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[CharlieBrown]

Doesn't say much just Dre has now pushed Detox back until end 2003 so he can get Cube's album out in the summer.

[LyRiCaL_G]

damn 6 dre beats on 50's album!?!?!? man y'all should read the interview...............dont say much about rakim though

peace

[Don Seer]

i'm kinda worried about Rakim TBH.. he's not mentioned in *anything* much recently.

unless thats under orders

[CWalker187]

Ice Cube Puts Chill On Dr. Dre's Supposed Final Album
12.16.2002 7:56 AM EST  
 
Ice Cube has put a chill on Dr. Dre's supposed final album.

Dre has pushed back the release of his highly anticipated Detox from next summer to the end of 2003 in order to produce his former N.W.A partner's next release.

Cube and the good doctor entered the studio two weeks ago and have already laid down a couple of beats.

"I haven't heard him on the mic just yet," Dre said. "He's got a couple of tracks that I think are banging, so I'm just waiting to see what he is going to come with."

Cube's as-yet-untitled album is due next summer and will be released on Dre's Aftermath label (see "Dr. Dre To Produce Next Ice Cube Record").

Meanwhile, Dre has been working with newcomer 50 Cent, who also signed to Aftermath, in a joint deal with Eminem's Shady Records (see "50 Cent Worth A Million To Dr. Dre And Eminem").

"Me and 50 got in the studio for the first time and we worked together for like five days and we did seven joints," Dre said on the set of 50 Cent's "In Da Club" video. "Six of them went on the album and one of them is out right now on a mixtape."

Like Eminem (see "Eminem Aims For Dre-Like Perfection On 50 Cent, Obie Trice, D12 LPs"), Dre has more than a few kind words to say about the Queens, New York, rapper.

"50's album, in my opinion, is going to compete with all the classic hip-hop records that have come out over the last 10 years," he said. "Illmatic, The Chronic, Marshall Mathers LP, it's right up there. And that's no bullsh--."

Dre has also been recording Rakim, whose Aftermath debut is due next year, and logging ideas for Detox, which he has said will be a concept album of sorts (see "Dr. Dre's Final Album Will Be Hip-Hop Musical"). "I'm gonna try to make this one the one they remember me for," he said Wednesday.

Once his album is finished, Dre plans on hanging up his solo-artist hat and focusing on his career as a producer, most likely working alongside his protégé Eminem.

"[We're] studio rats, we love being in the studio, making hot music," Dre said. "We are definitely going to put our all in everything that we work on because we are our worst critics and we have to feel like we made a record that we have to buy. You know what I'm saying? And I don't buy a lot of records."

—Corey Moss, with additional reporting by Heather Parry

 
 
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[LyRiCaL_G]

i'm kinda worried about Rakim TBH.. he's not mentioned in *anything* much recently.

unless thats under orders

word its kinda gettin wierd, how he hasnt mentioned anything about rakim

peace

[Twentytwofifty]

"I wanna try to surprise the world as much as possible, 'cause that's one of the things that's missing in hip-hop: the suprise.  There's so much pre-album hype; the people already know everything.  But it's been awaited so long, man...I wanna try to surprise and give them something good." - Rakim

[Murrow]

I knew "The Hood" would be on 50's album.  So we know 2/6 - the other being the first single.

I think we'll eventually get Dre's final solo in 2004 - spring.  Looks like they are trying to make a push for Cube, I bet he'll drop around X-Mas 2003 if they are that serious.

[LyRiCaL_G]

I knew "The Hood" would be on 50's album.  So we know 2/6 - the other being the first single.

I think we'll eventually get Dre's final solo in 2004 - spring.  Looks like they are trying to make a push for Cube, I bet he'll drop around X-Mas 2003 if they are that serious.

yo dawg i think what dre means is out of the 7 joints they did, 'the hood' was the one that got onto the mixtape and the other 6 have been put on the album........

but im not to sure but i think thats what he means, either way, the hood is a dope track

peace

[Jome]

I think we'll eventually get Dre's final solo in 2004 - spring.  Looks like they are trying to make a push for Cube, I bet he'll drop around X-Mas 2003 if they are that serious.

yo dawg i think what dre means is out of the 7 joints they did, 'the hood' was the one that got onto the mixtape and the other 6 have been put on the album........

Yeah, that's what I was thinking too.
It sounds like a sub-par Dre-beat, and the chorus is kinda annoying.
I hope it's a leftover.