Eminem, Nas & Dr. Dre Among Performers At Beats Music Launch Party

    With the launching of Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine’s Beats Music streaming service this past Sunday (January 20), ABC is now reporting that Grammy winner and longtime Dre collaborator Eminem performed alongside other Hip Hop luminaries at the service’s Los Angeles launch party last night (January 24).

    Eminem joined a cast of performers on the set list that included but was not limited to Nas, Teddy Riley & Blackstreet, members of Pharcyde, and Busta Rhymes. Ma$e and Diddy also reportedly reunited on stage to perform their collaboration “It’s All About The Benjamins.” MTV reports that Macklemore attended the party, but did not perform on stage. Last night’s launch party closely precedes the airing of the 56th Annual Grammy Awards tomorrow evening (January 26).

    Eminem, who has been nominated for an award within the Best Rap Performance category for his hit song “Berzerk,” unveiled his public affiliation with the company in August of 2013 with a collaborative commercial during the MTV Video Music Awards announcing his latest album, The Marshall Mathers LP 2. Billboard cites a previous interview with the rapper’s manager, Paul Rosenberg, in an explanation of the partnership. “The partnership with Beats is the relationship with Em, Dre and Jimmy from the beginning of time,” he said. “That’s really where that comes from. When we were discussing who the potential partners were going to be for this record, it was the first time that Beats was able to come in and say ‘Hey, we’re the right partner for you, because there’s obvious natural synergy, and by the way, we’re a really big company now and we can do this.’”

    Beats Music, a paid, subscription-based streaming service, was spawned from Dre and Iovine’s Beats Electronic. Beats Electronic, which is best known for its line of personal headphones named after the rapper/producer, joined with Monster Cable in an exclusive manufacturing partnership for three years between 2009 and 2012. Since the resolution of that contract, Beats has manufactured its own products. In late 2013, the company appointed a new Chief Operating Officer in Matthew Costello, a man previously employed by Ikea and the cell-phone manufacturer HTC which formerly owned a majority stake in the company.

    Beats Music is currently available for $9.99 per month and is advertising a catalog of 20 million songs. The service hopes to distinguish itself from other streaming subscriptions like Pandora, Spotify, and Slacker Radio with its own proprietary algorithm of curating music for customers. Despite its launch earlier in the week, the service has already suffered connectivity issues for some users. The company issued a statement encouraging users that were able to connect to continue utilizing the service and promised a swift fix for those who were unable to use the subscription. Beats Music also extended its free trial period to 14 days from its original week-long promotion following the announcement. 

    The service was launched with the help of a $60 million investment from Warner Music Group owner Leonard Blavatnik’s Access Industries. Billboard also reports that besides advertisement slots throughout the NFL playoffs, Beats Music has purchased a $4 million 30-second Super Bowl advertisement slated to run on Sunday, February 2.

    HipHopDX has obtained a photograph of the setlist for the Los Angeles event, which can be seen below.

    RELATED: Dr. Dre & Jimmy Iovine’s Beats Music Now Available

    52 thoughts on “Eminem, Nas & Dr. Dre Among Performers At Beats Music Launch Party

      1. Pac, he wrote that song. Dre produced it and made the beat, he wrote it on 2 hours max. They wrote Dre just so they know its him, if they wrote Pac, some people who don’t know much about rap would think its Pac who is coming

    1. I like how they royally f’d up the name of the Black Street song title “No Diggy” instead of “No Diggity” (real title)

      1. those niggas must have jumped for joy when dre called them up and asked them to perform their only hit from 18 years ago

    2. GOOD LOOKING OUT DRE…LOVED THE FACT THAT HE HAD SOME CLASSIC PERFORMACE, EVEN HAPPIER THAN MACKLEMORE DIDN’T PERFORM. I M DEF. SWITCHING TO BEATS FOR MY STREAMING SERVICE.

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    3. I just started 6 weeks ago and I’ve gotten 2 check for a total of $2,200…this is the best decision I made in a long time! “Thank you for giving me this extraordinary opportunity to make extra money from home. This extra cash has changed my life in so many ways, thank you!>>>
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    4. uptil I looked at the check which was of $4229 , I accept that my neighbours mother woz realey receiving money in their spare time from their computer. . there great aunt has been doing this for only about nine months and resently repayed the morgage on there apartment and bought GMC . blog link… http://www.Fb39.Com

      not like they can just call up the 2pac hologram to come out and rock the stage

    5. Please rank the nas albums you listened to from best to worst. MOre people will agree on what’s the best than on what’s the worst.

      1. Since I feel like this

        Illmatic
        Life is Good
        It Was Written
        God’s Son
        Stillmatic
        I Am….
        Hip Hop is Dead
        Street’s Disciple
        Untitled
        Nastradamus

      2. Illmatic
        It Was Written
        Lost Tapes
        Life Is Good
        Stillmatic
        Hip-Hop Is Dead
        Untitled
        I Am
        God’s Son
        Street’s Disciple
        Nastradamus

      3. Illmatic
        God’s Son
        Stillmatic
        The Lost Tapes
        It Was Written
        Hip Hop Is Dead
        Life Is Good
        N1GGER
        I Am
        Streets Disciple
        Nastradamus
        That Damn Firm Album
        I probably forgot a few albums… maybe…. Nas was obviously among the illest from 94 to 96 but I think he was the king in 01 and 02. Jay was on that weak shxt and the only other comparable rapper in stature was Eminem. I like Em but him and Nas are as different as Hip Hop and Rock n Roll. Nas = G.O.A.T.

      4. Illmatic
        Stillmatic
        It was wriiten
        life is good
        gods son
        Untitled
        hip hop is dead
        Iam
        Streets disciple
        Nastradamus

      5. The consensus is that Nastradamus is ass!

        I liked the MF Doom remixed version called NastraDoomus or something.

    6. Now, all Dr. Dre needs to do is gather some of these same artists, a few new one’s that are worthy, produce some beats, and then boom: The Detox – Compilation album. Especially since he raps too, he would immediately shoot past DJ Khaled, DJ Drama, Mike Will Made It, and others in the modern era.

      1. This is actually to promote the gay ass over priced music streaming service set to compete with Spotify and Itunes Radio, etc…

      1. For Dre???… This is for Hip Hop, that line up and you wouldn’t want to be there???… Dont come back to this culture until u understand culture is deeper than DUMB COMMENTS

    7. 1. 38% of doctors in America are INDIANS.
      2. 12% of the scientist in America are INDIANS.
      3. 28% of the IBM employees in the world are INDIANS.
      4. 36% of the NASA employees are INDIANS.
      5. 17% of the INTEL employees in the world are INDIANS.
      6. 34% of the MICROSOFT employees are INDIANS.
      7. Sanskrit is the mother language of all the European
      languages. WHICH MEANS SWEDISH TOO.
      8. SANSKRIT is most suitable language for computer
      software reported in Forbes magazine, 1987.
      9. CHESS was invented in INDIA.
      10. Creator and founder of HOTMAIL is INDIAN (SABEER
      BHATIA).
      11. Aryabhatta who was from INDIA, invented the number
      ZERO.
      12. INDIANS invented the NUMBER SYSTEM.
      13. ALGEBRA was invented in INDIA.
      14. CALCULAS and TRIGNOMETRY came from INDIA.
      15. The general manager of HEWLETT PACKARD (HP) is
      INDIAN (RAJIV GUPTA).
      16. Creator of the PENTIUM CHIP(90% of the today’s
      Computer runs on it) is INDIAN (VINOD DAHM).
      17. BHUDHYANA first calculated the value of pi (3.14), and
      he explained the concept of what is known as the
      Pythagorean theorem. he discovered this in the 6th
      century long before the European mathematicians.
      18. We have almost 5600 different newspapers and 3500
      different magazines with approximately 120 million
      readers every day.
      19. SUSHRUTA (from india) is the father of SURGERY. 2600
      year ago he and health scientist of his time conducted
      complicated surgeries like –> artificial limbs, fractures,
      urinarystones and even plastic surgery and brain surgery
      20. LAXMI MITTAL (steel king) is the richest man in
      ENGLAND. His house in England is the most expensive
      house in the world, more than 70 million pounds.
      21. ALBERT EINSTEIN once said:- We own a lot to the
      INDIANS,who taught us how to count, without which no
      worthwhile scientific have been made.
      22. INDIA has the THIRD largest army in the world with
      more than 105 million men……

      1. 7. Sanskrit is the mother language of all the European
        languages. WHICH MEANS SWEDISH TOO.

        in europe there are languages from different “language families” …

      2. no one cares. This has nothing to do with hip-hop. If you’re gonna say Albert Einstein says we owe a lot to Indians, remember he was Jewish. No one needs to hear everything they created and discovered, like the lightbulb. lets focus on some music now kids

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    9. Dre should have had all the people who have ghost-written or ghost-produced for him perform. It would have a been a week long festival of music!

      Even Drake ghost wrote for him on Detox, which will never see the light of day. Dre is an overrated fraud. Noah 40 Shebib is a better producer.

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      I checked with the BBB and was told that it is all legit.How they can sell gift cards, laptops, cameras, and all kinds of goodies that we all want for 50-90% off, I dont know
      I do know that I bought my son an ipad there for less than $100 and my husband a $250 Low gift
      cards for 48Why would I even think about shopping anylace else?

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    12. uptil I saw the receipt of $6669 , I did not believe that my neighbour was like they say realy bringing in money parttime from there pretty old laptop. . there aunts neighbour started doing this for less than 13 months and as of now paid for the dept on there home and purchased a gorgeous Porsche 911 . look at this website… http://www.Fb39.Com

      whoever thought hiring fucking barbershop singers was a good idea needs to be fired

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