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Title: Damn Dr Dre Is Slippin (Not Detox Related)
Post by: Fatdodger on October 16, 2008, 06:24:24 PM
I was just listening to some Xzibit The Restless to be specific and i was hearing the dre beats on there and i started think of that era 99-02. Than i was listening to Knoc St8 westcoast and im like damn why didnt dre sign all this westcoast talent knoc X shade sheist nate dogg eastsidaz im like damn what the fuck because these are the artists that dre had alot of chemistry with well not eastsidaz and sheist but damn instead of making 50 g-unit and eminem he made one of these artists we would had one of these guys popin right now.
Title: Re: Damn Dr Dre Is Slippin (Not Detox Related)
Post by: TAKEMONEYENT on October 16, 2008, 06:29:06 PM
dre's only a pawn to jimmy iovine, dre spots talent and if iovine dont like it it's gone no questions asked, dre doesnt play a role in aftermath as far as any of the business goes the higher stake belongs to iovine so he gets the last say on everything
Title: Re: Damn Dr Dre Is Slippin (Not Detox Related)
Post by: hellrazor86 on October 17, 2008, 12:39:12 AM
It's Simple...

U WANT THE TRUTH?


Dre Is Jimmy Iovines Puppet
Title: Re: Damn Dr Dre Is Slippin (Not Detox Related)
Post by: Booz on October 17, 2008, 01:00:51 AM
Even if they signed, they propably never would've released an album on Aftermath.
Title: Re: Damn Dr Dre Is Slippin (Not Detox Related)
Post by: Jimmy H. on October 17, 2008, 01:36:12 AM
None of the artists you mentioned would likely have gotten to either 50 or Eminem's status. The Dre beats certainly didn't hurt either artists' careers but if you look at them and even Game, they all had the right package going for them as far as marketability went. When 50 came through, he was the hero of the mixtape circuit who had the streets on fire, he had the story of being shot nine times and living, and he was going at Ja Rule who was so overexposed at the time that the public was begging to see someone tear him apart. You add that with the fact that he was being co-signed by Eminem, the hottest rapper at the time, and Dr. Dre, a producer whose track record speaks for itself. It was nearly impossible for anyone to see how he wouldn't make millions for everyone involved. Both 50 and Game came out at a  time when they had lots of industry and street credibility and were co-signed by a big-selling and well-respected team.

And for the record, every person you mentioned in that time period was signed to another label. He did lots of work for Xzibit and Knoc Turnal but those labels weren't gonna just hand them over so it was what it was.   
Title: Re: Damn Dr Dre Is Slippin (Not Detox Related)
Post by: love33 on October 17, 2008, 08:02:38 PM
Truth Hurtz was a Dre flop.  "The Big Bang" was a Dre flop.  Hittman never tookoff.  Knoc'Turnal never tookoff on the Dre beats.  His beats on Jay-Z's "Kingdom Come" were wack, the beats he did for The Game's "Documentary" album weren't even the highlight tracks.

What has he done lately? Could someone tell me??

Kanye West, Scott Storch, Cool & Dre, Swizz Beatz, Lil Jon, Mannie Fresh, Akon, and DJ Khaled are all way better producers than Dre the last 5 years.

Also, these producers don't take 8 years to drop an album of 15 tracks  ::)
Title: Re: Damn Dr Dre Is Slippin (Not Detox Related)
Post by: Invincible on October 17, 2008, 09:30:30 PM
Truth Hurtz was a Dre flop.  "The Big Bang" was a Dre flop.  Hittman never tookoff.  Knoc'Turnal never tookoff on the Dre beats.  His beats on Jay-Z's "Kingdom Come" were wack, the beats he did for The Game's "Documentary" album weren't even the highlight tracks.

What has he done lately? Could someone tell me??

Kanye West, Scott Storch, Cool & Dre, Swizz Beatz, Lil Jon, Mannie Fresh, Akon, and DJ Khaled are all way better producers than Dre the last 5 years.

Also, these producers don't take 8 years to drop an album of 15 tracks  ::)

 :laugh:

Erm, no. The ones not highlighted possibly but Dre's input on Documentary and Big Bang was pretty dope as far as I'm concerned.
Title: Re: Damn Dr Dre Is Slippin (Not Detox Related)
Post by: D-Nice on October 17, 2008, 09:33:01 PM
Truth Hurtz was a Dre flop.  "The Big Bang" was a Dre flop.  Hittman never tookoff.  Knoc'Turnal never tookoff on the Dre beats.  His beats on Jay-Z's "Kingdom Come" were wack, the beats he did for The Game's "Documentary" album weren't even the highlight tracks.

What has he done lately? Could someone tell me??

Kanye West, Scott Storch, Cool & Dre, Swizz Beatz, Lil Jon, Mannie Fresh, Akon, and DJ Khaled are all way better producers than Dre the last 5 years.

Also, these producers don't take 8 years to drop an album of 15 tracks  ::)

Name 5 beats Khaled himself has done in 5 years. And him yelling over the track like DJ Clue 98% of the time means he didn't produce it. Swizz still owes money for stealing Casio instrumentals.
Title: Re: Damn Dr Dre Is Slippin (Not Detox Related)
Post by: MontrealCity's Most on October 17, 2008, 10:24:11 PM
dre's only a pawn to jimmy iovine, dre spots talent and if iovine dont like it it's gone no questions asked, dre doesnt play a role in aftermath as far as any of the business goes the higher stake belongs to iovine so he gets the last say on everything

and youre in these meetings?
Title: Re: Damn Dr Dre Is Slippin (Not Detox Related)
Post by: love33 on October 18, 2008, 12:28:33 AM
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Name 5 beats Khaled himself has done in 5 years. And him yelling over the track like DJ Clue 98% of the time means he didn't produce it. Swizz still owes money for stealing Casio instrumentals.

Terror Squad "Nothing's Going To Stop Me," "Gangsta" on Fabolous' album, "Beat Novacane" for Fat Joe, "I'm A G" for Rick Ross, "Get It For Life" by Fat Joe, "Standin On The Mountain Top" on the new album.

DJ Khaled is Global now, go listen to the track "We Global" now, he made it! He's paid! Florida stand up! He did it man. He took it from local Miami to mainstream now all around the world.  Florida has a bigger rap scene now than what we do out here in Cali.

Dr. Dre is a forgotten entity. The only Dre people know are "Cool & Dre."

It's a shame it had to get to this level, but Dre did it to himself.  He hired these ghost producers and now he can't find anyone to duplicate their sound like Scott Storch and Mel Man.
Title: Re: Damn Dr Dre Is Slippin (Not Detox Related)
Post by: hellrazor86 on October 18, 2008, 12:32:20 AM
slippin or not.. when detox drops we all gonna cop that shit.. it'll be the best sellin album ever.. and we all gonna suck dick on dre and bang his joints day and night..
Title: Re: Damn Dr Dre Is Slippin (Not Detox Related)
Post by: Ruge662 on October 18, 2008, 12:36:19 AM
Truth Hurtz was a Dre flop.  "The Big Bang" was a Dre flop.  Hittman never tookoff.  Knoc'Turnal never tookoff on the Dre beats.  His beats on Jay-Z's "Kingdom Come" were wack, the beats he did for The Game's "Documentary" album weren't even the highlight tracks.

What has he done lately? Could someone tell me??

Kanye West, Scott Storch, Cool & Dre, Swizz Beatz, Lil Jon, Mannie Fresh, Akon, and DJ Khaled are all way better producers than Dre the last 5 years.

Also, these producers don't take 8 years to drop an album of 15 tracks  ::)

Maybe this is why Detox hasn't dropped... probably waitin for the right beats to come up....

Its a money making machine when u think about it, the delays keep up the hype and when it finally comes out, its gonna be 100% quality, and one fucking high sellin album.
Title: Re: Damn Dr Dre Is Slippin (Not Detox Related)
Post by: love33 on October 18, 2008, 12:42:00 AM
slippin or not.. when detox drops we all gonna cop that shit.. it'll be the best sellin album ever.. and we all gonna suck dick on dre and bang his joints day and night..

I hope you're right cause the rap game's done a 180 since "2001" dropped in 1999.  And it seems like forever since the days of "The Chronic".  We've seen big names fall off out here like Richie Rich, Messy Marv, MC Eiht, DJ Quik, Celly Cel, Spice 1, Jayo Felony, etc.  Snoop can make hit records like "Life of the Party" but he can't sell like he used to.  We're in the era of youtube, text messaging, downloading, and ring tones.  People wanna see that quick fix hit.  And I don't think Dre can provide that with his style.

MTV is no longer the platform or medium to promote your album.  The concept used to be simple -- make a fancy video and spin it hard on MTV and watch it fly off the shelves.  With Busta Rhymes album "The Big Bang" they tried that and now he's on the same list I have in the last paragraph.  Big flop.  Now you gotta have a unique raggae/dance tone with a little fun hip hop to it.  Otherwise, you can just take the album and put it underneath the garbage can because even the garbage man don't wanna waste space in his crib on that.  It's about being able to catch the fan -- instant hits like instant potatoes.  Dre ain't that style -- he's slow, he's really really slow, and he's redone this album so many times which says he's unsure about himself.  Detox went from being a follow up to "2001" with all the Aftermath regulars to a musical play with tracks like Crooked I pretending to be Dr. Dre ("Say Dr. Dre") to a new concept album with live drums to what we're hearing now with Lil Wayne, G-Unit, and Eminem.

So even Dre doesn't know what he wants to do with this one.  The economy is in a little rut, the MTV spin your video concept doesn't work, he doesn't want to use Akon and T-Pain to try to make a hit, and now he's labeled as the "older artist" like we've seen Ice Cube flop.

I think the only way he sells is if he can reinvent himself and market his face hard and I don't see him doing that.  When he was on Death Row, they ran MTV and he had the image of the badass on "Nuthin But A G Thang" pourin champaign all over the hoes and packin a strap in "Dre Day."  He's 40 years old and seperated himself from that, how is he going to invent any type of image plus compete with downloads, ringtones, and Akon & T-Pain.  I just don't see it happening.  The rap game has really evolved in a different direction.
Title: Re: Damn Dr Dre Is Slippin (Not Detox Related)
Post by: Dre-Day on October 18, 2008, 05:20:03 AM
Truth Hurtz was a Dre flop.  "The Big Bang" was a Dre flop.  Hittman never tookoff.  Knoc'Turnal never tookoff on the Dre beats.  His beats on Jay-Z's "Kingdom Come" were wack, the beats he did for The Game's "Documentary" album weren't even the highlight tracks.

What has he done lately? Could someone tell me??

Kanye West, Scott Storch, Cool & Dre, Swizz Beatz, Lil Jon, Mannie Fresh, Akon, and DJ Khaled are all way better producers than Dre the last 5 years.

Also, these producers don't take 8 years to drop an album of 15 tracks  ::)

Name 5 beats Khaled himself has done in 5 years. And him yelling over the track like DJ Clue 98% of the time means he didn't produce it. Swizz still owes money for stealing Casio instrumentals.

D~Nice, don't mind that poster, he's full of shit  ;D
Title: Re: Damn Dr Dre Is Slippin (Not Detox Related)
Post by: Ruge662 on October 18, 2008, 08:09:24 AM
I hope you're right cause the rap game's done a 180 since "2001" dropped in 1999.  And it seems like forever since the days of "The Chronic".  We've seen big names fall off out here like Richie Rich, Messy Marv, MC Eiht, DJ Quik, Celly Cel, Spice 1, Jayo Felony, etc.  Snoop can make hit records like "Life of the Party" but he can't sell like he used to.  We're in the era of youtube, text messaging, downloading, and ring tones.  People wanna see that quick fix hit.  And I don't think Dre can provide that with his style.

MTV is no longer the platform or medium to promote your album.  The concept used to be simple -- make a fancy video and spin it hard on MTV and watch it fly off the shelves.  With Busta Rhymes album "The Big Bang" they tried that and now he's on the same list I have in the last paragraph.  Big flop.  Now you gotta have a unique raggae/dance tone with a little fun hip hop to it.  Otherwise, you can just take the album and put it underneath the garbage can because even the garbage man don't wanna waste space in his crib on that.  It's about being able to catch the fan -- instant hits like instant potatoes.  Dre ain't that style -- he's slow, he's really really slow, and he's redone this album so many times which says he's unsure about himself.  Detox went from being a follow up to "2001" with all the Aftermath regulars to a musical play with tracks like Crooked I pretending to be Dr. Dre ("Say Dr. Dre") to a new concept album with live drums to what we're hearing now with Lil Wayne, G-Unit, and Eminem.

So even Dre doesn't know what he wants to do with this one.  The economy is in a little rut, the MTV spin your video concept doesn't work, he doesn't want to use Akon and T-Pain to try to make a hit, and now he's labeled as the "older artist" like we've seen Ice Cube flop.

I think the only way he sells is if he can reinvent himself and market his face hard and I don't see him doing that.  When he was on Death Row, they ran MTV and he had the image of the badass on "Nuthin But A G Thang" pourin champaign all over the hoes and packin a strap in "Dre Day."  He's 40 years old and seperated himself from that, how is he going to invent any type of image plus compete with downloads, ringtones, and Akon & T-Pain.  I just don't see it happening.  The rap game has really evolved in a different direction.

Real talk man. The problem is the market is just way too different, as you say, to 2001, and we got a bunch of fans who drive the commercial rap market who are hella weak and favour weak music. People can shit on Dre's recent cuts all they want, but dirction of rap seems way too much to be:

1. Make a hot beat
2. Sell that shit quick n make that money
3. Never hear of that track again

The era of "a story behind a song" or "emotion" behind a song is totally gone. Its seriously just churn out as many "club-bangin" beats and make your money as quick as you can and as fast. I guess in these economic times lol, it a good thing, but there's no real artistic integrity in that. Where did that go anyway? Where the fuck did using real samples and not some weak ass synth shit go? We lost that in 2000 it seems.

There's a reason why we all still talk about Dre's material on here. Heck there's a post on the main forum page about what ya favourite cut from The Chronic is. Dre made classics, and in today's era, it just wont be appreciated. Too many of the producers u guys mentioned below simply made one-hit wonders that no one remembers these days, or can be fucked playin again like a real classic would.

For all I know, what I believe is purely speculation, I'm just figuring a recoridng of Detox in, say 2004, would just not sell now cuz the beats dont reflect the time period. The rap music game is changing so fast, and if I can quote somethin of that "Welcome to Death Row" DVD I watched again today, Dre is really "a true artist"... and in today's time period, a true artist just isnt appreciated.

Who knows when we'll see Detox, or another real Dre album, but I'm kinda not surprised we havent seen one so far.
Title: Re: Damn Dr Dre Is Slippin (Not Detox Related)
Post by: Okka on October 18, 2008, 09:05:30 AM
Swizz still owes money for stealing Casio instrumentals.

What?
Title: Re: Damn Dr Dre Is Slippin (Not Detox Related)
Post by: DPGC23 on October 18, 2008, 09:23:30 AM
LAUGHIN@ KHALED HAHA

OH OKKKKK

DPGC23
Title: Re: Damn Dr Dre Is Slippin (Not Detox Related)
Post by: Invincible on October 18, 2008, 09:28:03 AM
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Name 5 beats Khaled himself has done in 5 years. And him yelling over the track like DJ Clue 98% of the time means he didn't produce it. Swizz still owes money for stealing Casio instrumentals.

Terror Squad "Nothing's Going To Stop Me," "Gangsta" on Fabolous' album, "Beat Novacane" for Fat Joe, "I'm A G" for Rick Ross, "Get It For Life" by Fat Joe, "Standin On The Mountain Top" on the new album.

DJ Khaled is Global now, go listen to the track "We Global" now, he made it! He's paid! Florida stand up! He did it man. He took it from local Miami to mainstream now all around the world.  Florida has a bigger rap scene now than what we do out here in Cali.

Dr. Dre is a forgotten entity. The only Dre people know are "Cool & Dre."

It's a shame it had to get to this level, but Dre did it to himself.  He hired these ghost producers and now he can't find anyone to duplicate their sound like Scott Storch and Mel Man.

Yer, they were some great tracks weren't they?  :P
Title: Re: Damn Dr Dre Is Slippin (Not Detox Related)
Post by: Westcoastfanatic on October 18, 2008, 09:36:38 AM
Kanye's last album is double platinum right? If he can do it, so can Dre.
Title: Re: Damn Dr Dre Is Slippin (Not Detox Related)
Post by: Ali Tha Great on October 18, 2008, 09:59:22 AM
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Name 5 beats Khaled himself has done in 5 years. And him yelling over the track like DJ Clue 98% of the time means he didn't produce it. Swizz still owes money for stealing Casio instrumentals.

Terror Squad "Nothing's Going To Stop Me," "Gangsta" on Fabolous' album, "Beat Novacane" for Fat Joe, "I'm A G" for Rick Ross, "Get It For Life" by Fat Joe, "Standin On The Mountain Top" on the new album.

DJ Khaled is Global now, go listen to the track "We Global" now, he made it! He's paid! Florida stand up! He did it man. He took it from local Miami to mainstream now all around the world.  Florida has a bigger rap scene now than what we do out here in Cali.

Dr. Dre is a forgotten entity. The only Dre people know are "Cool & Dre."

It's a shame it had to get to this level, but Dre did it to himself.  He hired these ghost producers and now he can't find anyone to duplicate their sound like Scott Storch and Mel Man.

Yer, they were some great tracks weren't they?  :P
no
Title: Re: Damn Dr Dre Is Slippin (Not Detox Related)
Post by: Muhfukka on October 18, 2008, 10:15:45 AM
dr dres problemis for years he thought his shit couldnt stink and that anything he dropped would blow up. he had all these industry jews in his ear telling him only put out projects that will make millions. he treated his fans like his bitches like "i dont give a fuck what you want from me, youll take what i give you and youll gladly pay for it".now look at him, he looks like a fucking clown with this detox bullshit. thats what he gets though its completely his own fault
Title: Re: Damn Dr Dre Is Slippin (Not Detox Related)
Post by: D-Nice on October 18, 2008, 10:41:27 AM
Swizz still owes money for stealing Casio instrumentals.

What?

U didn't know about that? Swizz was using some Casio programs for production and was using parts of demo beats for production. This was a looooong time ago.
Title: Re: Damn Dr Dre Is Slippin (Not Detox Related)
Post by: Konnekt on October 18, 2008, 12:31:54 PM
slippin or not.. when detox drops we all gonna cop that shit.. it'll be the best sellin album ever.. and we all gonna suck dick on dre and bang his joints day and night..

I hope you're right cause the rap game's done a 180 since "2001" dropped in 1999.  And it seems like forever since the days of "The Chronic".  We've seen big names fall off out here like Richie Rich, Messy Marv, MC Eiht, DJ Quik, Celly Cel, Spice 1, Jayo Felony, etc.  Snoop can make hit records like "Life of the Party" but he can't sell like he used to.  We're in the era of youtube, text messaging, downloading, and ring tones.  People wanna see that quick fix hit.  And I don't think Dre can provide that with his style.

MTV is no longer the platform or medium to promote your album.  The concept used to be simple -- make a fancy video and spin it hard on MTV and watch it fly off the shelves.  With Busta Rhymes album "The Big Bang" they tried that and now he's on the same list I have in the last paragraph.  Big flop.  Now you gotta have a unique raggae/dance tone with a little fun hip hop to it.  Otherwise, you can just take the album and put it underneath the garbage can because even the garbage man don't wanna waste space in his crib on that.  It's about being able to catch the fan -- instant hits like instant potatoes.  Dre ain't that style -- he's slow, he's really really slow, and he's redone this album so many times which says he's unsure about himself.  Detox went from being a follow up to "2001" with all the Aftermath regulars to a musical play with tracks like Crooked I pretending to be Dr. Dre ("Say Dr. Dre") to a new concept album with live drums to what we're hearing now with Lil Wayne, G-Unit, and Eminem.

So even Dre doesn't know what he wants to do with this one.  The economy is in a little rut, the MTV spin your video concept doesn't work, he doesn't want to use Akon and T-Pain to try to make a hit, and now he's labeled as the "older artist" like we've seen Ice Cube flop.

I think the only way he sells is if he can reinvent himself and market his face hard and I don't see him doing that.  When he was on Death Row, they ran MTV and he had the image of the badass on "Nuthin But A G Thang" pourin champaign all over the hoes and packin a strap in "Dre Day."  He's 40 years old and seperated himself from that, how is he going to invent any type of image plus compete with downloads, ringtones, and Akon & T-Pain.  I just don't see it happening.  The rap game has really evolved in a different direction.

i think dre know what he wants to do with this album, and thats to put together a classic.. thats why its taking time, dj quick said in a interview that dre has about 200 tracks recorded sofar and that proves he wants to pic the best tracks.. and thats itself is a step aginst how the industry today and kinda what you say.. he dont want to put out an album and hope its gone sell X units in the first week, and just because its dr.dre.. i think he care more about putting out classic music then making 1-3mills more on it..

plus i meen just look how many years it took between chronic and chronic 2001! not as many as this time but still.. this is the most talked album of the century, and thats without any promotion.. dre dont need t-pain, akon or who ever is hot right now, he didnt need it on 2001 dont need it now..

can u explain this little closer. how did dj.quick feel off? he is still active, he is involed in projects, did you miss that he mixed snoops last album? how did ice cube flop? do you know how many units he sold INDEPENENT? he didnt have a lable to push him or nothing. u know how much money of the album sales is his?
Title: Re: Damn Dr Dre Is Slippin (Not Detox Related)
Post by: you gon always be my latin queen bitch on October 18, 2008, 12:33:18 PM
its jus that easy!




It's Simple...

U WANT THE TRUTH?


Dre Is Jimmy Iovines Puppet
Title: Re: Damn Dr Dre Is Slippin (Not Detox Related)
Post by: Invincible on October 18, 2008, 06:26:03 PM
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Name 5 beats Khaled himself has done in 5 years. And him yelling over the track like DJ Clue 98% of the time means he didn't produce it. Swizz still owes money for stealing Casio instrumentals.

Terror Squad "Nothing's Going To Stop Me," "Gangsta" on Fabolous' album, "Beat Novacane" for Fat Joe, "I'm A G" for Rick Ross, "Get It For Life" by Fat Joe, "Standin On The Mountain Top" on the new album.

DJ Khaled is Global now, go listen to the track "We Global" now, he made it! He's paid! Florida stand up! He did it man. He took it from local Miami to mainstream now all around the world.  Florida has a bigger rap scene now than what we do out here in Cali.

Dr. Dre is a forgotten entity. The only Dre people know are "Cool & Dre."

It's a shame it had to get to this level, but Dre did it to himself.  He hired these ghost producers and now he can't find anyone to duplicate their sound like Scott Storch and Mel Man.

Yer, they were some great tracks weren't they?  :P
no

Exactly, he doesn't have a clue what hes talking about.
Title: Re: Damn Dr Dre Is Slippin (Not Detox Related)
Post by: afgmafia on October 18, 2008, 06:52:50 PM
thats wat ppl said wen chronic 2001 was bout to drop cuz of the songs he gave to snoop's album like buck em and shit cuz those songs sucked but then everyone was blown away by the 2001 album
Title: Re: Damn Dr Dre Is Slippin (Not Detox Related)
Post by: love33 on October 18, 2008, 11:16:51 PM
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can u explain this little closer. how did dj.quick feel off? he is still active, he is involed in projects, did you miss that he mixed snoops last album? how did ice cube flop? do you know how many units he sold INDEPENENT? he didnt have a lable to push him or nothing. u know how much money of the album sales is his?

DJ Quik used to get spins across the map back when "Safe and Sound" and "Way 2 Fonky" were in rotation and he had that "Dollaz and Sense" hit off 'Murder Was The Case.'  Quik is one of my all-time favs but from an objective standpoint he's fallen off as an artist.  Outside of the westcoast, nobody bumps Quik.  Everyone is bumpin Lil Wayne, T.I., Rick Ross, Fat Joe, DJ Khaled, Ludacris, Young Jeezy, Kanye West, Cash Money, Flo Rida, Nelly, Ace Hood.

Same with Ice Cube.  Dude is a legend but nobody is listening to his music outside of the West coast.  Just take a trip to Florida, Texas, or New York and you won't here Cube played at no parties or clubs.  The only Cube you hear is the old stuff like "We Be Clubbin" and you don't even hear that rarely.

E-40, Snoop Dogg, Too Short, The Game, Ray J, and Felli Fel are the artists who get play all over the map.

The reason why 40 and Short are bigger names than Cube and Quik in 2006-2008 is because they work with the South and the top hitmakers.  40 droppin "Oh yeah" w/ Sean Paul, "Snap Yo Fingers," "U and Dat" w/ T-pain and now "Wake It Up" w/ Akon is a hit record.  Short (who brought Lil Jon to the mainstream) is featured everywhere and you still hear "Shake That Monkey," "Blow The Whistle," "That Baby" w/ Shawty Putt, and now "Life Of Da Party" w/ Snoop.  Those guys put their name out there by working with the heavyweights and they can keep up with the party/club tracks where that's not really Quik's style and Cube hasn't made party tracks since "War and Peace."

I know some of you all are sayin' Dre did it with "2001" but that album was released in 1999.  That's nearly 10 years ago!  The rap game has nearly been flipped upside down the last decade.  It seen more changes the last 3 years then it ever has.

All I'm sayin' is that Dre is in a totally different ballgame now.  He keeps pushing this album back and it's because he's watching the market and doesn't want to see it flop.  He didn't want to drop it when Lil Jon had his thing going and now it looks like he's having second thoughts about trying to go against Akon and T-Pain.  That's why he's talking about having Lil Wayne on the album like every other artist where a year ago he was re-recording it for the 5th time saying "This album is going to feature everyone that I've ever worked with."

My personal guess is that this 50 Cent album that's supposed to be coming up is going to have some elements of the Dre album and it's almost like a dry run or test on some of the things that are going on with this project to give an indication to Dr. Dre whether or not he can feel out this new market.

Also, The Game did the live drums on his new album with "Dope Boys" and it sounded tight but I don't think it's going to make Dre an album that sells 8 million.  Holla back.
Title: Re: Damn Dr Dre Is Slippin (Not Detox Related)
Post by: Konnekt on October 19, 2008, 11:08:46 AM
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can u explain this little closer. how did dj.quick feel off? he is still active, he is involed in projects, did you miss that he mixed snoops last album? how did ice cube flop? do you know how many units he sold INDEPENENT? he didnt have a lable to push him or nothing. u know how much money of the album sales is his?

DJ Quik used to get spins across the map back when "Safe and Sound" and "Way 2 Fonky" were in rotation and he had that "Dollaz and Sense" hit off 'Murder Was The Case.'  Quik is one of my all-time favs but from an objective standpoint he's fallen off as an artist.  Outside of the westcoast, nobody bumps Quik.  Everyone is bumpin Lil Wayne, T.I., Rick Ross, Fat Joe, DJ Khaled, Ludacris, Young Jeezy, Kanye West, Cash Money, Flo Rida, Nelly, Ace Hood.

Same with Ice Cube.  Dude is a legend but nobody is listening to his music outside of the West coast.  Just take a trip to Florida, Texas, or New York and you won't here Cube played at no parties or clubs.  The only Cube you hear is the old stuff like "We Be Clubbin" and you don't even hear that rarely.

E-40, Snoop Dogg, Too Short, The Game, Ray J, and Felli Fel are the artists who get play all over the map.

The reason why 40 and Short are bigger names than Cube and Quik in 2006-2008 is because they work with the South and the top hitmakers.  40 droppin "Oh yeah" w/ Sean Paul, "Snap Yo Fingers," "U and Dat" w/ T-pain and now "Wake It Up" w/ Akon is a hit record.  Short (who brought Lil Jon to the mainstream) is featured everywhere and you still hear "Shake That Monkey," "Blow The Whistle," "That Baby" w/ Shawty Putt, and now "Life Of Da Party" w/ Snoop.  Those guys put their name out there by working with the heavyweights and they can keep up with the party/club tracks where that's not really Quik's style and Cube hasn't made party tracks since "War and Peace."

I know some of you all are sayin' Dre did it with "2001" but that album was released in 1999.  That's nearly 10 years ago!  The rap game has nearly been flipped upside down the last decade.  It seen more changes the last 3 years then it ever has.

All I'm sayin' is that Dre is in a totally different ballgame now.  He keeps pushing this album back and it's because he's watching the market and doesn't want to see it flop.  He didn't want to drop it when Lil Jon had his thing going and now it looks like he's having second thoughts about trying to go against Akon and T-Pain.  That's why he's talking about having Lil Wayne on the album like every other artist where a year ago he was re-recording it for the 5th time saying "This album is going to feature everyone that I've ever worked with."

My personal guess is that this 50 Cent album that's supposed to be coming up is going to have some elements of the Dre album and it's almost like a dry run or test on some of the things that are going on with this project to give an indication to Dr. Dre whether or not he can feel out this new market.

Also, The Game did the live drums on his new album with "Dope Boys" and it sounded tight but I don't think it's going to make Dre an album that sells 8 million.  Holla back.

i understand what you talking about with that the game changed and the t-pain, akon and lil wayne and ect,  but is that how its messured if a artist fell of if he is played in clubs?? cubes laught now cry later sold enormus sales independent, he didt have any clubhits on it and that in my opinion means that he made it.. he dont need to bring in t-pain or akon or lil wayne, he dont need to adjust to the game.. u know what i mean?
i dont agree what u say about dres album.. what make u think dre wants to do clubhits and have people getting his ringtones and so? tell me honest now what u think gone sell more.. dre doing dre or dre trying to do t-pain and so on?
Title: Re: Damn Dr Dre Is Slippin (Not Detox Related)
Post by: Black Excellence on October 19, 2008, 11:26:13 AM
Dr. Dre is the best producer in hip hop period.
Title: Re: Damn Dr Dre Is Slippin (Not Detox Related)
Post by: tonyscarbones on October 20, 2008, 12:28:15 AM
i agree dre is shook right now

in today's game, you got to put out alot of music

if he wants to reclaim the aftermath throne, they gotta start puttin out vids and mixtapes and make a few vids with eminem, 50, etc on dre beats and still dre type videos

but even then he won't sell like he used to

everyone has thier time, dre's is over

kanye and wayne run shit now, the kids ain't feelin dre cuz he's been gone too long and hid from this generation
Title: Re: Damn Dr Dre Is Slippin (Not Detox Related)
Post by: Booz on October 20, 2008, 01:46:24 AM
the kids ain't feelin dre cuz he's been gone too long and hid from this generation
Oh and he can't just pop up and sell records? If 50 Cent and Eminem release their albums successfully with Dre features/beats, I'm sure even the kids will buy his album and start to groupie travel.