However, scheduling problems, complications coordinating agendas of three different record labels (Priority, No Limit, and Interscope) and an inability to legally obtain the exclusive rights to the N.W.A name caused the project to go on the permanent back burner. The remaining members and new addition Snoop Dogg, filling in for the late Eazy-E, began recording the group’s third LP in a mobile recording studio during the massively successful Up in Smoke Tour in 1999. Dre, Ice Cube, MC Ren, and DJ Yella to begin plans to release a reunion album titled Not These Niggaz Again. Dre would soon stop working on the project, and Helter Skelter never came to fruition.īy 1999, the remaining tensions and bitter sibling rivalries between the remaining members of seminal gangster rap group N.W.A, had finally eased allowing Dr.
led the latter to leak the unfinished reels of the album in a bitter dispute. The album would never reach completion when a souring business relationship between Death Row and the D.O.C. The album was set to be released on Death Row Records and was reported to feature contributions from frequent associates the D.O.C., Scarface, and Snoop Dogg.
After the successful release of “Natural Born Killaz,” Dre and Cube planned to collaborate on a joint album titled Helter Skelter. While Dre and Cube feuded heavily in the early 1990s following the dissolution of their seminal rap group N.W.A, the pair had reconciled by 1994 when they released “Natural Born Killaz” on the soundtrack to Snoop Dogg’s short film, Murder Was the Case. The pair teamed up again, co-writing “Not Today,” featuring Eve (who is also credited as a co-writer), off Blige’s sixth album, Love & Life.For the hardcore faithful of West Coast hip-hop, there are few fantasy collaborations that bring such excitement as the pairing of Dr. As they were recording vocals, Dre suggested Blige add a bridge to the song, which she wrote. The song was entirely produced by Dre, who initially created the musical component for “Family Affair” using bass and keyboard. 1 spot where it remained for weeks and was Blige’s first and only (to date) No. Named the 12th biggest song of the 2000s, “Family Affair” jumped to the No.
Blige, her brother Bruce Miller, Camara Kambon, and Michael Elizondoĭre only co-wrote one track-and the most successful-off Mary J. He helped launch Eminem’s career after signing him to his label, Aftermath Records, in 1998, producing his breakout The Slim Shady LP in 1999 and co-writing several tracks, including the hit “My Name Is.” Dre also partially co-wrote and co-produced Eminem’s follow-up, The Marshall Mathers LP the two have continued to collaborate on most of Eminem’s albums since, including his 11th release Music to Be Murdered By in 2020 Eminem also co-wrote several tracks off Dre’s 1999 album, 2001. Blige, 50 Cent, T.I., and Eminem, among others. Pioneering his “G-funk” style of pulsing tempos and ’70s funk sampling production, Dre began collaborating with more artists throughout the 1990s, including then-emerging rapper Snoop Dogg, who co-wrote a majority of The Chronic, including “Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang” and “Let Me Ride.” Dre would return the favor by co-writing several tracks for, and producing, Snoop’s 1992 debut album, Doggystyle.įor more than three decades, Dre has written and produced music for 2Pac (Tupac Shakur), Mary J.
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