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Which beats did you always think were made by Dre only to find they weren't?


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Everything about this joint yelled Dre from the bass line, mix, and production flourishes but it was made by Unknown and Rhythm D.




Was so surprised to see Stu-B-Doo in the credits for this one after the video appearance and the whole sound.




Another one that sounds like late DR era Dre but produced by Sam Sneed.




This threw me because of the Dre feature but it did sound a lot like him behind the boards.


Plenty more out there but which ones had your attention on first spin thinking they came from the Andre that is all about his Benjamins...
 

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Jeah but I had to throw it in there as first spin sounded so Dre-ish.

Sam Sneed link ain't showing for some reason:



Sounds like a prototype of Natural Born Killaz, that Cali Love interlude and another DR instru from the videos.
 

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Dre is a legend but for the longest I been saying his beats are not so amazing and the fact they can be easily replicated is proof. However, I believe that hes extremely underrated on the technical side even though he is recognized for that. But dude shyt sounds so much cleaner than the average producer he damn near in a class of his on. But the actual beats….I’m not so amazed.
 

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I agree. I've said before Dres main talent is the mix because his ear is amazing at putting together a track which knocks but is also crisp. Everything is perfectly positioned and layered so well as he doesn't waste any air.
 

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You nikkaz in here talking like y’all been in the studio with Dre while he’s producing and creating music! This man plays piano and keyboard and I’m pretty sure he knows how to work an mpc,pro tools and all that other shyt that’s used to make beats,oh yeah by the way being able to mix and arrange! If his shyt wasn’t sooo fukking good,then he probably wouldn’t be revered as the greatest HipHop producer of all time by mostly everybody when his name comes up! You nikkaz with ur lame azz opinions on Dre who you don’t know or what all he does when he’s in the studio making music,need to take ur thumbs out ur azz,sit the fukk down,and SHUT THE fukk UP! :mjtf:
 

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You nikkaz in here talking like y’all been in the studio with Dre while he’s producing and creating music! This man plays piano and keyboard and I’m pretty sure he knows how to work an mpc,pro tools and all that other shyt that’s used to make beats,oh yeah by the way being able to mix and arrange! If his shyt wasn’t sooo fukking good,then he probably wouldn’t be revered as the greatest HipHop producer of all time by mostly everybody when his name comes up! You nikkaz with ur lame azz opinions on Dre who you don’t know or what all he does when he’s in the studio making music,need to take ur thumbs out ur azz,sit the fukk down,and SHUT THE fukk UP! :mjtf:

Take Dre penis out your mouth, nobody even in here dissing this man.
 

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You nikkaz in here talking like y’all been in the studio with Dre while he’s producing and creating music! This man plays piano and keyboard and I’m pretty sure he knows how to work an mpc,pro tools and all that other shyt that’s used to make beats,oh yeah by the way being able to mix and arrange! If his shyt wasn’t sooo fukking good,then he probably wouldn’t be revered as the greatest HipHop producer of all time by mostly everybody when his name comes up! You nikkaz with ur lame azz opinions on Dre who you don’t know or what all he does when he’s in the studio making music,need to take ur thumbs out ur azz,sit the fukk down,and SHUT THE fukk UP! :mjtf:

Lmao
 

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You nikkaz in here talking like y’all been in the studio with Dre while he’s producing and creating music! This man plays piano and keyboard and I’m pretty sure he knows how to work an mpc,pro tools and all that other shyt that’s used to make beats,oh yeah by the way being able to mix and arrange! If his shyt wasn’t sooo fukking good,then he probably wouldn’t be revered as the greatest HipHop producer of all time by mostly everybody when his name comes up! You nikkaz with ur lame azz opinions on Dre who you don’t know or what all he does when he’s in the studio making music,need to take ur thumbs out ur azz,sit the fukk down,and SHUT THE fukk UP! :mjtf:

Dre can play the piano?
 

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I agree. I've said before Dres main talent is the mix because his ear is amazing at putting together a track which knocks but is also crisp. Everything is perfectly positioned and layered so well as he doesn't waste any air.

My question is how much of this can be credited to Dre? Bernie Grundman and Brian Gardner were involved since Straight outta Compton for mastering. Isn't making it sound crisp part of that process?
 
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