FORGOT ABOUT T.H.E.M.: REVISITING DR. DRE’S FORGOTTEN PROTEGES

[doublee313]

I think Bishop Lamont screwed himself over with all the Jew stuff on Team America.  I'm sure Jimmy Ivine didn't take that lightly.  It's a known thing in the entertainment industry not to do that. 

whatd he say

Did you ever listen to Team America?  There's a handful of songs about ripping off jews noses, killing Adam Sandler cuz he's a jew, etc.  He took it a little to far.

[KrazySumwhat]

 Yeah Sam sneed, big waste of talent.

[Sccit]

I think Bishop Lamont screwed himself over with all the Jew stuff on Team America.  I'm sure Jimmy Ivine didn't take that lightly.  It's a known thing in the entertainment industry not to do that. 

whatd he say

Did you ever listen to Team America?  There's a handful of songs about ripping off jews noses, killing Adam Sandler cuz he's a jew, etc.  He took it a little to far.

naah, but then again, i remember some lyrics of him praising jews

"It's nothing, it's honesty, what am I supposed to do?
Talk all this crazy stuff when I'm trying to be a Jew?"


but i just seen this

"Okay fellas, what I'm about to tell you is top secret
For years Adam Sandler has been foolin' America into believing all Jews are friendly
If Adam Sandler makes one more movie, everyone will become Jewish
Your first mission is to find Adam Sandler and destroy him. Good luck
(America, FUCK YEAH!) (Bitch)"

lmfao, what a retard

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Drauma,Sharief,Time Bomb,Ms.Roq

[TraceOneInfinite]

Drauma,Sharief,Time Bomb,Ms.Roq

I think you guys are going a little far with some of the names.  I mean, just because an artist might have been on Aftermath or done a song here or there doesn't mean they really qualify as a "Dre protege".  Still I love this thread though and hearing some of the backstories on these artists.  Here's what my list of failed Dre protege's would be...

-On Death Row-  Really, there were none.  I mean, you could say that that dude from "Picture Me Rollin" CPO or whatever was someone Dre picked out and believed in but I don't think he was really fuckin wit him that much.  And Sam Sneed was really more a producer than a rapper, so I don't think Dre was expecting a whole lot more out of him than he got.

-On Aftermath..

King Tee  -  This is definitely a failed Dre protege'.  Obviously, he had success before Dre, but dude never went gold.  Dre was supposed to take his career to new hieghts, and Dre put a hell of a lot of work into the album.  He was THE front line Aftermath artists from 1996 all the way till Eminem in 1998.  So that's damn near 2 years that Dre was focused primarily on King Tee.  The even filmed a video for the album that played on BET and I remember at one point there was an ad in the Source that said, "IN STORES NOW".  They literally expected it to be in stores by the time the issue was released.  I still remember going to the music store and arguing with the lady there that the album should be there, lol.

Hittman -  Definitely Hittman was a failed Dre protege.  I mean, he was basically the Snoop Dogg of the Chronic 2.   They gave him that totally UN-necassary spot at the end of the video for "Forgot About Dre".  So this dude had everything set up for him to blow through the roof and it just didn't happen.  Honestly, I don't think he was ever really that dope, and I think they should of just been satisfied with his contributions to Chronic 2 and called it a day.

Knocturnal - Knocturnal was fuckin dope as fuck.. but yet not signed to Aftermath?  What the fuck?  I mean Dre was puttin all this effort into the home and for a while it seemed like he was Dre's right hand man, the next Snoop Dogg, I mean check the "Bad Intentions" video.  He was the man in that era.   He had that bangin ass joint "Night and Day" and then that video with MIssy Elliot had the Dre cameo and production, that shit was supposed to be a huge hit... and what were we left with at the end of the day?  A fuckin EP?  What the fuck?

Rakim -  Damn.. this project would of been legendary.  Obviously Rakim's career is far from a failure he was tops in the game in the late 80's.  But the second half of his career really suffered and I thought Dre was gonna reserrect it.  I mean, he was so fuckin ill over that Truth Hurts cut, and then bangers like "After U Die" and the joint from the 8 Mile soundtrack showed a hell of a lot of potential.  That album should of been fire, but sadly it never came.

^^^Those are the major one I won't forget personally.  I mean.. Truth Hurts I don't consider a failure because she had a popular joint over that Quik beat, and she did her thing for a minute.  Some of those other names like Stat Quo I don't think Dre was ever really that focused on them to begin with.

[dnjp4life]

I think out of all the artists listed, Bishop Lamont had the most potential.  He could have probably been as big as Kendrick Lamar is now back in 2006/2007 when 'Grow Up' was released, and 'I Dominate' with Dr. Dre would have got a lot of radio play.  You can basically make his 'Reformation' album out of the best tracks that were included in all his mixtapes during those years, and it would have been really good.  Shame, really.

I don't really see how Dewaun Parker belongs on the list seeing as he's an in-house producer at Aftermath and isn't really an established solo artist as such.