Beats (not) by Dre

[Funcrusher]

A guess.



That was the original recording with one verse, no diss. Dre leaves, somehow Blackstreet ask him to do a feature, fortuitously they've also independently flipped the same sample into a track very much like the one Pac worked on with a ex friend of theirs called Aaron. Pac, inspired randomly and for absolutely no reason to do with the above events, tacks on a second verse going at Dre talking about non players on stolen beats that don't belong to them and adds it to his album.

Then, in a totally unrelated coincidence, Blackstreet have also reused another Pac sample from another planned single. Its a miracle!

Like I said, its a guess but the odds of that happening naturally are slim. Dre is the common link, the petty would be comprehendable in that situation given how DR was going at him and he needed to keep his name out there. I think that was Dres beat he made for Danny Boys album, he took it with him, Jimmy shopped it to Blackstreet (also on Interscope), Pac heard about it, added the diss, got C&D'd because its Dres beat then remade the track for 7 Day Theory.

That and the difference between the leaked version linked and the retail has that signature Dre polish that makes his work very noticeable, even if uncredited.

Never heard this version instantly like it better than the album version, always hated that oooow part weaved into the beat.

 

[Funcrusher]

despite the fact that Ren clearly says Fred Wreck in the beginning of the track when I first heard it I thought that Dre had a hand in it

Sounds entirely like a Dre beat from the late 90's, reminds me of Bad guys always die, and to a lesser degree American Psycho pt 2 by D12.

 

[DaveyDave]

thread title got me cracking up

it wasn't a surprise that he didn't produce the "Bad Intentions" beat because Dre literally says, "Mahogany on the instrumental" on the song

Problem is people just assume if Dre is on the track or has anything to do with it then he must have done the beat.

 

[Funcrusher]

Even though Scott Storch gets the shoutout right at the beginning, it's pretty much the same style from those years. Basically the same beat as 50's In da Hood but sped up.

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

 

[Complexion]

Fredwreck on the beat but this one always sounded a lot like the prototype to the 2001 sound:



Tell me it doesn't sound like it was cut from the same cloth as these sessions:






There is another unreleased Dre jam I'm certain has virtually the same production as well. Especially the guitar, may be a Snoop track?


Just realized its already been mentioned.

 

[Complexion]

This is Khalil but it had me hyped for Detoxing because it sounded pitch perfect for Dre:



There wasn't any innovation beyond his last sound with drums, pianos and risers/synths to accent but Khalil definitely mastered his style in so many ways and is very underrated.





His work with Bishop really laid the foundations for that era of Detox and expectations as there was so much heat but not that redefining, game changing aura you know Dre was looking for. All dope but not a quantum leap. Still better than what was released though.....

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

I've always wondered why the hell you'd want a dre feature if he didn't also provide the beat

music consumers are sheep.

 

[KingsOfKings]

Subs to this.

 

[Complexion]

Mel Man, for example, has these joints by himself and you can hear a lot of the common threads that went into other cuts from the era:







Whats missing? Dres flourishes and most importantly his mix and how he sets the soundstage. Bad Intentions was a perfect example of this because whilst he wasn't producing it sounded flat and his skills could've made that huge.

 

[skokiaan]

I've always wondered why the hell you'd want a dre feature if he didn't also provide the beat

You know he will take your song to the lab and add his magic...thats why we have this thread

 

[Complexion]

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.

This jam is actually a perfect example of how Dre does more with less. Listen to and you'll pick out (cued in reference to Sneed video):

00:11 - Ghetto Fabulous


00:21 - Cali Love Nightmare Interlude


00:28 - Natural Born Killaz


03:23 - Some Dre feature where he used the exact same cadence

Thats four tracks Dre would've bought of the mix from one joint in one session. Can you hear the blueprints and DNA running through those other compositions at further stages of evolution or am I tripping? Each of them features a production element or flourish that was extracted from the Sneed track and had another jam built around it.

 

[Da King]

A nikkas laugh when I say Daz produced most of Doggystyle, Dre came in and “mixed” it and took the producer credit also

Snoop said it himself

 

[Knucklehead]

Thought this thread was gonna be Arabian Prince saying that he came up with the idea for the Beats Pill.

 

[Kool Kitty Kat]

A nikkas laugh when I say Daz produced most of Doggystyle, Dre came in and “mixed” it and took the producer credit also

Snoop said it himself

Snoop never said that. shyt, even Daz himself said he only made three beats on "Doggystyle".