Dr Dre's best protege?

[chopchop702]

u know what i take that back, i could see how hearing sslp around 1998 you'd be like " are we really gonna do this?" its pretty crazy even by todays standards

i still think snoop is better but i see how it was risky on their part

I dont know how old you are but people don't really know how impossible it was for a white rapper to make it big back then. Vanilla Ice was still fresh in peoples minds. Becoming a successful white rapper back then was harder than making it as a female rapper.

Before Em there was absolutely no blueprint on how to market a white rapper in any shape or form that wasnt considered a gimmick.

Before eminem, if you were white, and you stepped on a stage and tried to rap, everyone in the audience would immediately have the attitude before you even opened your mouth.


I have a lot of respect for EM for that reason alone. And i dont even like his music very much.

 

[g-ice]

Even 50 would tell you that it's Snoop.

 

[stealthbomber]

I dont know how old you are but people don't really know how impossible it was for a white rapper to make it big back then. Vanilla Ice was still fresh in peoples minds. Becoming a successful white rapper back then was harder than making it as a female rapper.

Before Em there was absolutely no blueprint on how to market a white rapper in any shape or form that wasnt considered a gimmick.

Before eminem, if you were white, and you stepped on a stage and tried to rap, everyone in the audience would immediately have the attitude before you even opened your mouth.


I have a lot of respect for EM for that reason alone. And i dont even like his music very much.

i was really young but i remember watching the my name is video and liking it cuz i thought it was funny.

from the labels perspective i could definitely see the risk though. it seems like they marketed him, somewhat, as a gimmick during the early days. i wasnt paying attention like that at the time so idk what the general feeling was, but it looked like they put him out in a nonserious way so hardcore rap fans wouldnt immediately give him the and he was genuine to his character so while it was fun and edgy, that was really him.

after mmlp dropped i think most people got it though. i dont fukk with his music like that either, but i respect his catalogue and grew up to his music so how much can i really hate him.

 

[Omerta]

Kdot?




You know section 80 came before he signed to aftermath and that was deemed an underground classic right?

Infinite came out before Em signed to Aftermath. 50's countless mixtapes came out before he signed to Aftermath. Cube was with CIA before he went with Dre.

Same shyt as Kendrick. Their major debuts were all with Dre. They're proteges of Dre.

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

.......................

 

[Kabnis]

I'm still interested to see what Dr. Dre's thought process was back then. I'm guessing he felt he had nothing to lose and didn't mind playing career suicide. No way he would give an artist a chance like that nowadays. Maybe part of this was again Iovine's premeditated marketing strategy of catering to alternative rock fans and getting them to like rap. It's hard to tell.

 

[stealthbomber]

you cant be seerious
a white, unproven rapper rapping about the shyt that eminem does being a big commercial sucess isnt a risk... yeah ok

dont finish the thread before u respond breh

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

.......................

 

[stealthbomber]

I can do whatever I want... u fell back once you realized it was a dumb comment

does it bothers u that snoop is dres best protege

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

.......................

 

[seanjohn21276]

Snoop or DOC

 

[Da King]

Infinite came out before Em signed to Aftermath. 50's countless mixtapes came out before he signed to Aftermath. Cube was with CIA before he went with Dre.

Same shyt as Kendrick. Their major debuts were all with Dre. They're proteges of Dre.

Dre didn't produce one track on GKMC

 

[He Who Posts Well]

Xzibit

 

[Tuling]

Snoop, 50

 

[Techniec]

Dre didn't produce one track on GKMC

For real

Dres p*ssy ass insecure ass can't consign anybody anymore

Produce an album for snoop, faccot