Dr. Dre abandons new album...

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That sucksssssssssssssssssss

― DougD, Thursday, 25 March 2004 14:32 (twenty-two years ago)

"ABANDON ALBUM! GRAB LIFEBOATS!! WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST!! "

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 25 March 2004 14:36 (twenty-two years ago)

;-(

The "most musically advanced Hip-Hop album ever" stuff is definitely hyperbole and all that, but man! ...I'd still reeeeally want to hear Dre trying for something like this and failing!

― original bgm, Thursday, 25 March 2004 15:29 (twenty-two years ago)

It was called "Smile, motherfukker!"

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 25 March 2004 15:40 (twenty-two years ago)

>>>Two of the more popular rumors were that the album would be a fusion of hip hop & opera and that Academy Award winning actor (and friend of Dre) Denzel Washington would serve as the album's "narrator".

these two sentences make me feel that we have dodged a bullet.

― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Thursday, 25 March 2004 19:15 (twenty-two years ago)

It was called "Smile, motherfukker!"
-- mark grout (mark.grou...), March 25th, 2004.

I hate it when people beat me to the fucking joke. Would saying "They should release "Smiley smile motherfucker!" be too obvious? ...yeah, it would.

― David Allen (David Allen), Thursday, 25 March 2004 19:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Dre couldn't find anything to rhyme with 'Columnated Ruins Domino'

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 25 March 2004 19:26 (twenty-two years ago)

i wonder if hes just gonna scrap the tracks all together or donate them for his new protege's?

― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Thursday, 25 March 2004 19:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Introducing....Latebloomah!

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 25 March 2004 19:43 (twenty-two years ago)

What's the best hip-hopera to date?

― Mark (MarkR), Thursday, 25 March 2004 19:52 (twenty-two years ago)

prince paul - a prince among thieves. it's about as close in tragicomic spirit to actual opera as one is gonna get. sadly, though, not good for kids, what with the swearing and the killing and the gloomy view of human nature and the violence and the kool keith and the wooooah momma. plus it's only good for listening to on long drives because the individual songs don't really work, and the de la thing in the middle makes no sense in context but isn't good enuf to be a palate cleanser.

― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Thursday, 25 March 2004 19:55 (twenty-two years ago)

steady slobbin'!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 25 March 2004 20:40 (twenty-two years ago)

No, no. You are so behind the times. "Abandon" is the new street slang meaning "drop."

Like 6 months ago you would have been all "my new album drops November 9th," but you wouldn't be caught dead saying so this year. Now you have to be like "my new album is being abandoned April 12th."

It's a way to confuse old people or whatever.

― ben tausig (datageneral), Thursday, 25 March 2004 22:48 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc500/c544/c544962jt1y.jpg

― JaXoN (JasonD), Thursday, 25 March 2004 23:03 (twenty-two years ago)

this thread sucks and it sucks that dre isn't releasing that, scott storch is a twat,

― $corpium ($corpium), Friday, 26 March 2004 00:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Dre couldn't find anything to rhyme with 'Columnated Ruins Domino'

something something something ho?

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 26 March 2004 09:28 (twenty-two years ago)

And surely he could rhyme "columnated" with "hated" somehow.

― mike a, Friday, 26 March 2004 14:15 (twenty-two years ago)

most advanced hip hop album ever? nevre heard anything bout that. and dre is hardly the man for the job. as someone said upthjread, tho, it would probably be a rush to hea him fail the task. not as in schadenfreude, but as in interesting.

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Friday, 26 March 2004 14:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Columnated Ruins Domino
hated babymother ho?

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 26 March 2004 14:52 (twenty-two years ago)

I think Dre would be a much better MC is Van Dyke Parks wrote his lyrics for him.

― The Rebukes of Hazard (mjt), Friday, 26 March 2004 17:46 (twenty-two years ago)

forget the Gray Album...it's time to mash Smile with the Chronic. Who's got protools?

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 26 March 2004 18:22 (twenty-two years ago)

How about Earth's 2 album with some Earth Crisis while you're at it?

"Teeth of Lions Rule the Pit (Winners Don't Do Drugs)"

― original bgm, Friday, 26 March 2004 18:31 (twenty-two years ago)

four weeks pass...

dre's wack. %0's wacker. Check for J-Sex "n" Oc's new joint in 2005. BIATCH!!!

― mike oc, Sunday, 25 April 2004 19:41 (twenty-one years ago)

did ANY of the Dre stuff leak?

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Sunday, 25 April 2004 19:45 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm still waitin', Dre.

― latebloomah (latebloomer), Sunday, 25 April 2004 21:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Somebody photoshop a fireman's hat on Dr. Dre.

― Mark (MarkR), Sunday, 25 April 2004 21:33 (twenty-one years ago)

a tracklist that was supposedly for detox leaked. i think that's it.

― ww, Sunday, 25 April 2004 22:49 (twenty-one years ago)

If it was going to be anything like the mediocre Chronic 2001, then good.

But part of me would have liked to have heard it first...maybe he still has something left. His production on Chronic 2001 was occasionally good, but mostly bleh.

― uh, Sunday, 25 April 2004 23:03 (twenty-one years ago)

I can't believe nobody's made the hooptie in a sandbox joke yet.

― J (Jay), Sunday, 25 April 2004 23:27 (twenty-one years ago)

If it was going to be anything like the mediocre Chronic 2001, then good.

are you kidding?

― OCP (OCP), Monday, 26 April 2004 01:03 (twenty-one years ago)

two years pass...

so what's going on with a new dre album?

― jeremiah q. fuckface, Tuesday, 2 May 2006 22:15 (nineteen years ago)

"Dretox"

ihttp://officialmixtapes.co.uk/catalog/images/drdredretox.jpg

― deeej, Tuesday, 2 May 2006 22:18 (nineteen years ago)

That mix is not that good.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 03:25 (nineteen years ago)

nine months pass...

So, this is, like, out and stuff.

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Sunday, 4 February 2007 20:25 (nineteen years ago)

WAHT

― Hoosteen (Hoosteen), Sunday, 4 February 2007 20:27 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dretox-Dr-Dre/dp/B000KX0GVA/sr=1-1/qid=1170620925/ref=sr_1_1/026-6172389-8964429?ie=UTF8&s=music

I have no idea if this is an actual new album, or if he has decided to scrap it and this is a mixtape salvaging the useable bits?

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Sunday, 4 February 2007 20:31 (nineteen years ago)

"Dretox"
ihttp://officialmixtapes.co.uk/catalog/images/drdredretox.jpg
-- deeej (eI...), May 2nd, 2006 6:18 PM. (link)
That mix is not that good.

-- Forksclovetofu (forksclovetof...), May 2nd, 2006 11:25 PM. (Forksclovetofu) (link)

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Sunday, 4 February 2007 20:35 (nineteen years ago)

Oh nah dude, that's that mixtape that's been out for a minute.

Had me excited 'n shit!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dretox

― Hoosteen (Hoosteen), Sunday, 4 February 2007 20:36 (nineteen years ago)

The album's supposed to be released in September 2007.

― StanM (StanM), Sunday, 4 February 2007 20:46 (nineteen years ago)

Chinese Dremocracy?

― jimn (jimnaseum), Sunday, 4 February 2007 20:49 (nineteen years ago)

The 9/07 actually seems legit, though.

― Hoosteen (Hoosteen), Sunday, 4 February 2007 20:53 (nineteen years ago)

I had the Pretox mix from Mick Boogie with like 60 seconds of Detox preview, which was totally not enuf preview

― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Sunday, 4 February 2007 22:21 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah I heard that little preview thing. Definitely wasn't enough to get my fix..

Still in withdrawal..

― Sir Echo (Sir Echo), Monday, 5 February 2007 16:32 (nineteen years ago)

Detox and Chinese Democracy will drop on the same day in a massive war for the biggest record ship of all time. Two days later, the "Chinese Detoxcracy" mashup lp will swamp both in publicity and blogpopularity.

― Candy: tastes like chicken, if chicken was a candy. (Austin, Still), Monday, 5 February 2007 19:42 (nineteen years ago)

Welcome to the Compton
We got blunts & games...

― Hoosteen (Hoosteen), Monday, 5 February 2007 19:44 (nineteen years ago)

five months pass...

its going to suck isnt it? its like the rap chinese democracy. itll be over laboured, sterile, gutless. except maybe one or two tracks. dres perfectionism will be his downfall for detox. the fact he just isnt what he used to be either as a producer isnt gonna help.

― titchyschneiderMk2, Thursday, 2 August 2007 11:01 (eighteen years ago)

Has he produced anything recently?

― baaderonixx, Thursday, 2 August 2007 11:06 (eighteen years ago)

31 July 2007 14:58 Posted by TOBES
New track from Lil' Wayne: 'Outstanding', produced by Dr. Dre. (mp3.)

(spinemagazine.com)

― StanM, Thursday, 2 August 2007 11:12 (eighteen years ago)

The latest Nas album had one tune by him, I thought it was pretty good. The upcoming Eve album is supposed to have some production by him too.

― Tuomas, Thursday, 2 August 2007 11:13 (eighteen years ago)

and "Currently, Young is also working on Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II. Other albums Young is reported to be working on are Young Buck's Buck the World, Bishop Lamont's The Reformation, 50 Cent's Curtis, Chauncey Black's Church Boy, Papoose's The Nacirema Dream and albums for Eve and G.A.G.E.. It is also said that he will have production on Lil Wayne's new album Tha Carter III."

( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Dre#Present_day_and_future_projects )

― StanM, Thursday, 2 August 2007 11:13 (eighteen years ago)

that lil wayne beat is well made and everything but so boring. when is he gonna change up those fucking macabre synth chords hes been using for a decade now? the young buck beat he did was good but again, it just feels overproduced.

― titchyschneiderMk2, Thursday, 2 August 2007 11:20 (eighteen years ago)

Dre didn't produce that Wayne beat, Cipha Sounds did.

― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 2 August 2007 11:39 (eighteen years ago)

the fader said dre produced it?

i thought it sounded like generic underground east coast beat+dre chords.

― titchyschneiderMk2, Thursday, 2 August 2007 12:12 (eighteen years ago)

Welcome to the Compton
We got blunts & games...
-- Hoosteen (Hoosteen), Monday, February 5, 2007 7:44 PM

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 2 August 2007 22:14 (eighteen years ago)

3 Feet High and Rising III

― gabbneb, Thursday, 2 August 2007 22:56 (eighteen years ago)

one year passes...

Rapper Dr. Dre's son found dead

Wednesday, August 27 2008, 09:16 BST

By Simon Reynolds, Entertainment Reporter
Rapper Dr. Dre's son found dead

The son of hip-hop star Dr. Dre has been found dead at his home in Woodland Hills, California, reports Reuters.

Andre Young Jr. was discovered "unresponsive in bed" by his mother on Saturday morning following a night out with friends. Paramedics pronounced the 20-year-old dead at the scene.

A statement from Dr. Dre's spokesman said: "Dr. Dre is mourning the loss of his son Andre Young Jr. Please respect his family's grief and privacy at this time."

The cause of death cannot be determined until results from toxicology tests are returned, which could take more than six weeks.

A Grammy-winning producer and artist, Dr. Dre will release his third album Detox this year. He has also produced records for Eminem, Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent and Jay-Z.

― blueski, Wednesday, 27 August 2008 19:03 (seventeen years ago)

― Surmounter, Wednesday, 27 August 2008 19:03 (seventeen years ago)

After all the Suge Knight business, that kid must've grown up looking over his shoulder. Damn.

― Eazy, Wednesday, 27 August 2008 19:10 (seventeen years ago)

Dr Dre: Classic or Dud ?

I'll never understand the "start/revive threads about an artist for unfortunate personal non-music-related news about which nothing can really be said" philosophy.

― some dude, Wednesday, 27 August 2008 19:10 (seventeen years ago)

yeah i wasn't gonna do it as i hate the whole RIP thing generally, and i didn't see the other thread so my bad

― blueski, Wednesday, 27 August 2008 19:16 (seventeen years ago)

YEAH YOU SUCK

― Surmounter, Wednesday, 27 August 2008 19:18 (seventeen years ago)

You guys put the smiley right back into Surmounter's emoticon.

Simon Reynolds, Entertainment Reporter ... ?????

― dad a, Wednesday, 27 August 2008 19:22 (seventeen years ago)

Was he the son who did the Hood Surgeon thing?

― skygreenleopard, Thursday, 28 August 2008 22:16 (seventeen years ago)

no, different kid

― res, Thursday, 28 August 2008 23:20 (seventeen years ago)

five months pass...

this might be coming now. various reference tracks have been leaked.

― Yellow Carded (titchyschneiderMk2), Monday, 23 February 2009 15:39 (seventeen years ago)

three years pass...

So, now we have Chinese Democracy, and the Loveless remaster is imminent...

― Mark G, Thursday, 3 May 2012 10:53 (thirteen years ago)

i just want him to get Detox out of the way so he can make that instrumental solar system album

― caulk the wagon and float it, Thursday, 3 May 2012 12:55 (thirteen years ago)

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qeXc04A9eyA/TaQt9CT48kI/AAAAAAAAL6w/R16C6s1ZL7g/s1600/Kumicho_GustavHolst-ThePlanets.jpg

― the endless white snow has never felt more textile (loves laboured breathing), Thursday, 3 May 2012 13:14 (thirteen years ago)

http://howstuffworks.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/planets.jpg

― caulk the wagon and float it, Thursday, 3 May 2012 14:56 (thirteen years ago)

He probably sold off all the beats he was making for this supposed album.

― President Keyes, Thursday, 3 May 2012 14:57 (thirteen years ago)

and the ones he did sell have been kinda shitty. remember Kingdom Come?

― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Thursday, 3 May 2012 14:59 (thirteen years ago)

remember cuban linx 2?

― am0n, Thursday, 3 May 2012 18:32 (thirteen years ago)

that went from being on the Aftermath release schedule to ending with like two Dre co-productions, didn't it?

― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Thursday, 3 May 2012 18:34 (thirteen years ago)

iirc dre had the worst beats on the album?

― hologram ned raggett (The Reverend), Thursday, 3 May 2012 18:40 (thirteen years ago)

except for "kush", which is a jam, dre hasn't really done shit since the first game album imo

― hologram ned raggett (The Reverend), Thursday, 3 May 2012 18:41 (thirteen years ago)

he made u all those headphones

― lag∞n, Thursday, 3 May 2012 18:46 (thirteen years ago)

eww "kush" was not a jam

― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Thursday, 3 May 2012 18:54 (thirteen years ago)

i mean...fake nate dogg, jesus

― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Thursday, 3 May 2012 18:54 (thirteen years ago)

it's kinda been one of the biggest rap radio hits here in the past couple years and sounds really damn good on the radio so

― hologram ned raggett (The Reverend), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:03 (thirteen years ago)

i hope you realize that's the west coast version of "this new cam'ron joint is the biggest song on hot 97!"

― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:07 (thirteen years ago)

ha, probably

― hologram ned raggett (The Reverend), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:08 (thirteen years ago)

but it's had remarkable staying power regardless

― hologram ned raggett (The Reverend), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:12 (thirteen years ago)

am i missing something here? did dr dre have some involvement with the loveless remaster?

― kid steel (cajunsunday), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:22 (thirteen years ago)

that went from being on the Aftermath release schedule to ending with like two Dre co-productions, didn't it?
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Thursday, May 3, 2012 2:34 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

iirc dre had the worst beats on the album?
― hologram ned raggett (The Reverend), Thursday, May 3, 2012 2:40 PM

u r both correct!

― am0n, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:44 (thirteen years ago)

am i missing something here? did dr dre have some involvement with the loveless remaster?

wat

― Poliopolice, Thursday, 3 May 2012 21:19 (thirteen years ago)

think we were equating this never-to-be album with other long awaited legendary albums. Though a new MBV record would be more appropriate here than a remaster.

― President Keyes, Thursday, 3 May 2012 22:10 (thirteen years ago)

eleven years pass...

is Detox ever coming out

― sad Mings of dynasty (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 28 June 2023 01:10 (two years ago)

I wouldn’t hold your breath

― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 28 June 2023 02:00 (two years ago)

Physician, heal thyself.

― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 28 June 2023 02:01 (two years ago)

Always been curious about a feature film he was slated to direct circa 2002 called REVOLVER (no relationship with the Guy Ritchie nonsense)

― beamish13, Wednesday, 28 June 2023 03:26 (two years ago)

Compton was all we're getting

barely made a cultural dent but it has most of the cast from 2001, a couple new acolytes, and multiple Kendrick appearances

and I have no idea how it came out nearly eight years ago. time flies when no one's releasing Detox

― mh, Thursday, 6 July 2023 14:43 (two years ago)

he fucked it with the apple music exclusive. similar thing happened with the jay-z/beyonce collab album (but with tidal)

or maybe both were just subpar late career efforts that recycled older ideas without the spark that made them special in the first place

― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Thursday, 6 July 2023 14:49 (two years ago)

hah, I completely forgot that part

there are some moments, but it's 100% a retread

― mh, Thursday, 6 July 2023 14:52 (two years ago)

didn't even get a partial song interpolated into the super bowl half time show

― mh, Thursday, 6 July 2023 14:54 (two years ago)

the spotify numbers for compton are truly abysmal. the biggest song is sitting at 10.5 mil, and it's not "talking to my diary," which played over the credits of the straight outta compton movie

― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Thursday, 6 July 2023 16:54 (two years ago)

outside of ILX, which is how I knew it even existed, I don't remember ANYBODY talking about it at the time

― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Thursday, 6 July 2023 16:56 (two years ago)

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