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2606092, RE: he was doubted because NWA was a Brand
Posted by Black N Proud, Sat Sep-24-11 02:57 AM
>i mean his idenity was there and the word was he can't do
>much without Eazy E.
>
>Dre was the dude who watched everybpdy else and then threw his
>spin on things that would be his genius and he waited to see
>what stuck and what didn't.
>
>he obviously watched Shock G and Digital Underground there nod
>to Parliament Funkadelic and also Cypress Hill and there nod
>to the Green Leaf and he combined those two elements which
>were happening on the west coast and then he took a cue from
>the world of R&B and smoothed his sound out.
>
>he had a RUn DMC type of attack in the delievery but yet
>slowed down.
>
>he was channeling alot of folks and then worked that stew as
>one.
>
>
>of course 70's samples was still a fresh idea and concept and
>it worked like a charm.
>
>he was doubted for being seen as a cat that while talented,
>that was a satisfied as a Hired hand under whomever was
>calling the shots.
>
>from Eazy E to Suge Knight.
>
>but he was motivated to get up from under eazy and yet he came
>to sorta regret that because Suge was a far more worse tyrant,
>but they worked and created history but at a huge price.

Ah, I see, I see. Dre really did have a point to prove. And I continue to see the genius of Dre with his vision of great music and the timing he had on his side. Looking back and thinking of how music and the culture changed, Dre helped with that, just in the course of a year from that last N.W.A to The Chronic. Only a year between those albums and both are two different distinct eras.