Dr Dre

[browny]

Hello gents

I am a fan of ALL music but have followed Dre since n.w.a and am just wondering what other peoples thought are on him?

His 2 latest releases KUSH and I NEED A DOCTOR have gone straight back to the old classic days,this guy is 46 for ****s sake and he's still making beats that blow you away.

Stef 8)

 

[Rich.b]

Funny you should mention Dre, at work today i had 'Straight Outta Compton' on in my office closely followed by 'Eazy Duz It' by Eazy E. I can still remember picking both albums up from the record shop on the outside of the rag market in Birmingham.
His newer stuff is definately back to his best as he had gone off the boil a bit in recent times. I also managed to get a copy of 'niggaz4life' by NWA before it was banned back in the late 80's or early 90's.
Don't get me started on old school hip hop, my very first concert was The Beastie Boys and Run DMC at the Odeon in Brum......happy days
Rich

 

[PIGCITY]

Another of my vices is Golden Age hip hop have a nice collection of my originals that I still play to an appreciative crowd of my two little daughters. My decks have the two different colourways of Raising Hell, Check your Head & The Empire Strikes Back Vinyl mounted around them.

Oh Sorry you mentioned Dre, never been a big fan of NWA but thought the Chronic was pretty 'dope'
Must admit that of late everytime I hear Dre he has that whiny little Eminem somewhere on the track that instantly puts me off. But you can't knock the longevity of the guys career in Hip Hop.

Anyone up for some vinyl trades.....

 

[PGowdy]

Being a white person from west london i never really fully took to Hip Hop and find young white english men who do very strange... lol. Having said that i am a music lover through and through and ignore no genre (er, except new metal and emo as it has no artistic merit. Fact.) and believe Dr Dre to be one of the few geniuses of the genre and indeed of any genre. NWA changed the face of black music (for better or for worse) for ever and are undeniably one of the most important groups in rap/hip hop and in any genre of music. Dre's first two solo albums are also, against odds, two of the most important and credible of the genre in the last 20 years and, unlike many other hip hops albums of the time, still past the test of time.
I DJ at a pub in london on thursday nights and tho i don't play much hip hop, when i do, you can be sure i don't forget about Dre.

 

[browny]

Good stuff guys

The chronic and 2001 are incredible albums,Snoop dogg doggystyle is another classic (albeit a different artist)

Eminem is a lyrical genius which is why Dre signed him up and not to mention that having a "white boy" on his books would open up the rap market to the white middle classes,which it has I guess.

I'm just wondering how many other white rappers are out there that could have done with being on Dre's books?

 

[DarthStanley]

Vanilla Ice & Snow spring to mind! :lol:

 

[PIGCITY]

Personally I will have to disagree with Eminem being a lyrical genius....

 

[Rich.b]

Yeh i have to agree with you there, never been a huge fan of eminem-some of his stuff was ok but the rest just sounds like hes trying to hard to be someone he aint.
Now if we are talking proper old school hip hop, today i have sorted out Public Enemy's "it takes a nation of millions" to listen to in my office closely followed by the soundtrack to 'colours', Ice T at his best.
Rich

 

[PIGCITY]

Well seeing as this thread is going that way...For me its
KMD- Mr Hood, Master Ace-Take a look Around, Jungle Brothers-Done by the Forces of Nature, Quest-Low End Theory, Beasties - Check your Head & Pauls Boutique, Nas- Illmatic, Biz Markie-The BIz Never Sleeps, Run DMC- Run DMC

 

[spoons]

Being a white person from west london i never really fully took to Hip Hop and find young white english men who do very strange... lol.

I've got to say Pete that is an odd comment.

I used to love Run DMC and the Beasties when I was 13 or 14, but soon became a typical skinny white indie kid through and through, but it never stopped me appreciating a good tune whatever the genre. Now I'm old I don't really care what I listen too, and these days Tougher than Leather has to be one of my most played CDs

It's all music to me

 

[PGowdy]

It was sightly tongue in cheek tho i have a lot of white middle class friends who listen to nothing but hip hip. I always have found that quite strange. Tho i'm referring to more modern ultra shallow, misogynistic, bling focused hip hop, not the quality stuff from the 80's. It's barely even the same genre. Hip Hop was way better then and far less shallow and everything sounded fresh. There are very few rappers i can take seriously these days let alone relate to.

 

[spoons]

I'm with you there

 

[Joe]

It was sightly tongue in cheek tho i have a lot of white middle class friends who listen to nothing but hip hip.

Is that posh for hip hop :lol:

Hip hip hooray! Whato! :mrgreen:

 

[PGowdy]

:lol: :lol:

 

[spoons]

It was sightly tongue in cheek tho i have a lot of white middle class friends who listen to nothing but hip hip.

Is that posh for hip hop :lol:

Hip hip hooray! Whato! :mrgreen:

:lol: :lol:

 

[jimmymindtricks]

Personally I will have to disagree with Eminem being a lyrical genius....

x2

 

[browny]

Fair play with the Eminem I guess,but think of Stan and say that isnt brilliant lyrics?!

He is always gonna be a little crack head but I personally think he is very talented at what he does

 

[edd_jedi]

Big fan of Dre... I was very sad when Nate Dogg died a couple of weeks ago

Personally I will have to disagree with Eminem being a lyrical genius...

Same, I was infamous amongst my mates in 2000ish for saying that in 10 years time, he will be no more credible than Vanilla Ice is now (who was also taken seriously during his hey-day.) And look what's happened :lol:

I think the only song of his I like and think has a hint of genius is Stan.

 

[geordie]

the first snoop album was and still is a really good album as well as the chronic, let me ride one of my all time fav tunes, remember smoking as much dope as we could when listening to these , also loved naughty by nature, hip hop hooray.......

ice cube is up there as well as in being in the scene for years but mostly films these days,,, blam blam blam goes the ghetto bird