The first book comes from Verna Griffin, the mother of Dr. Dre, who will be releasing her memoirs this summer in a new book tentatively titled "Long Road Outta Compton: Dr. Dre’s Mom on Family, Fame and Terrible Tragedy. "
The book follows Griffin's struggles as a single mother of five in South Central, Los Angeles. According to the New York Daily News, Griffin, who lost two of her five children in their infancy, and another to gang violence, wanted Dre as far away from that lifestyle as possible and needless to say she was less than thrilled when the young producer linked up with Eric "Eazy-E" Wright.
In other news…
"I was worried ... that Andre would be drawn to the glitter of what drug money could buy," she writes in her upcoming memoir, "Fast money is not good money."
Though she didn't necessarily approve of the lyrics in their [N.W.A] songs, Griffin says she understood where they came from.
"when I looked on the past," she writes, "I could remember my boys standing outside having a friendly conversation when, all of a sudden, I'd ... see the police with all of them spread-eagle up against the police car. This harassment was for no obvious reason except they saw black boys grouped together, and presumed to be up to no good. It was then I realized that the lyrics were just stories about things that were actually happening."
The book takes a lighter approach to the life of Dre and reveals such gems as:
"Suge Knight once gave Snoop Dogg a BMW 850 two-seater for his birthday in blue — Crip colors. Snoop enjoyed it until cops surrounded it one day — it had been stolen. "
and
"When Dre played the beats for "California Love" for Tupac Shakur, he asked if the late rapper wanted to take a copy so he could write lyrics to it. "I'm ready to go right now," said Tupac, who proceeded to go to the mic and rap completely spontaneous lyrics in "the exact ... cadence and inflection" after hearing it once."
The book will be available on March 25th.
COMMENTS
Dre is like the Quincy Jones of Hip Hop... People are still waiting on Detox and its been over 7 years since his last album. I think that Dre does music for the love of the art form not for the fame or money. That why he continues to be successful. A lot of these new artist in the game should read this book, And understand that if you are not in it for the love of hip hop then the money and fame is gonna come and go faster than black history month!
shiiiit, hope im bangin detox 9 years after it cums out, like wot im doin wit chronic 2001
Dear Jokesta,
you are a joke!! fool!! bitch nigga!!
~ be eazy bitches
^^^^ ban lol
im gona buy the, "Rollin' With Dre: An Insider's Tale of the Rise, Fall and Rebirth of West Coast Hip Hop"...but really, i want to say fuck both of those books, when the hell is Detox droppn...the west coast needs that album.
=Cam=
I'm buying that one too cause:
"Suge Knight once gave Snoop Dogg a BMW 850 two-seater for his birthday in blue — Crip colors. Snoop enjoyed it until cops surrounded it one day — it had been stolen. "
That's comedy gold.
^^^DamnCam im with you waiting on Detox shit drop a mix tape called Rehab or something Dre. Jokesta man you one SARCATIC dude, I bet thats gonna be the selling point for some dude online on Amazon reading that quote or standing in line at Barnes & Noble debating on spending hish lunch money on this book and then reads that quote on the back of the book and says, "Snoop got car jacked, wait so hes really not a gangsta, Ive been hoodwinked." Then procedes to buy the book any way.
"FUCK A BOOK"DMX BELLY LOL
Damn Heath Leger got some jokes huh? That was some dirty laundry that's gonna be aired out on that book. Looks like someones gonna drop a whole sack of dimes in that book.
Ive been waiting for detox for 6 fuckin years! Ima be addicted forever!
is he really gonna drop it or continue to leave us hangin'.
Yeh he is nigga lips.
Sounds interesting. I wouldn't mind chillin bacc readin about wut dre has got to say. kinda makes u think though "Oh this nigga droppin books but, no detox yet" ha ha. eitha way I'll cop detox wheneva it drops if eva.SCREAM AT ME,1..
Ill cop tha book and tha detox. But really lookin forward to tha album though, hope its not bullshit though or we waited all these years for nothin.
who gives a shit? where the fuck is the album!!!!
if these book don't have an album sample in the shits.......
he's going to finally come out the closet
WE LOVE U DRE (DAMN NO HOMO).. but then again who tha fuck dont!
damn homo!!
~ be eazy homo!!
Only legends get books written about them...DRE's got 2 coming out. Ha thats the funniest shit: "Snoop enjoyed it, until it was surrounded by the Po-Lice." If Detox would drop before I die, I will be a happy dude. I got a question for the REAL hip hop heads...If Dre released a callabo album with just 7 MC's on it who would yall pick to be on the CD??
Snoop
Eminem
The Game
Crooked I
Papoose(just cause hes awesome and it would be cool west/east colabo)
Krayzie Bone
And fucking just throw Wayne in there because hes on everything else anyways lol
Those would be my 7 MC's half joking about Wayne I don't think he would fit in but it would be nice to see if he could actually learn the RIGHT way to do his rap game from veterans like snoop and dre.
my answer 2 u my man is
The Game
Talib Kweli
KRS-One
Nas
Common
Crooked I
Hood Surgeon(Dre's Son for yall dat dont know)
Ice Cube
Jadakiss
Papoose
C-Murder
Three 6 Mafia
Beanie Sigel
DMX
Lil wayne
Jay z
Snoop dogg
Game
Nas
Shyne
Styles p
Eminem
jadakiss
nas
jayz
snoop-make a nothin but a g thang 2008 remix haha
game
styles p
eminem
dre is tight i luv his mother she hella tight she really like all da kids in compton if any of yall kum down 2 compton 1 time meet her 1st she is a really nice lady every1 here luvs her she is like a second mother 2 any1
I'm a Dre fan, but seriously - I don't want to hear shit about Dre unless:
1. He drops Detox
2. He dies
Unless it relates to one of those two things, I don't wanna hear shit.