Dr Dre: Classic or Dud ?

its ultra buffed clean in the manner of 2001 and pretty much everything hes done since. there might be more instrumentation, but for the most part, its true to the modern dre sound.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/22/arts/music/dr-dre-apologizes-to-the-women-ive-hurt.html?_r=0

Maybe this was mentioned on the Compton movie thread

its actually kinda boring when rappers talk about owning everything even if they do own a lot. more fun/enjoyable when they are still fantasising about it, when they havent made it yet.

i would argue that there are other rewarding ways of engaging with lyrics besides just relating to their content on a personal level

He had all the time in the world to apologize if he truly regretted his actions.

dre needs someone with a slower flow to write for him, not eminem or kendrick

― StillAdvance, Monday, August 24, 2015 8:18 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is my #1 takeaway from this album

I still say it's TI. But yes. He should enlist Berner.

weirdest thing about this whole album is dr dres voice.

― StillAdvance, Thursday, August 13, 2015 3:39 PM (2 weeks ago)

I cannot recognize his voice at all, so weird

dr dre and quincy jones in conversation -
https://itunes.apple.com/us/post/idsa.2b4855c9-59bd-11e5-8348-dfa0394d1ab0
not heard it yet, but its weird to hear dre trying to sound so hype.
also, why is this show called the pharmacy, with the voice of a woman introducing it by saying the doctor will see you now'. erm doctors dont work in pharmacies?

this album kinda sucks.

Dr. Dre Reportedly Threatens Lawsuit Over Upcoming Michel’le Biopic

http://www.okayplayer.com/news/dr-dre-reportedly-threatens-lawsuit-over-upcoming-michelle-biopic.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7FfCJb8JZQ

Busta Rhymes breaking a ram's neck at 3:44 is def classic

Beat's obv great too, but quite uncharacteristic for Dre? Anyone have an idea how much Storch did on it?

Nicety, or whatever you wanna call it
Ask my opinion and I think that all it is
Is just an excuse to givin the boots
For dollar and cents, and remain innocent
Dre with the Ruthless attack, check it
Cause all that you talkin about ain't Jack!
Step off of that, try a new approach
You get smoked because I ain't no joke
Yeah, yeah...

lol

tried listening to The Chronic again recently and wasn't really feeling it, which i don't chalk up to the album but more my own shifting tastes.

"The Next Episode" came on the radio the other day and man that is some classic shit

xp could never make it through the entire Chronic

dope singles though

Next Episode is great, 2001 has aged well

Beat's obv great too, but quite uncharacteristic for Dre? Anyone have an idea how much Storch did on it?

Storch / Dre collabs were often Storch writing, recording and producing a song, then Dre consulting & polishing. Dre did have a mini-period of arch, spindly beats like that around that time, though. His arrangements have never been maximalist, but at the time I took that refinement to be a reaction to Timbaland's breakthrough.

Yeah, there's def a Timbaland vibe.
Thanks!

loooool it's on StorchTV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EsmhkAxh4c

You're a multi platinum producer, you know everything about getting the sound just right, and yet... this is how you hold a microphone:

https://i.imgur.com/5SIa8J6.jpg