Is Dr. Dre at the root of all the destructive trends in rap? EDIT: Just the music, not the ills of the Black community

[FeverPitch2]

Not a statement, but a question.

Let's see.
Excessive profanity? Check.
Extreme misogyny, which includes addressing ALL women as bytches? Check.
Glamorizing street violence and Black death? Check.
Glamorizing gang culture? Check.
Promoting drug use? Check.
Glamorizing hood life overall? Check.
The only thing that can't be linked to him is thot rap.

Dre is arguably the greatest hip hop producer of all time.
His fire ass music in his prime made any lyrical content listenable.
His talent can't be denied.
But did such great music behind such negativity make us lose sight of what we were consuming and putting out to the world?

BTW, if you're thinking of posting Lucille Bogan Shave Em Dry, do yourself a favor and don't.

 

[jdubnyce]

Yes
It's all Dr Dres fault

 

[big bun]

Not a statement, but a question.

Let's see.
Excessive profanity? Check.
Extreme misogyny, which includes addressing ALL women as bytches? Check.
Glamorizing street violence and Black death? Check.
Glamorizing gang culture? Check.
Promoting drug use? Check.
Glamorizing hood life overall? Check.
The only thing that can't be linked to him is thot rap.

Dre is arguably the greatest hip hop producer of all time.
His fire ass music in his prime made any lyrical content listenable.
His talent can't be denied.
But did such great music behind such negativity make us lose sight of what we were consuming and putting out to the world?

BTW, if you're thinking of posting Lucille Bogan Shave Em Dry, do yourself a favor and don't.

Go to bed, breh.

 

[Iverson_64]

Maybe. But, if you want to go that route, you might as well point the finger at Interscope and Capitol Records in general.

 

[FeverPitch2]

Go to bed, breh.

You salty as fukk

 

[FeverPitch2]

Maybe. But, if you want to go that route, you might as well point the finger at Interscope and Capitol Records in general.

Dre was doing his thing before Interscope.

 

[PharaohAtem]

 

[KGlock]

That would be Easy-E but you can say Dre was #2-3 as the pioneer of gangsta rap.

 

[Nabs]

I'm just thankful the male tongue ring didn't pick up after the Still DRE video.

 

[FeverPitch2]

That would be Easy-E but you can say Dre was #2-3 as the pioneer of gangsta rap.

Eazy just said whatever Cube and Ren put in front of him.
Eazy was basically Dre's second career benefactor, the first being Lonzo.

 

[AlbertPullhoez]

All that shyt was happening before NWA made a single record

 

[FeverPitch2]

All that shyt was happening before NWA made a single record

You had PSK and 6 In The Mornin (which was just the West Coast version of PSK).
You can even throw in BDP's Criminal Minded is you really wanna stretch it.
Both were underground hits. Important to the back story of gangsta rap, but not crossover phenomenons like Dre's work.

 

[Hersh]

gangta rap made me do it

 

[Kool]

"N*gga... don't blame that shyt on me. Yall n*ggas was out there doing all that shyt before I even touched some turn tables."

 

[AlbertPullhoez]

You had PSK and 6 In The Mornin (which was just the West Coast version of PSK).
You can even throw in BDP's Criminal Minded is you really wanna stretch it.
Both were underground hits. Important to the back story of gangsta rap, but not crossover phenomenons like Dre's work.

I mean all of that shyt was already happening in our communities. They just put it on beats and wax

And it was being talked about in our entertainment (music, movies, books) pre gangsta rap

Donald Goines was more graphic than NWA ever was. He just ain't rhyme and have fire ass beats