Dr. Dre and Eminem are among the most iconic collaborative duos to ever grace hip-hop. Even 25 years into their relationship, Dre still thinks the Detroit legend is the best to ever take the mic.
The West Coast legend dropped by SiriusXM's The Life of Mine With James Corden on Thursday (March 14), where he defended Eminem's greatness.
“I think he's the best emcee ever,” he said of Marshall Mathers, who reached his No. 5 Advertising signThe list of the greatest rappers of all time. “Point blank, period. Of course, there will be arguments about this because he is white. I don't think anybody who raps can touch Eminem on that mic.”
Dre reflected on meeting Eminem for the first time at Jimmy Iovine's office in the '90s and what their first time in the studio was like. The Slim Shady LP“My name is.”
“I met Eminem at Jimmy Iovine's office,” Dre said. “We shook hands and went into the studio and started recording and I'm not sure if anyone knows this but I think the first four albums it was just me and him and his writing and his delivery and his imagination is off the charts and I don't you'd think anyone would disagree with that.”
“I was playing with the MPC and I hit play on it and it said, 'Hi, that's my name.' It happened so fast. No bull, and then we went from there and that was the beginning of this relationship.”
The handprints of Dr. Dre are on all of Eminem's first four albums under his Aftermath label, the last two (I call again and The Eminem Show) Dre served as executive producer.
The 59-year-old is also reuniting with an old friend for a new project, as Dre teases an album on the way with Snoop Dogg.
From “Stil DRE” to “Nuthin' But AG Thang” and “The Next Episode,” Dre and Snoop have effortlessly cooked up plenty of G-funk anthems together over the years, and they're looking to recapture that magic for another times decades later.
“I know as weird as it sounds, I've only produced one album on Snoop, which was in 1993, Doggy style,” he said of Snoop's acclaimed debut, which topped the Billboard 200. “I mean, we've done some songs and played in between, of course, but this is the one and only album I've produced on Spy, Doggy styleso we decided to name it Missionary.”
“Snoop sounds really fantastic and people are going to be really shocked and surprised how we were able to get back together after all these years and do something,” Dre shared. “It's really interesting.”
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