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© Miroslav Jurčeka (1989-2022)

DR DRE
(voc)

Personal Data:

Born:

18.02.1965

(as Andre Young)

Appearances:

1987-92	NWA
1993	N.W.E.
since 11/99	NWA

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	The Chronic	01.02.1993	Death Row/Interscope			3
2.	Concrete Roots	9/1994	Triple X			43
3.	First Round Knockout	5/1996	Triple X			52
4.	Back'N The Day	23.09.1996	Blue Dolphin/EFA
5.	Presents ... The Aftermath	11/1996	Interscope/MCA			6
6.	Presents The History Of HipHop 2	02.06.1997	Rams Horn
7.	Greatest Hits	30.06.1997	Dance Factory/Rams Horn
8.	Dr. Dre & Posse & Posse	23.02.1998	Rams Horn
9.	Dr. Dre & Posse 2 & Posse	29.06.1998	Rams Horn
10.	Presents World Class Wreckin' Crew	31.08.1998	Rams Horn
11.	The Chronic 2001	19.10.1999	Interscope		48	2
12.	Dr. Dre 2001 (Instrumental Album)	28.12.1999	Interscope		4	2
13.	2002	17.07.2000	Street Dance/Rams Horn
14.	Next Episode feat. Snoop Dogg	7/2000	Interscope
15.	The Chronicle The Best of The Works ...	26.11.2001	Death Row
16.	Maximum Dr. Dre	14.12.2004	Orchard
17.	From Compton To Longbeach & Snoop Doggy Dog	03.10.2005	Universal
18.	Chronicles: Death Row Classics	26.06.2006	Death Row
19.	The Sound Of Dr Dre	28.08.2006	K-Town
20.	Legend Of Hip Hop & Friends	21.05.2007	K-Town
21.	Dre's Second Drugstore	05.06.2007	Hardwax
22.	Death Row Dayz	09.07.2007
23.	Future & DJ Cobra	16.09.2008	Central Station
24.	The Detox Chroniclez	27.08.2009	Radely Music Group
25.	Detox	2/2011
26.	Back to Basics & Eminem	03.12.2013	Interstate Capital Corp.
27.	Aftermath: Dr. Dre & Eminem & Eminem	04.11.2014	Azure
28.	Detoxin'	28.05.2015	Vulture Entertainment
29.	Compton A Soundtrack	07.08.2015	Apple Music		1	2
30.	Shady Beats & Eminem	08.04.2016	Black Star
31.	Instrumental World Vol. 38: Dre, Vol. 1	29.04.2016	Cutting Deep
32.	Instrumental World Vol. 38: Dre, Vol. 2	29.04.2016	Cutting Deep

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Deep Cover (introducing Snoop Doggy Dogg)	1992
2.	Nothing But A 'G' Thang	1/1993	Death Row		2
3.	Dre Day / Dre Day (flavour mix) 12" + Puffin' On Blunts And Drinkin' Tanqueray CD + Dre Day (UK Flavour mix)	5/1993	Death Row		8
4.	Let Me Ride / Let Me Ride (mixes)	9/1993	Death Row		34
5.	Nothing But A 'G' Thang / Let Me Ride	03.01.1994	Interscope/Death Row	29
6.	Dre Day 12" + Puffin' On Blunts And Drinkin' Tanqueray	22.08.1994	Interscope	59
7.	Back Up Off Me! & Ed Lover	11/1994			85
8.	Natural Born Killaz / Tha Dogg Pound: What Would U Do? & Ice Cube	27.03.1995	Death Row	45
9.	Keep Their Heads Ringin' / Take A Hit (mix)	30.05.1995	Priority	25	10
10.	California Love & 2Pac	01.04.1996	Death Row/Island	6	1
11.	No Diggity & Blackstreet	30.09.1996	Interscope	9	1
12.	East Coast / West Coast Killas & Group Therapy	18.11.1996	Interscope	51
13.	Been There, Done That	17.02.1997	Aftermath
14.	Game Over & Scarface & Ice Cube	30.06.1997	Virgin	34
15.	Zoom & LL Cool J	29.06.1998	Interscope	15
16.	California Love & 2Pac	15.06.1999
17.	Guilty Conscience & Eminem	02.08.1999	Interscope	5
18.	Still D.R.E. feat. Snoop Dogg	11/1999	Aftermath	6	70
19.	The Next Episode feat. Snoop Dogg	5/2000	Aftermath	3	23
20.	Forgot About Dre / The Next Episode (instrumental) feat. Eminem	12.06.2000	Aftermath	7	25
21.	The Next Episode / Bad Guys Always Die / Bang Bang	22.01.2001	Aftermath	3
22.	Bad Intentions / The Next Episode / The Watcher feat. Knoc-Turn'Al	07.01.2002	Aftermath	4
23.	Knoc & Knoc-Turn'Al & Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott	2/2002	L.A. Confidential/Elektra		98
24.	Beat Byterz Vol 3 (Da Wash ("X Rated" mix, clean mix) / We Thuggin' ("X Rated" mix, clean mix) / Da Hot Sh** (clean mix) / U Remind Me) & Fat Joe & BBD & Usher	03.06.2002
25.	Let Me Ride EP (Let Me Ride / Lil' Ghetto Boy / Fuck Wit' Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin') / Deeez Nuts)	27.09.2004	S12
26.	Nuthin' But A G Thang EP (Nuthin' But A G Thang / Fuck Wit Dre Day (& Everybody's Celebratin') / Keep Their Heads Ringin' / Nuthin' But A G Thang (remix)) (reissue)	04.10.2004	S12
27.	Encore & Eminem & 50 Cent	22.11.2004	Shady/Aftermath		25
28.	Dre Day / Puffin' On Blunts & Drankin' Tanqueray (unreleased mix)	21.03.2005	Death Row
29.	Innovator / Innovator Life / Innovator (Vocoder beats) / Innovator Life (DBS remix) & Arabian Prince	02.05.2005	Lone
30.	Hold Ya Head / There They Go / Unpredictable & Melloe Won & Bob Marley & Snoop Dogg & Nate Dogg & Jamie Foxx & Ludacris & Notorious B.I.G., produced by: Clinton Sparks	17.10.2005	Word Of Mouth
31.	The Next Episode 2006 & Nate Dogg (feat Snoop Dogg)	23.01.2006	Aftermath
32.	Dr Dre Dretox EP (Next Episode 2006 / Next Episode 2006 (instrumental) / After U Die / Smokin' Weed For Hours (main) / Smokin' Weed For Hours (instrumental))	30.01.2006	Cut Creators
33.	California Love & 2Pac & Roger Troutman	11.12.2006	Death Row
34.	Nuthin' But A "G" Thang feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg, (reissue)	19.02.2007	Death Row
35.	Crack A Bottle & Eminem & 50 Cent	1/2009	Shady/Aftermath/Interscope	4	1
36.	Old Time's Sake & Eminem	5/2009	Web/Shady/Aftermath	61	25
37.	Hell Breaks Loose & Eminem	12/2009			29
38.	Kush & Akon (featuring Snoop Dogg)	11/2010	Interscope	57	34
39.	I Need A Doctor & Skylar Grey (feat Eminem)	1/2011	Interscope	8	4
40.	New Day & 50 Cent & Alicia Keys, produced by: Dr Dre	28.07.2012			79
41.	Deep Cover (Uncensored)	16.10.2012	Epic
42.	Still DRE / Whateva Man & Redman & Mato	28.02.2013	Stix
43.	Still D.R.E. featuring Snoop Dogg	2/2022	Interscope	76	23
44.	Gospel & Eminem	2/2022	Interscope
45.	The Next Episode featuring Snoop Dogg	2/2022			37

Videos:

1. The Up In Smoke Tour - 04.09.2009, Eagle, & Snoop Dogg & Eminem & Ice Cube
2. DVD Collectors Box - 10.07.2015, Chrome Dreams

Movies:

1. Set It Off (1996, starring, directed by F Gary Gray)
2. Training Day (2001, starring, directed by Antoine Fuqua)
3. The Wash (2001, starring)

Awards:

1993 Grammy Awards - Best Rap Solo Performance (SP "Let Me Ride")
1995 MTV Video Music Awards - Best Rap Video ("Keep Their Heads Ringin'")
2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Artist - Rap
2000 Source Hip-Hop Music Awards 2000

- Artist of the year, solo
- Album of the year ("Dr. Dre 2001")
- Producer of the year (& Mel-Man)
- Music video of the year ("Guilty Conscience", & Eminem)
- Lifetime achievement award

2000 MTV Video Music Awards - Best rap video ("Forgot About Dre", feat. Eminem)
2000 American Music Awards - Rap/Hip-Hop Artist
2000 Grammy Awards

- Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group (track "Forgot About Dre", & Eminem)
- Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

2001 Soul Train Music Awards - Best R&B/soul or rap album of the year ("Dr. Dre 2001")
2001 MOBO Awards - Best producer in association with Galaxy Network
2002 Soul Train Music Awards - Sammy Davis Jr. entertainer of the year award, male
2009 Grammy Awards - Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group (track "Crack A Bottle", & Eminem & 50 Cent)
2018 Grammy Hall Of Fame (LP "The Chronic", 1992)

WWW Links:

http://www.dr-dre.com

Various:

MTV speaker - Yo! MTV Raps

Compilation Appearances:

"The Day The Nigaz Took Over" on OST "Natural Born Killers" (2/94, Warner Bros)
"Natural Born Killaz" on OST "Murder Was The Case" (1995, & Ice Cube)
"Cops DR2" on OST "Training Day" (11.9.01, Warner Bros)
"On The Boulevard" / "The Wash" on OST "The Wash" (6.11.01, Aftermath/Doggystyle/Interscope, & Snoop Dogg)
"Bad Intentions" on OST "The Wash" (6.11.01, Aftermath/Doggystyle/Interscope)
"Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang" on compilation "Live and Unreleased from Farmclub.com" (26.2.02, Interscope, & Ice Cube & MC Ren & Snoop Dogg)

appeared on the LP:

DJ Muggs: Soul Assassins (2/97)
Kurupt: Streetz Iz A Mutha (16.11.99, Artemis)
Tha Eastsidaz: G'd Up (18.1.00, TVT)
Busta Rhymes: Genesis (13.11.01, Flipmode)
DJ Quik: Under Tha Influence (14.5.02, Euponic/Bungalo)
Jay-Z: The Blueprint II: The Gift and the Curse (12.11.02, Def Jam)
D.O.C.: The Deuce (25.2.03, Silverback)
Burt Bacharach: At This Time (1.11.05, Columbia)
Jay-Z: Kingdom Come (21.11.06, Roc-A-Fella)
Nas: Hip-Hop Is Dead... The N (19.12.06, Def Jam)
50 Cent: Before I Self Destruct (9.12.08, Shady)
Rick Ross: God Forgives, I Don't (30.7.12)

produced by LP:

Michel'le: Michel'le (1/90, Ruthless)
Above The Law: Livin' Like Hustlers (1990, Epic)
Xzibit: Restless (12.12.00, Loud)
Mary J. Blige: Love & Life (26.8.03, Geffen)
50 Cent: Curtis (4.9.07, Shady)
Eminem: The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (5.11.13)

produced by SP:

Eminem: My Name Is (12.4.99, Aftermath)
D12: Fight Music (5.11.01, Interscope)
50 Cent featuring Mobb Deep: Outta Control (Remix) (7/05, Shady)
50 Cent: New Day (28.7.12)

Press References:

Bang!
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1994	10	23.03.1994	20		profile
Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1993	6	06.02.1993	6	News
1993	8	20.02.1993	34	Albums	album review
1993	11	13.03.1993	6	News
1993	38	18.09.1993	2	News
1994	2	15.01.1994	26	Singles	single review
1994	34	27.08.1994	36	Singles	single review
1994	46	26.11.1994	34		interview
1995	13	01.04.1995	34	Singles	single review
1995	21	27.05.1995	5	News
1995	22	03.06.1995	34	Singles	single review
1996	47	23.11.1996	6	News
1996	48	30.11.1996	43	Albums	album review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1994	6	29.03.1994	22
2000	1		101	Recenze - Novinky	album review
2002	4		79	Novinky - Atd.	album review
Rolling Stone
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1999	7		66	Taneční alba 90. let