is second to em but its close af. Royce really stepped his shit up in the past few years. If he keep droppin shit like prhyme and layers he might be over em imo. But he def top 5 and one of the most slept on.
agree ikey… royce been consistent with his music quality.
I only view these articles on HHDX for the comments section now.
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Your name… lmao. How long does it take you to type or text like that? That has to be a pain in the a$$ to text your friends like that
Why the fuck is the idiot that wrote this referring to Eminem as “Mr. Mathers”..? Jesus fucking Christ DX where do you find these so called “journalists”?
Yo Dre how does it feel to beat women up? Are you proud of yourself? Tim Dog already said it you are bitch.
I guess you should watch the documentary where Dre and Dee Barnes both discussed this.
You DO realize that “Renegade” was recorded WAY before Jay got ahold of it and that it originally featured Royce, right? Never mind.