Akon reflected on his contributions to Dr. Dre’s shelved album Detox in an interview with Vlad TV. The multi-platinum selling singer discussed Dre’s perfectionism and expressed disappointment about the world never hearing some of the music from those sessions.
“Honestly, if he does [music], it should just be as a hobby for the passion, for the love,” Akon said of the famed producer. “But Dre is a perfectionist in everything he does. And I think he always was afraid to somehow feel like he wouldn’t accomplish what he thinks he should or what the world anticipates.”
Akon, who teamed with Dre and Snoop Dogg on the 2010 single “Kush,” noted he made some great records with the Aftermath Entertainment founder that are stuck in the vaults. He also mentioned being impressed by what he heard from the Detox sessions, which largely remain unreleased.
“I don’t think [Dre] understands his power sometimes,” he told DJ Vlad. “I don’t think that — I think he’s gonna win no matter what because he’s Dre! Just drop that bitch! Like he got bangers though. I know for a fact I did a couple of bangers that the world probably will never hear. But man, from what I did hear when we were working together and I was submitting records for ’em, man, they got so much heat. But he’s just a perfectionist — too perfect.”
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In Akon’s opinion, Dre should’ve dropped Detox following the release of Compton: A Soundtrack By Dr. Dre in 2015. The project arrived 16 years after the hitmaking producer’s acclaimed 2001 LP.
“I think that was a test to see how the world was gonna perceive him,” Akon said of Compton. “But I think honestly if had he followed up with Detox — to me, that was the perfect marketing tool for Detox. I honestly believe had he followed up with Detox on that one, he would’ve killed ’em.”
Check out Akon’s comments on Detox and more below.
Most of that stuff is out and it was average material at best. And anything Akon is on in general, is surefire trash.
Yeh Akon trash bro . All facts, all data lol.
I know he brought out that one single and everybody was saying it was wack and that’s when I think he shelved it…but i thought the single was dope. I can’t remember the name…he had a video along with it, and it featured Snoop
You’re talking about “Kush”. That’s my joint.
exactly, that’s it
So tired of hearing about this album..LMAO
Facts bro
Man I’m not tryna hear that old azz zhit anyway
I don’t think it had a clear direction – anyone remember that dubstep type track that Dre was rapping over that was leaked to radio at one point?
Exactly. He needed a new artist to bite from and he didn’t have that on his stable. He was hoping it would be Tito Lopez, that dude from Mississippi, but Tito switched things up when he made a comment that he was checking for anything from Dre that has his input on it, because he would be looking for credits and getting paid if anything of his makes it into a Dre output. I guess Dre didn’t like that and it was a wrap with him fucking with Tito. And neither did he have a producer on deck, with a new sound he could jack and put his name all over like he normally does. That’s why the album/songs will never see the light of day until he dies, then Jimmy Iovine – if still alive – would have no scruples profiting off it.
2001 was just to iconic of an album to ever try and top. The timing of the evolution of the sound mixed with the onset of eminem coupled with storch, jayz and snoop being in their primes when they contributed. You dont have the cast available and the sound is what’s pivotal, it has to sound next level, like chronic sounded, and 2001 sounded. You just cant do that anymore and honestly even if you could get it to 70% of what it should be and make it releasable, like 8 -10 tracks. Honestly, seriously, we just dont deserve it , 80% of us would never appreciate it properly. It’s for the best that what is on record, never sees the light of day.
What about the idea that releasing it might be what we need in order to kill off the microwave mumble generation once and for all!!!!!
If akon says “it’s a banger” it really means ‘it’s a poppy love song for emo tweens with autotune vocals and a generic garbage beat”
Always great music
First of all djvlad is trash and I fell we will get the album in due time.
“In due time”?? LMAO
Imagine what it would sell for if one copy was produced. Like that one off wu album.
Dre should sell the only copy along with a pair of 24k gold beats headphone
Just wish the headphones were good to begin with. I get why you mentioned Beats, but the sound is not good enough to make a gold version of them. I’d rather want a gold-plated version of the Sennheiser HD800s or HD820s headphones… But those aren’t exactly products or a brand that has a lot to do with Dre’s name.
He really should do that
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fuck that non-existent album.
Fuck Dre, Jon Connor had next and he took that from him.
He GAVE it to him, dummy. The lord giveth, the lord takers away. There is a reason we never heard any of that shot either.
Dre is frustrating. He creates music to admire it himself and a few friends I guess. Just release new music already!
If the album is full of songs like Kush (with Akon) it’s cool, keep that album and don’t even wipe off the layer of dust it’s been collecting. That song was garbage juice.
It was okay, just kind of overproduced. When I hear it now it takes me back to 2011 in a good way. It was the next single “I need a doctor” that I thought was terrible.
Oh that one was terrible, it was even worse.
Wtf i thought i need a doctor was amazing, to each his own i guess.
Kush was shit, imo
He released a snippet of a song called “die hard” with Eminem for a Pacquiao fight. He said he was releasing the snippet that Saturday for the fight and the full song would be released the following Tuesday, but it never came out. I’m still mad about that because even the snippet went super hard. If Em laid a verse over it it’s probably the hardest song ever made, and we might never hear it.
He did release the full version and you can hear it on YouTube. There’s a lot of reuploads
Fuck Detox…New L.O.X
Fuck detox…took so long I don’t even wanna hear it now!!!