Interview with Dr. Dre

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Hip Hop Game interviews Dr. Dre!

Recently, the Los Angeles Times did a survey among 22 record company executives to name the artists they believe will sell the most records over the next seven years. Dr. Dre was at the top of that list. One executive said that Dre, who won a Grammy in February for Producer of the Year, might be the greatest talent in the music business right now. Hip-hop is the most dynamic sound in pop, and he?s the king of hip-hop.

As I walk into Record One in Studio City, Chatman is in between juggling phone calls and greets me with a warm smile, informing me that Dre is on his way. He invites me into the control room where Dr. Dre?s Dream Team is already warming up. Ensconced in Studio B, engineer ?Veto? (a.k.a. Mauricio Iragorri) is tinkering on the SSL 8000, while Mike Elizondo, bass player, and Scott Storch, the expert on keys, file into the studio. The activity seems normal, even mundane, until Dr. Dre walks into the room. The vibe in the control room shifts up a level of energy. During a lunch break, the conversation turned to a VH-1 documentary on The Doors that Dre had seen the previous night, and, after commenting on how much he liked the keyboard sound, Scott Storch immediately launched into what was a near-perfect rendition of the classic Doors sound. Soon Mike Elizondo had joined in on bass, Dre added a beat at the turntable, and, before you knew it, a song was born!

Contrary to media reports that his recording sessions are filled with drugs, alcohol, and gang warfare, all I saw was positive energy, professional vibe, creativity, and solid business. After completing a call with his prot?g? Eminem (a.k.a. Marshall Mathers), where he was advising the young rapper on some crucial business decisions, Dre turned his attention to the interview at hand...

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