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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Connection => Topic started by: The Predator on December 31, 2025, 04:10:16 AM
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Troomp chin checks Dre as a beat-maker, (Anyone got Dre beat-tappin footage? Not even in 2025?)
https://www.instagram.com/p/DSwCW9CDJyB/
Rappers/producers come out in support for the Dr like the ''Gotti Boys'', but they catching strays too-
icecube
I’ve seen it with my own eyes. This narrative is dead in the water
teddyriley1
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Respectfully, I’ve seen him play piano, and also program on a drum machine. Doctor DRE is definitely a doctor in studio. I’ve also seen him run more than one session at the same time like myself. 👑👑
warreng
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Thats my sensei
9thwonder
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We live in a world where people will argue with Royce, Teddy Riley, Jazzy Pha, Warren G, Punch, Ross, Focus, Scarface, Tmbo, and an ORIGINAL Member of NWA in Ice Cube…just to get a response, not to actually learn, but JUST to get a response ….. it’s amazing. Welcome to The Internet. lol
djscratch
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I’ve watched him play the Fender Rhodes, watched him make beats on the MPC-3000 & watched him mix a song without an engineer.
scottstorchofficial
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Dr Dre is the illest to ever do it on the mp pushes the envelop on the pads creating some of the craziest beat patterns. As well he dials in on swing and quantizing like nobody. Thats why u subliminally feel something different from his music He privileged me to collaborate with him for many years. But he is fully capable of playing keys as well. But from a creative standpoint collaborating always makes for great music.
focus3dots
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Yes! And I have over 24 years of working with him as my credential(s). Can't throw shade then say 'no shade'. What's the point of this post anyway???
royceda59
2 d
I’ve seen with my own eye 👀 Plz put some respect on the 🐐 name 🙏🏿🫡
timbaland
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I seen it hands down
jazzepha
2 d
I have seen it & i actually think 💭 i might have some pics from a session w Truth Hurts tapping the MPC 3000… also playing keys… 🎹 he was more of a master mind & conductor but he definitely all star 💫 in that lab jack
tonyadawiz
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I saw him firsthand in the studio Audio Achievements 87, 88, and 89 produce classics from the SP1200. I was there, and he taught me how to use the SP1200 drum machine.
brothermob
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Been in with Dre and yea I seen him play the piano, tap on the drum pads, coach vocal takes,and lead the session musicians.. that’s the first time I ever seen multiple MPC’s daisy chained and I may have some old footage, the nigga is a real deal, a producer not just a dude with a beat tape letting you pick beats, here’s a question for everybody, how many artists has he put his hands on? And how successful did they become? I’ll rest my case right there… the nigga mean!
richforever (Rick Ross)
2 d
I watched him produce the entire track on my #Mastermind lp.
thesamplelounge
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Man you got a response from all the big hitters who have witnessed It themselves. Case closed lol
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dude got tossed in the comments
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I'm confused. On one hand all you hear about is Dre is a producer, not a beat maker. When someone ask to see Dre making a beat those same people get defensive instead of saying he doesn't make beats. Make it make sense.
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So surreal, i thought the comments were fake
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I'm confused. On one hand all you hear about is Dre is a producer, not a beat maker. When someone ask to see Dre making a beat those same people get defensive instead of saying he doesn't make beats. Make it make sense.
dre is both .... not rocket science
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dre is both .... not rocket science
The "rocket science" is the whole "producer" vs "beatmaker" is only brought when dre is mentioned and it sounds like its THE argument when trying to justifying" dres actions.
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The "rocket science" is the whole "producer" vs "beatmaker" is only brought when dre is mentioned and it sounds like its THE argument when trying to justifying" dres actions.
u can believe that
or u can read every comment from the legends in the ig post and see them explain how dre is a master at all of it and taught them everything they know
your choice
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https://www.instagram.com/p/DS8yWmfj4dP/
RARE FOOTAGE OF DR DRE ON THE MPC
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Ever since I heard Jimmy Z - Funky Flute Dr. Dre can do no wrong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRcc2mBdifo
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u can believe that
or u can read every comment from the legends in the ig post and see them explain how dre is a master at all of it and taught them everything they know
your choice
Why is the debate never a topic when Premier is mentioned?
Or any other producer?
Only Dre
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Why is the debate never a topic when Premier is mentioned?
Or any other producer?
Only Dre
because dre orchestrates a team of musicians like quincy jones
so casuals take that as
״oh my God they must be doing all the work!! 🤪״
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He the only one who does that?
Again: The whole convo pops up only when Dre is mentioned.
"With shot like that - You never be Quincy Jones of rap"
Who been there who done that
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WOW. look at the respect he got. every fucking rapper and producer responded to it.
dj silk responded "dr. dre wrote outro brass composition and brass players followed the sheet to play that"... wow!
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He the only one who does that?
Again: The whole convo pops up only when Dre is mentioned.
"With shot like that - You never be Quincy Jones of rap"
Who been there who done that
not true at all
many from timbaland to quik have been questioned about having "ghost producers"
dre just gets it the worst because he's the goat ... the greater u are the greater the target on your back
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not true at all
many from timbaland to quik have been questioned about having "ghost producers"
dre just gets it the worst because he's the goat ... the greater u are the greater the target on your back
Dont get me wrong
I like Dre as much as you do but
Where is he going with this kind of sound?
Who's gonna listen to this?
Offtop:
Are Premier/ Johnny J & Easy Moe Bee a Producers or Beat Makers?
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Dont get me wrong
I like Dre as much as you do but
Where is he going with this kind of sound?
Who's gonna listen to this?
Offtop:
Are Premier/ Johnny J & Easy Moe Bee a Producers or Beat Makers?
i don't like dres new sound either
and they're both
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i don't like dres new sound either
and they're both
Ok who is NOT a producer? Just a beat maker?
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Dont get me wrong
I like Dre as much as you do but
Where is he going with this kind of sound?
Who's gonna listen to this?
Offtop:
Are Premier/ Johnny J & Easy Moe Bee a Producers or Beat Makers?
A producer makes a song, the beat maker provides the instrumentation
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not true at all
many from timbaland to quik have been questioned about having "ghost producers"
dre just gets it the worst because he's the goat ... the greater u are the greater the target on your back
Damn Straight Bro People Love to go at Dre But he is def The G.O.A.T.
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Who the fuck is this clown anyway to diss Dre he's a Nobody
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Ok who is NOT a producer? Just a beat maker?
jellyroll
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He the only one who does that?
Again: The whole convo pops up only when Dre is mentioned.
"With shot like that - You never be Quincy Jones of rap"
Who been there who done that
Kanye does it too.
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It's bought up because to an outsider Dre seems to have always had a helping hand from the start and solo productions throughout probably haven't charted as high as the ones that have other co-producers listed
World Class Wrecking Cru & NWA there was DJ Yella
Warren G, Quik, Daz, J Flexx etc during Death Row era
Budda, Glove etc during early Aftermath Era then MelMan Scott Storch
ICU era Focus Dem Jointz DJ Khalil etc
Not to mention every other top producer in hip hop saying they worked with Dre for Detox - Rza, Erick Sermon, Timabaland to name a few.
So unless you are in the studio actually observing Dre at work, most people will think that the producers bring the majority of the song to dre who embellishes them.
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Some Dre production notes -
SNOOP DOGG: [Dre] listened to it off the board (The Chronic) in the studio. He'd cut it together, cut the reels, splice it in. He actually had to put it together piece by piece, by hand. Every song connected to the next song, to the next song, to the next song.
ALLEN GORDON (former editor, Rap Pages magazine): Dre had the talent to hear music and [say], “This needs a flute, harp strings, heavier drum track.” That's an incredible talent, even if he can't read music himself.
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Collabs :
''Let me tell you something man, the collaborative effort for me is everything, I’ve never done one thing in my career by myself. It’s all been a collaboration. I love collaborating, I love being in the studio with likeminded people who understand where we’re trying to go with this music shit and that’s the magic for me at least.'' — Dr Dre on LL Cool J- 7:35
Since the outset of his career, Dre has worked in tandem with others and for him, it’s where the joy resides. Back in the World Class Wreckin Cru, he combined his efforts with Alonzo Hawkins and Marquette Hawkins. After that, NWA gave him the chance to revolutionize gangsta rap alongside Ice Cube, Eazy E, MC Ren and Yella.
Once he broke out of the Ruthless Records roster and onto Death Row, he expanded his rolodex of collaborators again and has continued to replenish them across the different eras of his Aftermath label.
To Dre, the act of collaboration is essential to making something special. But on the flipside, his insistence on realizing each solitary note’s full potential means that even when he’s working with others, he leaves nothing to chance.
By doing so, he’s allowed to coax greatness out of his co-conspirators and proteges in a way that any producer worth their salt should seek to emulate.
“Sometimes he has something he hears me on immediately that he’ll know my flow or my cadence will compliment the track, or sometimes he’ll just let me go in the studio, he got about 400 beats, just pick through and see what I catch the vibe on. He all about the feeling, he ain’t never wanna rush or sit on it too tong about creating unless it’s one of them ones that;s for sure for sure. He gives me creative space where I can do what I do and then he just comes in and tweaks it, taking me to the next level. It’s crazy.”- — Kendrick Lamar on Hardknock TV- 4:50
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Dont get me wrong
I like Dre as much as you do but
Where is he going with this kind of sound?
Who's gonna listen to this?
Offtop:
Are Premier/ Johnny J & Easy Moe Bee a Producers or Beat Makers?
like i said i dont like his new sound either
they're both