Dr.Dre: The Biography by Ronin Ro

[Tanjential]

I bought this and am reading it. sick shit. anyone else read it/is reading it?

-T

[Westcoastfanatic]

The book is just articles and interviews Dre did in the past right. I have read almost every Dre interview so I would prolly know about 90% of the book.

[devil_may_care]

http://www.amazon.com/Dr-Dre-Biography-Ronin-Ro/dp/1560259213

Ineteresting, I might buy it next time I get some Amazon vouchers

[Tanjential]

The book is just articles and interviews Dre did in the past right. I have read almost every Dre interview so I would prolly know about 90% of the book.

Uh naw, it's a biography written by Ronin Ro. The book has a streamlined narrative, it is NOT a collection of interviews and articles.

-T

[Tanjential]

Just came across something I think dre fans and haters alike would find amusing in the book:
Dre heard TLO Rage on a DJ Pooh mixtape and asked about her, got in contact her and suge told her she'd be the first act on DR released(which alot of us knew) and it talks about how she was upset when she got to CA to see Kurupt, Daz, Snoop, Nate etc. already there indicating she wouldn't get the attention she thought she would.

here's an excerpt from a moment that I think we'd all love to not only see, but recreate, it's hilarious and shows that dre still has the same problems today:

The roster- storytelling Snoop, political RBX, the gangsta-rapping Dogg Pound duo(Snoop urged Daz and Kurupt to team up), balladeer Nate Dogg, Rage, and Dre himself-would have been more than enough to help Death Row compete for an audience, but Dre kept seeking new talent. This was why, when he heard Rage playing a Freestyle Fellowship tape one day he asked if she knew how to contact them.
      She snapped, "How you gonna sign somebody else when you can't even take care of the artists you already got?"
"How you gonna question me on what I can take care of?"
   "You can't take care of your own artists!"
"If you don't like it, you can leave."
"well, gimme my ticket and I'm gone."
"I ain't giving you shit!"
The next morning, Suge smoothed things over during a meeting.
"Everyone is under pressure," he gently told Rage. And it was true.

-R.Ro

-T

[Tanjential]

IMO Dre got fucking OWNED by Rage in that argument I think by saying shit people on this forum want to say for years. I think it's cool to know that someone HAS said that shit to Dre. The test of time has proven TLO Rage correct imo, but it doesn't matter to Dre who will profit off SOME artist.

-T

[DEKO]

Yes I've read this book. It's really cool to read it! Very interesting and I recommend it to everybody!!!

[3331]

glad rage actually saw how dre operates and confronted him. dre's my boy but he def has a problem with worrying more about getting new artists then actually doing anything with the ones he has. i think he's gotten worse about it over time too.

[The Predator]

Please put up more quotes and storys from the book...

[The "Untouchable" DJR]

Is this any good cause I'm a little bit skeptical about Ro's credibility as a writer.

[gav09]

Yeah i copped it last week, just started readin it now! Seems gud so far!

[Teddy Roosevelt]

Lol at Rage given it to Dre. How many people would be able to do that?

[Okka]

Please put up more quotes and storys from the book...

[Bones01]

i'll get this from the library, fuck buying it

[Blu Lacez]

Lol at Rage given it to Dre. How many people would be able to do that?

^^
     Thats probably, cuz Dre was starting off..i doubt she can say that to Dre rite now??


But im kinda happy that DR released, DRE, Snoop, Dogg Pound, b4 Rage got to released her own album..Which was Cool..but not what i was expecting..

Blu