How does Dr. Dre do as an R&B producer?

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So with this song from Nikki Grier we heard another R&B song produced by Dr. Dre. I took a look in The Vault and made a list of R&B songs that Dre did:

Bilal
Fast Lane
Sally
feat. Jadakiss & Dr.Dre - Fast Lane remix

Brooklyn
Rich Girl

D'Angelo
Chicken Grease (Dr.Dre remix) (Unreleased)

Gwen Stefani
feat. Eve - Rich Girl

Jewell (See Also Dr.Dre, Snoop Dogg)
Harvest For The World
feat. Lady of Rage - Love Or lust

Mary J. Blige (See Also Busta Rhymes, Dr.Dre)
Family Affair
Not Today feat. Eve
feat. Dr.Dre, Fabolous & Jadakiss - Family Affair remix

Michel'le
Album: Michel'le - Michel'le

1 No More Lies
2 Nicety feat. Dr.Dre
3 If?
4 Keep Watchin'
5 Something In My Heart
6 100% Woman
7 Silly Love Songs
8 Never Been In Love
9 Close To Me
10 Special Thanks
11 If? (reprise)Nicety remix

Nate Dogg (See Also Dr.Dre, Eminem, Hittman, Knoc, Melloe Won, Obie Trice, Snoop Dogg, Warren G)
Leave It Alone
feat. Dr.Dre - Your Wife

Nikki Grier
Any Day Now

Truth Hurts (See Also Dr.Dre, D-12, Eve, Jay-Z, Xzibit)
Jimmy
feat. Dr.Dre - Push Play
feat. Kittie a.k.a. Cita - Queen Of The Ghetto
feat. Rakim - Addictive Remix

Michel'le's album is nice, but not outstanding. I also like Bilal's "Fast Lane" joint a lot as well as that "Addictive" joint from Truth Hurts, but the rest is is either not good or it's not anything above average. To me he's never been the top producer as he is (or used to be actually) in hip hop. To me he's good at best in R&B.

What is everyone's opinion on Dr. Dre as an R&B producer?

[Episcop Cruel Cvrle]

great post, gonna start to look for those:)

[Meho]

Agreed. It's not really his thing.

[RhyanG]

thats why kanye is a better producer

[Matty]

anyone got the D'Angelo remix???

i'd say dre does some interesting tracks but whether they are true r&b is another thing. there's certainly a lot more tracks he's done with a r&b vibe that you haven't got on that list though. i'd say dre's 'r&b' tracks range pretty much fall into 3 categories - dramatic/sombre, smooth/jazzy and pop/club r&b.

he's done the pop/club r&b pretty damn well, i think 'family affair' is a real mix of genres and one of the all time best club tracks with a r&b edge. i don't think there's any doubt that quik can do pure r&b better because of his smooth sound but dre's stuff that crosses over into this area are really interesting experiments.

his crisp, hard sound is normally a juxtaposition to singers that works really well to bring out the melody. i  just think of all those classic dre beats that nate dogg is singing on. i can dig most of the tracks on that list ;]

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anyone got the D'Angelo remix???

I don't think it ever came out...

he's done the pop/club r&b pretty damn well, i think 'family affair' is a real mix of genres and one of the all time best club tracks with a r&b edge.

That song got old after 5 spins, lol

his crisp, hard sound is normally a juxtaposition to singers that works really well to bring out the melody. i  just think of all those classic dre beats that nate dogg is singing on. i can dig most of the tracks on that list ;]

That says more about Nate Dogg than about Dre.

[NewYork Pope]

Pretty well i think. he's already a musical producer so his fits for r&b.

some folks may expect him to be like ryan leslie on it but Dre is Dre. Just like Timberland r&b is not that different from his rap stuff. However Dre does ballads. he works with musicians so it's easy for him.

Don't forget Nikki Grier "Incredible". That track is SICK. "Something in my Heart is classic stuff.

Nontheless, haters will say he sucks. woo woo woo. Wait for em to assert it shortly in this thread. 

[Digital Pimpin']

Dre can do R&B; Aftermath compilation beats and the ones off the 'Exclusive' bootleg were tight.

He's not as groundbreaking in R&B as he is in hip hop and that counts against him.

[Jome]

The beats he did for Truth Hurts (at least 2 of them) & Mary J. was top notch, but the rest feels like he's handing out the leftovers..
Don't think he really wanted to enter the r'n'b-market with full strength, Truth Hurts smells like Jimmy's idea, and Dre just gave her some beats & hooked up some producers..

Dre isn't about soft/slow love-songs about making sweet love under the apple-tree, he's about thumping bangers with hard bass-lines.. and preferably Nate on a gangsta-hook.

[thegooddoc]

Didn't Dre have a girl R&B group back in the late 80's early 90's?  I thought he had a hit with JJ Fad or a group like that. Dre seems to do better on the uptempo R&B tracks.

[Matty]

well we know that marsha has recorded a whole album with him (probably dozens of tracks) so if we ever get to hear some of that stuff it will be interesting.

[Suga Foot]

He did a lot for R&B in the late 80's.  He was one of the first to put R&B on hard hip hop beats with Michel'le.

[DTG Entertainment]

I think Dre did a good bit of helping with the R & B work on his Aftermath compilation which Mel-Man, Glove, and others did with him. The stuff he helped make was pretty good on the album which was R & B. It had that dark feel to it. The other R & B stuff that he's done.....I didn't really like the tracks that much.

[2euce 7even]

Dre can do R&B; Aftermath compilation beats and the ones off the 'Exclusive' bootleg were tight.

plus jewell cuts.

[FOC]

You think Family Affair is average? Thats one of my fav Dre beats