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Title: Origin of the name "Dr. Dre"
Post by: kevlar on February 19, 2007, 03:23:33 PM: A coworker of mine who happens to be the biggest Prince fan told me this story about Dr. Dre.

Apparently when Dre was in the World Class Wrecking Crew he was a really big Prince fan (which makes sense if you look at their album covers lol). The keyboard player for Prince was Dr. Fink. He wore white gloves on stage. Supposedly Dre got his whole steez from this Dr. Fink cat including his name.
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Post by: MontrealCity's Most on February 19, 2007, 03:29:29 PM: interesting
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Post by: Nasty Nem on February 19, 2007, 03:38:27 PM: Quote from: kevlar on February 19, 2007, 03:23:33 PM
A coworker of mine who happens to be the biggest Prince fan told me this story about Dr. Dre.

Apparently when Dre was in the World Class Wrecking Crew he was a really big Prince fan (which makes sense if you look at their album covers lol). The keyboard player for Prince was Dr. Fink. He wore white gloves on stage. Supposedly Dre got his whole steez from this Dr. Fink cat including his name.

apparently
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Post by: Sickaluffa on February 19, 2007, 03:44:41 PM: i thought he was a real Doctor
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Post by: jeromechickenbone on February 19, 2007, 03:55:13 PM: What I wanna know is who came first? Dr. Dre the legendary producer or Dr. Dre from Ed Lover and Dr. Dre?
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Post by: Samoan Enforcer on February 19, 2007, 03:55:33 PM: Dr J?
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Post by: swangin and bangin on February 19, 2007, 03:56:19 PM: Quote from: { King of the Valley } on February 19, 2007, 03:44:41 PM
i thought he was a real Doctor
:D
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Post by: Primo on February 19, 2007, 03:59:28 PM: Yea it is wack that there is two Dr. Dre's in hip hop. Be original people!.
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Post by: kevlar on February 19, 2007, 03:59:39 PM: I remember hearing about Dr. Dre from NWA back in 86. He used to sell mix tapes, and I bought a couple from back then. One of the tapes I bought had an MC Ren freestyle on it over a Run DMC instrumental. Ren was nice back then, too. i still have those tapes.

i didn't hear about Original Concept til 88 or 89 when they put out that "pump that bass" single on def jam.
Title: Re: Origin of the name "Dr. Dre"
Post by: kevlar on February 19, 2007, 04:36:14 PM: Quote from: RAIDErs of the lost ark on February 19, 2007, 04:15:48 PM
Quote from: kevlar on February 19, 2007, 03:59:39 PM
I remember hearing about Dr.Dre from NWA back in 86. He used to sell mix tapes & I bought a couple from back then. One of the tapes I bought had an MC Ren freestyle on it over a Run DMC instrumental. Ren was nice back then,too. I still have those tapes.

Shit,hook up that MC Ren freestyle. I don't care if it is a bad rip,that shit is vintage.

gotta dig it up from my closet. its in one of 3 boxes. each box got like a hunid tapes in it. when i do ill post it up here.

it was the instrumental for "beats to the rhymes", so maybe my time frame is off. that was more 87, 88 i think

Come to think of it when Original Concept came out World Class Wrecking Cru and the name Dr. Dre was already well established. They already put out two full length albums when "pump that bass" and "knowledge me" came out.
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Post by: I.B. BLVD on February 19, 2007, 05:20:59 PM: Quote from: { King of the Valley } on February 19, 2007, 03:44:41 PM
i thought he was a real Doctor
yea, he said it a song??? He was probably just bullshittin'
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Post by: herpes on February 19, 2007, 05:33:53 PM: Quote from: Jrome Is The Truth on February 19, 2007, 03:55:13 PM
What I wanna know is who came first? Dr. Dre the legendary producer or Dr. Dre from Ed Lover and Dr. Dre?

word, that shit to confuse me as a lil kid. I would see dr.dre in videos and then I would see tv commercials for the movie who's the man and be like, wtf how did he gain so much weight so fast lol.
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Post by: Sickaluffa on February 19, 2007, 05:35:25 PM: lol i was just messen around when i said that
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Post by: kevlar on February 19, 2007, 05:38:45 PM: Quote from: RAIDErs of the lost ark on February 19, 2007, 05:33:18 PM
cool,I got a lot old school shit on tape too. I used to record radio shows and yo mtv raps,I got loads of shit. I already posted some of it,but it seems dudes don't really care for that old shit. About Orginal Concept,they been around since at least 86-87. But you know that WCWC was already around before that,I used to break dance to that shit back then.

post that shit up, homie. Especially if you got the Yo MTV Raps finale. the one with the freestyle cypher where rakim kills the insturmental for pete rock's remix of das efx's "real hip hop".
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Post by: Tanjential on February 19, 2007, 06:27:20 PM: Quote from: RAIDErs of the lost ark on February 19, 2007, 05:55:06 PM
I checked my Ego Trip's Book Of Rap Lists (great book for researh about Hip Hop) Orginal Concept had a 12inch out in 86 called knowledge me b/w can u feel it (def jam). I can't remember that Rakim part with Pete Rock,was that at the Ed Lover & Dr.Dre show or Fab 5? I was browsing trough my tapes a week ago,looking for some other shit. Do you remember when Dr.Dre & Ed Lover clowned Dr.Dre & Snoop? They was all over Tim Dog's ass around that time.

what did they say about dre and snoop?

-T
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Post by: kevlar on February 19, 2007, 07:33:15 PM: Not sure about the host of the final Yo!. i haven't seen it since back the, but it was the last taping.
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Post by: kevlar on February 19, 2007, 07:55:13 PM: Quote from: RAIDErs of the lost ark on February 19, 2007, 07:53:04 PM
Quote from: kevlar on February 19, 2007, 07:33:15 PM
Not sure about the host of the final Yo! I haven't seen it since back the,but it was the last taping

I can't even remember ever hearing about that,so somehow I missed that one. When I browsed trough some tapes last week,this is some of the shit I remember,interviews with Tim Dog,Ultra,Cash Money,CPO,Geto Boys & a bunch of NWA related shit,,,

For the very last show they had a big freestyle cypher with every big name NYC MC on it. pure fire.
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Post by: Darksider on February 19, 2007, 08:24:40 PM: Quote from: { King of the Valley } on February 19, 2007, 03:44:41 PM
i thought he was a real Doctor
:-\
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Post by: dloc187 on February 19, 2007, 10:03:42 PM: Quote from: The Brad Piff Advocate on February 19, 2007, 03:55:33 PM
Dr J?

Julius Erving aka Dr. J / Former ABA and NBA basketball in the 70's and 80's.
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Post by: dloc187 on February 19, 2007, 10:05:14 PM: Quote from: The Brad Piff Advocate on February 19, 2007, 03:55:33 PM
Dr J?

Julius Erving aka Dr. J! Former ABA and NBA basketball player in the 70's and 80's. One of the top dunkers in basketball history.
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Post by: The Predator on February 20, 2007, 04:09:50 AM: Dr Dre is not to be confused with Doctor Dre, Dr Dreadful, Doc Dre, Dre the doctor etc...
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Post by: Jay_J on February 20, 2007, 05:04:24 AM: Quote from: RAIDErs of the lost ark on February 19, 2007, 03:50:13 PM
Quote from: RealCity's M-O-s-T on February 19, 2007, 03:29:29 PM
interesting

interesting,but he made his name Dr.Dre from his first name,anDRE and his favorite basketball athlete,Julies Erving (Dr.J)
www.wikipedia.com

yes that's what i know about it
Title: Re: Origin of the name "Dr. Dre"
Post by: teletomble on February 20, 2007, 06:00:33 AM: I Think Thats What Jerry Heller Said In His Book
Title: Re: Origin of the name "Dr. Dre"
Post by: Michael on February 20, 2007, 06:49:08 AM: i heard (and probably more believeable) that he used to DJ house parties n shit...and he was doing a halloween party and came dressed as a doctor and it jus caught on....
Title: Re: Origin of the name "Dr. Dre"
Post by: Diggfinger on February 20, 2007, 11:11:23 AM: Quote from: kevlar on February 19, 2007, 03:23:33 PM
A coworker of mine who happens to be the biggest Prince fan told me this story about Dr. Dre.

Apparently when Dre was in the World Class Wrecking Crew he was a really big Prince fan (which makes sense if you look at their album covers lol). The keyboard player for Prince was Dr. Fink. He wore white gloves on stage. Supposedly Dre got his whole steez from this Dr. Fink cat including his name.

^^ that aint it at all.

I saw this documentary about west coast rap on MTV once where Dre said that he got his name from a basketball player (dont ask me which team he was from). The name of the person in question was "Dr. Jay", and since Dre though he was cool and all he named himself Dr. Dre (his real name being Andre).

So thats what it is! From the horses-uh I mean from the west coast super producers mouth himself!!! ;D
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Post by: soulja4life on February 20, 2007, 03:58:34 PM: dr.dre is wack!!! lmao!!!!!
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Post by: J$crILLa on February 20, 2007, 04:45:39 PM: Dr Dre.... which one came first
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Post by: Tanjential on February 21, 2007, 12:41:14 AM: dude said n.w.a was first.

so that's a.young.=first to be dr.dre

-T
Title: Re: Origin of the name "Dr. Dre"
Post by: ABN on February 21, 2007, 04:47:28 AM: the west coast Dre produced records as Dr. Dre in 1984 for the Wrecking Cru so i think he came before the MTV cat.