Dr. Dre wants to buy Death Row?

[J Bananas]

dr dre, sitting in his kitchen drinking coffee, scheming on how to piss off suge... smirking to himself, lol

[Trauma-san]

Here's the deal... Dre's a shitty businessman.  Now that I've thought about it, I'll bet Dre doesn't buy his own catalog because... he's a shitty businessman.  Jimmy Iovine would buy the stuff way before Dre.  Hell, Eminem or 50 cent would probably buy Dre's catalog before Dre would.

Look @ Dre's history with business.  Gets fucked over by Jerry Heller in NWA.  Starts a business with a known ass-hole like Suge Knight.  Lets Suge take control of everything, then walks away from the empire empty handed without even his masters, OR ample compensation for his half of the company (Didn't he quit with like a house, and a car?  He mentioned it in an interview... one car, one house with a studio, he walked away, Suge laughed).  Every business move Dre makes, Jimmy Iovine looms over. 

I'm not saying it's a bad thing... Dre is certainly extremely rich and if he's not good with business deals, he should stay away from them.  I'm just thinking Dre won't buy DR on his own, although Iovine or someone may goad him into it.

[Sweet & Tender Hooligan]

Suge would probably sodomize Dre if he attempted that deal.

[somp]

Apparently, there is no real source for Dre wanting to buy Death Row.
However, the main wikipedia article about Death Row Records has this to say:

On April 3, 2006, it was reported that a court-appointed receiver is set to acquire Death Row assets to auction off. Suge Knight has missed several court-mandated appearances over his assets. Michael Harris, an imprisoned drug dealer, says that Knight owes him money because he helped fund the label's founding.

On April 4, 2006, Death Row Records filed for bankruptcy protection. Knight will run the company while the matter is before the courts.

Using these articles as sources: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4878224.stm http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002276110

I'm not to familiar with things like this, but wouldn't it mean that if anyone was interested in buying Death Row, they may be allowed to?
If so, I can see Dre wanting at least his masters and unrealeased stuff back.
But then again, I don't know too much about how these things works.

[C-BLUE]

buy death row for what? so he can release unreleased fucced up wacc dogg pound studio gangsta music? nobody even bought DPG's 2002 album. a smart businessman would let Death Row be cuz in order to buy death row youre gonna have to pay all of they debts. Youre basically buying debts.

[The "Untouchable" DJR]

dre said in an interview in BLAZE magazine..that he wanted to buy or help death row records because he didnt want to see something fail and die that he created.  the interview was done around 2000

He also said this in The Source in 1999...

[Fonky Fresh]

i suspect fat suge being behind this rumor,don't you?

[J$crILLa]

should buy the catlog

[doubletrouble™]

Hello.
I've been lurking around here for some time, but never had the intentions of posting anything.

Go back to lurking on the forums bastard 

[notorious^q8I]

dre is a bad business man but he was never poor,
check his VH1 behind the music interview
in high skool he used to buy clothes to wear em once only....
he definately a heavy spender, but ever since his NWA he was never poor
he left ruthless with a million dollers in his account
and obviously left deathrow with much more than 1 mill... he left 50% of the company shares and his masters but that doesnt mean he had nuthin in the bank or other businesses

[Active Ingredient]

that would be tite if dre got the rights to all the recorded material from death row.

image the classics that are still locked up in the vault

[The "Untouchable" DJR]

i suspect fat suge being behind this rumor,don't you?

Why would he???

[The "Untouchable" DJR]

that would be tite if dre got the rights to all the recorded material from death row.

image the classics that are still locked up in the vault

I don't think there are many unreleased Dre trackz/productionz left in tha Death Row vault and if ur referrin' 2 all tha other stuff what would he wanna do wit a Top Dogg or Crooked I album?

[_That_Cracka_J]

I really don't see any unreleased songs or catalogs being included in the auction.  I mean, those masters could be anywhere.  What if Suge took them a while ago and they're hidden somewhere....nobody knows exactly how many tracks are left there so if they buy Death Row how do they know if they're missing a few 100 masters?

[Fonky Fresh]

''....who's the man with the master plan..'' certainly not mister André Young  as far as the business is concerned but u know i think it's aight to buy the catalog  it's coo', plus, he could trace a new road for everybody in the current roaster(is there somebody alive in it lolol) artistically speaking....probably