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Rakim explains why he & Dr. Dre didn't connect musically. I think if Dre would've approached this like he approached the D.O.C. "No One Can Do It Better" project and just let an elite MC rap they could've made something great.

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Snoop Dogg shares the unbelievable story of how Dr. Dre discovered him. “One day, Warren G was at a bachelor party for one of Dre’s homeboys. The music cut off, so he threw my tape in, and the whole party started rocking Dre asked, ‘Who that?’, Warren G said, ‘That’s my homie Snoop I was telling you about.” “Not long after, Dre called me but I thought somebody was playing on my phone. I said, ‘Man, this ain’t no motherfucking Dr. Dre,’ and hung up.” “He called right back, warren G said, ‘Snoop, cuz, I got Dre on the phone, I picked up, and Dre said, ‘I like that mixtape. What you doing Thursday? Come by the studio.” “So me, Warren G, and my homeboy Rump drove over there, I was nervous because I had no idea what to expect.” “Dre put on James Brown’s “The Big Payback” and said, ‘Rap over this, So I did.” “When I finished, he didn’t ask for another take. I asked, ‘Did I do it right? He said, ‘Yeah… that shit cool.’” “Looking back, that was my audition. Dre was seeing if I was really built for it, that was my one shot.”

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In 1999, Dr. Dre was making his comeback album “2001” (his first solo studio album since 1992’s classic “The Chronic”). There was one great piano beat that Dre couldn’t write the lyrics for. He sent the beat to Jay-Z. In less than an hour, Jay-Z wrote the song and rapped over the beat — pretending to be both Dre and Snoop (in their respective voices) — and sent it back. The song was “Still D.R.E.” Dre heard it and said “That’s it. That’s it right there. This is a single.” Snoop said many years later “He wrote Dre’s shit and my shit. And it was flawless. Jay-Z is a great writer to begin with for himself, so imagine him striking it for someone he truly loves and appreciates. He loves Dr. Dre and that’s what his pen showed you.”

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By Dr. Dre did they mean Dr. Andrew Rentschler? 🎤 #dr #karenread #micdrop #ham (Credit: I saw someone do this concept earlier with this song and laughed out loud and wanted to recreate it w babies. If you see that person’s video please tag me so I can thank them for the idea)

By Dr. Dre did they mean Dr. Andrew Rentschler? 🎤 #dr #karenread #micdrop #ham (Credit: I saw someone do this concept earlier with this song and laughed out loud and wanted to recreate it w babies. If you see that person’s video please tag me so I can thank them for the idea)

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Drainmaker

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The Global Marketing Manager told him about this sweater and he said he bought it just because the design was pretty😭 And continued saying "Do you think I would've wore this if I knew that?"😭 #WOOYOUNG

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Joe Budden says he wants come out of retirement and rap again📍 "I wanna rap... if I just start hitting Alchemist... Jake One... it's gon make me do something... I'll call Ransom, Royce, 38 Spesh..." teases potential album idea "I can do a passion project... what does that even look like or sound like..." (via Joe Budden Podcast Episode 830)

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T.I. responds after being asked if Lil Wayne ever influenced him musically, revealing how they've always pushed each other to do better: "Hell no. He ain't influence me. I ain't said no sh*t like that. We do push each other. When I hear him do something dope, I'm like, 'Okay, let me go do something doper.' I think that's what it takes to evolve and set the game on another level. Wayne's got his own lane, and I got mine." (Via DJ Whoo Kid)

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Jay-Z talks about writing “Still Dre”. Loves creative challenges (“taking one of your arms and tying it behind your back”). For Dre, challenge was to put himself in Dre’s shoes. Making the “2001” album 7 years after “The Chronic”. Backstory of how Jay did the song is legendary. There was one great piano beat that Dre couldn’t write the lyrics for. He sent the beat to Jay-Z. In less than an hour, Jay-Z wrote the song and rapped over the beat — pretending to be both Dre and Snoop (in their respective voices) — and sent it back. Basically exact same “Still D.R.E.” they would record (time between Dre’s first two albums was 7 years; 1992 to 1999, had to remind ‘em)! Dre heard it and said “That’s it. That’s it right there. This is a single.” Snoop said many years later “He wrote Dre’s shit and my shit. And it was flawless. Jay-Z is a great writer to begin with for himself, so imagine him striking it for someone he truly loves and appreciates. He loves Dr. Dre and that’s what his pen showed you.” *** First interview from NYT’s recent songwriter series: The Shop chat here:

Jay-Z talks about writing “Still Dre”. Loves creative challenges (“taking one of your arms and tying it behind your back”). For Dre, challenge was to put himself in Dre’s shoes. Making the “2001” album 7 years after “The Chronic”. Backstory of how Jay did the song is legendary. There was one great piano beat that Dre couldn’t write the lyrics for. He sent the beat to Jay-Z. In less than an hour, Jay-Z wrote the song and rapped over the beat — pretending to be both Dre and Snoop (in their respective voices) — and sent it back. Basically exact same “Still D.R.E.” they would record (time between Dre’s first two albums was 7 years; 1992 to 1999, had to remind ‘em)! Dre heard it and said “That’s it. That’s it right there. This is a single.” Snoop said many years later “He wrote Dre’s shit and my shit. And it was flawless. Jay-Z is a great writer to begin with for himself, so imagine him striking it for someone he truly loves and appreciates. He loves Dr. Dre and that’s what his pen showed you.” *** First interview from NYT’s recent songwriter series: The Shop chat here:

Trung Phan

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Trump: This is something they called me up from Wall Street. The most brilliant people they call me up had it. Where do you think of that? Sounds simple, right. But it's not so simple. I always say it's like the paper clip, you know, some guy 129 years ago, he came up, he took a little piece of stuff and he went away all of a sudden he is the paper clip. He made a fortune, people look at it, they say why didn't I think of that? This is the same thing (???)

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