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

[penenstamp]

You think Family Affair is average?

Yes, sir.

[Dre-Day]

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.

yeah i think the stuff he makes that's not too "typical" R&B is cool

[Mackin]

I think Dre is alright!!
I've enjoyed a few of his records in the R&B genre..I know that if he were to concentrate on that, he will probably master it!!

I see Dre doing more Acoustical soulful R&B, more so than the progressive R&B/Techno blend that seems to be prevalent in todays' Music world

[Digital Pimpin']

I think Dre is alright!!
I've enjoyed a few of his records in the R&B genre..I know that if he were to concentrate on that, he will probably master it!!

I see Dre doing more Acoustical soulful R&B, more so than the progressive R&B/Techno blend that seems to be prevalent in todays' Music world

Yeah, I mean the R&B as it used to be known (in the 90s anyway); smooth soulful music, to get jiggy to. I'm thinkin Jodeci and that era.

Rihanna, Justin, Usher, that's not RnB, that's pop for the 'urban' market.

[LyRiCaL_G]

there are quite a few producers who are much better than dre when it comes to rnb...they got the sound/vibe to their beats that fit the genre better.

Dre makes some good old school laid back soul sorta rnb where its more vocals but dre is more suited for hiphop. Don't get me wrong though, dude made some heat too, it is dre after all.

pz

[dubsmith_nz]

Rich Girl was a pretty massive hit, and "Satisfaction" by Eve had an RNB feel to it, that beat went hard. Family Affair is sick too. Anyone got a copy of the other track he made for Mary J?...

[TRG]

Not his forté (sp?). He has some dope R&B beats (the ones mentioned, Family Affair, Fastlane etc). But most are nice, but nothing outstanding.

[lawz2760]

The beat that he did for Bilal is one of my favorite beats from dre. Some of the other r&b beats he did were tight too


Would like to hear some tracks that were produced for jewell or michel'le from the death row days

[sofdark]

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

Anybody have this?

[Lucifuge]

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

can some one post it up?

[Hey Ma]

I suppose it depends on if the singer's style fits with loud snares and rolling bass lines.

[weedhead]

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?

well homie this all depends on how that r&b artist flips the track....i know dj primier is not a r&b producers,but damn!!he made christiana do wonders on her new album(back to basics).....oh and dre did not do ADDICTIVE...(dj quick) did....correct the facts homie.

[weedhead]

once again dre did not do addictiv..its a dj quick production....damn!yall give dre credit even if he did not do shit.

[weedhead]

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.

well u must not have been around for the wrecking crew...cause befor u turn of the lights is as soft as it gets.

[Matty]

the other mary j joint that someone was asking for - 'not today'

http://www.zshare.net/audio/54731957ad5b0f11/

there was lawsuit about this track more recently for supposedly copying from madonna's 'holiday'