Any fan of EDM knows Doctor P is one of the original godfathers of the bass-driven Dubstep movement. For Hip Hop fans, the triple threat (musician, producer and DJ) has recorded with Method Man, Far East Movement and Jarren Benton throughout his career.
Having performed sold-out arenas in L.A., the legendary Coachella festival and a mind-blowing show at the Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado, Doctor P told HipHopDX this was his first time performing at HARD Summer.
Speaking with P (real name Shaun Brockhurst), at his artist trailer on Day 1 of Destructo’s 10-year anniversary HARD festival on August 5, DX asked about his passion for Hip Hop and how that ties into dubstep.
He explains, “I originally listened to Hip Hop. Before I discovered electronic music, I was always listening to Hip Hop. It was always like Wu-Tang, D12 and stuff. I kinda grew up in the whole Eminem thing in the early 2000s, so I was like probably 14 or 15 listening to Eminem’s first album. That was the first thing I heard that wasn’t like pop music — so it blew my mind.”
With recent news of Eminem’s new project coming as soon as this fall, Doctor P was far from intrigued.
“I don’t really follow Eminem anymore,” he explains. “I’ve gotten quite bored of him. I feel like he was really angry when he was in his early 20s and all his music was insanely angry. But nowadays he’s like middle-aged and not angry anymore. He’s faking the anger now — so the music doesn’t have quite the same passion for me anymore that it did.”
This led into P’s current stance on old Hip Hop vs. new Hip Hop.
“I definitely prefer the older stuff. It’s cliché to say that the oldies are the best. But you got the odd track now like Rich Chigga … He’s a new guy but he’s got that old school vibe, big time.”
With Rich Chigga recently hopping on a trap record called “Gospel” with XXXTENTACION and Keith Ape, DX asked if Doctor P would be interested in a collab with the 17-year-old.
“No, not really,” he answers. “I would if he did the vocals on a banging dubstep track. But he’s a nice crossover for me. He’s got the vibe of an old school vocalist (sort of). Whereas Future and people like that, I can’t really listen to that stuff. I don’t know. They’re not cool enough for me. They’re cool in a different way. People like Wu-Tang and those guys, they were so cool in like a gangster way. But I feel like that gangster-ness is gone and that’s what I liked about Hip Hop originally.”
Still on the topic of collabs, Doctor P linking with Method Man on “The Pit” back in 2013 meant he needed a new Hip Hop artist to look forward to.
“I’d love to work with Pusha T. He’s got the coolest voice I’ve ever heard. He’s like the new Method Man for me. You know, Method Man, you hear his voice, and it gets you straight away. I feel like Pusha T is like that as well. Every time he does a verse on someone else’s track, it’s the best bit on the song. I’d love to work with Pusha T.”
When asked what his fav Pusha song was, P answers, “’Burial’ is the one that everyone knows. It was the first one of his that really got my ears, so that’s the classic for me.”
As with any festival, the later the set time, the better. Before P was brought out to perform at 9:30 p.m., he quickly drew the connection between dubstep and Hip Hop.
“I feel like the vibe of dubstep is very Hip-Hop-y, like the grooves. I feel like if you take away the vocals from a Hip Hop track, there’s still a dubstep-iness to a lot of the beats. So, you take the vocals and put it on a dubstep track and it works.”
Here’s a plot twist, no ones excited about a dubstep album in 2017.
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He’s absolutely spot on with his ‘faking the anger’ comment. Em’s content doesn’t seem as organic as it did in the early 2000s. I know people will come in and scream about him being a dope lyricist, etc etc. But over the last 10 years Em has produced more wack music than good. When will people call him out on that? Maybe that will cause some REAL anger in his music again.
Well I guess the good part od this all is that no one gives a fuck what he thinks?. He’s not even hiphop.
Whoever this bum is…
Nobody listens to dubstep any more. Glad that phase is over, total embarrassment to music. But he’s sort of right about eminem, any artist with that many albums and people will get bored and miss their old style. Jay-Z, Nas, KRS-one. Eminem needs a more mature sound with better production, because his lyrics are still incredible.
I somewhat agree with the “fake anger” -comment, but I still am looking forward to hear the new album. Em has way too much skills for me to completely forget about him and I grew up listening to his music.
SHUT THE “F” UP……………FOLLOW YOUR PATH TOTHE BATHROOM AND GO SNIFF,,,SOME MORE………BOOOOOOOOOOOO..WE DONT GIVE A F’S AZZ
Cocaine is a hell of a drug
godfather of dubstep?! not even close, some bum ass brostep producer who came along and ruined the sound 4 or 5 years after it broke through. stick to the wack ass candy ravers you fuckin bum
who? edm=hip hop.
Anyone that knows hip hop will know that eminem hasnt had a good album in over 10 years
try 15 years – The Eminem Show was 2002.
Eminem is TRASH
First of all, who is this? Second of all, why the hell would anyone care about his opinion? And especially, his opinion on hip-hop?
Ppl saying Eminem hasn’t put out a good album in the last 10 years need to just stop. His last albums were good, not great. It’s hard to compare it to his older stuff because that was legendary. But if you compare his last few releases to the other shit released around the same time, it beats most of that garbage. The cool thing to do seems to be shitting on legends nowadays, all you read in comments are that they’re washed up. Ppl on here even hated on 4:44 despite it being a top 3 album this year and one of Jay’s best. Ppl listen to the singles off of recovery and mmlp2 and judged the entire albums off that. They claim he fell off when you have classic songs on each album that would be the best song of like 95% of any rapper out now. No respect anymore.
PS: Fuck dubstep.
PPS: I love Em but he needs to stop yelling
Lol! 4:44, top 3 album of the year… good jokes.
Bruh, I have been listening to Hip Hop for 30 years and 4:44 is average at best. Go listen to a classic PE album and get some real knowledge dropped on you.
Who are these people that like 4:44? I only come across them on the internet, my super stan Jay Z friends thought it was just alright, maybe I am not young enough to get it.
more like Doctor Pee
Shady hasn’t made a good album in a while.
I’ve never heard of this nobody, too bad he’ll never have a real career. Dubstep isn’t even a real genre. Electronic music hasn’t even began being utilized in a mature way. Eminem is a million times more interesting now than when he was younger, and you aren’t hip or original for literally repeating the exact same shit 8 million other people said “I used to like Em when he was younger”
All the best rappers right now are over 40, and young people are uglier and more worthless than ever, I’m ashamed to be 25 years old, and part of this pathetic generation of losers.
How does someone who has no dopamine production from being spoiled their entire lives even have entitlement to an opinion about any form of art? Delusions, and biases are not opinions.
Eminem is actually a person now. He was like some demon cartoon character when he was younger. He’s the only rapper right now that I’d be intimidated by to compete with, he’s the only one who can literally do anything he feels like doing.
I dont expect the masses to appreciate his every choice, but the guy could literally do any style, or any sound, or just devote months to getting back into song writing, or devote months into getting back into 34095848 syllable technical shit.
You’re a bad person if you seriously expect more from the guy.
*Eminem voice* Nobody listens to techno…oh i mean dubstep
“Any fan of EDM knows Doctor P”… Y’all came to the wrong address bitch we got hip hop heads here.
I know Dr Dre, D.O.C who the fuc is doctor P! FOH haha
Lmao who the hell is this guy? Eminems career is bigger than this dude and the genre of Dubstep
THIS DUDE SAID HE LIKES RICH CHIGGA LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL — NEXTTTTTTT
(everyone knows that song is a gimmick right? please leave hip hop and rap alone and go back to playing car alarm sounds)
This dude might as well be the homeless guy on the street corner, but the anger comment on em’s music has some basis to it. I disagree that the Eminem Show was the last great album… Encore had solid music and so did his mix track w D12, Eminem presents the Re-Up. A lot of solid, legit anger on that album… but starting w Relapse, we entered a new era of eminem’s music following a huge void of no Eminem. Recovery followed and then the MMLP2, all three post Re-Up albums are solid but so different in many ways from all his music prior.
Time goes on, people get older, go through new experiences, and before you know it your 15 years down the road…. not possible to maintain the mentality that an artist had before they blew up (SSLP), the anger of all the criticism the were receiving (MMLP), the pure awesomeness of who he had developed into when honing his lyrical genius (Eminem
show), and in the off shoot of honing in on this genius before drug use consumed him (everything up through the re-up).
Em came through that tunnel of shit, emerged and had to express himself based on what he went through. A lot of people criticize Relapse, including Eminem himself… but he followed this up with Recovery, which IMO was fucking awesome. MMLP was fucking bomb too – you can tell me Rap God isn’t exactly what it’s entitled. The Dude is the best there ever was lyrically – he’s a genius. I’ll always look forward to anything he releases… we are lucky enough to witness a musical legend as he lives his life and creates his art.
Stopped reading at the point you implied Encore was good
Lol, who is this? Ha Ha
Reading disability is a bitch, but I wonder who types this stupid stuff for you. 🙂
I’m not excited for it either. I faked all the anger.
Eminem’s music evolved as he did, and as most of his fans did. Nobody stays angry as a 20 year old forever and if you think that’s what he thinks makes good, relatable music, oh wait, who is he again?
But the problem is, Em is trying his best to make it sound angry with that yelling and all that. And it doesn’t sound as good as how the old Em did the angry stuff, so maybe he could try something else?
The fact this guy is feeling Rich Chigga more than Em says it all I would say
How many people here actually know how the hip hop industry work’s? Or infact know how much Eminem is sick of it….! And has been for years…. Everybody’s music and personal tastes change as you grow as a human being and you have to respect and except that.
Eminem is finished (Retiring) with it all sick of all the bull. It’s the people round him unable to except it is over for good, because of money.
It is music for young artists expressing there Diss belief and anger by it all. It makes me LOL to see all these people take it far to seriously and think they know what’s going on, or act like some kind of expert?
It’s time for someone else to fill Eminems shoes like it or not!
Didn’t even read the rest of this article. Eminem is a rap god, this guy is a joke. End of story!