How exactly did Dre almost single-handedly raise the bar for hip-hop production? He says, "I never set out to do that. I just make the music feel the way I want it to feel and I don't put it out until I'm totally happy with it. Then it does what it does."
Detox has been the subject of speculation since Dre first hinted at the project in 2002. He has been working on the album, which will be released on his Aftermath/Interscope Records label, on and off for four years. He says he has assembled a new crew of musicians, and the beats will be heavily driven by live drums. "We have an entirely new thing going with the drums that's incredible, and we're still developing that." All "the usual suspects" will make guest appearances, including Nas, Jay-Z and Lil Wayne.
It doesn't look like we should expect another album from Dre anytime soon after Detox, which has been talked about being released since 2002. "I'm going to put this record out, promote it, tour and then become a hermit. I'm going to stay in the studio and produce." The article was ended with Dre also stating that instead of working with artists who are already established, he'd rather work with someone new who would be the next big thing. "All I want to do is sit in the studio with that person for a year and try to create another masterpiece."
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it better come out this year
^^co-sign or ima be mad pissed son
its been how long since it was supposed to come out??? idk wat dr. dre be on. but ill believe this album will come out when i actully see it in stores. i mean it was supposed to come out in 2004
Imma tell y'all something that's on my mind... Hip hop needs more than 1 good album (untitled) this year if we wanna stay on top (I mean real hip hop) cause now with that lollipop-age we ain't in the good light no more... I ain't hating on Lil wayne, matter fact I give him props cause he did a good job if you see his recordsales but everyone knows he ain't got the skills to be a lyrrical monster, but from time to time he will drop a hot song with some dope lyrics but thats it... but what i really wanted to say is that Aftermath really got talent... but they ain't releasing shit, nuthin'... and now look whats happening... Obie trice gone, how long does it takes before Stat quo leaves? Bishop Lamont is really talented but all I see is mixtapes... (good mixtapes) but I wanna see an album, like everybody else probably... i live in Belgium and damn it, this fuckin techno/ hardcore/ jump... is takin' over... and if they play some hip hop/ rnb, it's Soulja Boy, if you can call that hip hop? no... 1
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DEFSOUNDS BEST RAPPER ALIVE TOURNAMENT, THAT DRE IS NOT IN????
2 more things: Ironically, Nas did 187K (lol) first week, and my girl Candace Parker is A BULLY!
this is what your supposed to do work on shet and release tha good shet not release an album every year for another check then maybe album sales will increase
I'm going to give up on hip hop if dre has weezy on that shit
I hope it's ya boy he fucks with to drop a classic
i will be shocked if it drops this year!!! if its that close to bein done maybe next year..but i for one am not anticipating it i'm waiting on king mathers!!!
RELEASE IT DAMMIT! 2002? WAY TOO LONG!!!!
A Dr Dre album is a masterpiece that can be and SHOULD be picked up at anytime!!! Whether he releases his albums 1yr or 8yrs apart.
True, ALL of us would prefer it sooner or later. But remember when you copped Doggy Style, All Eyes on Me, Da Chronic and Marshall Mather's LP's? No amount of time sooner or later would've changed the sheer 'awesomeness' of those classic albums!
So Dre, if you can, let your ppls have that GOOD SHIT sooner. If not, we're still gonna go cop it when you release it!
I'm in need of another WEST COAST CLASSIC!
One love to all my true hip/hop fam!
end of the year!!! Wow...we talking classics now...
i'll believe it when i see it on shelf
co-sign. come on dre stop leavin us hangin!!!
To Dre: We don't believe you, we need a preview.
dre's the man
I'll believe it when I see a first single off the album...
damn son learn some grammar ole mushmouth looking ass nigga
this lil malet nugga tongue is too big for his mouth.
i hope dre gets it out in time b4 '09...
Listen to all you haters doubting Dre. You think after 20+ years in the game he doesn't know what he's doing? Why do you think all his work is classic? Because he takes time crafting and perfecting his shit! Detox IS coming bitches .... be patient!
absolute co-sign sir, is on point, thank you for saying that.. let the man work his magic.. hes the best in the biz. i have a feeling once it comes out you'll have it in your ears for as long as it took to make it
Detox is what the Game needs, literally b. This album has the potential of bring back that ingredient that’s been missing for years now. Hip Hop needs this album more then Oprah needs her dildos,….
I hope Snoop hops on a gang of tracks like he did on the Chronic & 2001 (if it ain’t broke don’t fix it). just remind him to come to the lab with his 90’s rhyme book, he can leave his latest at home.
the shit dre sid he'd do after detox comes out, isn't that the same shit he been doin?
Detox/untitled = sharing the crown for album of the year
dre knows what he is doing, he is a LEGEND, Nas= Legend, Jay = legend, they put out classic material because they NEVER!!! rush, you can't throw a album together in 6 months and expect it to be a classic, Dre probably has about 200 tracks on deck but is having a hard time narrowing it down to album size and he can take all the time that he needs, i'm kind if impatient too but shit, i want a classic and its worth the wait
detox will be the best hiphop album of all time
The beats on Chronic 2001 are still relevant today. He could have dropped 'The Next Episode'in 2008 and it would have been a number 1 single. The beats on Detox must sound like some ish from the year 2020.
he gone do a mill in his 1st week
Probably 2 million 1st week, the hype is too much. If he drops a sick 1st single then he will do serious numbers
Remember this prediction. Detox will clear 3 mil week one.
itll make well over 2 mil 1st week.
lets be real guys there will never be a 2 million copy week ever again..especially if the album leaks b4 it comes out!! as far as i am concerned cd's are obsolete..and they are closer than you think too really being obsolete..they are seriously gonna have to find away to soundscan downloading..or some shit..
I wont believe it until I see a commercial or something promoting it beside word of mouth
Detox and King Mathers are going to be the two best albums of this year.
you're absolutely correct
agreed.
Dre is the greatest, hands down, no one else can do it like he can...He'll go 4x plat dis time his last go round.
as long as he took to put this out i mean damn dre or no dre shit should be good....hands down dre is a genius so i expect nuttin less than a classic from em
Come on already..FUCK!!! I need this fucking album.
Yeah me too
But dats what make a Dre album a Dre album
He's a perfectionist!
And on top a dat he dont need money so he aint gotta rush no album out just to get paid like some other legendary emcees(Hova) who will remain nameless!
Didnt he say dat shit like 3 or 4 years ago
It just goes to show that he is truly a legend!
Almost anybody else would have lost there buzz makin people wait this long
Dre's buzz just got stronger!
WHY
In gods name is Wayne gonna be on this
WHY DRE WHY
WHY would you work with someone like Wayne who has NO TALENT
yep Wayne has no talent... 1.5 mil+ and going and winning #1 hottest rapper and being #1 on billboard for how long?? Not to mention the countless remixes and mixtapes (which were fire)...
Yea i guess ur right... he has no talent... SMH
what he's trying to say , is wayne isnt the first feature guy ud try and pick for a classic album. probably because of his lack of CLASSIC MATERIAL. jay and nas gon feature, and they are both PROVEN legends. but when u talk about doc dre, featuring jay, nas,.... then wayne, it doesnt go together.
I can understand all that but he said the boy has NO TALENT... u gotta give Wayne his props even if u dont like his music... even Jay says Wayne is the next legend... and yall suck his dick so why dont u listen to his comments?
Your right wayne on a dre album. he must be on the album just so he could sell to the pre-teens who don't know who he is cause wayne is not on the level as the other dudes on the album.
while wayne shows ZERO talent these days, he does sell records. I don't blame dre for having him on the album at all
so that means its dropin in 09'
WE FROM THE BOOTOM
is a single off of detox
it features 50 Cent, Obie Trice,and a couple other niggaz...cant remeber tho
I cant see lil wayne on detox like it says the "Usual suspects" I could see Snoop, Nate, Kurupt, (all the West coast Legends) Em, hopefully Nas and Jay. But Wayne? lets get serious.
True, but Dre is smart. When Chronic 2001 came out this was when Eminem was blowing up and he capitalized by having him, the same thing applies today for Wayne. Dre is not going to put a Wayne Verse that is not really good. He will make him sober up and spit something really good like did when he did 'fly out' on Carter 2.
FORGOT ABOUT DRE ..Why the Fuck Would you not include EMINEM hes the usualest of usual suspects if u aint got ya boy on there f*ck your album
FOR REAL this album aint coming out, he gets way more credit for it now than he ever will, niggas talking like this is THRIller or sumtin and aint heard a single track. He is loving the fact that for 4years everyday somebody asks him about this amazing album that doesnt exist. Its like if some said that you had the tightest song ever underwraps would you hurry and put it out or live off the hype for as long as you could, especially if there was no song in the first place.
The hype off this album gon mean its probably gonna push huge numbers....weirdly i heard Em was supposed drop his album this winter too...mayb they coincideing their releases? doubt it, but those albums would make my christmas
coinciding*
Really Though...Hip Hop Is Getting More Modern And Young....
Can He Actauly Make A *CLASSIC* ...??
Chek Nas For A Sample...His 1st Week Was A Flop... 4 Me Neway...
_____TRUTH
thats cause u dumb nigga...album sales have nothing to do with the quality of an album...go listen to it before more dumb shit comes out your mouth (and onto your keyboard)
You Ain Gettin Wer Im Commin From Foooool!....
Im Talkin Bwt More People Are Liking Modern Hip Hop And People Listening To It Is Younger...
Which Has A Diff Concept Of A CLASSIC
STUPID WHITE BOY
_____TRUTH
knowing Dre the album is gunna be Great!!. Just wish he wuldnt take so long to put it out..(with this eagerness its Def. goin 2 hav crazy numbers)
it better be a master piece ..i don't want it to be just a alright i want bangers and good shit
If it really does drop in december, with all the hype it would be perfect timing. We need that real shit. If Dre, eminem, and 50 drop around that time it would put music back to when the songs actually had a damn meaning to them.
...Lil Wayne..?
yaaaayyy.
i dont want that guy ruining any tracks on detox.
CO-SIGN
cant wait for this shit, classic no doubt....and ya'll consider nas' last cd to be classic, this shit will be in a whole other league
We dont belive you, you need more people
Good Shit Will Come Out We Just Need More(Nas,Nigger'Game,Lax'Jeezy,Recession,T.I.,PaperTrail'Ludacris,Theatre of the Mind) and hopefully Dre,Detox
and dont sleep on DMX, walk with me nowand you'll fly with me later...already was a banger this double album is gon be better than dres neway
Daaamnn..Lil Wayne, Nas & Jay-Z?
i hope these are on the album :
Eminem
Cashis
Stat Quo
Bishop Lamont
The Game
Busta Rhymes
Nate Dogg
Snoop Dogg
50 Cent
Warren G
etc.?
This is going to be a classic..i cant wait for this shiit..i hope Lil Wayne & Nas is on a track with Em,
DETOX!!!
King Mathers!!
Loose Cannon!!! (Free Download 2nd disk July 25th)
Glad 2 see that Dre is willing to work with good artists, Wayne and Nas, even though 50 Cent has so called beefs with them. Good shit Dre.
we wont thizz till 09....in a perfect world lol
man this is gonna be good...everything worth anything is worth waiting for, and i know we all been waiting for this shit since forever...who cares if he got ghostwriters? dude is in a league all by himself when it comes to producing, but he better make sure to keep at least some of it in-house (i.e. aftermath artists, xcept g-unit) and west coast artists i hope get some features...him, game, and lil easy e on a track would be pretty dope, kinda like bringing the n.w.a. theme full circle u kno? but yea, its gonna be a hot year for aftermath hopefully, with em and dre...
p.s. dont feed us a fantasy bout it comin out this year if it aint gonna!!! pleeease
this ish...is going to be classic if it ever drops...
Damn, i'll be glad if anything from Dre or Em drops in the next 2 years.
Finally its coming out soon
Everyone claims they NEED this album, but I bet most can't find the previous chronics, or still bump em'. You know this n*gga is like Haley's comet!! But it's worth the wait, because Dre is the best, besides Mannie Fresh.
So much buzz and the album is going to get fucking leaked like it always happens. That shit pisses me off cause I would like too see real numbers
dre is always light years ahead of the competition. i hope the album can live up 2 the hype. i mean detox has almost an mythical allure surrounding it. people are salavating with the thought of this record.
mark this shit
either him or jay gon be tha next to do a mil first week
real
shit