“”Back Down” and “Heat” were instrumentals originally composed by Rakim and Dr. Dre. They were both originally intended to be used on Rakim’s debut Aftermath album, Oh My God, but due to creative differences was not released.”

50 already had a crazy buzz in the streets and in the industry so he got more respect towards creative control of his projects, do the knowledge:

“21 Questions” was not inlikes to be on the album to Dr. Dre, he stated that he did not want the song on the album. According to 50 Cent, “Dre was, like, ‘How you goin’ to be gangsta this and that and then put this sappy love song on?’” 50 Cent responded saying, “I’m two people. I’ve always had to be two people since I was a kid, to get by. To me that’s not diversity, it’s necessity.”

Dre was actually going to scrap 21 Questions. No telling how many songs got thrown in the trash. Either Dre has a creative handicap where nothing he produces will ever be great/classic or he got a lot of people in his ear making him doubt his skills.

Lets not pretend like Dre doesn’t have ghost producers working for him (e.g. Hi-Tek and countless others). Dude could’ve been put out Detox and put an end to all this BS production I hear on the radio.

“Right now, without sampling in hip-hop,” RZA says, “it’s really a soggy-ass form of music.”
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The song/collab will sound like this:

Jay-Z will write some lyrics about how rich he is, how he is the best, how much money he has, and how nobody is on his level while name dropping Dre/Aftermath and Roc Nation.

Dre will make a beat with a piano, orchestral hits, single bass notes, offbeat clap/snare, and one chord progression.

I’m supposed to be geeked off that?

i cant wait for detox, i reckon it will be the best and biggest selling album since get rich or die tryin

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