Who really wrote "The Watcher" by Dre
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DaveyDave
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he's not "thought to" have written Dre verses, Jay wrote Still D.R.E. it's in the credits & it was all over the magazines, i remember reading that Jay wrote one version and it was too NY and it didn't sound write so they made him re do it & he came with the shyt we hear now. i don't ever remember any mention of Nas writing anything for Dre in that period. why would Nas be the ONLY writer not credited in the booklet
that shyt doesn't make any sense this rumor has only popped up recently for some reason and cats cant even figure out which song Jay wrote because it's at the point now where cats don't have the cd anymore and haven't seen the credits.Em is credited on The Watcher i would say it's 99% probability that he wrote Dre's verses.
This is incorrect. Dres verse was written by rakim. Listen again it has rakim all over it. The neatly placed multis give it away. Jay has more of a unorthodox flow.
he's not "thought to" have written Dre verses, Jay wrote Still D.R.E. it's in the credits & it was all over the magazines, i remember reading that Jay wrote one version and it was too NY and it didn't sound write so they made him re do it & he came with the shyt we hear now. i don't ever remember any mention of Nas writing anything for Dre in that period. why would Nas be the ONLY writer not credited in the booklet
Em is credited on The Watcher i would say it's 99% probability that he wrote Dre's verses.
Last year, XXL claimed that Nas wrote Dre's verses on "The Watcher". They said he ghostwrote it which would explain why he's not credited. That was the first time I ever seen anything about Nas being associated with writing for Dre.
I still have the album booklet and I looked and only Em and Dre's names appear. As far as Jay, there's people who've argued that he wrote "The Watcher" because Part 2 is on BP2. No, that's not a good argument, but I've seen it argued.
Ronald McDonald
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ghostwriters dont get song credits. thats what makes them ghostwritersLike I said there's no denying the shyt sounds like something nas would write but if he did write it why is he the only ghostwriter that doesn't get writing credits? shyt makes no sense breh
DaveyDave
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that's the point, Dre credits everyone, there's no reason why he would keep Nas as a "ghostwriter" but fully credit EVERYONE else involved in the album. he credits Scott Storch when he played keys, he credited Mel-Man in huge letters on the back of the album and in every song as co-producer of the album. he credits Em, Jay, Royce and others as writing various verses for him throughout the album - there's ABSOLUTELY no reason why Nas would be the only person involved with the album that wasn't credited.
YoungMoneyCashMoneyBoy
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You sound furious, white boy. Of course a white person can say "wow cops don't like black people".... But that's not what was said
.lol @ eminem even thinking about saying, "they wanna hang us, see us dead or enslave us. Keep us trapped in the same place we raised in. Then they wonder why we act so outrageous." Cry about it, seethe over it, do whatever you want with it as long as you realize and deal with it.
He's inherently incapable of saying such things
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Ab Liva from Major Figgas and Re Up Gang admitted he wrote Dre's Watcher 2 verse and wrote alot for Pharrel
Dude is slept on
OnlyInCalifornia
Southern California/Vegas
Original I believe it was Eminem. I am pretty sure Rakim wrote his and Dre's verse on the second song, though.
DeuceCypherUno
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You sound furious, white boy. Of course a white person can say "wow cops don't like black people".... But that's not what was said
lol @ eminem even thinking about saying, "they wanna hang us, see us dead or enslave us. Keep us trapped in the same place we raised in. Then they wonder why we act so outrageous." Cry about it, seethe over it, do whatever you want with it as long as you realize and deal with it.
He's inherently incapable of saying such things
Dr. Dre probably had input , plus it's not that difficult of an idea to write about. All they gotta do is put themselves in another person's shoes, which is basic understanding that many (not all) white people lack.
Nah it's a known fact Ab Liva wrote it back when he was over at Aftermath
https://harlemworld.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/ghostwriting-101-ab-liva/
OnlyInCalifornia
Southern California/Vegas
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Killin fake hip hop
shyts too coherent to be written by naS