Who really wrote "The Watcher" by Dre

[Bugsmoran]

Crazy I stand corrected.

Whatever happened to Ab Liva anyways.

I dnt know I'm guilty of not checking for him.. And that's a shame because I know he can rap his azz off

This freestyle was the last thing I heard from him

 

[Bishop_BP_Jakes]

shyt still sounds like Scarface ghost wrote it to me

 

[boskey]

"I ain't a thug, how much 2pac in you you got" = Em's style all day

But I also can hear some Nas and Jay on it too

 

[Danie84]

Always thought Lord Camel government name was in the credit

 

[MouseTeeth]

Lol at nas Stans trying to make it seem like eminem didn't write that shyt...this is 99 eminem were talkin about here, dude was in his prime at the time what's so unbelievable about him writing that?

 

[Ensoniq]

eminem wrote it in the original

watcher 2 i don't know

 

[JustCKing]

that's the point, Dre credits everyone, there's no reason why he would keep Nas as a "ghostwriter" but fully credit EVERYONE else involved in the album. he credits Scott Storch when he played keys, he credited Mel-Man in huge letters on the back of the album and in every song as co-producer of the album. he credits Em, Jay, Royce and others as writing various verses for him throughout the album - there's ABSOLUTELY no reason why Nas would be the only person involved with the album that wasn't credited.

R. Montgomery (Royce Da 5'9") doesn't appear in the credits for "The Message" and he wrote that song. Yes, Dre credited the musicians, but not all of the writers were credited. Not saying that Nas did or didn't write it, but him not appearing in the credits doesn't mean that he didn't.

 

[SunZoo]

R. Montgomery (Royce Da 5'9") doesn't appear in the credits for "The Message" and he wrote that song. Yes, Dre credited the musicians, but not all of the writers were credited. Not saying that Nas did or didn't write it, but him not appearing in the credits doesn't mean that he didn't.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_(Dr._Dre_album)#Track_listing

I don't got the booklet, but he's credited as the sole writer here.

 

[JustCKing]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_(Dr._Dre_album)#Track_listing

I don't got the booklet, but he's credited as the sole writer here.

It's not in the booklet. I found a scan of the booklet and it's not there:

 

[Pinyapplesuckas]

I wrote it

 

[Ziggiy]

XXL is the publication that started the whole "Nas wrote the Watcher" thing.


The subject matter sounds like Nas but hey, who really knows and honestly it's not a big deal. We all know Dre doesn't write his own shyt and never has.

 

[Zach Lowe]

@JustCKing

It also doesn't give writing credits for ANY song...

 

[MJ Truth]

that's the point, Dre credits everyone, there's no reason why he would keep Nas as a "ghostwriter" but fully credit EVERYONE else involved in the album. he credits Scott Storch when he played keys, he credited Mel-Man in huge letters on the back of the album and in every song as co-producer of the album. he credits Em, Jay, Royce and others as writing various verses for him throughout the album - there's ABSOLUTELY no reason why Nas would be the only person involved with the album that wasn't credited.

Nas probably had Carmen looking to raise them child support payments and was trying to keep himself off the books.

 

[HendriX]

Some young ass motherfukkas in here..its a well know fact that fem wrote that track..hes on the hook too

 

[intilectual recipricol]

Just listened to it... no doubt it has to be Em.
naS stans are delusional