And then he had his group N.W.A., and with them he sort of introduced like this Red Foxx, Richard Pryor form of comedy. And also, musically, like in his first group, The World Class Wreckin' Cru, he sort of fused rap beats to R&B with the song by an artist named Michel'le called "Turn Out the Lights" which was, I believe, in the late '80s, immensely popular. RO: Well, for one, Dre is very well known for introducing a higher level of quality to the actually sound of a recording. And at each stage of his career he wound up introducing new elements, sounds, and techniques that influenced everything that followed.ĬHIDEYA: What kinds of techniques did he introduced? And he had an interest in, you know, performing, and he joined a number of well-known groups.
He was unsure what to do with his life right around the time he was going to graduate from high school. Dre was a young man from South Central Los Angeles.
Dre in terms of who he was when he first got into hip-hop? NPR's Farai Chideya spoke with Ronin Ro about his new biography of Dre.įARAI CHIDEYA: Who is Dr. He's thought up all sorts of controversies with record labels and fellow rappers to remain one of the steadiest forces in hip-hop music. He discovered Snoop Dogg and helped rocket Eminem to rap stardom. Busta, where you at? Can't scrap a lick, so I know you got (unintelligible)…ĬOX: Dr. Dre's patented mix of George Clinton-ish funk and (unintelligible) hip-hop beat made him one of rap music's most important artists.ĭr. It was just one of his many hits during and after his days with N.W.A. He dropped his first solo disc, "The Chronic," in 1992. Dre made his first hits with Ice Cube and the gangster hip-hop crew, N.W.A. In the early '90s, the Los Angeles producer almost single-handedly crafted the new G-funk rap sound. Phases in Life, a World Class Wreckin' Cru LP released in 1990, was basically a solo release by Lonzo.If you want to make your funk the G-funk, then you need to call on Dr. Even after "Turn Off the Lights" entered the R&B Top 40 in 1988, they continued with N.W.A, and Dre also produced tracks for Wreckin' Cru member Michel'le. After street-level singles like "Dopeman" and "8 Ball" became huge local hits for N.W.A, World Class Wreckin' Cru became less of a priority for both Dr. Along with Ice Cube, they wrote a single named "Boyz-n-the Hood" that was initially offered to the Ruthless act HBO, but later prompted the entire crew to form as N.W.A. Dre and DJ Yella were pursuing other production opportunities, one of which came from a new label (Ruthless) formed by Eazy-E. But even as the World Class Wreckin' Cru became one of southern California's most popular rap acts, Dr. Dream Team as stellar examples of the fast-moving fusion of old-school rap and electro. Early singles like "Surgery" and "Juice" - many of them recorded at a four-track studio that was part of the Eve After Dark complex - stood alongside work by the Egyptian Lover and L.A. Dre and DJ Yella, along with Dre's high school friend Cli-N-Tel. The group was formed by Lonzo (Alonzo Williams), owner of the Compton club Eve After Dark, who recruited a pair of popular local DJs, Dr. Dre in the production chair and hit the Billboard Hot 100 with the smooth love jam "Turn Off the Lights" during 1988 - the same year Dre's N.W.A delivered the gangsta rap landmark Straight Outta Compton. World Class Wreckin' Cru recorded some solid West Coast electro with Dr.
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