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Snoop Doggy Dog and Dr Dre: Every Dogg Has His Dre
Report and Interview by Dele Fadele, New Musical Express, 14 May 1994
They called him an "evil bastard", said he shouldn't be allowed in the country, that there would be riots outside his hotel and gigs. But ...
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Dr. Dre: The Chronic (Atlantic)
Review by Andrew Smith, Melody Maker, 20 February 1993
IT'S OFTEN been said that if NWA's last LP had a saving grace, it was Dr Dre's eerie and innovative production work. As far as ...
Dr. Dre: Ain't nothing but a gender thang?
Interview by Amy Linden, Request, May 1993
Dr. Dre and writer Amy Linden go one-on-one on sexism and The Chronic. Nobody wins. ...
Dr. Dre: The Chronic (Death Row/Interscope Records 257128; CD and cassette)
Review by Amy Linden, The New York Times, 20 June 1993
AS HOMAGES to male bonding go, it would be hard to beat 'Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang', the hit single from The Chronic, the latest ...
Dr. Dre On How To Make An Album Doggystyle
Interview by J.D. Considine, Musician, February 1994
DR. DRE ISN'T a good advertisement for music school. "With all these players out here, why should I waste this much time learning how to ...
Bark without bite — Snoop Doggy Dogg & Dr. Dre: Brixton Academy, London
Live Review by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 2 May 1994
Snoop Doggy Dogg comes over like a pup at the Brixton Academy ...
Paw Coarse Men Of The Apocalypse: Doctor Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg: Brixton Academy, London
Live Review by Gavin Martin, New Musical Express, 14 May 1994
A HOT South London night. The air is a heady mix of sweat, liquor, perfume… and bomb-ass skunk. Inside the Academy, a veritable ceremony is ...
Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Rage — The Chronic Tour: Brixton Academy, London
Live Review by Angus Batey, Hip-Hop Connection, June 1994
WHEN YOU think about it, the very fact that this gig took place at all seems more than a little miraculous. With one of the ...
Warren G: Nuthin' but a G thang
Interview by Jeff Lorez, Blues & Soul, 14 June 1994
Dre's l'il bro is carving his own particularly effective niche right now. Jeff Lorez gets some long distance information with Warren G. ...
Various Artists: Murder Was The Case (Death Row/lnterscope 6544-92484-2 15 tks/74 mins/FP)
Review by Simon Price, Melody Maker, 12 November 1994
HOMIE-CIDAL MANY ACTS A new Snoop Doggy Dogg record? Yes and no and a whole lot more. Murder Was The Case is an extremely violent 18-minute ...
Biggie, Tupac et al: Hollywood or Bust-up
Report and Interview by William Shaw, The Observer, 7 July 1996
New York can lay claim to having invented rap, but LA has violently rewritten the rules. William Shaw charts an increasingly bitter rivalry ...
The Dre Today: Dr. Dre Presents: The Aftermath (Interscope/MCA)
Review by Neil Kulkarni, Melody Maker, 30 November 1996
Don't be fooled by his past, DR DRE is a one-man Motown, a pop perfectionist for the 21st Century ...
Review by Miles Marshall Lewis, L.A. Weekly, 24 November 1999
WEBSTER'S UNABRIDGED defines the all-American midlife crisis as a period of psychological stress occurring in middle age, thought to be triggered by a physical, occupational ...
Dr Dre: 2001 (Interscope/Aftermath)
Review by Amy Linden, People, Fall 1999
DR DRE’S THE CHRONIC (1992) not only put West Coast rap firmly on the map, the album became one of the biggest-selling hip hop records ...
Report by Andy Crysell, New Musical Express, 5 August 2000
His rise and his fall has been a story of violence, pig-headed machismo and ruthless determination. Currently biding his time in jail, Death Row boss ...
Dr. Dre: 10 Reasons Not To Forget About Dre
Comment by Neil Kulkarni, Melody Maker, 15 November 2000
THOUGHT DR DRE HAD SLIPPED OUR MINDS, DID YA? NOPE — US MUTHAF***AS WERE JUST ACTING LIKE WE HADN'T REMEMBERED THE HIP-HOP POWERHOUSE. HERE'S WHY ...
Interview by Steven Wells, New Musical Express, 16 December 2000
Straight outta Compton, Dr. Dre shaped the future of gangsta rap with NWA and lived to tell the tale. Now, the man responsible for giving ...
Dr Dre/Snoop Dogg/Eminem/Ice Cube: The Up In Smoke Tour (Eagle Vision)
Film/DVD/TV Review by Ian MacDonald, Uncut, March 2001
IN WHICH THE meanest mf-ers in contemporary hip hop, now wallowing in a gargantuan trough of dollars, give themselves 10 times more than enough rope, ...
Interview by Stephen Dalton, New Musical Express, 15 September 2001
INCARCERATION, CORRUPT LA COPS, FEUDS WITH DRE AND SNOOP, DEATH ROW RECORDS, GOD AND POLITICS: THE GODFATHER OF GANGSTA RAP SUGE KNIGHT IS OUT OF ...
Interview by Angus Batey, Hip-Hop Connection, January 2007
JERRY HELLER may just have the most undeservedly bad rep in the history of hip hop. ...
Dr Dre: The hip-hop head with a business brain
Guide by Dorian Lynskey, The Observer, 10 May 2014
The man cited by his peers as the most significant force in hip-hop is set to become its richest operator. But what does his $3.2bn ...
Obituary by Adam Sweeting, The Guardian, 7 September 2016
Music manager who launched NWA and set up Ruthless Records with Eazy-E ...
see also Snoop (Doggy) Dogg
see also Eminem
see also N.W.A
see also Lady of Rage, The
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