Dr. Dre is revealing why he turned down the chance to work with music icons Michael Jackson, Prince and Stevie Surprise.
Whereas showing on a latest episode of the Hart to Coronary heart present, the rapper and music producer shocked host Kevin Hart when he advised him that he “bowed out” a few occasions from working with a few of the most legendary artists in music’s historical past.
“They simply requested me to work with them and I simply was like, ‘What the fuck am I going to do with them?’” he defined. “These are my fucking heroes.”
After Hart reminded him, “You’re Dr. Dre,” the multi-Grammy winner admitted that Surprise was one of the vital latest artists who he handed on collaborating with. He stated the “Superstition” singer had referred to as him up, asking to work on a track collectively.
However Dr. Dre stated he likes “the way in which I really feel about Stevie, Prince, Michael, Bruce Springsteen and all of those wonderful artists,” which “may change by working with them.”
He added, “These are my fucking heroes. … I like the concept of what I grew up listening to and I need to hold it like that. And I don’t need to fuck up that concept and that look.”
Dr. Dre, who has performed a giant position within the careers of a number of profitable artists, together with Eminem, Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar, went on to clarify that he prefers to work with newer artists.
“My complete life and profession has been coping with and dealing with new artists. That’s what I like. No person is available in with an agenda,” the report producer stated. “It’s a ball of clay after they stroll within the room. You may simply kind it and do what you need. That’s what I need. Everyone else, particularly my heroes, they’re coming in and there’s a set plan as to how the shit ought to sound, ya know. I can’t, I can’t discover.”
Dr. Dre beforehand revealed in an interview earlier than Jackson’s demise in 2009 that he declined to work with the “Beat It” singer as a result of “I like working with new artists. Until it’s simply someone that, you realize, I’m actually feeling comfy with within the studio. I can’t image myself within the studio like, ‘Yo Mike, try this once more.’”
