Dr. Dre Explains Why He Turned Down Prince & Michael Jackson Collabs

Dr. Dre is arguably the best producer in Hip Hop historical past who may work with any artist he desires to, however he’s now revealed that he beforehand turned down working with each Prince and Michael Jackson.

The legendary producer sat down with Kevin Hart for his Hart To Coronary heart collection on Peacock, and stated that he determined to not work with each iconic artists due to the large enamor related to every musician.

After Hart requested if he created a demo tape for the dynamic artists, Dr. Dre elaborated on his reply. “Nah, they only requested me to work with them and I simply [was like], ‘What the fuck am I gonna do with them?’ These are my fuckin’ heroes man. Yeah, that occurred.”

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The then 35-year-old Grammy Award-winning musician spoke to MTV Radio in 2001 about declining the chance to provide Invincible, MJ’s first album in over a decade at the moment.

“Anyone approached me about working with Michael Jackson, and I did say no as a result of I like working with new artists or those that I’ve labored with previously,” he informed MTV. “I can develop them from the bottom up. There’s no set normal that I’ve to dwell as much as or something like that.

He added: “All I’ve to do is go within the studio, and principally they’re going to bust their ass to return in there and do their factor the best way it’s alleged to be carried out.”

Later within the Hart To Coronary heart interview, Dr. Dre additionally shared that he not too long ago declined working with Stevie Marvel for the very same cause as he did with Michael Jackson and Prince.

“So I’m workin’ on an album with Marsha Ambrosius, proper?,” he begins. “She’s superb. We did a track utilizing Stevie Marvel’s music, and he needed to clear it. And he known as me up, ‘Yo, Dre’ — for some cause, Stevie Marvel calls you want tremendous early within the morning, like six, seven within the mornin’ or somethin.’ Like, simply ’trigger you may’t see the time.

He continued: “True story, [he was like], ‘I don’t just like the lyrics. I don’t just like the lyrics, Dre.’ Okay, we went in and altered the lyrics. What the fuck is the distinction? Like 5 a.m. or 5 p.m. for Stevie? So this shit occurred.”

After the modifications had been made alongside Marsha Ambrosius, the Aftermath Leisure head honcho acknowledged that he obtained again on the cellphone with Stevie Marvel.

“He known as me again like, ‘Okay, Dre. Now I just like the lyrics. Why don’t we work collectively and simply write a track collectively?’ [I was like], ‘Yeah. Alright. Alright, Stevie,’ and yeah, I didn’t present up.”

“What the fuck am I gonna do within the studio with Stevie Marvel? Huh? Contact the drums? No. Contact the keyboard? No. What the fuck? Nah. I went that manner.”

In different Dr. Dre information, the N.W.A. legend stunned 50 Cent for his birthday final weekend by popping up at a celebration in London.

The G-Unit boss turned 48 on July 6 and celebrated with shut pals within the English capital, the place they threw him a celebration at a Somali restaurant known as The Village.

There was loads of historical past within the room as Tony Yayo, Interscope Data and Beats By Dre co-founder Jimmy Iovine and Eminem’s longtime supervisor Paul Rosenberg additionally attended the low-key shindig.