He sold Beats by Dre to Apple for 3.2 Billion dollars. Damn. I ain't even mad at him. Looks like he more that made up of for Detox. That's even higher than Oprah's $2.9 Billion. Wow.

>Looks like he more that made up of
>for Detox.


People wanted "Detox" because Dre has(had?) something musical in him - not because "Detox" was going to increase his riches.

>>Looks like he more that made up of
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>in him - not because "Detox" was going to increase his
>riches.

I'm just saying...he's already proven himself musicwise. This is an obvious win for the dude, despite it was embarrassing Detox fell apart.

His stake was 27.5% of the 3.2 Billion ($880,000,000 before capital gains tax), evidently. But his net worth prior to the sale was over 500 million.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6aD5PvXvBg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

He should just open the vaults up and just release stuff at this point....

IDK with the legacy & cash he has I wouldn't be worried about nothing at this point.

i'm no dre fan,
but sonically, his songs were always damn near perfect.

one would think his headphones would be the best ever.
but no.





they just aren't.

i want some.

it's not that i remember them sounding terrible.
in fact, i remember them sounding good.

but they didn't sound better then the 100 dollar joints i have at home.
i'd tell you which model i had, but i can't remember.

they just got stolen.
:(



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those headphones suck as much as that "i need a doctor" joint he put out. and yes, i am mad.

fuck imma judge him for some headphones bruh

i know (know) dr. dre has a pair of incredible headphones
sitting at home right now.

you can't mix songs as well as he can
without having an incredible ear.
so dre could have just as easily put his name
on a pair of headphones that were actually quality.

but he didn't.
i don't know why.

The great majority of the people who buy them(or whose parents buy them for them) have no idea if they sound good or not.

They're a fashion accessory, just like having a pony on your shirt or a jumpman on your kicks.

LOL @ the madd ass LESSON

Y'all CRY whenever a BLACK MAN outsmarts people

LOL @ the Lesson being outright ENRAGED at the RZA
for his Wu Tang album gimmick

THE ENTIRE ECONOMY is a WHITE BOY PONZI SCHEME/MONEY RACKET

None of y'all complain when THEY do the shit

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No bitching here. I'm happy for Dre, and I've never used his headphones(I don't have any need for headphones).

Just pointing out why the quality of the headphones is irrelevant. Most of the people buying them are buying them because it's cool.

Just like most people who buy Jordans aren't buying them because they are the best quality sneaker to play basketball in. Most people who buy Jordans don't even hoop, let alone hoop in their Jordans.

Dre was able to make his product cool to have, props to him for that.

>Dre was able to make his product cool to have, props to him
>for that.

successful marketing to the "sucker" demographics is how you get rich in any market in america.

http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=5&topic_id=2884149&mesg_id=2884149&listing_type=search#2884194


sorry i made you so mad, bro.

>THE ENTIRE ECONOMY is a WHITE BOY PONZI SCHEME/MONEY RACKET
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>None of y'all complain when THEY do the shit

yeah, no one ever complains when companies make shitty products. this is actually a message board about music. maybe you should look in okactivist for that if it still exists

What planet are YOU living on?

And if this was Rick Rubin the Lesson would say nothing,
because the Lesson likes white people more than black people

Now y'all nitpicking Dre's involvement in shit when Rubin's been
AT LEAST as opportunistic

Not to mention Rubin has made some horrible, horrible work recently

you know, where the lesson was mad about
george getting got for his publishing.

and there were a number of Lessonheads
talking about matolla's plan to get back MJ's ATV catelouge.

not to mention...


dammit, are you david banner?
the dude has so many aliases i sometimes
forget that i am not supposed to be replying to him.

anyway, if you're not him, you might as well be...
because neither one of you contributes anything of substance to the forum.

thank you for replying.


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exactly. its baffling

Its a dumb argument.. They aren't crap and are fine for 99% of music listeners. Its mainly about the brand but sure you can probably find a different brand if you want to cheaper.

Maybe he should make another 300 dollar pair for nerds who won't listen to mp3s because of quality loss but most regular folks can't fucking tell and they sure as hell are better than ear buds that a lot of folks still use.

but id like to think dr dre has enough pull to at least be involved in the "let me use these to see if it sucks" phase of development. its not like the brand would be less valuable if they made shit that everyone would be interested in.

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What a bunch of resentful little fucking pricks you
are

Give the guy his fucking props

JESUS CHRIST what a bunch of DICKS you are

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After thinking sure knight was a good business partner he learned a lesson and hooked up with Jimmy Iovine and Iovine has turned the dre brand into pure money.

Hats off to him though. Not hating.

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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

http://www.tumblr.com/blog/blackpeopleonlocalnews

I don't see y'all doing this nitpicky shit when all these
WHITE billionaires get lucky off some dumb shit

He EARNED HIS more than most white people

He was ACTUALLY REALLY FUCKING GOOD AT SOMETHING at first

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dre announced the deal on webcam or whatever.

as a result apple's share dropped -1% as many business analysts think it's a superfluous acquisition for a grossly inflated valuation.

interesting to see if apple gets cold feet.

>dre announced the deal on webcam or whatever.
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>analysts think it's a superfluous acquisition for a grossly
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if this goes through, you can't mention one without the other. apple devices and computers would get better sound with an excellent brand. they may even make it a product for audio files and not just something that looks cool.

plus apple would be able to make money from licensing beats to whomever and at the same time, keep other device makers, like htc from using beats in their products.

while putting his name on it?
what's his actual involvement with beats R&D or design?

concocting fragrances and cologne? Every celeb does this, Dre is no different. I would trust Dre's ear with the sound output for headphones over various celebs "blending various oils and chemicals" to produce perfume.

"white ppl do it too" isn't an acceptable answer to a pretty straight forward question
congrats to Dre learning from them tall Israelis though

what does your bosses bosses boss even do beside golf 3 days a week?

Literally white people have ran a money racket called the US economy
and your big greasy lips been doing nothing but lick boot, work for
less than you're worth, eat chicken and eat stinky white booty

Grow up, SPM, you're posting like its 2002

You been on some grown man shit recently and know better

Have an apology on my desk by Monday or I will find you and discuss
this with you in person, and you want to avoid that since I'm a real direct
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I know the headphones are a business product, but I'm glad that Dr. Dre was able to make it this far off of something that's actually music-related. It's cool to see him push headphones and sound technology instead of clothing, liquor, random endorsements, etc. (not that anything's wrong with that; get it how you live).

I don't think the headphones have anything to do with Detox. But I think Dr. Dre is doing what many people in his situation would do: just doing what he loves without having to risk anything. I think Dr. Dre just loves making music, so that he's always going to do that - and that to him, there's no need to put it out, because the creation is the fun part, not putting it out and having people weigh it against the legacy he's already built.

Besides, I was counting the other day - Dr. Dre has executive produced or been the primary producer in about 11-13 albums that I heavily enjoy. That's saying a lot. He's already made a lifetime of music for me; I'd love to hear Detox (and I've heard that everything from it sounds great), but I'm not upset that he hasn't put it out. He's earned that right to just record shit without having to release it.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/80d6216f5d6bb323939e872d1c540d32/tumblr_mlojpw1noO1s4nolao1_400.gif

Much congratulations to him, crazy to think that he made more money off this deal then he made producing SEVEN classic albums combined (Straight Outta Compton, Eazy-Duz-It, No One Can Do It Better, Efil4zaggin, The Chronic, Doggystyle, 2001).

Been a fan since I was 12 & seeing him with NWA from the top of the 200 level in the Philadelphia Spectrum and again last year from the front row of the balcony at Club Nokia performing with Kendrick while looking on like a proud parent.

Just goes to show that like Quincy Jones told him in the mid-90s when he was considering leaving Death Row once things started going sideways but was worried how giving up his stake in the company might look, 'talent only lasts in this business, wherever you go & whatever you do, you take your talent with you'.

Glad to see that all the money Jerry Heller & Suge Knight jerked him out of came back to him tenfold.

Dude is fully deserving of the 'legend' description.

I know some people seem to feel like this spells doom for 'Detox' every dropping but to me this might actually increase the odds of a new Dre album (I could care less what he calls it, as a listener I'm not married to that album's original concept or to the title which probably feels a bit different to Dre as a man who lost a son to drugs).

To me part of Dre's hesitation was always that he felt the pressure to make sure the album was gonna be a bona fide blockbuster hit before he actually readied it for release.

There was also the worry that he'd be spoiling his own brand that was helping him sell headphones if he had dropped a brick.

There's also the fact that he was probably spending more time out of the studio and more time in a boardroom in recent years as the headphones blew up.

If he's out of all that with the sale and now an active participant in the company in name only, then he might not care about any of those things as much & instead just feel like creating an album that he loves without much regard to whether or not it's a commercial bonanza in an industry that's been on life support for years.

It's funny I'm actually in the midst of the interview process with Beatz By Dre in Santa Monica right now but it's been *slow as fuck*.

This sale stuff breaking last week kinda makes me feel better about that though, the company obviously has a lot bigger fish to fry at the moment then whether or not they're gonna hire yours truly.

That joint would be walking distance from my crib though with a company still on the rise, if I get that gig it would make my decision on where I'm gonna live for awhile a lot easier.

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/legal-and-management/6084792/apple-wwdc-jimmy-iovine-dr-dre-executive-appointments-jobs

Apple May Unveil Iovine, Dr. Dre Exec Appointments at June Conference
By Yinka Adegoke, New York | May 12, 2014 1:41 PM EDT

Apple could unveil Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre as its latest recruits at its Worldwide Developers’ Conference in June, according to people familiar with the Beats Electronics acquisition talks.

Iovine and Dre, co-founders of Beats, are in talks to sell the company for $3.2 billion to the iPhone and iPad maker in a deal which is expected to be announced later this week.

Both are expected to join Apple in yet-to-be confirmed executive roles. One person said Iovine would likely oversee all of Apple’s music strategy and handle relationships with labels and publishers.

Though Apple is the music business’ biggest customer, its relationships with some of the music companies has at times been strained as it has tried to figure out how to cope with dwindling download sales. For example, iTunes executives have suggested that labels provide exclusive albums for downloads ahead of streaming services such as YouTube and Spotify.

Several industry insiders and commentators believe the Beats deal is partly prompted by Apple’s desire to get in to the subscription streaming space as download sales tumbled more than 13% in the first quarter and continued to shrink. Apple’s iTunes Store is the leading digital music store in the United States, with more than 70% of song and album download sales.

This year’s WWDC will take place June 2-6 in San Francisco. The event is usually an opportunity for engineers and app developers to get a first look at new developments for Apple’s operating platforms.

At last year’s conference , CEO Tim Cook unveiled iTunes Radio as part of its iOS 7 operating system launch.

If Dre were to be presented at the WWDC ,it would not be the first time. He has previously appeared at an Apple event; about a decade ago, he appeared by video link at an Apple event to congratulate Steve Jobs on the launch of the iPod and the iTunes store.

For his part, Iovine had a long relationship with Jobs, according to several sources. He had tried unsuccessfully to convince Jobs to launch a music subscription service.

The Apple/Beats deal is expected to take about two months to close, and the company might wait till the closing to unveil the executives as Apple employees.