Dr. Dre celebrated the release of his third studio album, Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre and the release of the N.W.A film Straight Outta Compton on yesterday’s (August 15) episode of “The Pharmacy” Beats 1 radio show.
Dr. Dre describes meeting Corey Hawkins, who plays his character in the movie. He says he was shocked at how much Hawkins sounded like him.
“I gotta be honest, it freaked me out when I met him,” Dr. Dre says. “We had a conversation. We went out to dinner at this restaurant over in Hollywood. We sat across the table and he started talking to me and I heard him like, ‘What the is that?’ I’m saying this shit internally. It kinda freaked me out. At the same time, it’s one of the things that let me know he was the perfect guy for the job.”
Elsewhere in the program, Dr. Dre discusses his musical career and how he defines himself as an artist.
“I’ve never considered myself a rapper,” he says. “I know how to do it. I know how to make my voice project and I know how to stay on beat and what have you, but I’ve never considered myself a rapper. I’m a producer at heart. I like being in the control room and directing people. That’s what I do. But I’ve gotten on the mic a few times in my career, people seem to like it, so I’ll do it again here and there. But that’s really not my thing. So I’ll do a first verse on the record, then I’ll put the really talented rapper on the second verse.”
He lists Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg and Ice Cube as examples of rappers that he surrounds himself with to make quality music.
“I put these guys all around me and they make me sound good and look good,” Dr. Dre says.
Aftermath signee Jon Connor spit a freestyle during the show. Other music during the two-hour program included tracks from The Game, Notorious B.I.G, Souls of Mischief, Drake and Lauryn Hill.
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Dr. Dre: “I’ve Never Considered Myself A PRODUCER” I use ghostproducers like: mel man, sam sneed, warren g, focus, laylow, scott storch and many others
Mike Will has the Ear Drummas. Timbaland had Danja, now he has someone else. Swizz Beatz, Just Blaze etc has musicians they work with on the regular. Even some of these trap producers like Shawty Redd work with beat makers. A producer is not considered a beatmaker. A producer of music is like a movie director. That director may not write the script but their job is to get the best performances out of the talent. Too many ignorant ppl like yourself talk about music when they have no idea how things really work.
if what your saying was true the names you just mentioned would be like or as big as dre…none of them alone are even on dres level in anything. everyone knows DRE uses live musicians to create his sound and co-producers, but it’s always dre vision.
Steven stop being in denial. How did the song Animals come about? Premier was already working with Paak, Dr. Dre. heard the song and begged Paak to add a verse. Dre has a history of stealing music that was pretty much already created adding a few sounds and then wrapping it up and packaging it as his own.
Stealing? It’s called sampling. Hip-hop has been sampling since the beginning. Dre didn’t steal shit and he didn’t beg for anything.
If someone has already written a song and performed it for people which Paak did, it’s borderline stealing. Dre heard it and was like “you know what Paak, that shit you did with Preemo was fire, can I add a verse and some additional instrumentation and put it on my final album?”-which is exactly what happened. There are clearly double standards in hip-hop, when Dre pulls shit like that he’s called a genius, anybody else who does that is criticized. The fact is that it was a hot song before Dre got his hands on it.
Unless you were there, you can’t make that accusation. Paak and Preemo let Dre use the song for his album. That’s not stealing, though. And there is no double standard in hip-hop. This thing happens a lot and it’s not stealing when they’re given permission.
He didnt pay for sampling though so its stealing.
How would you know he didn’t pay for it? He obviously did, so it’s not stealing.
That’s him covering his ass when he’s accused of having multiple guests.
No, it isn’t. He has nothing to cover up. His albums always have multiple guests. He uses them to showcase new and current talent.
Straight outta compton got facts wrong. NWA members had an easy life except for eazy e who was a dope peddler. The police didn’t harrass them on looks as shown in the movie. They were only targeted frequently because these members disrespect police, some even tried attacking them.
Finally, in regards to the detroit show, they were only told that they shouldn’t encourage them to support riots. They were allowed to play fuck tha police on the condition that they told audiences it was just a song. They in fact encourage people to beat up security guards nearby.
Exactly!!!!.. You was there for the whole thing…. I saw you there…lol…. Dre, Cube, and the rest of the people who wrote the movie don’t really remember what happened to them as detailed as you do.. lol..FOH
I live around compton since the early 80’s and knew dre and ice cube very well. They had great, almost rich lives and only got in trouble with the police because they harrass them on a near daily basis.
Everything you said is all lies. Straight Outta Comton got things right. NWA members did not have easy lives. They weren’t rich, their lives weren’t great, living in the ghetto. The police constantly harassed them because they were black, they never attacked the police or disrespected them until they were harassed. And everything you said about the Detroit show is all bullshit. The movie showed exactly what really happened. You don’t know any of these people and you never lived in Compton, you’re just spreading lies and bullshit online.
Butthurt much? Some of the police in compton were black. And while there was police brutality in the country, there wasn’t any in compton.
The only one butthurt is you. If you think there wasn’t police brutality in Compton, then you’re delusional as fuck. Any place where there’s black people is bound to have police harassment. Those black cops are traitiors to their own race since they let their white coworkers harass their own people.
Also, ice cube left mainly because he was attacking jerry for being white, not over financial mismanagement. Dre was already thinking of leaving to cofind a company and had nothing to do with the mismanagement.
Ssssssssh fool!
Nope. Cube and Dre left bcause of financial mismanagement. This was well-documented fact.
Are you really this stupid? Pretty much every comment you’ve wrote on here is all wrong smdh. You act like you were there in the studio’s working with them lmao
Let’s be honest. NWA was dope back then, and dre and cube remained dope up to the mid 90’s. Dre fell off big time when he moved into pop after he left death row. Ice Cube fell off after 2000 and made crap like ride along, barbershop, and this piece of garbage that supports nepotism just by ice cube’s son being in the film as ice cube.
Ride along was funny as shit.
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Nothing worse than a dude spreading falsehood. If u dont know shii, keep ur mouth shut & learn…go do ur google & youtube b4 u start hating on successful folks.laughed @ u saying NWA movie got some facts wrong esp the Detroit incident. Lol! R I aware that the Detroit incident made headline news? Cant see everything on wikipedia(sorry). Dr Dre was a professional DJ @ 15. R u aware that Dre has dropped several hard hitting records since he left deathrow eg Dr Dre 2001, xzibit’s restless, 50cent’s GRODT, game’s documentary etc. Dre & cube had rich lives? Dre was squatting with fam & friends & cube lived with his parents till the late 80z. Dre, cube left Ruthless coz easy e & Jerry Heller were robbing them. Eazy e that tricked d.o.c into selling ova his publishing for a gold chain? Jerry Heller taught Eazy e how to rob his homeboys & eventually got robbed by Jerry. That was how Eazy fired Heller. Hope I have been able to help till next time youngsta
Everything in your comment is all lies. Dre never fell off and he didn’t movie into pop, he stayed hip-hop forever. Cube didn’t fall off either, those movies are hilarious and Straight Outta Compton is one of the best movies of the year. What nepotism? His son earned that role and he did a damn good job with it.
Dan spreading lies again. Dre never fell off and he didn’t movie into pop, he stayed hip-hop forever. Cube didn’t fall off either, those movies are hilarious and Straight Outta Compton is one of the best movies of the year. What nepotism? His son earned that role and he did a damn good job with it.
Dr Dre never fell off and went pop, he’s still hip-hop. Cube didn’t fall off either, as those movies are great and so is Straight Outta Compton. What nepotism? Cube’s son earned that role.
These dudes are hilarious withers fall off comments! These rappers don’t make music just to make you happy. People don’t want to spend 25-30yrs of their life to make music to give to you for free so you can get on a message board and say it’s whack and how much you hate him. Dre.Dre was one of the few who did spend his life in the studio. Just respect him. Dre never fell of you just stopped listening and following his productio. Barbershop was a classic but it’s only for black people. It’s not your culture.one guy named plenty of stuff he produced. Along with Jay z kingdom com, Busta rhymes, Kendrick, Eminem relapse, Eve, truth hurts, firm, Beats on young buck album, Oh he did beats on Raekwon only built for Cuban Lynx 2. You have to be a hip hop head to know these things. You young guys don’t buy cd’s so you can’t even check the credits which means you don’t know shit.
You gotta be a totally dumby just filled with hate. How can you even think that they fell off. No cube just moved on also Dre. Cube vision? Beats by Dre.? Bigger and better you prolly in a small town in Iowa that’s filled with bigot’s and all kinds of nasty beliefs.
BTW, the nearly 60 million this made this weekend came from a few individuals that were buying entire showtimes. There was hardly anyone else in the showtime I went to.
You’re lying. Nobody has enough money to buy an entire showtime. All of the theaters are packed with people watching the movie.
Dumbest comment ever! Listen to yourself?!! 60 million made from a few individuals? Let me know a few individuals that can make a movie gross 60million Directly out of pocket. You only see and base things off what you see in your small town. Probably nothing but white people.
Does anybody know about this supposed new wave coming out of Virginia? I saw it on a tumblr post last about N.W.A.
link?
All I can say is thank you for another album that is another classic Dre you may not be a rapper but you sure do know how to put a crazy dope album together I hate you say it’s your last I would still love to hear Detox but just happy to get another album
everybody bitching about Dre are prolly gettin throatfucked by Fiddy Snitch.
dan stop commenting please!! if you don’t like dre why be here commenting everyday?
Why are you if you keep hating on me?
Nonody’s hating on you. You’re just an idiotic troll.
Why he try to be lyrical on Compton doe? Sounds stupid and awkward.
huh? no it doesnt…………………..u sound stupid and akward, pussy. lmao
This troll teerthboy acts like he hung around NWA 24/7 with all of the bullshit he spews. There is a lot of holes in his accusations.
Im not teethboy idiot.
Yes, you are.
Dan you lied you couldnt none cube cause cube aint from compton hes from south central and if you was liven in cali at that time all blaccs was gettin harass by the one times you got to be a white dude
Of course he’s not a rapper, EVERYBODY from NWA wrote except for Dre. Dre couldn’t write a rhyme if his life depended on it. The guy has sounds like everybody else when he rhymes, from the D.O.C., to Cube, to Snoop, to Kendrick, to Kurupt, to Xzibit, to Eminem, to Royce Da 5’9, to Hitman, to S. Carter etc. If he dropped Detox back 3-10 years ago he would have sounded like The Game, T.I., Lil’ Wayne and Drake, because they all wrote songs for him during those recording sessions. Much like his beats sound like Focus, Mel Man, Scott Storch, Hi-Tek, Just Blaze, the Best Kept Secret, DJ Dhai and Dj Khalil etc. This guy hasn’t written a song or produced a track by himself since 1995. This guy just sells an image and people buy it. His actual talent is mediocre at best, it always has been.
Nobody cares what you think.
Class in session!!Pay attention students. All this what if this and what if that? Your comment is irrelevant becaus he’s telling you he’s not a rapper and you just repeating what he said In the post to hate. Of course he sound like the rappers you named. They wrote it but we been knowing that for the last 20yrs.You just wasn’t born yet. All the producers you named sound like and get there influence from Dr.Dre you idiot!!!They didnt come before DRE. Dre came before them. Focus def sounded like Dre with his beats. That’s why he’s nowhere to be found. Focus worked with Dre,so did HI-Tek and Scott Storch. Where is SCott Storch????Producers don’t make music alone. Beatmakers sit around and make beats alone. Producers focus on vocals,clarity,sounds. He overseas the entire track. That’s why he said I’m comfortable around the boards. Dre never said he was a writer. Why you saying he ain’t write a song since 95. We’ll he don’t write you idiot. No he doesn’t sale an image. He actually sales music. You can go buy it in stores or online.
“This guy hasn’t written a song or produced a track by himself since 1995.”
Has anyone in rap?
Dre is a producer who uses beat makers like instrument players. The same is true of most producers, they bring in other musicians but they’re the ones in control of the sound. Its only in Hip Hop where people think producer and beat maker are the same thing.
dre is real and very talented in which many are jealous of him and will seek to kill him they can but God said I come that you might have life and life more abundantly! Get your own praise and get off of his back for a change. We all come from different forms of life. Some and some most unfortunate but get with the Lord and he will give you power to subdue the witch craft and anger because they can not ride on your parade! He got a friend now that will hold him up by the power of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ! I lost my daughter who I never saw or heard her cry through black market baby theft and no one never to this day said a word but you love the lord! You did not kill him in that accident because he have a charge to keep and a God to glorify! Back off and out of his way letting Christ teach! bless you real good
All you guys are a joke, GUCCI been producing for Dre since the early 2000s…what you think he been spending his time in jail now doing? Ghost writing for the Compton album…smh fuckin fools
why would someone of dres stature want a verse from a shit artist like gucci? dude has no bars.
gucci writing for dre??? dude you crazy…. its like soulja boy writng for 2pac. gucci aint got no stats
What I want to know…I Dr.Dre is not a good producer…how come the producers you are praising after falling out with the good doctor…they are nowhere to be found…Dre left ruthless…He still was successful…He left deathrow still was successful and all those recording companies fell off…
To say he isn’t a good producer is completely ridiculous.
Bye Felicia lolll
i prefer Quik