Thursday, September 20, 2007

Can someone get the Doctor

If there is a Doctor for the Hip Hop industry, that can only be referred,Doctor Dre. As the mastermind behind making beats, Dre has revived the Hip hop industry at times of great need. Whenever the industry was falling, Dre would always come back with a smoking new album that would top the charts. They call him the Doctor because he is a perfectionist with making musical beats for great rappers such as: Snoop Dogg, Easy-E, Tupac, Eminem, 50 cent, and the Game. All these rappers at one point in their careers, owe a special thanks to Dre for giving them beats that became instant hits in the clubs and on the streets. There are many other music producers like Timberland and Swiss Beats, that try to resemble the style that Dre incorporates into his music, but yet they are far from achieving that point. The West coast gangster mentality with a mind of a Doctor has made Dre seem untouchable when it comes to music producers.
Even though Dre has reached the top of the game, his career overall was not as rewarding. Dre had several " beefs" with fellow Rappers throughout his reign. At first, Dre was a huge part of the group called N.W.A. After Dre decided to leave N.W.A , Easy -E and Dre did not remain good friends. Easy and Dre were both from Compton and basically were at war. Both released several tracks on which they would " diss " each other. In the aftermath, Dre went to a rival record label called Death Row and signed with them and the rising new talent Snopp Dogg. However,this battle came to an end when Easy died of aids at the age of 31.
On the other hand, this would not be the only battle that Dre would have to face, his biggest battle would be against the greatest rapper of all time, Tupac Amaru Shakur. After both Tupac and Dre were signed on to Death Row Record, things were going really good as they both were in the super hit California Love off of Tupac's album All Eyez On Me. However, after the " beef" between Tupac and Biggie Smalls became serious and life threatening, Dre decided to leave Death Row to and the Hip Hop game. Tupac found this very offensive and disrespectful.Thus, Tupac began to down play Dre's hegemonic figure in the Hip Hop Indusrty. Once again this beef ended with the tragic death of Tupoac in Las Vegas.
When Dre came back in the year 2000 with his blazing new CD called the Chronic 2000 Dre made references to everyone and all he needed. In his track "Forgot about Dre" Dre mentioned "Who you think brought you the o' G's
Easy-E's Ice Cube's and D.O.C's and Snoop D O double G's
And a group that said mouth*** the police(http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/drdre/forgotaboutdre.html)".
With references like these in his new album, Dre made it clear to everyone that he was one of the best. He mentioned to all that he made most of the stars in the rap industry, and in later years he showed his eye for talent by discovering superstars like Eminem and The Game.

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