Dr. Dre's ghost producer Chris "The Glove" Taylor Interview

[spliz]

He properly credits people. When they are co-producers it is displayed. After all those years of getting jerked by people he doesn't jerk other artists.

If they are not listed, they are not co producers or the actual producer. They made the beat. Snoop has already confirmed this with Daz and Warren G. On songs Scott Storch just played the keys, he didn't get full credit for the beats.

nikka u don't think the nikka who fukkin created the beat from scratch deserves credit? The nikka Dre was a fukkin Engineer fam. ALL signs point in that direction. Im a producer and engineer. I know the job. Daz and any other hip hop producer would say they would do a record and send it to Dre to mix the shyt. Then it's a damn Dre beat all of a sudden. nikka would even go as far as try to take credit for beats and songs he didn't touch at all.. snoop is a bytch ass nikka anyway so fukk what he gotta say about the situation. Snoop said Daz deserved ZERO credit for making the beat. Cause all he did was make the beat. Dre brought the life into it. That's some bullshyt. Even the interviewer was like damn "u don't think he deserves ANY credit for his contributions?" Snoop was like nope.

 

[OnlyInCalifornia]

nikka u don't think the nikka who fukkin created the beat from scratch deserves credit? The nikka Dre was a fukkin Engineer fam. ALL signs point in that direction. Daz and any other hip hop producer would say they would do a record and send it to Dre to mix the shyt. Then it's a damn Dre beat all of a sudden. nikka would even go as far as try to take credit for beats and songs he didn't touch at all.. snoop is a bytch ass nikka anyway so fukk what he gotta say about the situation.

Who the fukk said they don't deserve credit if they made the entire beat from scratch and helped produce it? Those guys still eating of Chronic 2001 seem to have got their credit. Why the fukk should this guy, who is a studio musician, get a production credit?

There is only a slot for PRODUCED BY: Not BEAT MADE BY: not BASE LINE STRUMMED BY:

Again, I will defer to Snoop Dogg and the other producers who say Dr Dre is great and leads like a Maestro. Unlike you, Snoop was actually around, regardless of your personal opinion of him.

 

[spliz]

Who the fukk said they don't deserve credit if they made the entire beat from scratch and helped produce it? Those guys still eating of Chronic 2001 seem to have got their credit. Why the fukk should this guy, who is a studio musician, get a production credit?

There is only a slot for PRODUCED BY: Not BEAT MADE BY: not BASE LINE STRUMMED BY:

Again, I will defer to Snoop Dogg and the other producers who say Dr Dre is great and leads like a Maestro. Unlike you, Snoop was actually around, regardless of your personal opinion of him.

Fam I know people in the industry who worked wit Dre. Legends bruh. Lol. I'm not speaking out my ass. U see how I gave Dre credit earlier in the thread so I'm not just bashing him for no reason. Hip hop is funny. It's not like other genre's because the term producer can be misconstrued considering the "beatmaker" can do everything himself. He IS a composer as well cause he composed. And made the beat himself from his brain. So for Dre to come in. Mix the beat. And engineer the session. He deserves ALL production credit? Nah. Now if Dre is in the studio. The beat comes from his head and he wants certain parts layed with real instruments even tho he can't play them. And he hires musicians n shyt like that to work on it. Yes. He produced the beat. And early in Dre's career. Alotta people didn't get credit for Dre's work. He tries to blame Suge but Dre was right there wit him. Gassed. nikka took credit for alotta production he didn't have his hands on. California Love remix was already done. Dre took credit for it. It's things like that I don't respect. Anyone who knows Dre knows it's hard to even get the nikka to wanna be in the studio. Especially these days. And yes. Snoop said Daz deserves ZERO credit. Take some shyt like "Ain't No Fun". Song already done. Dre adds a few bells n whistles? Now it's a Dre beat? How's is that right? The whole SONG was done before Dre touched it. And Snoop is a flip flopper and grimey individual anyway.

 

[OnlyInCalifornia]

Fam I know people in the industry who worked wit Dre. Legends bruh. Lol. I'm not speaking out my ass. U see how I gave Dre credit earlier in the thread so I'm not just bashing him for no reason. Hip hop is funny. It's not like other genre's because the term producer can be misconstrued considering the "beatmaker" can do everything himself. He IS a composer as well cause he composed. And made the beat himself from his brain. So for Dre to come in. Mix the beat. And engineer the session. He deserves ALL production credit? Nah. Now if Dre is in the studio. The beat comes from his head and he wants certain parts layed with real instruments even tho he can't play them. And he hires musicians n shyt like that to work on it. Yes. He produced the beat. And early in Dre's career. Alotta people didn't get credit for Dre's work. He tries to blame Suge but Dre was right there wit him. Gassed. nikka took credit for alotta production he didn't have his hands on. California Love remix was already done. Dre took credit for it. It's things like that I don't respect. Anyone who knows Dre knows it's hard to even get the nikka to wanna be in the studio. Especially these days. And yes. Snoop said Daz deserves ZERO credit. Take some shyt like "Ain't No Fun". Song already done. Dre adds a few bells n whistles? Now it's a Dre beat? How's is that right? The whole SONG was done before Dre touched it. And Snoop is a flip flopper and grimey individual anyway.

Did you watch this video?

And since we are on the topic of giving people more credit than they deserve...

Interviewer: So what did you and Dre start working on?

Chris “The Glove” Taylor: The first thing we started working on was the Po, Broke and Lonely album. We had this song called “Funky Vibe” and he did the remix. We were at a studio in Carson and I was the first person to introduce him to an SSL studio mixer. The way he had been recording was by having all of these different hands pushing the faders up and down on the board. I told him he was working too hard and said, “let me show you this thing called Automation.” It was the reason why I got to mix The Chronic album with him. The credits say, “mixed by Chris Taylor” but I admit that he mixed more of that album than I did. He sat in front of those boards.

Here he is talking about The Chronic...

Chris “The Glove” Taylor: Yes. I produced a song called, “Stranded On Death Row.” That was me and Dre. There’s been a long standing rumor that I did everything and Dre did nothing. That’s not true. You will never hear me say that. But I also did a hell of a lot that I never received credit for.

 

[spliz]

Did you watch this video?

And since we are on the topic of giving people more credit than they deserve...

Interviewer: So what did you and Dre start working on?

Chris “The Glove” Taylor: The first thing we started working on was the Po, Broke and Lonely album. We had this song called “Funky Vibe” and he did the remix. We were at a studio in Carson and I was the first person to introduce him to an SSL studio mixer. The way he had been recording was by having all of these different hands pushing the faders up and down on the board. I told him he was working too hard and said, “let me show you this thing called Automation.” It was the reason why I got to mix The Chronic album with him. The credits say, “mixed by Chris Taylor” but I admit that he mixed more of that album than I did. He sat in front of those boards.

And like I said. Dre is an engineer at heart. He would rather do engineer work than work on a beat from scratch. He likes bringing the best out of an already made product more than creating it himself. He's brilliant when it comes to mixing n all that shyt. And I will never take that away from him. They wanted to push Dre as a producer overall so that's prolly why they didn't give him all the credit as engineer. I believe people should get the credit for what they do. Dre included. Doesnt change the fact he did some funny shyt in the past.

 

[OnlyInCalifornia]

And like I said. Dre is an engineer at heart. He would rather do engineer work than work on a beat from scratch. He likes bringing the best out of an already made product more than creating it himself. He's brilliant when it comes to mixing n all that shyt. And I will never take that away from him.

But this guys, the one this thread is about, is saying more than you are....it's more than just adding bells and whistles....or just studio work. Dr Dre did the drums on both California love songs and The Glove did the Keys. It wasn't "fully" finished with out him doing work.

Chris “The Glove” Taylor: I had to be convinced, actually, but honestly I figured all of that happened because of Suge. It was just Dre running his own company now so everything seemed to be all good. I worked on The Firm’s album, and I co-produced the song, “Phone Tap.” I got credit for the song and I got paid. I came up with the concept of having a “phone voice” for the song and did the beat but Dr. Dre really did take that song to the next level – and that’s what he does.

 

[African Peasant]

So Dre is basically a super P. Diddy ?

And who deserves more credit ? The beatmaker or the producer ?

 

[BK The Great]

Dr. Dre is more than just a basic beat maker, he studies each and every bit of producing. Snoop Dogg broke it down how Dre operates in the studio

In an interview with Dubcnn, Snoop Dogg revealed 6 things about how Dr. Dre works in the studio.
1. Dr. Dre makes artists record the same lines over and over until they sound good
Snoop Dogg: That’s just how he gets down. I went and did a song with him, he made me do each word, word for word, until I got it right. Everybody ain’t prepared for that! Specially if you new.
2. Dr. Dre is always honest with people he works with and says if he doesn’t like something
Snoop Dogg: He’s the only person I be nervous about. When I play him my shyt, I’m like a little-ass kid. I get nervous like “Man, I hope he likes it!” If he likes it, trust me, everybody gonna like it. He’s one hard person to please.
3. Dr. Dre only works with the best people
Snoop Dogg: Dr. Dre is a perfectionist. I’ll work with some guys whose shyt ain’t all the way together, who ain’t got the sound right, or whose mic ain’t right. You got to be 100 with Dr. Dre. I work with guys who are 75, 35, 40, and I give them a shot and bring them up to 100.
4. Dr. Dre is excellent at mixing records, not just producing them
Snoop Dogg: Dre’s mixing makes his co-producer’s records sound the way it sounds. So they can’t have full credit, when I know what his mixing sounds like. Like the song with Stevie Wonder on Busta Rhymes album. Sha Money did the beat, but I know Dr. Dre made it sound the way it sounds.
5. Dr. Dre is at his best when he produces an entire album
Snoop Dogg: My first record he did the whole thing, his first record, whole thing, D.O.C. whole thing, Eazy-E whole thing, N.W.A. whole thing. When he did the whole thing, look at his results! 3, 4, 5 million sold.
6. Dr. Dre teaches his co-producers
Snoop Dogg: They learned from him, that made them better producers. He didn’t learn anything from them! What he did was, he showed them how to produce. Because they was good at making beats, but he showed them how to produce.

Snoop Dogg Reveals 6 Things Dr Dre Does In The Studio

 

[OnlyInCalifornia]

So Dre is basically a super P. Diddy ?

And who deserves more credit ? The beatmaker or the producer ?

According to Timbaland, the real producer...not just the piano man.

 

[spliz]

But this guys, the one this thread is about, is saying more than you are....it's more than just adding bells and whistles....or just studio work. Dr Dre did the drums on both California love songs and The Glove did the Keys. It wasn't "fully" finished with out him doing wokr.

Chris “The Glove” Taylor: I had to be convinced, actually, but honestly I figured all of that happened because of Suge. It was just Dre running his own company now so everything seemed to be all good. I worked on The Firm’s album, and I co-produced the song, “Phone Tap.” I got credit for the song and I got paid. I came up with the concept of having a “phone voice” for the song and did the beat but Dr. Dre really did take that song to the next level – and that’s what he does.

Fam. He's saying everything I said bro. Lol. I said what Dre does already. And when it comes to California Love. I'm talking about the remix. Not the original. Where does it say Dre did work on both versions? If it says that I stand corrected. Someone said he took Hate It Or Love It to the next level as well. The nikka just mixed the shyt. By Cool and Dre's own mouth. Jimmy Iovine couldn't even tell the difference from both tracks. But they said he didn't touch the music. But the sonics were different. U got another guy in the same article saying how the shyt sounded completely different after Dre finished with it. He replayed this and that. And just mystifying when Dre did when it was all bullshyt. Lol.

 

[Animal House]

Former Dogg Pound Member: "Dre' screwed me on getting credit"

Former Dogg Pound Member Emanuel Dean details not getting credit for making "Gin and Juice" and "Snoop Doggy Dogg on the second day he met Dr.Dre.

dre didn't make gin and juice?


edit: hold up i just seen spliz say aint no fun isn't a dre beat either, so what the fukk has he done that was ill as fukk?

damn....

 

[BK The Great]

Dr. Dre produced this same song but different sound, the 2nd version is more fuller and polished.

 

[BO BARON]

Percussionist, Composer's >>>>>>> measly beat makers

 

[Young/Nacho\Drawz]

Yes I am talking about all kind of producers who also have been called 'ghost producers' in the past but in fact, were not. This guy's story has changed more than once so that is why I don't think he is telling the truth. This guy is telling stories favorable to him and he switched it up.

My original comment was there is more to producing a song than just making a beat. Everything I am talking about is still on that path and it pertains to all these guys who keep doing this. Over there years there have been plenty of stories, the ones I am referencing, to where when it was all said and done the guys making these claims were exaggerating.

I never said the beat was a minute part of the song, I said that it's not the only part. Which it isnt. A 4 second sample for a beat is not the same as constructing the sample, laying the drums, adding the extra instruments, working on a hook, coaching an artist, working on the adlibs or making them re-punch in parts, and mixing down the beat and the vocals together. Being a studio player, playing the music how you are directed by someone else, does not mean you made the beat or produced the song either.

The beat is the crust/base to the pizza but with out the rest of the ingredients it's not pizza, its bread. Good pizza needs a good crush/dough but no matter how good the dough is, with out the topping and sauce, its again just bread.

I'm not sure why you would list those examples because more than likely the guy in the first interview did most of those things. You are trying to make it sound like he just made a four second sample and gave it Dre and Dre took it from there. If that's the case I doubt very seriously that he would be useful at all to Dre. (Do you have ANY proof at all that this is what he did?) But just as I said recently in another thread that seems to be the norm where the people who actually do the music have what they do downplayed while others are lifted up to mythical 'super producer' status. Like somehow the beat isn't the most import aspect of the song.

 

[Young/Nacho\Drawz]

Who the fukk said they don't deserve credit if they made the entire beat from scratch and helped produce it? Those guys still eating of Chronic 2001 seem to have got their credit. Why the fukk should this guy, who is a studio musician, get a production credit?

There is only a slot for PRODUCED BY: Not BEAT MADE BY: not BASE LINE STRUMMED BY:

Again, I will defer to Snoop Dogg and the other producers who say Dr Dre is great and leads like a Maestro. Unlike you, Snoop was actually around, regardless of your personal opinion of him.

I think both definitions of the word apply here even though the industry wants to disregard the first meaning in favor of the second.

pro·duce
verb
prəˈd(y)o͞os/

1. 1.
   make or manufacture from components or raw materials.
   "the company has just produced a luxury version of the aircraft"
   synonyms: manufacture, make, construct, build, fabricate, put together, assemble,turn out, create; More
2. 2.
   cause (a particular result or situation) to happen or come into existence.