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Dre is best-known as for his collaborations with In the 1980s, hip hop music began to break into the mainstream of the United States. A series of artists like Grandmaster Flash and Slick Rick brought the sound to new listeners; all of these early recording artists were based out of New York City. On the other side of... West Coast hip hop artists such as Snoop Dogg Calvin Cordozar Broadus (born October 20, 1971 in Long Beach, California) is a rap musician and actor. His mother nicknamed him Snoopy as a child, and he took the stage name Snoop Doggy Dogg (later changed to Snoop Dogg) when he began recording. Biography Snoop Dogg was frequently... Snoop Dogg, Warren Griffin III (born November 10, 1971), more known as Warren G, is a west coast rapper and hip hop producer. His biggest hit is the single Regulate with Nate Dogg released 1994. The single is a G-funk track like most of Warren Gs productions. In 1991, Warren... Warren G, and For other people named Tupac, see Tupac (disambiguation). Years after his death, Tupac Shakur is still considered one of the most influential rap artists of all time. Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 - September 13, 1996) was an influential, best-selling hip hop artist. Some of his aliases include 2Pac... Tupac Shakur, and also as a former member of pioneering Gangsta rap, also known as hardcore hip-hop, was the name given to the subgenre of hip hop which often involved lyrical subjects based on the violence and misogyny inherent in the lifestyle of street thugs and gangsters. The term Gangsta rap is usually used to refer to the music... gangsta rap group This page is about the rap group; NWA can also mean Northwest Airlines or National Wrestling Alliance. Niggaz With Attitude (N.W.A) were a hip hop group that popularized gangsta rap with the groundbreaking Straight Outta Compton (1989) album, a vicious hardcore record that became an underground hit notorious... NWA. He is also notable for being the co-founder of Death Row Records (also known as Tha Row Records) is a record company that was founded by Suge Knight and Dr. Dre in 1991, under the parent label of Jimmy Iovines Interscope Records. The label was once home to top rappers such as Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Tupac... Death Row Records (with Suge (pronounced Shoog) Knight, born Marion Knight in Compton to a custodian father and schoolteacher mother, is an entrepreneur in the hip hop music industry and co-founder of Death Row Records with Dr. Dre; the record label rose to dominate the charts after Dr. Dres breakthrough success The... Suge Knight); and the founder of There is also another similarly titled record label, Aftermath Music, which is based in Norway. Aftermath Entertainment is Dr. Dres record company, formed after Dr. Dre left Death Row Records, which was formed together with the present Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight. Aftermath is on Interscope Records. Artists... Aftermath Records, a successful imprint for Interscope Records is a record label currently owned by the Universal Music Group. It was started in 1990 by Jimmy Lovine and Ted Fields with financial support from Atlantic Records (who owned 50% of the label). In 1992 Jimmy Lovine helped Death Row Records financialy and with a distribution deal... Interscope Records that features The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a special interest group representing the U.S. recording industry, and the body responsible for certifying gold and platinum albums and singles in the USA. For more information about sales data see list of best selling albums and list of best selling... multi-platinum artists such as Eminem is the stage name of Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), one of todays most controversial and popular hip hop musicians. He is perhaps best known for being one of the few successful white rappers in the industry, not to mention one of the most critically... Eminem, 50 Cent, (real name: Curtis Jackson, born July 6, 1976), is a popular U.S. rap artist. Once almost unknown outside his hometown of New York, he became the first artist signed to Eminems record label Shady Records who was scouted before knowing Eminem. He appeared on the 8... 50 Cent, and Dre himself.

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Biography

Dr. Dre started his producing career as a member of the World Class Wreckin' Cru during the first half of the Millennia: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium Events and trends Technology Bulletin board system popularity Popularization of personal computers, Walkmans, VHS videocassette recorders, and compact disc (CD) players Introduction of the IBM PC Home video games become enormously popular, most notably Atari until the market crashes in 1983; the rise... 1980s. In 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January 1 - Spain and Portugal enter the European Community January 1 - Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands and is separated from the Netherlands Antilles. January 9 - After losing a patent battle with Polaroid, Kodak leaves... 1986, he and fellow World Class Wreckin' Cru member Yella, real name Antoine Carraby, is a DJ and music producer from Compton, California He was a member of the World Class Wreckin Cru along with Dr. Dre. He later became a founding member of the pioneering gangsta rap group NWA, and co-produced all of their albums with Dre... DJ Yella were two of the founding members of This page is about the rap group; NWA can also mean Northwest Airlines or National Wrestling Alliance. Niggaz With Attitude (N.W.A) were a hip hop group that popularized gangsta rap with the groundbreaking Straight Outta Compton (1989) album, a vicious hardcore record that became an underground hit notorious... NWA, a highly successful and controversial group that created the protoype for much of what was termed "gangsta rap" in the Events and trends Technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other technology Reduction in size and cost of mobile phones leads to a massive surge in their popularity Year 2000 problem (commonly known as Y2K) Microsoft Windows operating system becomes virtually ubiquitous on IBM... 1990s. Dr. Dre enjoyed significant success in NWA, but left the group at the peak of its popularity in 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January 2 - Sharon Pratt Dixon is sworn in as mayor of Washington, DC becoming the first black woman to lead a city of that size and importance. January 4 - The United Nations Security Council votes unanimously... 1991 to form Death Row Records (also known as Tha Row Records) is a record company that was founded by Suge Knight and Dr. Dre in 1991, under the parent label of Jimmy Iovines Interscope Records. The label was once home to top rappers such as Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Tupac... Death Row Records with Suge (pronounced Shoog) Knight, born Marion Knight in Compton to a custodian father and schoolteacher mother, is an entrepreneur in the hip hop music industry and co-founder of Death Row Records with Dr. Dre; the record label rose to dominate the charts after Dr. Dres breakthrough success The... Suge Knight.


Dr. Dre released his first solo single, "Deep Cover,"(AKA 187) in the spring of 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January - The Internet Society is formed. January 1 Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General George H. W. Bush becomes the first... 1992. Not only was the record the debut of his elastic G-funk, an abbreviation of Gangsta-funk, is a type of hip hop music that emerged from West Coast gangsta rap in the early 1990s. The accepted progenitor of the sound is Dr. Dre, whose 1992 (see 1992 in music) album The Chronic invented and named the sound, which is... G funk sound, it was the beginning of his collaboration with rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg (later simply known as Snoop Dogg Calvin Cordozar Broadus (born October 20, 1971 in Long Beach, California) is a rap musician and actor. His mother nicknamed him Snoopy as a child, and he took the stage name Snoop Doggy Dogg (later changed to Snoop Dogg) when he began recording. Biography Snoop Dogg was frequently... Snoop Dogg), a young man who had recorded some homemade tapes with Dre's stepbrother Warren Griffin III (born November 10, 1971), more known as Warren G, is a west coast rapper and hip hop producer. His biggest hit is the single Regulate with Nate Dogg released 1994. The single is a G-funk track like most of Warren Gs productions. In 1991, Warren... Warren G. Snoop's voice appeared on Dre's 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January - The Internet Society is formed. January 1 Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General George H. W. Bush becomes the first... 1992 debut album The Chronic is the debut solo album from American gangsta rapper Dr. Dre. Having split from Ice Cube and Eazy-E, Dres first solo album established him as the biggest hip hop artist in the US, and one of the biggest stars of his era. The Chronic established a... The Chronic as much as Dre's did. Thanks to the single "Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang," and hits like "Let Me Ride" and "Fuck Wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')", The Chronic became a multi-platinum seller, making it virtually impossible to hear mainstream hip-hop that wasn't affected in some way by Dr. Dre and his patented G-funk, an abbreviation of Gangsta-funk, is a type of hip hop music that emerged from West Coast gangsta rap in the early 1990s. The accepted progenitor of the sound is Dr. Dre, whose 1992 (see 1992 in music) album The Chronic invented and named the sound, which is... G Funk.


The following year, Dr. Dre produced Snoop Dogg's debut album This article is about the Snoop Doggy Dogg album called Doggystyle. For the sexual position see Doggy position. Doggystyle is the debut album by American West Coast (G Funk) hip hop artist Snoop Doggy Dogg, released on November 23, 1993 (see 1993 in music). The album was a breakthrough success... Doggystyle, with similar subject matter and musical style. Doggystyle achieved phenomenal success, being the first debut album for an artist to debut at #1 on the Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs or albums in various categories on a weekly basis. Its most famous chart, the Hot 100 survey, ranks the top 100 songs regardless of genre and... Billboard charts.


In 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. Events Environmental change The invasive species Asian long-horned beetle is found in New York January 7 - One of the worst blizzards in American history hits eastern... 1996, the song "California Love," a highly successful collaboration with Death Row artist For other people named Tupac, see Tupac (disambiguation). Years after his death, Tupac Shakur is still considered one of the most influential rap artists of all time. Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 - September 13, 1996) was an influential, best-selling hip hop artist. Some of his aliases include 2Pac... Tupac Shakur, helped further establish Death Row and Dr. Dre as a major force in the music industry. By the end of the year, however, the success of Death Row had taken a reverse turn, following the death of Tupac Shakur and Organized crime is crime carried out systematically by formal criminal organizations. The Organized Crime Control Act (US - 1970) defines organized crime as: The unlawful activities of...a highly organized, disciplined association.... Some Criminal Organizations, such as terrorist organizations, are politically motivated. Mafias are criminal organizations whose primary motivation is profit... racketeering charges against Suge Knight. Foreseeing the label's collapse, Dr. Dre left Death Row to form his own Aftermath Entertainment label. The Dr. Dre Presents ... The Aftermath album, released at the end of the year, featured songs by the newly signed Aftermath artists, and a solo track "Been There, Done That". The track was intended as a symbolic good-bye to gangsta rap, in which Dre suggested that he is moving on to another level of music and lifestyle.


In 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. Events January January 3 - NBCs Today Show Bryant Gumbel signs off for the last time January 8 - Mister Rogers receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame... 1997, Dr. Dre signed aspiring Detroit rapper Eminem is the stage name of Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), one of todays most controversial and popular hip hop musicians. He is perhaps best known for being one of the few successful white rappers in the industry, not to mention one of the most critically... Eminem to his label, producing his controversial album Upon joining Interscope Records, Eminem released The Slim Shady LP, which would eventually be certified triple platinum. My Name Is was the first single off the album. The Slim Shady LP had a number of controversies surrounding its lyrical content. In 97 Bonnie & Clyde, Eminem, along with his infant... The Slim Shady LP in 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. Events Kosovo War Shooting in Littleton, Colorado, United States, leaves several high school students dead. Y2K preparation was a major event in 1999 both in... 1999, followed by the even more successful and controversial The Marshall Mathers LP is the third full-length album from gangsta rapper Eminem. The bulk of the album was written in Amsterdam, with Dr. Dre (who did much of the production) holding a telephone to his speakers so Eminem could hear the beats. The Real Slim Shady, the first... The Marshall Mathers LP in 2000 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes.css; @import /skins/monobook/IE55Fixes.css; @import /skins/monobook/IE60Fixes.css; /**/ 2000 From Wikipedia 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. Popular culture also holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd... 2000. The latter featured slightly less involvement by Dr. Dre. By the time The Eminem Show, despite the name, is not a television show. It is Eminems third album after signing to a major label, Interscope. It was intended to be released in June 2002. Apparently before the release of The Eminem Show, Eminem was trying to think of a title for... The Eminem Show was released in 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. It was designated: International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains National Science Year in the United Kingdom Autism Awareness Year in the United Kingdom Events January Euro banknotes in circulation throughout the twelve countries of the European Union that... 2002, Eminem was producing the bulk of his output himself.


Dre released his second solo album, Dr. Dre 2001 (sometimes referred to by fans as "The Chronic 2001: No Seeds"), in 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. Events Kosovo War Shooting in Littleton, Colorado, United States, leaves several high school students dead. Y2K preparation was a major event in 1999 both in... 1999. Once again, the album featured about as much of Dre's voice as the voices of numerous collaborators, including Devin the Dude, Hittman, Snoop Dogg, and Eminem. The album was highly successful, thus reaffirming a recurring theme featured in its lyrics, stating that Dre is still a force to be reckoned with, despite the lack of major releases in the previous few years.


The album followed a new musical direction, characterised by high-pitched piano and string melodies over a deep and rich A bassline is a series of notes with tones that are low in pitch or frequency. Various known instruments can create bass notes such as drums, bass guitar, double bass and cello. Electroacoustic modeling enables countless bass sample instruments. In electronic music, a classic bassline may be a Roland TB... bassline. The style was also prominent in his following production work for other artists, including hits such as "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" by Eve (born Eve Jihan Jeffers on November 10, 1978 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American rapper associated with the Ruff Ryders crew. She adopted the name Gangsta in high school as part of an all-female group called EDGP (pronounced Egypt) and eventually went solo as Eve of Destruction. After... Eve and Gwen Stefani Gwendolyn Renee Stefani (born October 3, 1969) is an American singer and the frontwoman of the band No Doubt who launched a solo career in late 2004. Stefani was born in Orange County, California. Her father Denis is Italian and her mother Patti is of English and Scottish... Gwen Stefani (whom he would produce again on the Stefani and Eve track "Rich Girl"), "Break Ya Neck" by Trevor Smith Jr. (born May 20, 1972), better known as Busta Rhymes, is an American hip hop musician. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Uniondale, New York. At 12 his family moved to Long Island where he met up with other MCs from the growing New... Busta Rhymes, and "Family Affair" by Mary J. Blige performs on the National Mall in Washington, DC Mary Jane Blige (born January 11, 1971) is an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter and producer. She was born in The Bronx, New York but grew up in the housing projects of Yonkers, eventually dropping out... Mary J Blige.


Dr. Dre has also appeared in the movies Set It Off is a 1996 drama movie directed by F. Gary Gray, and stars Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox and Kimberley Elise as four close friends from Los Angeles who decide to plan and execute a bank robbery. They decide to do so for different reasons... Set It Off, The Wash and Training Day is a 2001 film starring Denzel Washington as Alonzo Harris, a decorated and corrupt police officer, and Ethan Hawke as Jake Hoyt, his new green recruit looking to become a detective in NARC. The entire movie takes place over a single intense 24 hour period that changes the... Training Day, though later stated that he does not intend to pursue a career in acting. A song of his, "Bad Intentions" (featuring Knoc-Turn'Al), was featured on the soundtrack to The Wash.


In 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. Pascal Couchepin becomes President of the Confederation in... 2003, Dr. Dre and Eminem produced the major-label debut Get Rich or Die Tryin' for Queens rapper 50 Cent, (real name: Curtis Jackson, born July 6, 1976), is a popular U.S. rap artist. Once almost unknown outside his hometown of New York, he became the first artist signed to Eminems record label Shady Records who was scouted before knowing Eminem. He appeared on the 8... 50 Cent, featuring the Dre-produced hit single "In Da Club."


The release of This article is about a Dr. Dre album called Detox. For Treble Charger album, visit Detox. Want to recieve the latest news about Dr. Dres new album Detox, delivered straight to your email inbox? Click the link below to find out how... http://www.google.com/alerts?hl=en... Detox, which was to be Dre's final solo album, was planned for 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. It was designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) Elections were held in 73 countries during 2004. See a list of elections... 2004. The project was declared to be cancelled for a while, as Dre decided to put all his effort into producing the artists on his Aftermath label, including Eminem, 50 Cent, Eve, The Game, Stat Quo, and Busta Rhymes; former This page is about the rap group; NWA can also mean Northwest Airlines or National Wrestling Alliance. Niggaz With Attitude (N.W.A) were a hip hop group that popularized gangsta rap with the groundbreaking Straight Outta Compton (1989) album, a vicious hardcore record that became an underground hit notorious... NWA member For the American rapper and actor, see Ice Cube. Ice cubes in a tumbler An ice cube is a small, roughly cube-shaped piece of ice, conventionally placed in drinks to cool them down. Ice cubes are often preferred over crushed ice because they melt more slowly; they are standard... Ice Cube is currently negotiating a contract with the label. However, in November 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. It was designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) Elections were held in 73 countries during 2004. See a list of elections... 2004, Dre and Interscope Records is a record label currently owned by the Universal Music Group. It was started in 1990 by Jimmy Lovine and Ted Fields with financial support from Atlantic Records (who owned 50% of the label). In 1992 Jimmy Lovine helped Death Row Records financialy and with a distribution deal... Interscope confirmed that Detox was still in the works and is currently scheduled to be released in Fall 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January Iraqi police officers hold up their index fingers marked with purple indelible ink, a security measure to prevent double voting. Worldwide aid effort continues to develop in response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. January 3... 2005. On the Eminem song "Encore", featuring Dre himself, Eminem mentions that the Eminem crew will "make" him do the album.


Discography

With NWA:

  • N.W.A. and the Posse, Macola, 1987.
  • Straight Outta Compton is the 1988 (see 1988 in music) breakthrough album by N.W.A., released on Priority Records. The album was a surprise hit, as most music executives at the time viewed hip hop as a passing fad, and did not expect a hardcore gangsta rap album from... Straight Outta Compton, Ruthless, 1989.
  • 100 Miles and Runnin' , Ruthless, 1990.
  • Niggaz4life, Ruthless, 1991.

Solo:

  • The Chronic is the debut solo album from American gangsta rapper Dr. Dre. Having split from Ice Cube and Eazy-E, Dres first solo album established him as the biggest hip hop artist in the US, and one of the biggest stars of his era. The Chronic established a... The Chronic, Death Row, 1992.
  • Greatest Hits, Central Station, 1996.
  • Dr. Dre Presents...The Aftermath, Aftermath, 1996.
  • Dr. Dre 2001, Aftermath, 1999.
  • This article is about a Dr. Dre album called Detox. For Treble Charger album, visit Detox. Want to recieve the latest news about Dr. Dres new album Detox, delivered straight to your email inbox? Click the link below to find out how... http://www.google.com/alerts?hl=en... Detox, 2005.

Other (as artist and/or producer):

  • No One Can Do It Better, Ruthless, 1989. ( The D.O.C. (Image) is an American rapper from Texas. The D.O.C., born Tracy Curry, was one of raps most promising new voices because of his association with N.W.A. and was at the height of his career after penning lyrics and contributing vocals to... The D.O.C.)
  • Livin' Like Hustlers, Epic, 1989. ( Above The Law was founded in late 1987 out of Pomona, California by Cold 187um aka Big Hutch (born Gregory Hutchinson), K.M.G the Illustrator (born Kevin Dulley), Total K-Oss (born Anthony Stewart) and Go Mack (born Arthur Goodman). In 1989, they released their first album, Livin Like... Above The Law)
  • Doggystyle, Death Row, 1993. (Snoop Doggy Dogg)
  • Concrete Roots, Triple X, 1994.
  • Murder Was the Case, Death Row, 1994. (contributor)
  • First Round Knock Out, Triple X, 1996.
  • Back N Tha Day, 1996.
  • The Album, Aftermath, 1997. ( Nas (b. Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones in Long Island City, Queens, New York City on September 14, 1973) is an American hip-hop artist/rapper. At various times in his career, he has also gone by the aliases of Nasty Nas, Nas Escobar (after Columbian drug lord Pablo Escobar... The Firm)
  • Even Deeper, Nothing, 1999. (Nine Inch Nails)

Singles

  • "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" (1993) #2 US; #31 UK
  • "Fuck Wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')" (1993) #8 US
  • "Let Me Ride" (1993) #34 US
  • "Keep Their Heads Ringin'" (1995) #10 US; #25 UK
  • "California Love" (1996) (feat. 2Pac) (also featuring A vocoder (name derived from voice coder, formerly also called voder) is a speech analyser and synthesizer. It was originally developed as a speech coder for telecommunications applications in the 1930s, the idea being to code speech for transmission. Its primary use in this fashion is for secure radio communication... vocoder-filtered lyrics by Roger Troutman)
  • "Zoom" (with LL Cool J) (1998) #15 UK
  • "Still D.R.E." (feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg) (2000) #6 UK
  • "Forgot About Dre" (feat. Eminem) (2000) #25 US; #7 UK
  • "The Next Episode" (feat. Snoop Dogg) (2000) #23 US; #3 UK
  • "Bad Intentions" (feat. Knoc-Turn'al) (2002) #4 UK

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