So Dr. Dre made $110 million last year....

[Sccit]

Plus, you can't download a pair of headphones for free...

Remember that Eminem video where Em and Dre are superheroes and they stop a kid from burning a CD of mp3s...
And Dre was one of the guys who took on Napster...

So he probably thought, well if you're going to download all my work for free, fuck y'all,
I'll put my name to something that can't be downloaded...


I reckon he'll only ever put Detox out once he's more confident that it won't just get bootlegged into oblivion,
because he obviously is concerned about that from what he's done in the past like the Em video and the Napster thing...

This guy knows where it's at^^

Hittman, Knoc and King T all got bootlegged before retail. Albums got shelved indefinitely

the albums werent shelved because they got bootlegged, they were shelved because dre/iovine knew they werent going platinum.

[Blasphemy (A)]

Plus, you can't download a pair of headphones for free...

It's called a smash and grab, if it exist and has a $ sign attached it's stealable.

[The_Ripper]

LOL @ iovine, WTF he's doing ?  

[Sccit]

casually flippin the world off

[HighEyeCue]

Plus, you can't download a pair of headphones for free...

Remember that Eminem video where Em and Dre are superheroes and they stop a kid from burning a CD of mp3s...
And Dre was one of the guys who took on Napster...

So he probably thought, well if you're going to download all my work for free, fuck y'all,
I'll put my name to something that can't be downloaded...


I reckon he'll only ever put Detox out once he's more confident that it won't just get bootlegged into oblivion,
because he obviously is concerned about that from what he's done in the past like the Em video and the Napster thing...

This guy knows where it's at^^

Hittman, Knoc and King T all got bootlegged before retail. Albums got shelved indefinitely

the albums werent shelved because they got bootlegged, they were shelved because dre/iovine knew they werent going platinum.

both points are valid, I tend to go with the not going platinum one myself though

[Darkwing Duck (The Reincarnation)]

Plus, you can't download a pair of headphones for free...

Remember that Eminem video where Em and Dre are superheroes and they stop a kid from burning a CD of mp3s...
And Dre was one of the guys who took on Napster...

So he probably thought, well if you're going to download all my work for free, fuck y'all,
I'll put my name to something that can't be downloaded...


I reckon he'll only ever put Detox out once he's more confident that it won't just get bootlegged into oblivion,
because he obviously is concerned about that from what he's done in the past like the Em video and the Napster thing...

This guy knows where it's at^^

Hittman, Knoc and King T all got bootlegged before retail. Albums got shelved indefinitely

the albums werent shelved because they got bootlegged, they were shelved because dre/iovine knew they werent going platinum.

yea Dre decided to shelve teh King T-album cuz he wasnt happy wit the rating in The Source, according to Ronin Ro's book

[Hack Wilson - real]

what a fucking loss forDre and Iovene to spend all hte time on those albums and get nothing out of it lol

[ttpac]

Dre's love for money has obviously become stronger than his passion & love for hip hop; otherwise Detox would have been out a long time ago.  The word sellout would probably be the best word to describe the good doctor.

[Hack Wilson - real]

Dre's love for money has obviously become stronger than his passion & love for hip hop; otherwise Detox would have been out a long time ago.  The word sellout would probably be the best word to describe the good doctor.

yep


he didn't even want to do the 2001 album and because of that he only had 2 solo songs on a 21 song release


dude clearly has no passion for rapping as a solo artist.  even the Chronic had quite a few songs without Dre rapping on them (Lyrical Gangbang, Stranded on DR and High Speed).  but still that CD felt like a Dr. Dre album.  2001 felt like a compilation with Dre rapping a lot on it.


and has Dre ever wrote any lyrics ever?

[dubsmith_nz]

Dre's love for money has obviously become stronger than his passion & love for hip hop; otherwise Detox would have been out a long time ago.  The word sellout would probably be the best word to describe the good doctor.

How is he a sellout though? Dre has always cared about sound quality. The beats line is the perfect product for him, and actually represents what he's about. He's not endorsing some bullshit company that has nothing to do with him. The word sell out gets thrown around way too much.

[Sccit]

Dre's love for money has obviously become stronger than his passion & love for hip hop; otherwise Detox would have been out a long time ago.  The word sellout would probably be the best word to describe the good doctor.

this is true...as great as a producer as Dre is, he lost his passion for hip-hop long ago. otherwise, rakim, king-t, hittman, etc. woulda all dropped

[Sccit]

Dre's love for money has obviously become stronger than his passion & love for hip hop; otherwise Detox would have been out a long time ago.  The word sellout would probably be the best word to describe the good doctor.

How is he a sellout though? Dre has always cared about sound quality. The beats line is the perfect product for him, and actually represents what he's about. He's not endorsing some bullshit company that has nothing to do with him. The word sell out gets thrown around way too much.

he cares about his legacy above all else

[Hack Wilson - real]

anyone got a link to all the songs he did with King T?

[Sikotic™]

Do people really want a Detox album? Y'all heard the tracks coming out of that shit. It was turrible. It's best to just put out 2 classics and just stop while you're ahead. He's making more money sitting at home, pumping steroids in his ass and hanging out with his boytoys in the Caribbean anyway.

[dubsmith_nz]

Dre's love for money has obviously become stronger than his passion & love for hip hop; otherwise Detox would have been out a long time ago.  The word sellout would probably be the best word to describe the good doctor.

How is he a sellout though? Dre has always cared about sound quality. The beats line is the perfect product for him, and actually represents what he's about. He's not endorsing some bullshit company that has nothing to do with him. The word sell out gets thrown around way too much.

he cares about his legacy above all else

And how does making millions off a music related product like headphones tarnish that legacy?