The illustrious Dr. Dre will be honored by the Recording Academy for his innovative production work.
On January 22, 2020, the music industry’s most celebrated producers, engineers and artistic professionals will head to the iconic Village studios in West Los Angeles for the Recording Academy’s 13th annual Producers & Engineers Wing — the official kick off event for Grammy week.
“Dr. Dre is an influential force in music,” President/CEO of the Recording Academy Deborah Dugan said in a statement on the Recording Academy’s website. “Dre breaks boundaries and inspires music creators across every genre. His evolution as a producer solidifies him as a leader of the pack within our industry, and we watch in amazement as he continues to shape the future of music.”
Dre got his start in the early ’80s with the World Class Wreckin’ Cru before totally switching course to co-found the pioneering West Coast gangsta rap group N.W.A. He ultimately launched his own lucrative solo career with albums such as The Chronic and 2001.
During the course of his storied career, he’s produced and engineered music for a laundry list of notable acts, including Snoop Dogg, Eminem and the late Tupac Shakur. He’s also won six Grammys, three of which he took home as a producer or engineer.
Outside of Hip Hop, he’s produced Top 10 hits for pop/R&B artists Gwen Stefani, Michel’le and Mary J. Blige. In 2008, he founded Beats electronics with famed record executive Jimmy Iovine. Six years later, they launched a streaming subscription service called Beats Music.
In 2014, Apple acquired both in a $3 billion deal, making Dre one of the wealthiest artists in the business.
Grammy week culminates with the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards on January 26, 2020, airing live on the CBS Television Network, at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
Does Scott Storch get the Award then?
Listen, I have always been a Dr Dre fan boy, and a huge one at that. With that said, when you really learn more about Dre, you learn that most of the beats you love from him, were not his own. You find that Dre is huge on ghost producers, and purchasing credit. Then, for his most beloved beats with the Dr Dre stamp, had little from Dre himself, such as In Da Club, where Dre did the drums, but hypnotic melodies were from others, like Scott Storch, Mel Man, Daz Dillinger, Focus, Dawaun Parker, and others. The majority of the Chronic was Daz and others, the majority of Doggystyle, also Daz, the majority of 2001 was Mel Man, then Storch and Focus. Compton album, which is average at best, and very disappointing for Dre, had little to zero Dre production, and only a single Dre sounding beat, Talking To My Diary, which had no Dre credits on it. Essentially, Dre is overrated, and simply got the right talent under him to make him legendary. 50 cent debut, Eminem Debut, Game Debut, then smaller names like Xzibit, Busta Rhymes, Kendrick, and sadly, not Jon Connor as he left Aftermath, which is actually likely a good thing… Dre has shelved kroe great music than he will EVER release, and anything Dre has released the past few years has pretty much sucked…
Define record producer!
Yes, I understand the different between a record producer and a beat maker. But Dr Dre is beloved for both, and is constantly praised solely for his BEATS. Beats by Dre ring a bell? Dres most iconic work ever is due to the beat, not the words. The beats themselves. Dre as of recently has only pumped out sub oar music. Compton album was similar to “Dr Dre Presents The Aftermath”. Both average at best albums that were only known to Dre fan boys, and not the general public like his other works. Because he lost his touch, and doesn’t know how to make a hot re ord anymore. I think Dre thinks he has to change with the times, which isn’t true. Dre could give us a 2001 part 2, and wed fall in love!
Mannie Fresh, imo, is the best. The man crafted every beat on every CMR release at one time and never used samples. Everything was always from scratch.
All Dr Dre haters out there! Dr Dre should be honoured because he is a driving force in hiphop, period. Hate it or love it, he deserves it!!
I love Dr Dre for what he has brought to the table artist wise, but be has held back more great emcees than he has given the spotlight. Newest victim, JON CONNOR.
He done be old but he still has enough stick to get it going. My man Rufus be one bad ass mother on the keys and Dre set him up! He be da man!
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Most overrated of all time. Dude is famous for purchasing producer credits from other producers. That said, Dre is a dope engineer. Great at mixing and mastering music, but no producing.
You obviously don’t know the difference between producing and beat making
Truth is, the beat is more important than what you do with it. Example. Kendrick Humble. Amazing beat, shitty song. Hit, because the beat was dope.
Imagine the high quality music we missed out on due to Dr. Dre and industry politics:
1. All those unreleased Detox albums/songs.
2. Bishop Lamont – Dre’s crowning newcomer released 8 street albums with dope Aftermath production (Focus, DJ Khalil, etc).
3. Stat Quo – would have been huge southern artist under Dre.
4. Rakim – never materialized.
5. Jon Connor – Was really looking foward to this, however, even Jon left Aftermath.
6. Busta Rhymes – his one Aftermath album was AMAZING.
7. Focus and Khalil production – An entire new Aftermath sound could have changed hiphop, but politics continued to pull the industry to a different, more trappy sound.
8. Joell Ortiz – Image a properly pushed Joell Ortiz album by Dre?
This list goes on and on and on. So much potential that Dre certainly missed out on. In actuality, we the people missed out on.
Not to mention Helter Skelter with Ice Cube
Not to mention Bishop Lamont’s The Reformation album that he finally released was incredible! Sounds very westcost and has Dre’s signature all over it. A true unique talent that Dre dropped the ball on. His original Grow Up single shouldn’t been given the chance.
It’s got Dres signature, yet zero Dre production of any kind lol. But I know what ya mean. It’s like Comoton albums “talking to my diary”. Sounds sooooo Dre, yet it wasn’t at all!
Typical cancel culture bs. Instead of focusing on the few things that went wrong how about you focus on the many things that went profoundly right
It’s not fucking cancel culture you dumb fuck lol. Nobody is saying to “cancel” Dr Dre. Just pointing out how he has held back more greats in their prime than he has given the spotlight.
What we got from him > what we missed from him.
obviously you never read or seen an interview where almost everyone of those artists admitted to not being on the same work level. got a bit of money and wanted to party rather than work. Dre left Death Row for a reason
Vill, you are completely wrong Sir. Bishop Lamont was a freakin work horse and wrote 8 street albums worth of material plus Detox records. Same with Stat Quo. Stat had 4 or 5 dope street albums during that time as well. All original production etc. Focus and DJ Khalil are work horses themselves. Can’t speak on Rakim or Busta, but Jon Connor himself also had tons of material before signing with Aftermath and then he got the Aftermath Muzzle.
People haven’t got a clue what a record producer is. Look it up. There is a difference between a beat maker and a producer. Dre is an unbelievable producer because he knows how to get the best out of talented people. Besides that NWA speaks for itself. Kanye does exactly the same thing Dre does. He is a great producer, period!!
Dre be da beast man!
Exactly!! These are probably the same idiots who discredit Quincy Jones as a producer. Some traditional producers can’t even play instruments. However, they know how to get the most out of a record, how to set up a recording session, what musicians they need, how the record should be engineered, etc.
Doctor …Dre Dre Dre Dre Dre
I fuck wit dre heavy, but when is quik getting his due? That’s another masterful engineer and producer
Dre is a legend. lots of amazing producers over the years in hip-hop but not 1 is even near the doctors level.
That’s not fucking even slightly true. There are TONS AND TONS of beat makers that dwarf Dre with ease. Dre is just a super mainstream guy, who gets credited half the time for beats no pruduced by him. Even Jonny J was better than Dr Dre, putting out a shit ton more of content, abd actually making it from scratch himself, not hiring 5 ghost producers. Name your top 5 favorite Dr Dre productions… Then, let’s talk about who created what on the beat.
Dre done be OK but wes gots to get another nigga wit da beat. My main stick Rufus be one kick ass man and hes gots to gets a break! After 3 or 4 bottles of malt liquor he just winding up! He be a good man and might even be one or two of my baby’s daddy. I mean you just never know!
You just gotta luv the picture of Snoop dawg and the dr sharing a bottle of malt liquor slinging their asses on da back of dat 64.
Let’s not forget Daz did lots of uncredited production for Chronic n more of that era that were hits gave Death Row its sound.
Yeah, and Daz didn’t lose his touch. Still producing good tracks. Dre lost his touch 10 years ago.