Xzibit confirms the urban legend that Dr. Dre wants every artist to have a “name” record

[Raquinotj]

 

[Doin2Much Williams]

Dre himself admitted Kendrick did it all without him, said he was his first artist that didn't need his help... he's a self-accomplished artist.
Also, its been known Kendrick didn't want any Dre beat for his albums, he even said he was holding Quik to higher regards than Dre.

Always said quik > dre



Obviously industry ppl feel this way as well.



Including Pac.



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[HipHopStan]

I remember reading a TIME magazine article in 2001 where they made a mention that Kokane was in the studio with Dr. Dre and Dre told the reporter "He must not want to get his music played on anyone's station by naming himself Kokane." I think the TIME article actually spelled it as Cocaine.

EDIT - Here it is.

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[7th Letter Specialist]

Kdot?

Duckworth?

 

[kwazzy100]

Dot ain’t even got a Dre beat on any of his projects.

The Recipe...

 

[Deadman187]

The Recipe...

That was Scoop deville

 

[Awesome Wells]

Also, its been known Kendrick didn't want any Dre beat for his albums, he even said he was holding Quik to higher regards than Dre.

Kendrick said that Quik is his favorite producer who's also a rapper. He's said a million times that Dre is the GOAT. But he said sonically Quik's mixing is "up there" with Dre.

Ali said that when Dre came around, the plan was for TDE to stay as "self-contained as possible". So they wanted to highlight their own producers and not have Dre come in and people credit him for what Kendrick was already doing. Dre told them he wanted to mix the first album. So he taught Ali the SSL, since most of the TDE work before that wasn't done with any stems or track-out's. But Ali said Kendrick's favorite producer was always Dre, but he wanted to stand on his own and not feel like he only succeeded because of Dre's co-sign.

 

[Awesome Wells]

The Recipe...

Scoop DeVille did that.

Dre just rapped on it and mixed it with the rest of the album.

 

[John Reena]

Simple branding. Smart.

Yuuuuup! Snoop first singles when he drop a new album are always “name” themed songs.

 

[BIGDENNIS10UK]

Even had “Still DRE” for his 2nd album.

 

[Da Jungles]

nvm

 

[get these nets]

:;

 

[mrvaughn]

I remember reading a TIME magazine article in 2001 where they made a mention that Kokane was in the studio with Dr. Dre and Dre told the reporter "He must not want to get his music played on anyone's station by naming himself Kokane." I think the TIME article actually spelled it as Cocaine.

EDIT - Here it is.

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That Truck Volume track mentioned in the piece is absolute ass

 

[HipHopStan]

That Truck Volume track mentioned in the piece is absolute ass

Agreed. Not one of Dre’s best. The article also mentioned Dre and No Doubt doing a track together. My morbid curiosity wants to hear that—even if there’s a 90% chance it sounds like Mountain Dew and hair gel.

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

Kendrick said that Quik is his favorite producer who's also a rapper. He's said a million times that Dre is the GOAT. But he said sonically Quik's mixing is "up there" with Dre.

Ali said that when Dre came around, the plan was for TDE to stay as "self-contained as possible". So they wanted to highlight their own producers and not have Dre come in and people credit him for what Kendrick was already doing. Dre told them he wanted to mix the first album. So he taught Ali the SSL, since most of the TDE work before that wasn't done with any stems or track-out's. But Ali said Kendrick's favorite producer was always Dre, but he wanted to stand on his own and not feel like he only succeeded because of Dre's co-sign.

Quiks mixing is light years ahead of Dre. Dre was just the pioneer of the loud wars. He abused limiters to get a very loud sound. It automatically sounded like the best shyt. I'm talking chronic 2001 era. But his NWA mixes and first chronic hold up better today. Than chronic 2001. It has clipping and distortion. Quik can get music loud without compromising dynamics and making it sound squished. He is a scientist.