Dr Dre wins ruling on Up in Smoke Tour DVD Footage

[Triple OG Rapsodie]

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1660333/dr-dre-up-in-smoke-trial.jhtml

In a decision released on Saturday, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that Detroit City Councilman Gary Brown and other officials had no right to privacy when footage of a confrontation that occurred during Dr. Dre's Up in Smoke Tour made it onto a DVD. The ruling dismisses a lawsuit that was initially filed against Dr. Dre and tour organizers in 2002.

The incident in question occurred on July 6, 2000, when before a performance at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, officials told tour organizers they felt an introduction video was sexually obscene and demanded it not be played or else the power would be turned off. The tour complied with the request, but the discussion was videotaped, and the behind-the-scenes footage appeared on an Up in Smoke Tour DVD.

Brown, who at the time was a high-ranking police official, felt his privacy was violated since he asked that the video cameras be turned off.

"I would think I would have my rights protected, but that's not the way the court ruled," Brown told The Associated Press.

In 2000, Dr. Dre sued the cities of Detroit and Auburn Hills, Michigan, for $25 million for violating his right to free speech when Brown and others prevented the explicit intro video from being shown on the tour. The case was settled out of court, Dre received formal apologies from both cities, and police officials had to take First Amendment sensitivity training.

Performers on the Up in Smoke Tour, which was partially in support of Dr. Dre's 1999 album The Chronic 2001, also included Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Eminem and the late Nate Dogg. There is still no release date for Dr. Dre's highly anticipated third solo album Detox.

[Detox Iz Not Active]

we aint never seeing something like that tour again



but who would want to see a tour with Dre getting fucking in the ass by EM while rapping I need a doctor and Cube rapping his wack ass I am the West album

[sms130]

Yeah, that tour was great! A great follow-up to "The Chronic" tour.

[GangstaBoogy]

That tour proved that the west can only come back when we show unity.

I miss the 99-02 west coast era when everybody was active and releasing shit =(

[Triple OG Rapsodie]

That tour proved that the west can only come back when we show unity.

No it didn't. The rappers on that tour are still cool with each other. Didn't prove shit.

[Dre-Day]

That tour proved that the west can only come back when we show unity.

I miss the 99-02 west coast era when everybody was active and releasing shit =(

don't think it will be on top again, but unity is always better than beefing about bullshit

[Triple OG Rapsodie]

That tour proved that the west can only come back when we show unity.

I miss the 99-02 west coast era when everybody was active and releasing shit =(

don't think it will be on top again, but unity is always better than beefing about bullshit

most of the west's biggest moments were based on beefing over bullshit

[Dre-Day]

That tour proved that the west can only come back when we show unity.

I miss the 99-02 west coast era when everybody was active and releasing shit =(

don't think it will be on top again, but unity is always better than beefing about bullshit

most of the west's biggest moments were based on beefing over bullshit

some nice music was made, but it didn't make the situation any better

[Triple OG Rapsodie]

That tour proved that the west can only come back when we show unity.

I miss the 99-02 west coast era when everybody was active and releasing shit =(

don't think it will be on top again, but unity is always better than beefing about bullshit

most of the west's biggest moments were based on beefing over bullshit

some nice music was made, but it didn't make the situation any better

If you call Ice Cube's solo career, Dre at Death Row, West Side Connection, 2Pac going at east coast rappers and all the classic diss tracks released "not making the situation any better" then something is wrong with you.

[Teddy Roosevelt]

we aint never seeing something like that tour again



but who would want to see a tour with Dre getting fucking in the ass by EM while rapping I need a doctor and Cube rapping his wack ass I am the West album

LOL.

[Dre-Day]

That tour proved that the west can only come back when we show unity.

I miss the 99-02 west coast era when everybody was active and releasing shit =(

don't think it will be on top again, but unity is always better than beefing about bullshit

most of the west's biggest moments were based on beefing over bullshit

some nice music was made, but it didn't make the situation any better

If you call Ice Cube's solo career, Dre at Death Row, West Side Connection, 2Pac going at east coast rappers and all the classic diss tracks released "not making the situation any better" then something is wrong with you.

2pac is dead, eazy e is dead (reunion plans came too late), dre left death row with a sour taste in his mouth, no cube involvement with the 2nd nwa album, no ice cube solo album with dre as the main producer(list goes on)
like i said

some nice music was made, but it didn't make the situation any better

but it came with a price.
i'm not saying beef is always bad for music, but artists could be doing something productive together instead of bickering over nothing

[Triple OG Rapsodie]

Its a trade off. You can dream about a 2nd N.W.A album with Cube. But at what price? Would Cube have dropped a string of solo classics? Fuck no, because he was focused on the group at Ruthless. No Bomb Squad production. Would he have been as political under Eazys direction? I say no. Would Dre even have any solo albums if he had stayed with Eazy? I'm pretty sure no. You can speculate on albums or music that no one knows would've sounded like. But it comes at the price that the music we have today, the music we KNOW we love, wouldn't have existed.

Also lmao at you bringing up Pac and Eazy's deaths. Hip hop beefs didn't kill them.