  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 Blackstreet and "Been There
Done That"), Best Choreography ("Been There Done
That"), and Best R&B Video ("No
Diggity" with Blackstreet).
Dre was nominated for a
MTV Video Music
Award for 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 2Pac at # 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
Award for 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 Awards for 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" with
Knoc-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 2 soundtrack 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 Eminem and
Skylar Grey with "I Need A Doctor."
Dr. Dre hit the Top 40 with Eminem and
Skylar Grey with "I Need A Doctor."
Dr. Dre could be heard on The
Game LP The
R.E.D. Album on 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."
- 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.
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The Chronic
Released: 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***" |
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First Round Knock Out
Released: 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" |
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Dr. Dre 2001
 Released: 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) |
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Compton
Released: 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" |
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