Dr. Dre Rejected Working With Michael Jackson, Prince, Stevie Wonder Outta Fear

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Breh, I guarantee you a lot of producers we hold in high regard "doubted their own ability". Babyface ain't a genius no more because he was afraid to work with Michael Jackson according to you.
Babyface wasn't afraid. He went in there choked but he went in there.

Kelly went in there.
Neptune's went in there
Teddy Ridley went in there.

You fail or you are successful.

Dre never went and we know why
 

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I ain't even mad at him. :manny:

Forgot about that, just the other day there was some shyt about xzibit (?) re-recording some line 500 times.

Prince and MJ would give Suge their location for that type of shyt :snoop:

I like and respect Dre, but him turning down an opportunity to work with his “heroes” seems very suspicious. What’s the worst that can happen? They don’t like the song, so it doesn’t get released? It’s not like he’s a stranger to that scenario.

Possible.

He knew that these people weren't afraid/in awe of him. He would've been exposed.

You would not be bringing those ghost-produced track around MJ or Prince without them asking where that shyt came from.:pachaha:

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Babyface wasn't afraid. He went in there choked but he went in there.

Kelly went in there.
Neptune's went in there
Teddy Ridley went in there.

You fail or you are successful.

Dre never went and we know why

The Neptunes didn't go in there. They weren't in the studio creating with MJ. They submitted music that Michael Jackson rejected.

R. Kelly and Teddy Riley went in there because they primarily produce R&B. Huge difference from what Dre was doing. You and everyone who co-signed this post have no clue as to what they are talking about.
 

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Like what's been said, a part of the reason more than likely is he couldn't bring in some ghost producers to "help" out going in there with those legends. Great ones in any field of expertise aren't afraid of failure

Breh, Quincey Jones had so called "ghost producers" on all THREE of MJ's most iconic albums. Don't be an idiot.
 

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If you afraid to leave your comfort zone, it questions your ability as an all time great.

The only way to cast away those doubts is to overcome your fear and prove that you can shine beyond your habitual space.

Dre could not do it. So we can legitimately doubt him.

You do not have legit grounds to doubt him. That's the point.

The Booth is the biggest barrell of crabs on the Internet. No overstatement. Just facts.
 

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Breh, Quincey Jones had so called "ghost producers" on all THREE of MJ's most iconic albums. Don't be an idiot.
How did I know your stanley bytch ass would quote me lol. Stop gargling Dre's balls & see it for what it is. Going around quoting anyone in the thread with a different opinion is bytch behavior
 

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How did I know your stanley bytch ass would quote me lol. Stop gargling Dre's balls & see it for what it is. Going around quoting anyone in the thread with a different opinion is bytch behavior

I'm quoting posters who don't know what they talking about. You're trying to assert your wack speculations as facts. How does a producer that was commisioned by Michael, Prince, and Stevie get called out for being afraid of being "exposed". Crab behavior. Disrespect of MJ, Stevie, and Prince and to music as a whole to even suggest that.
 

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I'm quoting posters who don't know what they talking about. You're trying to assert your wack speculations as facts. How does a producer that was commisioned by Michael, Prince, and Stevie get called out for being afraid of being "exposed". Crab behavior. Disrespect of MJ, Stevie, and Prince and to music as a whole to even suggest that.
And your stanley opinion is wack. Going around quoting everyone that doesn't agree with you is bytch ass behavior; but you can't see passed Dre's balls in your face. That can't get any more wack than what you're doing. And on top of it, aren't you the non Black poster that tried to battle the god A.V. that that posts here & got totally destroyed :heh:

STFU & learn to rap & maybe someone else will take your opinions more serious lol. And what proves you're a bytch ass stan is because I said maybe & your stanley ass skipped right over that
 

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And your stanley opinion is wack. Going around quoting everyone that doesn't agree with you is bytch ass behavior; but you can't see passed Dre's balls in your face. That can't get any more wack than what you're doing. And on top of it, aren't you the non Black poster that tried to battle the god A.V. that that posts here & got totally destroyed :heh:

STFU & learn to rap & maybe someone else will take your opinions more serious lol. And what proves you're a bytch ass stan is because I said maybe & your stanley ass skipped right over that

Whatever. You and your homoerotic thoughts can enjoy your Sunday.
 

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His own statements + your interpretation of said statements give me the ground. :yeshrug:

No they don't. Dre turned down the opportunity to work with Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, and Prince. These are three of the greatest artists ever. You're in here saying he's less talented because he was afraid of failure. Do you not see how that's insulting to all parties involved? Why do you think Prince, Michael Jackson, and Stevie Wonder wanted to work with Dre in the first place?
 

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No they don't. Dre turned down the opportunity to work with Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, and Prince. These are three of the greatest artists ever. You're in here saying he's less talented because he was afraid of failure. Do you not see how that's insulting to all parties involved? Why do you think Prince, Michael Jackson, and Stevie Wonder wanted to work with Dre in the first place?
They wanted to work with him because of what they heard.

He ran away because, according to you, he had doubt about his ability to deliver.

This creates doubt about his ability. He should've went there and delivered :yeshrug:
 

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They wanted to work with him because of what they heard.

He ran away because, according to you, he had doubt about his ability to deliver.

This creates doubt about his ability. He should've went there and delivered :yeshrug:
I agree but I’m me and not Dr. Dre

but I have the same birthday as Dr. Dre so I might be able to offer some insight on what it is like to meet one of your idols because they’ve heard your work and wanted to connect with you based on that


I think he should of made himself available and played the role that was given to him to be the producer of one of their tracks which had a chance to be a standout work in their catalog. Imagine if one of the top 5 songs on MJ or Prince’s Spotify profile is produced by you. This in itself is a piece of a catalog that could sell for major money, it could be a never ending fountain of streams for perpetuity


I think every Prince super stan would recognize the value of having Prince’s work engineered by Dr. Dre. If they did the session together and tracked sll of the instruments as they went through thr composition of a Prince song that would be dope

But let’s be reality, if we are talking about people wanting that Dr. Dre sound we are talking about these people likely contacting him over that 2001 era sound this means that Dr. Dre/Eve record type sound for a Michael Jackson record, this would’ve been dope but for Prince …. The possibilities could’ve been endless
 
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