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Dre Passes On Michael Jackson Project
Hip-hop impresario says he turned down opportunity to produce Michael Jackson's first album in a decade.
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Dr. Dre's achievements producing his own album and hits from Eminem, Snoop Dogg and Xzibit may have crowned him the King of Rap in 2000, but the hip-hop impresario has no interest in working with fellow musical royalty Michael Jackson.
Dre told MTV Radio at the American Music Awards on Monday that he turned down an opportunity to produce the King of Pop's first album in a decade.
"Somebody approached me about working with Michael Jackson, and I did say no because I like working with new artists or people that I've worked with in the past," Dre said. "I can develop them from the ground up. There's no set standard that I have to live up to or anything like that. All I have to do is go in the studio, and basically they're going to bust their ass to come in there and do their thing the way it's supposed to be done." Jackson's spokesperson confirmed there have been discussions between the two artists, but said nothing has been decided.
Dre said he recently wrapped production on Eve's forthcoming album, Scorpion, and is now working with R&B newcomer Shari Watson, a.k.a. Truth Hurts, who is signed to his Aftermath label. Fellow Los Angeles rapper Ice-T also recently told L.A.'s Daily News that Dre will work on his next record.
Dre leads the pack of contenders for the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards with five nominations, including Best Hip-Hop Album for Dr. Dre 2001 (see "Dr. Dre, Beyoncé Lead Grammy Nominees").
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who cares?
detox ain't even coming out and eminem's album just came out - do you really expect him to work with ANOTHER white artist?
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detox will be out before a crooked I solo....lol 8)
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detox will be out before a crooked I solo....lol 8)
hell freezes over or pigs fly
take your pick
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Dre is a lame. Who even cares about him at this point.
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LMAO at you bringing this up like it's new and you are outraged just because MJ died.
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LMAO at you bringing this up like it's new and you are outraged just because MJ died.
this and
hell freezes over or pigs fly
take your pick
well Swine Flu, and Jackson just died. I think the criteria for both as been met. BRING ON THE ALBUM!!!. Also stop getting all butt hurt over what Dr. Dre did, You know for a fucking fact that if jackson was alive, your bitch ass would be saying something like "Yeah, I wouldn't want to produce for someone who goes out side every 10 minutes to play with my nephews either" or something.
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Dre's point looks very reasonable to me, what isn't reasonable is the title of the topic.
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http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1437845/20010110/dr_dre.jhtml
Jan 10 2001 6:24 PM EST
Old news. Thank you.
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Dre is a lame. Who even cares about him at this point.
who?? how about the entire westcoast!!! and dre is the king homie..not michael jaccson..witout dre there wouldnt be no ice cube, nwa, snoop, eminem, 50 cent, game, dogg pound etc etc
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Dre is a lame. Who even cares about him at this point.
who?? how about the entire westcoast!!! and dre is the king homie..not michael jaccson..witout dre there wouldnt be no ice cube, nwa, snoop, eminem, 50 cent, game, dogg pound etc etc
without michael jackson there would be no dr dre . so shut up with your ignorant bullshit .
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dre is wack for not wantin to work wit another legend (if that was the case)
but hell work wit lil wayne
kill the dretox movement lol
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dre is so damn fickle. he doesnt want to work with any gangsta rap artists from the west because he wants to do bigger better things yet he turns down michael jackson the king of pop.
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In reality, i do not think Dr Dre would have done anything "better", he may have provided a "new" beat here and there but no way would he and could he have met the standards of MJ beats like Quincy Jones.
It's best that Dr Dre has declined to work with MJ. Dr Dre is an Artist but he alone can not move boundaries to a wider audience like MJ - MJ can, NO MATTER who he works with...........Dr Dre should consider himself lucky to be asked but his decision is the correct one...
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i wouldn't like to work with a child molestor either
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he said he likes to spend time wit kids but if he were to hurt one he would jump off a balcony or cut his wrists or something like this, as in he loves kids too much to hurt them in anyway and never has
so accordin to him he isnt, but who knows lol
i wouldn't like to work with a child molestor either
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he said he likes to spend time wit kids but if he were to hurt one he would jump off a balcony or cut his wrists or something like this, as in he loves kids too much to hurt them in anyway and never has
so accordin to him he isnt, but who knows lol
i wouldn't like to work with a child molestor either
he loved kids so much, he couldn't stop touching them
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Dr. Who??
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lol and those kids loved it also and couldnt stop goin back (some even say the parents knew so the parents knew but the kids were still goin back...damn)
like i said, he was wacko jacko but musically HELL NEVER BE DUPLICATED
he said he likes to spend time wit kids but if he were to hurt one he would jump off a balcony or cut his wrists or something like this, as in he loves kids too much to hurt them in anyway and never has
so accordin to him he isnt, but who knows lol
i wouldn't like to work with a child molestor either
he loved kids so much, he couldn't stop touching them
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1, dr dre and go what he wants.
2, how was he supposed to know he was going to die.
3.i cant even seems dres production working with mj
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dre is wack for not wantin to work wit another legend (if that was the case)
but hell work wit lil wayne
kill the dretox movement lol
smart business move
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lol and those kids loved it also and couldnt stop goin back (some even say the parents knew so the parents knew but the kids were still goin back...damn)
like i said, he was wacko jacko but musically HELL NEVER BE DUPLICATED
he said he likes to spend time wit kids but if he were to hurt one he would jump off a balcony or cut his wrists or something like this, as in he loves kids too much to hurt them in anyway and never has
so accordin to him he isnt, but who knows lol
i wouldn't like to work with a child molestor either
he loved kids so much, he couldn't stop touching them
hehe i'm just playing off course.
i'm just sick of seeing/hearing about MJ, everywhere since he died
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thats waz up
but nah i feel you now of all sudden since hes gone hes this n that (in good terms) but when he was here he was a child this n that, he did this n that
what he did noone will ever be able to not even the "best rapper alive---you know that fake gang banger lol)
but how come "they" didnt make him feel like he was at home when he was still here?
cuz the fuckin industry loves this type of media shit to sell it off
it got jesse jackson and al shaprton outta their hidin---fuckin fake pieces of shit
like face said on his song
fake azz N*ggas get the fuck up outta my face.....
FUCK THA INDUSTRY
lol and those kids loved it also and couldnt stop goin back (some even say the parents knew so the parents knew but the kids were still goin back...damn)
like i said, he was wacko jacko but musically HELL NEVER BE DUPLICATED
he said he likes to spend time wit kids but if he were to hurt one he would jump off a balcony or cut his wrists or something like this, as in he loves kids too much to hurt them in anyway and never has
so accordin to him he isnt, but who knows lol
i wouldn't like to work with a child molestor either
he loved kids so much, he couldn't stop touching them
hehe i'm just playing off course.
i'm just sick of seeing/hearing about MJ, everywhere since he died
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thats waz up
but nah i feel you now of all sudden since hes gone hes this n that (in good terms) but when he was here he was a child this n that, he did this n that
what he did noone will ever be able to not even the "best rapper alive---you know that fake gang banger lol)
but how come "they" didnt make him feel like he was at home when he was still here?
cuz the fuckin industry loves this type of media shit to sell it off
it got jesse jackson and al shaprton outta their hidin---fuckin fake pieces of shit
like face said on his song
fake azz N*ggas get the fuck up outta my face.....
FUCK THA INDUSTRY
lol and those kids loved it also and couldnt stop goin back (some even say the parents knew so the parents knew but the kids were still goin back...damn)
like i said, he was wacko jacko but musically HELL NEVER BE DUPLICATED
he said he likes to spend time wit kids but if he were to hurt one he would jump off a balcony or cut his wrists or something like this, as in he loves kids too much to hurt them in anyway and never has
so accordin to him he isnt, but who knows lol
i wouldn't like to work with a child molestor either
he loved kids so much, he couldn't stop touching them
hehe i'm just playing off course.
i'm just sick of seeing/hearing about MJ, everywhere since he died
it's hypocritical, no doubt.
it's not just the media though: i blame some of the "regular" people as well: cowards
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yeah the media's more of a coward but they are fuck faces
thats waz up
but nah i feel you now of all sudden since hes gone hes this n that (in good terms) but when he was here he was a child this n that, he did this n that
what he did noone will ever be able to not even the "best rapper alive---you know that fake gang banger lol)
but how come "they" didnt make him feel like he was at home when he was still here?
cuz the fuckin industry loves this type of media shit to sell it off
it got jesse jackson and al shaprton outta their hidin---fuckin fake pieces of shit
like face said on his song
fake azz N*ggas get the fuck up outta my face.....
FUCK THA INDUSTRY
lol and those kids loved it also and couldnt stop goin back (some even say the parents knew so the parents knew but the kids were still goin back...damn)
like i said, he was wacko jacko but musically HELL NEVER BE DUPLICATED
he said he likes to spend time wit kids but if he were to hurt one he would jump off a balcony or cut his wrists or something like this, as in he loves kids too much to hurt them in anyway and never has
so accordin to him he isnt, but who knows lol
i wouldn't like to work with a child molestor either
he loved kids so much, he couldn't stop touching them
hehe i'm just playing off course.
i'm just sick of seeing/hearing about MJ, everywhere since he died
it's hypocritical, no doubt.
it's not just the media though: i blame some of the "regular" people as well: cowards
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I do remember this topic when it originally happened (or didn't happen). Dre has made some comments about Michael in his music, but you can tell that he respected him as an artist. Dre has said that you never know when you're going to make "Billie Jean" and I recently read where Mike Elizondo said, Dre goes/went into the studio every morning saying to his musicians/co-producers that "this could be the day that we make Thriller."
Both Dre and Mike have been perfectionists throughout their careers. Dre has taken so long with Detox because he is concerned about it being perfect so that it fits in line with his legacy. The dream team of Dre and Rakim was supposed to be one of Hip-Hop's most anticipated albums. We've heard 1 unreleased track and 2 remixes from the two of them. The NWA album, the Snoop reunion album are just examples of other missed opportunities. Dre probably didn't want to work with Michael Jackson because there would have been too much pressure on himself. He probably would have seen anything short of a classic as a failure on his part.
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it says somebody approached Dre about it, he might have just wanted to see if Dre was interested; how do you know Jackson "wanted" him at all?
just sayin'. :P
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stop dissin dre..if it was dre who died and not michael jaccson yall bitch ass niggas would be succin dre dicc. its like when that punk nigga tupac died..when he was livin i knew a gang of niggas who hated his corny ass. he get killed and muthafuccas succ his dicc. so i say FUCC TUPAC just like i did when he was livin..nigga be true so fucc u.
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I do remember this topic when it originally happened (or didn't happen). Dre has made some comments about Michael in his music, but you can tell that he respected him as an artist. Dre has said that you never know when you're going to make "Billie Jean" and I recently read where Mike Elizondo said, Dre goes/went into the studio every morning saying to his musicians/co-producers that "this could be the day that we make Thriller."
That's true but also keep in mind that Dr. Dre's musical hero is Quincy Jones, the man who was behind both "Billie Jean" and "Thriller".
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I do remember this topic when it originally happened (or didn't happen). Dre has made some comments about Michael in his music, but you can tell that he respected him as an artist. Dre has said that you never know when you're going to make "Billie Jean" and I recently read where Mike Elizondo said, Dre goes/went into the studio every morning saying to his musicians/co-producers that "this could be the day that we make Thriller."
That's true but also keep in mind that Dr. Dre's musical hero is Quincy Jones, the man who was behind both "Billie Jean" and "Thriller".
I think he'd rather work with the guy behind the music, then just the artist whos just singing it. Honestly I favor Production sometimes over the artist. So it wouldn't surprise me if Dr. Dre wanted to work with his Hero producer, and not the artist who's just putting the lyrics down. Hell Rappers are opposite, they rather work with the lyricist then the producer.
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Dre probably did this because he didnt see it as a challenge. He likes to go in and challenge himself. An MJ album is going to sell with or without Dre.
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LMAO at you bringing this up like it's new and you are outraged just because MJ died.
yeah true that
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Fuck bitch ass Dre for that. Who is working with thats bigger then MJ?
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haha lil wayne
but yeah fuck dretox
Fuck bitch ass Dre for that. Who is working with thats bigger then MJ?
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This board continues to amuse me with all the contradictions. People are forever on this "Dre doesn't care about the West or good music. He just wants to work with pop artists". He has a chance to work the biggest pop artist in the world and turns it down and it turns it to another whining session because apparently, the immediate assumption is Dre thinks he's too big to work with MJ. Nobody even gave a fuck about this seven years ago when it actually happened and if he had decided to work with him, 95% of you would have called him a sell-out and said he's too busy to work with West Coast artists because he's making beats for a child molestor. Now, that he's dead and you have seven years of fucking hindsight you wanna spin this shit around like it's relevant. Michael Jackson was the biggest music artist of the last 30 years so from a fiancial and business state if Dre was just in it for money or to further his career, he would have jumped at it in a heartbeat.
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Fuck bitch ass Dre for that. Who is working with thats bigger then MJ?
well depending on how old this is (because this isn't recent news, it could be YEARS old), it could have been Em & 50; remember at one time they seemed immortal lol.
two biggest names in rap & music at one time.
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If I recall correctly, it was summer 2002 when this news came out.
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This board continues to amuse me with all the contradictions. People are forever on this "Dre doesn't care about the West or good music. He just wants to work with pop artists". He has a chance to work the biggest pop artist in the world and turns it down and it turns it to another whining session because apparently, the immediate assumption is Dre thinks he's too big to work with MJ. Nobody even gave a fuck about this seven years ago when it actually happened and if he had decided to work with him, 95% of you would have called him a sell-out and said he's too busy to work with West Coast artists because he's making beats for a child molestor. Now, that he's dead and you have seven years of fucking hindsight you wanna spin this shit around like it's relevant. Michael Jackson was the biggest music artist of the last 30 years so from a fiancial and business state if Dre was just in it for money or to further his career, he would have jumped at it in a heartbeat.
+1
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stop dissin dre..if it was dre who died and not michael jaccson yall bitch ass niggas would be succin dre dicc. its like when that punk nigga tupac died..when he was livin i knew a gang of niggas who hated his corny ass. he get killed and muthafuccas succ his dicc. so i say FUCC TUPAC just like i did when he was livin..nigga be true so fucc u.
The only punk here is you, stupid muthafucka - your must be the dumbest and most ignorant person on this board and your posts are getting just more pathetic.. I told you once, quit this bullshit and stop being an fake ass internet gangsta!
GROW THE FUCK UP DUDE!
P.S. And stop sending me your stupid ass messages asking me what set I'm claimin' and some other bullshit cause this shit is really irritated as fuck!