For those who hate on my Dre fandom

[Tanjential]

Two things..

Whenever I respond to the threads about Dre falling off people say I blindly follow Dre in the sense that regardless of the musical nature/quality of the beat and say it's dope just because it's Dre...I have no reason to endorse Dre's music if I don't think it's dope....If I left HIP HOP AS A WHOLE GENRE FOR 5 YEARS(which I did) why in the FUCK would I just say Dre's shit is dope for the sake of doing so? I have no loyalty, I am going to listen to what I want to listen to at a given time because it sounds dope to me.


I like Dre because he is an artist. Most rappers were criminals and are hustlers and not artists so as soon as they get a chance to make money and no longer expend artistic effort they do so because they have no reason not to. Dre was never a gangster, he was all about music from the get-go and that's WAY doper than being a gangster. being a gangster is some shit you do because you couldn't reap the benefits of an education, it gets you killed and jailed and it's truly stupid and alot of cats act like Dre is the worse for not doing that. People here actually diss dre because he was a musician from the get-go and not a gangster but that's exactly why he's a better artist than almost anyone else out there: His fucking priorities are straight. Since he was a kid, he was a DJ...all about music.  So while these uneducated ex-cons and lowlifes hustle us with their real gangster past or whatever Dre stays making art.

Furthermore, he's always has used real musicians as opposed to synth as much as possible and that's just the way it should be done on the west coast.

Furthermore for cats acting like I'm a Game groupie, I like Game but off the top of my head DPGC is away higher on my list of not only favorites but how often I listen to cats.

Now you can make all kinds of gay sex comments and the other exhibitions of exceptional maturity this board is oh so well known for or you can actually respond to the ideas I present in the post. There I said it. Now get off my fuckin' nuts. I'd rather be a fan of an artist that is trying to make quality art than a fan of a gangster just due to the fact that they were/are a gangster.

-T

[Certified]

+1

[Tanjential]

+1

props

-T

[UKnowWhatItIs: welcome to my traps....game over]

Since you brought up this whole "some rappers are gangstas etc." talk if Dre isn't one why does he rap like he is???

[Lord Funk]

+1 man, but I feel it's a shame that you have to make a post to explain yourself just because of the haters

[Tanjential]

Since you brought up this whole "some rappers are gangstas etc." talk if Dre isn't one why does he rap like he is???

I'm glad you brought that up. For my money, from 100 Miles N Runnin' on, Dre had an artistic vision of a gangsta manifesto album. Even though Dre was an artist from the get-go, he was still a kid from the hood and he knew he had to make music for the hometown. Someone had to make the bangers for the g's to roll to in CPT and Dre was gonna be just the cat to do it. 100 miles n runnin/livin like hustlers was the testing ground. NIGGAZ4LIFE was 1.0, the chronic was the manifesto.

To understand what I'm saying look at the difference between N.W.A's political shit and The Chronic...N.W.A was politically conscious with an attitude....The Chronic was not conscious at all, just a day in the life of a Compton/Long Beach g and that's the point. It was an artistic decision that worked out so well that every artist after for the next 5 years felt they had to swear by it.

In other words, asking why Dre raps like he's a gangster (which he hasn't since 2001 as far as I can tell) is like asking why Robert DeNiro called himself a gangster in Godfather II.

-T

[es-jay]

nice one Tanj, great read.

[tempo2]

nice post,i always find your posts good to read your a real hip hop cat. anyways i like dre as much as you, and i still like the stuff his knocking out now regardless of the hate. its still better than 95% of the shit thats coming out now.

[es-jay]

nice post,i always find your posts good to read your a real hip hop cat. anyways i like dre as much as you, and i still like the stuff his knocking out now regardless of the hate. its still better than 95% of the shit thats coming out now.

very true

[KURUPTION-81]

Totally agree with what Tanj is saying

[Westcoastfanatic]

Totally agree with what Tanj is saying

[MIAMI4LIFE]

props, great post Tanj

[XaNdEr]

"things just aint the same for gangsters"   - dr. dre





 

[eNgIeS]

+1

[D1G1T4L]

realistically speaking i'll check anything with dr dre's name on it for the quality of music he puts out but if you think about it, most beats he has someone else playing the keys, bass, etc.. yes ya'll going to say but it's his vision and he tells them what to play but the amount of beats he releases each year compared to other producers is lacking, meaning if he is going to release 5-10 beats a year, they all should be amazing and ground breaking which has not been happening yet