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Dr. Dre reveals two biggest collaborations he turned down

During a recent appearance on Kevin Hart’s Peacock show “Hart To Heart,” Dr. Dre revealed that some of the biggest and most gifted artists of all time Prince and Michael Jackson approached him for collaboration but refused to work with them both. Check out the conversation below.

Kevin Hart: Who did you have the opportunity to work with that you was like ‘Naw, I didn’t’ that you regret and that you should have worked with? But I don’t wanna throw you story off.

Dr. Dre: Nah, but yeah. That’s a good segway. Prince, Michael Jackson. [I bowed out from working with them] They just asked me to work with them and I was just like ‘What the f–k am I going to do with them?!’ That happened. What the f–k am I going to do in the studio with them? Those are my f–king heroes. Man, you know.

Kevin Hart: YOU ARE DR. DRE!

Elsewhere in the interview, Dr. Dre revealed why he calls Kendrick Lamar “Forever Artist” and Eminem being the only artist that he ever liked when he heard a demo tape.

You can watch the Michael Jackson and Prince segment below:

Dr. Dre says that only person he ever heard on a demo tape and really liked was Eminem

On his Peacock talk show called Hart to Heart, Kevin Hart has had chats with many of the greatest and brightest names in music, including Jay-Z and Miley Cyrus. The Emmy-nominated multi-hyphenate has enlisted Dr. Dre, a legend in the music industry, for the most recent installment of the program. The seven-time Grammy-winning rapper and record producer briefly talked about Eminem and Snoop Dogg.

“I’ve collaborated with some of the smartest motherf–kers and the most talented motherf–kers that ever stepped in studio. The only person that I ever heard on a demo tape that I really liked and really f–ked with in he studio was Eminem.” said Dr. Dre.

Then he continued: “Everything else is the word of mouth. It’s exactly what you said, ‘oh you gotta hear hear this guy. Hey, you got to hear this guy named Snoop. Brought him in the studio and he started rapping. He didn’t even understand a song structure on anything like that. I think DOC taught him to do that s–t. It just happened like that.”

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Dr. Dre talks about N.W.A. and Straight Outta Compton with Kevin Hart

On his Peacock talk show Hart to Heart, Kevin Hart has had chats with many of the greatest and brightest names in music, including Jay-Z and Miley Cyrus. The Emmy-nominated multi-hyphenate has enlisted Dr. Dre, a legend in the music industry, for the most recent installment of the program. The seven-time Grammy-winning rapper discusses the making of The Chronic and the Straight Outta Compton biopic.

In a clip from Kevin Hart’s Hart To Heart series obtained by Billboard, Dre detailed how he shifted towards a solo career after NWA. “The difference there was money and business got involved, and it separated the friendship. I had to separate myself from Eazy-E because he decided to take a different route. Ice Cube had already left, so I’m out here on my own. I have absolutely no idea what the f–k I’m gonna do, I just know I have this talent and I’ve been developing these skills with mixing in the whole s–t.” – said Dre.

Then he continued: “Close friend of mine, we call him D.O.C., talked me into doing The Chronic album. It was not my decision. I was talked in to do that. And I just went in there and went for it because I felt like at that time it was life or death situation. This record is gonna determine whether I’m gonna stay in the studio or not.

“It’s really tough to find that kind of ambition and energy today.” Dr. Dre added.

From there, Dre continues talking about Straight Outta Compton: “We’re in there, we’re kids and we’re saying the most wild outlandish s–t just to get some attention. Okay we are not gonna hit them over the head with a pillow  we are gonna hit them over the head with a sledgehammer when we come out. Straight Outta Compton, F–k The Police, all of that. We wanted to come out and get attention. It was really just for to impress our neighborhood. If we can be good in LA and everybody in LA is paying attention to us that was good enough for us at that time. Little did we know we are gonna get attention around the world and FBI, that s–t was crazy.”

“I think that everybody that were involved in the movie Straight Outta Compton, at the beginning, didn’t believe in the movie and didn’t trust it. And then myself, Cube and Gary Gray, we went for it.” said Dre.

Watch the clip below:

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