Dr. Dre Squeezes Ice Cube Into "Detox"

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West Coast rap mogul Dr. Dre has reserved a guest slot for former N.W.A. group member Ice Cube on his long-awaited Detox album.

Cube recently said he hoped to also get Dre to produce on his upcoming I Am The West album as well.

"Dre is a master. What's cool about working with Dre is he stays the same. Everyone else change and trip, but I remember working with Dre back when we just in the garage. Just the two of us. And he works the same way. Don't come up with an empty palette, bring a lot of ideas to the plate...He's making a great record. I'm on it. I'm proud to be, I can't wait to get back to L.A. to get back in the studio with him. I'm trying to get a few tracks for my record I Am The West that's coming out in July." (All Hip Hop)
Dre's new album is expected to be released sometime in the fall.

Will we be able to get our hands on Detox this year? Dr. Dre provided the latest update on when his long-delayed opus will finally arrive in stores. "The song with Jay-Z should be out next month. We'll see how that goes," the Doc told Terrence and Rocsi on Wednesday's "106 & Park." The first single, "Under Pressure," features Jay-Z and production from Scott Storch. As for the album, Dre gave us a reason to want a short summer. "Hopefully at the beginning of fall," he revealed. (Rap-Up)
Producer Scott Storch recently shared his thoughts on what Detox will have to offer.

"I think people will be pleasantly surprised when they hear it. It's definitely a departure from a lot of the stuff Dre has done and the stuff Dre and I have done in the past. It's a hybrid...I think he's looking for like three more records...So that should take about 400 records to get those three. He's got pretty high standards." (DJ Skee TV)
In March, Game discussed what Dre has been like in the studio.

"I'll let you know that right now it's definitely, definitely going to come, and Dre's been working harder than ever. Everybody's been in and out the studio. I've been in grinding with him, I'm going back in tomorrow to actually work some more, and get it to where we can all come to that happy medium where we're like. 'Damn, we finally got Detox and man it's crazy.' I can definitely guarantee you that however long he makes us wait--he can push it back for eight more years and it'll just be that much bigger, man--'cause Dre's not gonna put it out until it's 100 percent the idea he had when he started, and hopefully he picked the dates. I don't pick the dates but I just can tell you I've been working on it." (VIBE)

[VIsqo]

He already set a deadline for the album for this fall.. So I guess we are finally gonna see if the hype was well deserved!

[JumpinJack AJ]

This is good to hear. I like how they used the word "squeeze" as if it was done and waiting to be released in 2 weeks...lol.

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with eminem improving and ice cube being on board, it looks more promising for "detox"

[JumpinJack AJ]

I like that Ice Cube is on it and I like that he says it's a departure from his previous stuff. I'm sure wannabe gangsta stuff, ho's and weed will come up somewhere on the album but I'm really hoping there's a lot more real subject matter on it. There's nothing gangsta about Dr. Dre other than his roots. It's time to do what Aftermath was ORIGINALLY all about...which was being real, honest, and making real Hip-Hop music.

I don't like that Scott Storch is producing on the record tho.' Why would ANYONE else be producing. I think Storch is pretty overrated as a producer. Yes, he's created some good beats but he's certainly not one of the greatest to ever do it.

[VIsqo]

I like that Ice Cube is on it and I like that he says it's a departure from his previous stuff. I'm sure wannabe gangsta stuff, ho's and weed will come up somewhere on the album but I'm really hoping there's a lot more real subject matter on it. There's nothing gangsta about Dr. Dre other than his roots. It's time to do what Aftermath was ORIGINALLY all about...which was being real, honest, and making real Hip-Hop music.

I don't like that Scott Storch is producing on the record tho.' Why would ANYONE else be producing. I think Storch is pretty overrated as a producer. Yes, he's created some good beats but he's certainly not one of the greatest to ever do it.

Not even his roots are Gangsta (Real Compton city G's video anyone, lol). And Scott Storch is great, if he can lay off the drugs and the alcohol for a while he can do some big things!!

Edited June 2, 2010 by VIsqo

[JumpinJack AJ]

World Class Wreckin' Cru wasn't exactly gangsta...my issue is that once he left Deathrow, he pretty much purged that vibe from his life style. I have an interview from 1996 taped somewhere with him saying Aftermath was about making real Hip-Hop music and that Gangsta Rap was dead. He said he wanted to make real music and even release records with no profanity. But when Chronic 2001 came around, more than half of the album was riddled with the same kind of weak, stupid subject matter. Some of the production was great, some was average. Some of the guests were great, some weren't. My argument on Gangsta Rap will always be the same...if u are really sexin' so many ho's, u'll get some disease and die. If u are really toting a gun ready 2 kill someone, u will and u'll be in jail...if someone doesn't kill u first. If u are addicted 2 drugs u'll be in jail or too wasted as an individual to create music. Gangsta Rap is fake. It's ridiculous and wack. No grown man should be seriously promoting that image unless they wanna be considered a joke. In the words of KRS-One (on Arsenio Hall's sofa, sitting right next to Eazy-E)..."Real gangstas don't rap."

Let me hear Dre talk about real things. He was seeing things most clearly in 1996. The Aftermath album was a nice 1st step...but then he abandoned the vision. And how many albums has he released in the past 15 years?!?!?