Dr. Dre Finally Ready to Release New Album; But It Is Not Detox

Yea, I first heard about Dr. Dre's Detox album on Game's The Documentary album 10 years ago, and like everyone in Hip Hop, I waited and waited for it, but it was never released. The good doctor was inspired by the NWA movie that is on the way, and decided to record another album (or probably just change the title of the album he has had in the vaults for years), which is to be titled Compton. The album would first be heard on Apple Music tomorrow, August 6th. People would be able to stream it for three hours, between 6pm & 9pm PDT (Pacific Daylight Time), exclusively on Apple Music. 


Read up the news on this below...

DJ Yella Speaks on Dr. Dre's Detox Album

Dr. Dre has been working on Detox for like ten years now, and a release date is still not in sight. His long time friend and former group member (from NWA days), DJ Yella recently spoke to HipHopDX about his opinion on Dre's Detox album.





"I saw him (Dre) about a few months ago. Well, when I was in the studio, he was workin’ on a new Eminem song [from MMLP2]. I heard something for Detox, but that was three years ago. They were great tracks, but you know, I don’t know if he really wants to put it out or…he’s such a perfectionist that if it ain’t perfect, it ain’t gonna be out. So I don’t know, and he doesn’t have to put it out. There’s no need to."




Yea, there is no need to put out the album. Dre is a legend and has gotten his place in Hip Hop history regardless if he put out the album or not. I don't think Detox will see the light of day any time soon. Dre like's to have an army around him when he drops albums, and he doesn't have that right now. With the first Chronic album, he had The D.O.C, Snoop and the Dog Pound with him; with the second Chronic,he had Eminem, Snoop, Hittman, Xzibit, Kurupt, and Nate Dogg with him. He would have been able to pull it off a couple of years back when he had Game, Eminem, 50 Cent and the whole G-Unit movement going, but the beef between 50 and Game destroyed all chances for that to happen. Right now, Dr. Dre is more concerned on how much his Beats By Dre headphones bring in yearly than anything else.

Dr Dre Talks Hiatus

People have been expecting Detox, the third album from Dr Dre for over 7 years now, and Dre has just come forward to say that he is going to take a break from music, and focus on his protege's- Slim Tha Mobster and Kendrick Lamar. Read what he has to say below-


"These are the next two artists I'm working on, Slim the Mobster and Kendrick Lamar. I think that's when I'm gonna just wrap it up for a minute because I've been working on music for 27 years now and the longest I've ever been out of the studio in 27 years has been two weeks," Dr. Dre said in an interview. "So yeah I feel like I'm gonna take a little bit of a break. I'm never gonna stop music, it's like air to me. So I'mma take a little bit of a break. Enjoy some time with the family til I get that itch to get back in." (FADER TV)


Hmm! I guess this means that DETOX is probably going to be scrapped. I guess this is Dr Dre officially telling the public to forget the idea that any album like DETOX would be dropping from him. From day 1 i always knew the reason for the delay was because people were expecting too much from Dre, and he really just wanted to lay-back and work at his own pace.

Game Says Kendrick Lamar is All Over Detox

I know Dr Dre always needs that one hot protege rapper as a sidekick whenever he drops an album, and i think that's why he hasn't dropped Detox yet. When he dropped the first "Chronic" album in 1992, he had Snoop by his side, and snoop was at his best then. When he dropped Chronic 2001 in 1999, he had Snoop again, but most especially, Eminem. When he was working on dropping Detox in 2005/2006, he had Eminem, 50 cent and Game- what a force. Then, Game and 50 cent had their falling out, and the cookie crumbled. Now, Game is saying Kendrick Lamar, who i consider as one of the dopest rappers of his generation, is all over Detox.

“Before Kendrick Lamar was Kendrick Lamar, he was K. Dot and he ran with me. I took him and Jay Rock on a tour with me and Snoop, way long time ago, and so I always told K. Dot to stay focused and he would get his day, and he did. It’s almost his time. He all over Detox.”

So, what is Dr Dre waiting for? I guess that is what happens when people put you on such a high pedistle; the fear that you might dissapoint them stops you from doing anything. I know how Dre most feel with each day that goes by that Detox doesn't drop. He has two singles out, i think he just needs to drop a very hot third single, and drop the album regardless of the buzz. 

In the same interview where game talked about Kendrick Lamar being all over Detox, he also answered the question of how he and Dr Dre got back together.

“The reason we didn’t connect musically throughout is because he didn’t want to get between that whole me and 50 beef, and I understood. He had his trials and tribulations in his career, and I didn’t think he should jump in mines or be a part of that, and if he didn’t want to, I didn’t care,” he explained. “So he called one day and was like, ‘Yo, you wanna work?’ I was like ‘Yeah.’ He’s like, ‘Come down, I need some help.’ So I came down, we had a conversation. He asked me if I needed anything from him, and I was like, nah, I don’t really need anything. And I told him I was there for whatever he needed for Detox, and I started going in.”

Snoop Says Dr Dre Needs to Surround Himself with the Right People to Complete Detox

Snoop Dogg, long time friend and associate of Dr Dre says he feels Dr Dre is surrounding himself with the wrong set of people, which is the reason why his highly anticipated album, Detox still hasn't seen the light of day. You know what? I am getting really tired of hearing about this album (detox); i have been waiting on it since my second year in college, and that was in 2004. That was 7 years ago, and this man can't still get himself together to put the album out.

Don't get me wrong, i am a Dr Dre fan, and i love his music and production, but i am also an artists, i write novels, and if i had waited for when i felt was perfect, i would never have written all the story ideas that come to me regularly. So, relating this to dre, i am sure he has a concept for the album, and how to go about it, but he must be scared of the new market or something, cos i don't know why he can't just GET IT OUT ALREADY!

Read what snoop had to say below-


During an interview with Tim Westwood, rapper Snoop Dogg gave some interesting insight on why he believes there’s been such a delay in releasing Dr. Dre’s Detox album. Snoop explained that the main problem is the type of environment Dre’s creating his music in.

“It’s a formula. Like I was trying to explain to you earlier when we made records in the past it was an environment, an atmosphere. It was always girls,” Snoop explained. “It was always parties. It was always the right atmosphere to create that kind of album that sounds like the albums that you’ve heard in the past. If there’s not that atmosphere you can’t create that kind of album. So that’s what’s happening right now. The songs don’t match the atmosphere and the atmosphere don’t match the songs.”

Snoop went on to explain that due to his perfectionist side Dr. Dre is unlikely to release anything until he feels that it’s close to perfect.

“What we’re accustomed to hearing from Dr. Dre is the brand new, next best everything and from right now people not getting that. He knows that,” said Snoop. “So he’s a perfectionist and until he gets that he’s not gonna release it cause he doesn’t want the scrutiny of people saying ‘I waited this long for that?’ It’s like when I wait this long I better get that and that.”

Snoop also shed some light on the fact that Dr. Dre may not be surrounding himself with the right people when it comes to making his album. He also shared that he feels like he and D.O.C. need to be a part of Detox in order for it to work.

“I’mma say this and I don’t know if it’s gonna ruffle any feathers. I just think the wrong people is in the environment. When he made records that were hit records in the past: D.O.C., Snoop Dogg, RBX, Kurupt,” said the rapper. “It’s like it’s pieces that’s not there that need to be there. And I’ll say D.O.C. and Snoop Dogg is the backbone. When you take those two equations and you take them out of the equation it’s not gonna work. You need to put them two back into the situation and let us mastermind and head the project like we did The Chronic in 2001. That’s what’s missing.”

Dr Dre's Detox Album is Finally Dropping.

There is finally some hope that Producer/Rapper, Dr Dre is going to drop his long awaited album. I think i have been waiting on this album since when i was in my second year in college, and that was back in 2004, but i thank God it is finally dropping.

In a recent interview, Dre didn't give a specific date, but said it would definitely drop in the first quarter of next year, probably Feb of 2011. I think i can take him for his word this time since the official first single, "kush", is out and is slowly growing on people. The single features Akon and Snoop Dogg. Other feautured artist on the album are Eminem, Jay-Z and The Game.

If you don't really know Dre from the past let me give you a quick run down; he was in the legendary West Coast rap group, NWA, which also had Eazy E and Ice Cube as members, back in the late eighties. He went on to Death Row records, which was put up by Suge Knights, and dropped his first solo album, The Chronic, which was a huge success, in 1992, and then dropped his second album, in 1999, which he titled 2001. Both albums have sold a combined 16million copies, in the U.S alone, and more millions worldwide. He signed and developed the careers of super star rappers like Snoop, eminem, 50cent and The Game.

DR DRE TO FEATURE JAY-Z ON DETOX'S FIRST SINGLE.

There is  news from MICHEAL YO of E! NEWS, on his twitter page that DR DRE IS TO FEATURE JAY-Z ON DETOX'S FIRST SINGLE. If you didn't know, detox is the title of the legendary west coast producer/rapper/beat maker, dr dre's 3rd album. Since after he dropped his last album, 2001, which was in 1999, his fans have been waiting endlessly for the next one.

The buzz for detox came up as far back as 2004, and it has been highly anticipated since then. I don't think any other album has been delayed the way detox has been, but people keep saying it is worth the wait. I can remember on THE GAME'S debut album, when dre had a litle cameo where he says we should watch out for detox, and that was in 2005, five years ago.

Jay and dre have worked together in the past, and there was rumor that jay ghost wrote the first single from 2001, but i am not to sure about that. Dre has done some beats for jay-z in the past, some wonderful classic beats, which would include The Watcher 2, that featured legendary rapper, rakim, and also dre himself, on jay's Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse album.

Now that they have worked together again on this unnamed song, it is sure to come out good.

GAME TALKS MORE ON THE RED ALBUM AND WORKIGN WITH DRE.

You know i am a big GAME fan, so you would always here it first, anything that has to do with him and his album, i got that for you. Even if it has to do with his personal life, i got that to...nah, i am just joking; it's all music hear, all about what is good in rap.

Several weeks ago, GAME surprised people on his TWITTER page when he posted a picture of him, SNOOP and DR DRE; up before then, people thought he would never get with dre again. Following the 2005 disbandment of GAME from G-UNIT, DRE's silence on the matter, made everybody believe that he was on 50's side; so as long as game and 50 still had their beef, people never believed they would see game and dre together again. And the fact that dre did not appear on, or did any production on game's last two albums, L.A.X and DOCTOR'S ADVOCATE, further cemented this in the mind of a lot people. So, it was really a big shocker to a lot of people.

The picture showed the three in the studio, and game twitted that they were working on DETOX, dre's album. Now, and recently, game has been talking about the good doc putting some work in on his album, THE RED ALBUM, and that would be real good news for the game fans.

I am a game fan, and i know he got mad skills, but sometimes, he does not know in what direction to go. I think this link-up with dre will do a lot of good for the album. I can't wait till it drops in FEB, Feb 16 2010, to be precise.

Below is what game had to say about the matter when he called into DJ GREEN LANTERN'S show, recently:

"R.E.D., I'm just painting the whole world red," Game promised in an interview with DJ Green Lantern. "It's basically the re-dedication, it's my most hood and street album since The Documentary so it's basically being rededicated to my fans, my family, my kids, my block, my hood. Like, hip-hop, the R.E.D. Album is gonna be crazy. I'm back in with Dre everyday going hard in the studio doing the little stuff, working on Detox with him and he's working on The R.E.D. Album with me. It's just, we got a good feeling out here...I did my last two albums without Dre and even though, I just did it on my own man. When I talked to him, he [was like] I've been doing a good job and he took a listen and I did my thing. I learned well, my time at Aftermath was spent well, so getting back in, that old feeling came back. The chemistry is crazy, I got a lot of love for that dude and that's why I never really disrespected him or really went at Aftermath, I only did what I had to do to survive man, but I got love for dude and we back in grindin' man."

GAME BACK WITH DR DRE.

I remember telling people that DR DRE was planing to use GAME, EMINEM, and 50 CENT as guest artist on his album, DETOX. That is the strategy(using a hot protege) dre uses on all his albums; on the first one, he had snoop all over the place; on chronic 2001, he had snoop again, he had eminem, he had exibit, he had mel man...

I was telling peeps back then that detox would not drop untill game gets on it. Game is from the west, the hottest west coast cat of back then, when dre was really trying to get detox out. Game is still the hottest act from the west, and incidentally, is also from COMPTON, the city dre is from. I just new it was only a matter of time before dre got back with game. Now that the 50 cent beef is almost dead, and 50 is less relevant than he was back in 2005, dre has gotten back with game.

SNOOP, GAME, AND DR DRE are presently in the studio working on DETOX. The picture, which snoop and game put on twitter is an evidence. I wonder what 50 has to say about this. Dre was quiet all that while because he didn't want to take sides, but every body knows who the doc really respects on the mic. Hate him or love him, game is a beast on the mic. And with dre's guidiance, it is another story.



BELOW IS GAME'S TWEET ON THE ISSUE.

"CAN U SAY "DETOX" ??? IN THE STUDIO WIT DRE & SNOOP. WE BOUT 2 MAKE ALOT OF PEOPLE MAD. RIDE WIT US OR GET RAN OVER ! AFTERMATH OR DIE !"

SNOOP ALSO TWITTED ABOUT IT:

"What's more gangsta than dis?," he wrote. "N the studio right now!!! west coast takeover. this is how the west was one!!!"