New XXL blog on 'Detox' - Dre was planned for 10th anniversary cover

[Lord Funk]

From xxlmag.com.

By Elliot Wilson, the magazine's editor



Let It Out

“If the truth hurts you’ll be in pain. If the truth drives you crazy, you’ll be insane.”
—Sister Souljah

Here’s a lil story I gots to tell about an album and an artist that you know so well. Detox. Dr. Dre. Ring a bell? Anyway my secret plan before Baby and Weezy decided to go sunbathing topless was to announce the return of Andre Young on XXL’s 10th Anniversary Issue cover. No it wasn’t some write-around shit like the old folks at Scratch did. It was the real deal Holyfield.

Detox was really coming out (at least by the end of 2007) and Doc was gonna announce his formal return in the pages of hip-hop’s best magazine. But then things fell apart. Word to ?uestlove. August was too soon to spill the beans so I fell back. Was promised the cover a few months later closer to the release. But now a few lil birdies from coast to coast are buzzing that Detox is not gonnna happen until at least early 2008. After Marshall crowns himself King.

What the kissin’-on-your-surrogate-daddy, peanut-butter-and-jelly shit is this?
Like I stressed to dude’s publicist it’s with all due respect that I express that this is one horrible decision and you can tell the big homie I said so. Even Lil Lava’s strategy of making us wait is questionable but this is downright absurd. You can’t keep hyping something on-and-off for stupid years and never deliver. These lil crumb snatchers have short-term memories. You play with real rap fans emotions for too long and like a bad relationship they’ll eventually stop giving a fuck. You can only respect your elders for so long.

Whatever happens Dre is already a first-ballot Hall of Famer but never letting Detox out of his hands is a stain on his career worst than any two-stepping tango in a video. Everybody loves and respects a perfectionist but enough is enough. After Curtis and Donda’s baby boy’s arm-wrestling match (Guess who my scrilla’s on?), there isn’t one truly inspiring superstar rap album release set for the end of this year (Sorry Nelly). Dre could come out and slap these young boys like Dee… I mean he could run the muthafuckin’ table. Hell jeah!

The time is now big homie—for the love of hip-hop. Take it like some cough medicine. It’s good for ya. Heed the word of the yellow brother. Let your album go. Time waits for no man, Superman.

P.S. I wonder if my invite to Paul Rosenberg’s born day bash is gonna mysteriously get reneged because of this. I think YN’s gone crazy. Oh well my wife and my mama love me. That and an ice-cold bottle of red Lillet and what else do you need?

[wcsoldier]

Fuck Dre lazy ass

[StevenQBosell]

...You can’t keep hyping something on-and-off for stupid years and never deliver. These lil crumb snatchers have short-term memories. You play with real rap fans emotions for too long and like a bad relationship they’ll eventually stop giving a fuck.You can only respect your elders for so long...  Whatever happens Dre is already a first-ballot Hall of Famer but never letting Detox out of his hands is a stain on his career worst than any two-stepping tango in a video. Everybody loves and respects a perfectionist but enough is enough.

Real talk, I think that's the way an awful lot of us feel about Detox

[T-Dogg]

Would be nice to get the album already, but I recon Dre doesn't give a fuck about what Elliot "YN" Wilson thinks.

[wcsoldier]

^^^^ all Dre fans think the same thing..

[Lunatic]

damn...drop it dre

[ai002h]

Would be nice to get the album already, but I recon Dre doesn't give a fuck about what Elliot "YN" Wilson thinks.

He should care considering what Elliot "YN" Wilson thinks is also what all of his diehard fans think. People are losing patience, I know i stopped caring or keeping up with Detox updates about 2 years ago.  When a single is released I'll start talking about it again, until then its pointless.

On another note, the author of the article is right about this being a perfect time for Dre to release this album, after Kanye and 50 Drop there'll be nothing on the horizon. I'm also skeptical on Eminems album dropping early '08, I'm think it'll drop later that year.

[messi19]

y'all probably gon complain about it when it finally drops.

[ai002h]

y'all probably gon complain about it when it finally drops.

Probably...and u know..all the push backs and stuff would be a big reason why. Even Dre's biggest fans will grade that album hard because of all the teasing and pushbacks, i know i will .

Supposedly its not laziness but him seeking perfection, so let's see what he got.

[YoungCrookedI]

the funny thing is nobody knows when em´s fuckin album comes out and it don´t drop this year...so dre is lazy r he is a nerd....lol

[messi19]

y'all probably gon complain about it when it finally drops.

Probably...and u know..all the push backs and stuff would be a big reason why. Even Dre's biggest fans will grade that album hard because of all the teasing and pushbacks, i know i will .

Supposedly its not laziness but him seeking perfection, so let's see what he got.

Yeah man, i agree 100% with that though. I think that's going to be the reason why.

[cyence]

I dont see how Detox could NOT be a disappointment whenever it drops, cant no album live up to years of anticipation like that. That thing needs to be PERFECT from the song titles down to the fade out of the song if he waiting this long. All I care about hearing in rap 8 Diagrams, Cuban Linx 2, and Detox. And looks like the last 2 on the list wont even come out, and they affiliated with the same person. hmmmm

[R-Tistic]

In a way, this is one of  the most relevant Detox threads I've read in years....even though it's one of the most negative.

I mean, it's true. Yeah, you're Dre...but people really do get tired of waiting....and to be real, ONLY the die hard fans even care about it at this point! I got to Florida in 02, and when I got there, people who didn't care for West coast music were like "well the only good thing y'all got comin is Detox"....but five years later, if you ask the average kid who's 20 or under about Detox, they'll be like "what's that? Oh, Dre has another album comin out?"

[Invincible]

At this rate the Detox album cover will have a 10 year anniversary on the front for the amount of time we've been waiting for it.

[gav09]

At this rate the Detox album cover will have a 10 year anniversary on the front for the amount of time we've been waiting for it.

LOL!!!

I agree with some of his points, yeah we've all bin waitin years 4 Detox 2 drop, but I doubt Dre is gonna take much notice of what dude is sayin! Dre gonna drop Detox when hes ready, not wen anybody else says theyre ready 4 it!

Shit I'm dyin 2 b able 2 go 2 the store grab a copy n stick it in my stereo this yr, but who knows......