poll?
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 20:13 (fifteen years ago) link
he's been in the lab with a pen and a pad
― carne asada, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 20:18 (fifteen years ago) link
nice copy and paste. so that's 289 tracks, which is a lot, but it's over a 21+ year period, which makes it a 13.7 song/year average. i guess that's prolific, but then again, he's only released 2 solo albums in 15 years as well.
― res, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 20:20 (fifteen years ago) link
That's a one hot song to every ten week average.
― The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 20:23 (fifteen years ago) link
ironically, all these revised quotes from his albums were written by other people
― res, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 20:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Dr dre is da shit he is a god his music rocks snoop doggs music rocks eminems music fucken rocks 2 pac & dr dre are 2 of the best rappers in the world they all are classics
― carne asada, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 20:45 (fifteen years ago) link
RIP Dre Jr.
sigh.
― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 21:14 (fifteen years ago) link
beats quake like waco
― Iysee shal (usic), Friday, 16 January 2009 03:58 (fifteen years ago) link
fucking classic
― ethan padgett, Sunday, March 25, 2001 7:00 PM (7 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― and what, Friday, 16 January 2009 03:59 (fifteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhed-RGVkPY
― mooncup journey to vaja (The Reverend), Monday, 30 November 2009 10:44 (fourteen years ago) link
A++
― ice cr?m hand job (deej), Monday, 30 November 2009 12:29 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.gigwise.com/news/57749/Dr-Dre-To-Release-Instrumental-Hip-Hop-Album-About-The-Solar-System
― ␆␆␆␆␆␆␆␆␆␆␆␆␆␆␆ (LOLK), Wednesday, 4 August 2010 18:47 (thirteen years ago) link
that sounds batshit fucking crazy totally awesome
― I think I'm Big Pete... Sterling Cooper (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 4 August 2010 18:51 (thirteen years ago) link
please let this happen
― better check that sausage before you put it in the waffle (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 4 August 2010 19:10 (thirteen years ago) link
needs to have some verses from Snoop about pimping on Venus tho
― better check that sausage before you put it in the waffle (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 4 August 2010 19:13 (thirteen years ago) link
ooh-wee
― torch song trill o.g. (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 4 August 2010 19:15 (thirteen years ago) link
i love how back in the 90s Dre could just like not appear on thelast 5 tracks of The Chronic and nobody batted an eyelid....
― San Te, Wednesday, 4 August 2010 19:18 (thirteen years ago) link
from a rapping perspective that is
it was more like everyone knew he couldn't rap for shit so no biggie
― better check that sausage before you put it in the waffle (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 4 August 2010 19:19 (thirteen years ago) link
ahh i know the album doesn't suffer at all for it (hell STranded on Death Row is a highlight) but with the way people whine against the strawman of "too many guests on albums" nowadays, I wonder whether people woulda whined more back then
― San Te, Wednesday, 4 August 2010 19:21 (thirteen years ago) link
how is "too many guests on albums" a "strawman"
I can see "bullshit complaint"/"complaint with which I'm not sympathetic" but unless there are ppl sayin "there's too many guests on this album" when there are actually no guests at all...you know?
― gross rainbow of haerosmith (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Wednesday, 4 August 2010 19:23 (thirteen years ago) link
that's mostly the fault of me not finishing my thought completely, me bads.
i meant to say it's a strawman referring to examples of the people who say "the reason I dislike rap these days as opposed to the old days is cuz there's too many guests now", as if to imply that back in the day, having 2-5 guests per song wasn't as prevalent and that solo artists were more likely to dominate an album by themselves (that said, i haven't seen anybody on ilx posit this). frankly i think it's a ridiculous idea cuz I'd argue the opposite -- that 90s albums were more guest heavy. at least the ones i have.
― San Te, Wednesday, 4 August 2010 19:26 (thirteen years ago) link
err and that isn't a strawman at all, either...i blame lack of coffee. substitute phrase "bs argument"
― San Te, Wednesday, 4 August 2010 19:28 (thirteen years ago) link
who among us has celebrated dre day?http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/dr-dre-birthday-jordan-years-mic-terror-opus-comeups-trew-big-once-kool-hersh/Content?oid=3263964
― Ralpharina (La Lechera), Friday, 18 February 2011 15:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Beats By Dr. Dre now sells more than half of the country’s premium headphones (http://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2012/09/05/cash-kings-2012-hip-hops-top-earners/00 and up). ... With http://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2012/09/05/cash-kings-2012-hip-hops-top-earners/10 million in pretax earnings, Dr. Dre is this year’s Hip-Hop Cash King—despite the fact that his long-awaited album, Detox, remains on the shelf.
― dmr, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 19:40 (eleven years ago) link
ugh formatting
anyway
Dre earned $110 mil in one year selling headphones
http://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2012/09/05/cash-kings-2012-hip-hops-top-earners/
― dmr, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 19:41 (eleven years ago) link
jordan tweeted this the other day & it made me lol:
haters say dre fell off / how, my last single featured skylar grey
― The rain in Spin circles mainly on the mansplain (D-40), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 20:05 (eleven years ago) link
^ a lol
― itt: i forgot that he yells at a butt (sic), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 21:41 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/OQXD4.jpg
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 21 November 2012 15:18 (eleven years ago) link
was that supposed to be a link to the la weekly piece on the chronic or am I missing something
― too many encores (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 15:53 (eleven years ago) link
I have no idea who she is but dayo's looking at her neck
― ( ͡° ͜ʖ͡°) (sic), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 22:39 (eleven years ago) link
*googles "la weekly chronic"*
10 Jazz Albums to Listen to Before You Read Our Piece on "The Chronic"
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 21 November 2012 22:41 (eleven years ago) link
that is former CA GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman
― Force Boxman (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 22:41 (eleven years ago) link
beats by meg
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 21 November 2012 22:44 (eleven years ago) link
worth reading anyway
http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2012/11/making_of_the_chronic_dre_death_row.php
― too many encores (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 22 November 2012 11:03 (eleven years ago) link
yeah it's a fun read, but pretty deceptive to call it "The Making of The Chronic" when it literally doesn't mention even the title of a single song on the album, much less any real details about the recording experience beyond "there was a guy who brought food to us in the studio, we called him the 'chicken man'"
― some dude, Thursday, 22 November 2012 13:53 (eleven years ago) link
well in fairness I would suspect that recollections about the exact process of making a record called The Chronic are a little, wait for it, hazy
― too many encores (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 22 November 2012 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
and that some of the most vivid memories are "and then the one guy who brought the food showed up, fucking A that was amazing food"
i wonder when dre is doing all these business deals and people meet him and say 'how do you do doctor dre' do they feel weird like hey wait a minute you're not a doctor why should i… but then it's too late
― j., Friday, 9 May 2014 16:10 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaxZ8XsN0xo
― markers, Friday, 9 May 2014 16:12 (ten years ago) link
what is that the same joke or something, i have never clicked on any video you have ever posted
― j., Friday, 9 May 2014 16:17 (ten years ago) link
i'm sure someone as smart as you can figure it out
― markers, Friday, 9 May 2014 16:19 (ten years ago) link
be that as it may i'm still never clicking
― j., Friday, 9 May 2014 16:19 (ten years ago) link
a great loss
― markers, Friday, 9 May 2014 16:20 (ten years ago) link
i think i just figured out who you are lol
― markers, Friday, 9 May 2014 16:28 (ten years ago) link
people, if you don't want me to figure out who you are, don't attack me under your old name and then get a new one and do the same thing
it's not me btw marks if you think it's y'know that one guy with the initial j who used to get into it w/you
― Now I Am Become Dracula (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 9 May 2014 16:30 (ten years ago) link
he's Mr. Que too?
― getting strange ass all around the globe (Neanderthal), Friday, 9 May 2014 16:30 (ten years ago) link
or Enri-QUE?
― getting strange ass all around the globe (Neanderthal), Friday, 9 May 2014 16:31 (ten years ago) link
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. dre's prob just done everything at this point and is now just plain bored.
― StillAdvance, Monday, 24 August 2015 10:15 (eight years ago) link
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.
something about this position really bothers me even though I understand it -- you can relate to somebody who wants things and has dreams of wealth and power, it's harder to relate to people who don't have to work at all if they don't want to
― tremendous crime wave and killing wave (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 24 August 2015 11:36 (eight years ago) link
i mean, im pleased for dre that hes so ridiculously rich, good for him, but i mean, do i need to hear about it? (unless its in a funny/OTT/unbelievably ostentatious sort of way like idk, kool g rap's lifestyles of the rich and famous, which is entertaining rather than just dry bragging) and then theres also the thing that, while im pleased someone whose albums and songs i have enjoyed didnt end up poor, from a boring moralistic POV, what has dr dre really contributed to anyones life? great music (as in the sheer aural content), not so great everything-else.
― StillAdvance, Monday, 24 August 2015 13:33 (eight years ago) link
I only think Dre sounds shaky when he's trying to do Kendrick verses, but that style would be hard to emulate & doesn't really play to Dre's strengths as a rapper
― Ma$e-en-scène (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 24 August 2015 14:34 (eight years ago) link
dre needs someone with a slower flow to write for him, not eminem or kendrick
― StillAdvance, Monday, 24 August 2015 15:18 (eight years ago) link
then again, he prob wouldnt want that out of fear of sounding old
ts got that dre perfectionism in the mixing and engineering
what, no. quite the opposite.
― Spottie, Monday, 24 August 2015 15:53 (eight years ago) link
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.
― StillAdvance, Monday, 24 August 2015 16:14 (eight years ago) link
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
― curmudgeon, Monday, 24 August 2015 17:41 (eight years ago) link
i would argue that there are other rewarding ways of engaging with lyrics besides just relating to their content on a personal level
― brimstead, Monday, 24 August 2015 19:00 (eight years ago) link
He had all the time in the world to apologize if he truly regretted his actions.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 24 August 2015 19:07 (eight years ago) link
― StillAdvance, Monday, August 24, 2015 8:18 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is my #1 takeaway from this album
― drown zoowap (The Reverend), Tuesday, 25 August 2015 02:21 (eight years ago) link
I still say it's TI. But yes. He should enlist Berner.
― longneck, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 07:13 (eight years ago) link
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
― niels, Thursday, 27 August 2015 15:24 (eight years ago) link
dr dre and quincy jones in conversation - https://itunes.apple.com/us/post/idsa.2b4855c9-59bd-11e5-8348-dfa0394d1ab0not 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?
― StillAdvance, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 09:47 (eight years ago) link
this album kinda sucks.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 18:53 (eight years ago) link
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
― PappaWheelie V, Monday, 10 October 2016 17:39 (seven years ago) link
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?
― niels, Sunday, 8 April 2018 10:22 (six years ago) link
Nicety, or whatever you wanna call itAsk my opinion and I think that all it isIs just an excuse to givin the bootsFor dollar and cents, and remain innocentDre with the Ruthless attack, check itCause all that you talkin about ain't Jack!Step off of that, try a new approachYou get smoked because I ain't no jokeYeah, yeah...
lol
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 8 April 2018 18:12 (six years ago) link
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.
― omar little, Sunday, 8 April 2018 18:22 (six years ago) link
"The Next Episode" came on the radio the other day and man that is some classic shit
― bunny slopes, Sunday, 8 April 2018 18:58 (six years ago) link
xp could never make it through the entire Chronic
dope singles though
Next Episode is great, 2001 has aged well
― niels, Sunday, 8 April 2018 20:13 (six years ago) link
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.
― just noticed tears shaped like florida. (sic), Sunday, 8 April 2018 20:27 (six years ago) link
Yeah, there's def a Timbaland vibe.Thanks!
― niels, Sunday, 8 April 2018 20:39 (six years ago) link
loooool it's on StorchTVhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EsmhkAxh4c
― niels, Sunday, 8 April 2018 20:41 (six years ago) link
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
― niels, Tuesday, 25 September 2018 06:21 (five years ago) link