Biography

More than any other rap figure, Dr. Dre was responsible for moving away from the avant noise and political stance of Public Enemy and Boogie Down Productions as well as the party vibes of old-school rap. Instead, Dre pioneered gangsta rap and his own variation of the sound, G-funk. With N.W.A he melded the noise collages of the Bomb Squad with funky rhythms. On his own, he reworked George Clinton's elastic funk into the self-styled G-funk, a slow-rolling variation that relied more on sound than content. When he left N.W.A in 1992, he quickly became the dominant force in rap thanks to his solo debut, The Chronic. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Top Tracks

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• Been There Done That

• Cabbage Patch

• California Love

• Concrete Roots Intro/concrete Roots

• Dre Day (and Everybody's Celebratin')

• East Coast/west Coast Killas

• Forgot About Dre

• Fuck Wit Dre Day (and Everybody's Celebratin')

• Gin And Juice

• Let Me Ride

• Let's Get High

• Nuthin' But A "g" Thang

• Still D.r.e.

• Surgery Ii

• The Next Episode

• Turn Off The Lights

• World Class

Discography

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• Dr. Dre Presents...The Aftermath

  Aftermath / Aftermath/Interscope

  1996