Ice Cube has revealed that he wanted Dr. Dre to produce his debut solo album AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted but Eazy-E stopped it from happening.
Cube went solo after leaving N.W.A. under acrimonious circumstances in 1989 but still wanted Dre behind the boards for his first record.
Speaking to Complex’s Idea Generation, the rapper and actor said: “I still tried to be friends with the guys who had nothing to do with the business. Me and Eazy was shaky, and I didn’t care about Jerry Heller at all, so it wasn’t no love lost there.
“But I tried to keep it together with Dre. I even wanted Dre to produce my solo record, and we was talking about it, but Eazy and Jerry vetoed it.”
Instead of Dre, AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted was produced by Public Enemy‘s Bomb Squad and Cube would go on to diss Dre on infamous track “No Vaseline” in 1991.
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The two N.W.A. co-founders would later work again in 1994 on “Natural Born Killaz” which was originally planned for a Dre and Cube joint album titled Heltah Skeltah that was ultimately scrapped.
Cube is currently gearing up to release Man Down, his first album since 2018.
He recently revealed that the album will be dropping before the end of the month and according to an Apple Music tracklist, will be comprised of 19 tracks and feature a number of huge guest appearances.
As well as Killer Mike and Busta Rhymes who featured on new single “Ego Maniacs”, Cube has recruited an assortment of West Coast legends for the project.
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The likes of Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, Kurupt, B-Real, E-40 and Too $hort are all down for guest appearances across the album as is October London.
Dre is also in album rollout mode as he has produced the entirety of Snoop Dogg’s Missionary, which will be dropping in December.
Dre will also be contributing vocals to the album as well as the likes of Eminem, 50 Cent, Method Man and Jhené Aiko.
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Missionary also features some more unorthodox collaborators such as rock legend Sting and country superstar Jelly Roll while one track is said to heavily sample the late Tom Petty.
