Rock On The Net: Dr. Dre (original) (raw)

Rapper and producer Dr. Dre was a co-founder of the influential rap group N.W.A. and a member of the World Class Wreckin' Cru. As a producer, Dre has helped launch the rap careers of such artists as Eminem, Snoop Dogg, and Eve. As a rapper, Dre is credited with being one of the biggest influences for the popularity of gansta rap. Individually, Dre is credited for the 'G-Funk Sound' - a George Clinton-like, gangster-funk sound.

While with N.W.A., Dre was accused of the assault of the female host, Dee Barnes, of a TV rap show.

Dre formed Death Row Records with Suge Knight after leaving N.W.A.

Dre could be heard with the hit "Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang" which also introduced rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg.

# 12 Singles Artist of the Year

The Chronic was released.
Dre hit the Top 40 and the Top 10 with "Nuthin' But A "G" Thang."
Dre topped the Billboard Top R&B Singles chart for 2 weeks with "Nuthin' But A "G" Thang."
The Chronic topped the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart for 8 weeks.

The Chronic was certified platinum and the single "Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang" was certified platinum.
Dre topped the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales chart for a week and the Hot Rap Singles chart for 3 weeks with "Nuthin' But A "G" Thang."

The Chronic was certified 2x platinum.
Dre hit the Top 40 with "Dre Day."

Dre hit the Top 10 with "Dre Day."

Dre topped the Billboard Hot Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales chart for a week with "Dre Day."

The single "Dre Day" was certified gold.

The video for "Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video.
Dre produced the multi-platinum debut of Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle.

Dr. Dre hit the Top 40 with "Let Me Ride."

The Chronic was certified 3x platinum.

Dr. Dre topped the Billboard Year-End Charts as the Top New Pop Artist, Top Hot 100 Singles Artist - Male, Top R&B Artist (singles & albums), Top R&B Artist - Male (singles & albums), Top New R&B Artist, Top R&B Album Artist, Top R&B Album Artist - Male, and Top R&B Singles Artist - Male.

Dre won 2 American Music Awards for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist and Favorite New Rap/Hip-Hop Artist.

Dre won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance ("Let Me Ride") and was nominated for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group ("Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang" with Snoop Doggy Dogg).

Dre won Source Awards for Artist of the Year (Solo), Album of the Year, and Producer of the Year.

The video for "Let Me Ride" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video.

The Dre-produced compilation Concrete Roots - Anthology was released with the Dre tracks "Dre's Beat Re-mix," "The Planet," "Dre's Beat," "Must Be The Music" (World Class Wreckin' Cru), and "The Grand Finale" (N.W.A.).

# 73 Singles Artist of the Year

Dre spent 5 months in prison for violating his parole.

Dre hit the Top 40 with "Keep Their Heads Ringin'" from the Friday soundtrack.
The single "Keep Their Heads Ringin'" was certified gold.

Dre won a MTV Video Music Award for "Keep Their Heads Ringin'."

# 134 Singles Artist of the Year

Dre hit the Top 40 helping out 2Pac with "California Love."

Dre was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance ("Keep Their Heads Ringin'").

Dre hit the Top 10 helping out 2Pac with "California Love."

A collection of Dre's early material was released - First Round Knock Out.

Dre left Death Row Records and formed Aftermath Entertainment. The break from Death Row also began a public bitterness between Dre and Suge Knight.

Dre was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video with 2Pac ("California Love").
Dre helped out Blackstreet on a remix of their hit "No Diggity."

Dre released the compilation Dr. Dre Presents... The Aftermath with the hit "Been There Done That."

# 203 Singles Artist of the Year

Dre was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group ("California Love" with 2Pac and Roger Troutman).

Dre was nominated for 4 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Rap Video ("No Diggity" with Blackstreetand "Been There Done That"), Best Choreography ("Been There Done That"), and Best R&B Video ("No Diggity" with Blackstreet).

Dre was nominated for aMTV Video Music Awardfor Best Direction for Eminem's "My Name Is."

Dre appeared on Saturday Night Live with Eminem.

Dr. Dre 2001 was released.

Dr. Dre 2001 topped the Billboard R&B Albums chart for 3 weeks.

MTV: 100 Greatest Videos Ever Made includes "California Love" with 2Pacat # 9 and "Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang" (with Snoop Doggy Dogg) at # 32.

# 100 Singles Artist of the Year

Dr. Dre 2001 was certified 2x platinum.

Dre was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Rap Performance by a Duo or Group ("Still D.R.E." with Snoop Dogg and "Guilty Conscience" with Eminem).
Dr. Dre 2001 was certified 3x platinum.

Dre hit the Top 40 with help from Eminem with "Forgot About Dre."
Dr. Dre 2001 was certified 4x platinum.

Dre filed a lawsuit against Napster over their file-sharing program which allowed users to download music for free. Dre had warned the company previously to have his material removed and "de-listed" or he would file a lawsuit.

Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, MC Ren, and Ice Cube kicked off a tour together in California.
Dr. Dre 2001 was certified 5x platinum.

Dre hit the Top 40 with help from Snoop Dogg on "The Next Episode."

Dre won a MTV Video Music Awardfor Best Rap Video ("Forgot About Dre" with Eminem) and was also nominated for Best Direction for Eminem's "The Real Slim Shady."

Dr. Dre 2001 was certified 6x platinum.

Dre topped the Billboard Year-End Charts with the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Album (Dr. Dre 2001) and as the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Album Artist and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Album Artist - Male.

Dre won an American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist.

Dre won 2 Grammy Awardsfor Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group ("Forgot About Dre" with Eminem) and Producer of the Year and was nominated for Best Rap Album (Dr. Dre 2001) and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group ("The Next Episode" with Snoop Dogg). Dre spoke up after the awards about the controversy with Eminem's multiple nominations and performance, stating that this likely led to them losing the Album of the Year award (Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP): "...I think we were robbed."

Dre hit the Top 40 with Eminem with "Forgot About Dre."

VH1: 100 Greatest Videos includes "Nothin' But A 'G' Thang" at # 80.

Dre was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction for directing Eminem's "Stan."

Dre could be seen in the the comedy The Wash.
Dre could be heard on the soundtrack for The Wash with the tracks "On The Blvd.," "The Wash," and "Bad Intentions."

Dre was nominated for a Grammy Award for Producer of the Year.

Dre could be heard on Jay-Z's LP The Blueprint 2: The Gift And The Curse on the track "The Watcher 2."

Dre had a moderate R&B hit with the track "Knoc" (with Knoc-Turn'Al and Missy Elliott).

Dre was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Producer of the Year and Best Music Video, Short Form ("Knoc" withKnoc-Turn'Al and Missy Elliott).

VH1: 50 Greatest Hip Hop Artists includes Dre at # 7.
Dre began work on producing the next LP by Eve as well as working on the next LP by Ice Cube.

VH1: 100 Best Songs of the Past 25 Years includes "Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang" at # 31.
Dre had a cameo appearance in the film Hollywood Homicide.

Dre could be heard on the Bad Boys 2soundtrack with the track "Girl, I'm A Bad Boy. Dre also wrote the score for the film.

Rolling Stone: The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: # 137:The Chronic.

# 153 Singles Artist of the Year

Rolling Stone: The Immortals - The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time included Dr. Dre at # 54.

Dr. Dre was involved in a scuffle at the Vibe Awards when he went to receive the Legend Award. Dre was reportedly punched near the stage which resulted in several people getting into a brawl and one person getting stabbed.
Dr. Dre hit the Top 40 helping out Eminem with "Encore" from Eminem's LP, Encore.

# 262 on the Top Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years chart.

VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 90's included "Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang" at # 13 and "California Love" at # 51.

Entertainment Weekly: 100 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years included The Chronic at # 66.

Dr. Dre's 20 year old son was found dead at his mother's home in California.

Dr. Dre hit the Top 40 helping out Eminem and 50 Cent with "Crack A Bottle."
Dr. Dre topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Pop 100 chart, Hot Digital Songs chart, and Hot Digital Tracks chart helping out Eminem and 50 Cent with "Crack A Bottle."
Dr. Dre topped the Canadian singles chart helping out Eminem and 50 Cent with "Crack A Bottle."

Dre won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group ("Crack A Bottle" with Eminem and 50 Cent).

# 89 Singles Artist of the Year

Dr. Dre topped the Billboard Digital Songs chart with Eminemand Skylar Grey with "I Need A Doctor."
Dr. Dre hit the Top 40 with Eminemand Skylar Grey with "I Need A Doctor."

Dr. Dre could be heard on The Game LP The R.E.D. Albumon the track "Drug Test."

Dr. Dre was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration and Best Rap Song ("I Need A Doctor").

October 22: Dr. Dre could be heard on the Kendrick Lamar LP good kid, m.A.A.d city on the track "Compton."

• August 7: Dr. Dre released Compton to iTunes. He then announced his share of his artist royalties would be donated to charity.
• August 20: Dr. Dre topped the UK LP chart with Compton.
• August 29: Dr. Dre topped the Billboard Digital Albums chart, R&B/Hip-Hop Album chart, and Rap Albums chart with Compton.
• October 9: Dr. Dre could be heard on The Game LP Documentary 2 on the track "Don't Trip."
• October 13: Compton was certified gold.

• February 15: Dr. Dre was nominated for a Grammy Awardfor Best Rap Album (Compton).

• February 13: Dr. Dre performed as part of the Super Bowl Half-Time performance.
• February 26: Dr. Dre topped the Billboard Digital Song Sales chart with help from Snoop Dogg with "The Next Episode" after their Super Bowl Half-Time performance.

iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	The ChronicReleased: 1993 US: 3x Platinum Billboard peak: # 3 Tracks: "The Chronic (Intro)" - "Dre Day" - "Let Me Ride" - "The Day the N***** Took Over" - "Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang" - "Deeez Nuuuts" - "Lil' Ghetto Boy" - "A N**** Witta Gun" - "Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat" - "The $20 Sack Pyramid" - "Lyrical Gangbang" - "High Powered" - "The Doctor's Office" - "Stranded on Death Row" - "The Roach" - "Bitches Ain't S***"
	First Round Knock OutReleased: 1996 Billboard peak: # 52 Tracks: "First Round Knock Out Intro" - "Deep Cover" - "Bridgette" - "Nickel Slick N****" - "" - "Requests (Interlude)" - "He's Bionic" - "Juice" - "Funky Flute" - "Nicety" - "Indo Freak (Interlude) " - "Turn Off The Lights" - "Who's Ph***** Who? (Interlude)" - "The Sex Is On" - "It's Not Over" - "The Fly"
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	Dr. Dre 2001Released: November, 1999 US: 6x Platinum Billboard peak: # 2 Tracks: "Lolo (Intro)" - "Watcher" - "F*** You" - "Still D.R.E." - "Big Ego's" - "Xxplosive" - "What's the Difference" - "Bar One" - "Light Speed" - "Forgot About Dre" (featuring Eminem) - "The Next Episode" (featuring Snoop Dogg) - "Let's Get High" - "Bitch N*****" - "Car Bomb" - "Murder Ink" - "Ed-Ucation" - "Some L.A. N*****" - "Pause 4 Porno" - "Housewife" - "Ackrite" - "Bang Bang" - "The Message" (featuring Mary J. Blige)
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	ComptonReleased: August 7, 2015 US: Gold Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 2 Grammy Nominee: Best Rap Album Tracks: "Intro" - "Talk About It" (featuring King Mez & Justus) - "Genocide" (featuring Kendrick Lamar, Marsha Ambrosius & Candice Pillay) - "It's All On Me" (featuring Justus & Bj The Chicago Kid) - "All In A Day's Work" (featuring Anderson Paak & Marsha Ambrosius) - "Darkside / Gone" (featuring King Mez, Marsha Ambrosius & Kendrick Lamar) - "Loose Cannons" (featuring Xzibit, Cold 187um & Sly Pyper) - "Issues" (featuring Ice Cube, Anderson Paak & Dem Jointz) - "Deep Water" (featuring Kendrick Lamar, Justus & Anderson Paak) - "One Shot One Kill" (featuring Jon Connor & Snoop Dogg) - "Just Another Day" (featuring The Game & Asia Bryant) - "For The Love Of Money" (featuring Jill Scott, Jon Connor & Anderson Paak) - "Sataisfaction" (featuring Snoop Dogg, Marsha Ambrosius & King Mez) - "Animals" (featuring Anderson Paak) - "Medicine Man" (featuring Eminem, Candice Pillay & Anderson Paak) - "Talking To My Diary"