Steve Stoute on Jay-Z writing Dr. Dre's "Still D.R.E." incl Snoop's part | [Tidal/VIDEO]

[Trapped]

Let me get this straight...

Still D.R.E. was for the bigger part produced by Scott Storch, and the raps were written by an East Coast rapper Jay-Z.

Truly a WEST COAST anthem I love the song, just find it kinda wack that two of the biggest West Coast legends couldn't even come up with their own shyt on a banger like this...

 

[DaveyDave]

Let me get this straight...

Still D.R.E. was for the bigger part produced by Scott Storch, and the raps were written by an East Coast rapper Jay-Z.

Truly a WEST COAST anthem I love the song, just find it kinda wack that two of the biggest West Coast legends couldn't even come up with their own shyt on a banger like this...

where do you come up with it being mostly Scott Storch? because he came up with a 2 bar piano loop that he probably just did fukking around and Dre picked it out and said "DO THAT AGAIN" Storch didn't play that guitar, he didn't lay those drums, he didn't put that shyt together. NONE of his eats come close to touching Still Dre, they're too stilted a stiff in the drums, everything is dry and clean in a bad way.

 

[DanielAlfredsson]

How did the relationship get started with Dre and Stoute? I know Dre did some work on the Firm album which is in part Stoute via Trackmasters.

Interscope, Stoute was an exec in the "Black music" department and Dre was Jimmy's golden boy.

 

[Chris Cool]

why nikkas acting like snoop actually had a verse?

 

[Boolean]

bro i need to hear the reference track of Hov doing Snoop's part

 

[Rapmastermind]

Hold on, I had to do a double take. Steve said he still has the reference track. I think it would be funny if Reference Tracks started leaking more. People would be surprised how many there probably are. I'm shocked after the song is recorded people don't destroy these things, lol. I like hearing reference tracks and comparing them to the final song.

 

[BK The Great]

timeless record

 

[BluntTrauma]

Goat shyt

 

[Robbie3000]

What we hear is the second draft. Jay wrote a song talking about Ice, fashion etc. Dre told him

He rewrote a more West Coast record and the rest is history.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

HOV is truly a fukking great.

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[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

this is a REALLY good interview.

you got the whole thing? I'll be damned if I'm going to sign up for tidal just for the podcast

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

why nikkas acting like snoop actually had a verse?

its really the video

Snoop was basically camera whoring

 

[SleezyBigSlim]

Thats how jay was restoring the feeling huh writing snoops verse

West coast needs to bow down to Jay for bringing you nikkas back

 

[-DMP-]

nikkas tried to be the king but tha god is back

 

[TheRtist]

I'd be mad if Snoops part at the end was writtin by Jay-Z too

"Right back up in your mother fukking ass...."