Raekwon Defends Dr. Dre's Work Ethic, "He Got A Lot Of Things On His Plate

[Elano]

Wu-Tang Clan's Raekwon recently spoke on Dr. Dre and the revolving door at Aftermath records that has failed to retain some artists, including Rakim, Eve and Busta Rhymes.

Defending the Doc, Rae said Dre's work ethic has tended to outweigh his artists' needs.

"I think it's the fact that he probably got a lot of things on his plate at the time [these projects were coming together]," Rae explained in an interview. "When you dealing with certain dudes, you gotta understand that you know, everybody want the time that they can get from [the] man, and if they can't get it it's kinda like it ain't fair. My thing was, if you're not gonna be on top of this project the way I'ma be on top of it, then what good is trying to be a [business] partner to you? If anything I'd rather come in and just get a heatrock from you and keep it moving. I think that's probably the problem [others had]. It ain't nothing to sh*t on Dre about, but a lot of dudes have said that he's been very difficult to catch because he got so much work. And when you think of a 300-400 million dollar n*gga, you gotta respect that that's how it be sometimes. It's all good. Maybe the time [wasn't] right for that. It may happen in the future." (Hip Hop DX)
Former Aftermath rapper Eve previously spoke about her unreleased debut on the label.

"The decision was to have Dre start off the album, but Dre is kinda busy," she said in a 2007 interview. "Swizz [Beatz] is my brother. He knows how to work with me. What was supposed to happen...We decided he might as well be one of the executive producers...Dre likes when projects are done when you come to him. He'd rather it that way, so it's cool." (MTV)

Busta, who released The Big Bang via Dre's label, recently parted ways but detailed his positive relationship with the producer since his depature.

"Me and Dre are still good," Busta told DJ Envy on his "The People's Choice" radio show. "So even though I'm not in business with Aftermath or Interscope, I'm still with Aftermath. Me and Dre are always gonna be good...Big up to Interscope for, you know, giving me the leaked joints and the set-ups." (Hot 97)
Aside from producing, Dre has been trying to release his long-awaited Detox project.

"We only tried to put [Eminem] out this year to replace Dr. Dre, but we got into a quagmire," Interscope head Jimmy Iovine said in an interview last November. "Eminem was always coming next year. But what happened was, I lost Dr. Dre to Eminem. Dre had to stop making his album to finish Eminem's album. Eminem hit a streak, and when a guy like Eminem gets on fire, you stop everything. That's how we lost Dre. Dre's going back in in January. He'll be finished with Eminem by then, and he'll finish his album." (Billboard)

[OG Hack Wilson]

Raekwon's the man

[Elano]

dre is a 300 or 400 million dollar nigga ?

[T-Dogg]

dre is a 300 or 400 million dollar nigga ?

Can't see why not. Dude said in an interview once (around the time 50's first record was coming out, I think) that he still hasn't spent his N.W.A. money. Add to that everything he's made after N.W.A...

From Wikipedia:

Income

In 2001, Dr. Dre earned a total of about $52 million from selling part of his share of Aftermath Entertainment to Interscope Records and his production of such hit songs that year as "Family Affair" by Mary J. Blige. Rolling Stone magazine thus named him the second highest-paid artist of the year. Dr. Dre was ranked 44th in 2004 from earnings of just $11.4 million, primarily from production royalties from such projects as albums from G-Unit and D12 and the single "Rich Girl" by singer Gwen Stefani and rapper Eve. He was ranked 9th in 2008 from earnings of $15 million.

[Matty]

yeah, dre really has a lot on his plate between working on music that's never gonna come out and going to the gym....

raekwon might not be so friendly when they can barely afford 1 of the 3 dre joints for his lp...

[FreeMac]

Dre has a lot on his plate? I don't buy that for a second. He's a ghost...

[kuruptDPG]

Dre has a lot on his plate? I don't buy that for a second. He's a ghost...

LMAO exactly, its lazyness. dre has become suge knight and hardly puts out shit no more

[FreeMac]

^ It's not even that, Suge Knight is blackballed. That's the reason none of that Deathrow shit saw the light of day. Nobody wants to work with him. The only people that reached out to him (Murder Inc.) had the feds trial goin on right around the same time.


Dre's just lazy. Somebody like Jay-Z has a lot on their plate. Dre's camp has put out a couple of CD's over the last few years. Raekwon acting like Dre is Master P in '98 (that is A LOT on your plate)

[Native American]

nice read man, this is the shit i want to see on DUBCNN, not the bashing and hating.....that Em album hits hard and clear, cant wait to grab the actual CD for the best clearity !

[Dre-Day]

Dre isn't lazy, but he's paranoid

[Matty]

even what jimmy iovine said has been deviated from...dre isn't working on detox he's working with 50 now...

so jimmy, how does detox 2010 when the american economy is on its deathbed sound

[Elano]

dre is a 300 or 400 million dollar nigga ?

Can't see why not. Dude said in an interview once (around the time 50's first record was coming out, I think) that he still hasn't spent his N.W.A. money. Add to that everything he's made after N.W.A...

From Wikipedia:

Income

In 2001, Dr. Dre earned a total of about $52 million from selling part of his share of Aftermath Entertainment to Interscope Records and his production of such hit songs that year as "Family Affair" by Mary J. Blige. Rolling Stone magazine thus named him the second highest-paid artist of the year. Dr. Dre was ranked 44th in 2004 from earnings of just $11.4 million, primarily from production royalties from such projects as albums from G-Unit and D12 and the single "Rich Girl" by singer Gwen Stefani and rapper Eve. He was ranked 9th in 2008 from earnings of $15 million.

with those numbers we aren't even close to 300/400 milions.
and about the "n.w.a. money" i don't know.....how much he earned ?

[Prof@ssor]

dre is a 300 or 400 million dollar nigga ?

Can't see why not. Dude said in an interview once (around the time 50's first record was coming out, I think) that he still hasn't spent his N.W.A. money. Add to that everything he's made after N.W.A...

From Wikipedia:

Income

In 2001, Dr. Dre earned a total of about $52 million from selling part of his share of Aftermath Entertainment to Interscope Records and his production of such hit songs that year as "Family Affair" by Mary J. Blige. Rolling Stone magazine thus named him the second highest-paid artist of the year. Dr. Dre was ranked 44th in 2004 from earnings of just $11.4 million, primarily from production royalties from such projects as albums from G-Unit and D12 and the single "Rich Girl" by singer Gwen Stefani and rapper Eve. He was ranked 9th in 2008 from earnings of $15 million.

iF YOU MEANT HE IS NOT THAT RICH YOU A FUCKING IDIOT. DRE IS POLLY A BILLIONAIRE.

[Elano]

dre is a 300 or 400 million dollar nigga ?

Can't see why not. Dude said in an interview once (around the time 50's first record was coming out, I think) that he still hasn't spent his N.W.A. money. Add to that everything he's made after N.W.A...

From Wikipedia:

Income

In 2001, Dr. Dre earned a total of about $52 million from selling part of his share of Aftermath Entertainment to Interscope Records and his production of such hit songs that year as "Family Affair" by Mary J. Blige. Rolling Stone magazine thus named him the second highest-paid artist of the year. Dr. Dre was ranked 44th in 2004 from earnings of just $11.4 million, primarily from production royalties from such projects as albums from G-Unit and D12 and the single "Rich Girl" by singer Gwen Stefani and rapper Eve. He was ranked 9th in 2008 from earnings of $15 million.

iF YOU MEANT HE IS NOT THAT RICH YOU A FUCKING IDIOT. DRE IS POLLY A BILLIONAIRE.

calm down little cunt

[Jimmy H.]

^ It's not even that, Suge Knight is blackballed. That's the reason none of that Deathrow shit saw the light of day. Nobody wants to work with him. The only people that reached out to him (Murder Inc.) had the feds trial goin on right around the same time.

Dre's just lazy. Somebody like Jay-Z has a lot on their plate. Dre's camp has put out a couple of CD's over the last few years. Raekwon acting like Dre is Master P in '98 (that is A LOT on your plate)

  See, you're only looking at what comes to light in terms of releases.

First off, whether or not Suge was blackballed had nothing to do with releasing shit. He had distribution on Koch that would have allowed him to put out whatever records he wanted to. He chose to wait because he didn't want to throw out projects that didn't sell to his reputation hence why he was hesitant to put out Crook's project after the Dysfunktional Family soundtrack did disappointing numbers. Whenever something doesn't happen at Death Row, it always goes back to blackballing. If anything it had more to do with outside situations like Suge's legal troubles than any industry blacklist. In the time that Crook was there, they had late night TV interviews, magazine covers, and a good deal of national coverage. Most of that attention was spent on artists that were not involved with the label anymore.

The assumption that Dre doesn't have a lot on his plate because he's not dropping projects like P did in 1998 seems naive to me. The fact is outside of Eminem and 50 Cent, nearly every project that comes out of Aftermath is dependent on Dre production to sell the album. It's not like other labels where a Snoop or Jay can throw a couple 16's and it's a wrap. In very many ways, it is sort of like Death Row in that there are expectations and a reputation to live up to. It's easy for a fan to go, "It's them being lazy" but record companies are a business and nobody wants to under-perform when it comes to this. To someone who is thinking no further than how bad they want a Crooked I or Hittman album, it seems as easy as just throwing out the album and watching it sell.

I wouldn't be surprised at all about Dre having 300 million dollars. In terms of name value, Dre is the biggest producer in hip-hop music. Interscope is going to keep him as happy as possible because his name is worth millions to any project they get off the ground.