Dr. Dre Admits He Was 'Talked Into' Making 'The Chronic': 'It Wasn’t My Decision'

[ILLMMORTAL]

This is old news! Dre said this same thing years ago when the Chronic first came out and became a successful album! Older heads already knew about this story!

 

[FaTaL]

he wasnt forced, he was broke. its a good thing suge got him out of ruthless to only end up in another nightmare

 

[semicko82]

Top 2 producer of all-time. Still.

No other producer in Hip Hop has the vision and sense of direction that Dre has. He's able to sit in the room with other legendary producers/writers and actually find strengths in their talents that could make them even better at their craft. He's responsible for so many iconic careers, it's crazy. I respect that he's never been against being humble and letting his peers help in either coaching or motivating him. That's a true sign of greatness. He's always trying to refine the mastery. Serious GOAT sh*t.

Hip hop producer or producer in general?

 

[3:30]

Top 2 producer of all-time. Still.

No other producer in Hip Hop has the vision and sense of direction that Dre has. He's able to sit in the room with other legendary producers/writers and actually find strengths in their talents that could make them even better at their craft. He's responsible for so many iconic careers, it's crazy. I respect that he's never been against being humble and letting his peers help in either coaching or motivating him. That's a true sign of greatness. He's always trying to refine the mastery. Serious GOAT sh*t.

If he makes it a character album that blends his various personas together as an ex gangbanging, former preacher, current pimp whose roles are interchangeable throughout the songs and topics as he wittily highlights the nature of the hustle in three forms with various levels of social acceptance I'd give it a spin. After all they're all pretty much the same really because its all about power over someone else hence Missionary would be perfect because you're getting F'd either way.



Helping someone find a skill they didn't know they possessed is a type of magic if you think about it. Dre has this in spades because he can hit a target they themselves couldn't see and then he'll coax that performance out of them. Much to their chagrin usually because if it doesn't fit its vision its in the recycle bin.

I Feel like y’all fell for all those promo commercials of him mixing stuff and talking to other artists

It’s most likely the other way around ..



I think he did a lot of work on Compton , but regional based albums are a layup .

Last actual run was with Game and 50

 

[FaTaL]

Hip hop producer or producer in general?

can you really say producer? he hasnt gone into different genres for the most part

 

[Feed-Me]

When he was openly the She Thang he was actually being himself

Compared to the ish nikkas like Wayne and thugga wear, that's light.

 

[Complexion]

I Feel like y’all fell for all those promo commercials of him mixing stuff and talking to other artists

It’s most likely the other way around ..



I think he did a lot of work on Compton , but regional based albums are a layup .

Last actual run was with Game and 50

Nah. I've said before that Dre isn't a solo player because so much of his disco is collaborative but you can tell when he is involved with something vs when he isn't as he has his own layer of polish compared to joints without him. That said, check this:

https://www.thecoli.com/threads/beats-not-by-dre.975993/

 

[3:30]

Nah. I've said before that Dre isn't a solo player because so much of his disco is collaborative but you can tell when he is involved with something vs when he isn't as he has his own layer of polish compared to joints without him. That said, check this:

https://www.thecoli.com/threads/beats-not-by-dre.975993/

so somewhere in between Diddy and Rick Ruben

As time goes on it’s tricky categorizing his work as a whole

Strictly from a producer’s standpoint that is

 

[KingsOfKings]

Nah. I've said before that Dre isn't a solo player because so much of his disco is collaborative but you can tell when he is involved with something vs when he isn't as he has his own layer of polish compared to joints without him. That said, check this:

https://www.thecoli.com/threads/beats-not-by-dre.975993/

 

[TheMailMan]

DOC should be mentioned alongside the other west coast legends.

He's from texas tho lol

 

[darealvelle]

I remember Dre saying something similar about the chronic 2001. Like he was trying to go more on the conscious route but the fans were not feeling it so he just made a sequel to the chronic.

 

[Robbie3000]

He's from texas tho lol

I know. I should have made that explicit.

 

[TheMailMan]

I know. I should have made that explicit.

I didn't knew he was Texas till later on. I always thought he was west coast too until the internet lol

 

[ThaBronxBully]

Missionary Is A Terrible Name lol

 

[Complexion]

I remember Dre saying something similar about the chronic 2001. Like he was trying to go more on the conscious route but the fans were not feeling it so he just made a sequel to the chronic.

This is why I say we haven't heard the best from Dre yet because he's hemmed in to a hip hop box and unlike Quik he does care what people think and expects a certain type of reception for his projects.

The Planets, Dre. The Planets. Thats the magnum opus you're seeking and its so obvious that it would be the true test of his talents in creating something so earth shaking.