Dr.Dre (b.Andre Young, 18 February 1965, South Central, Los Angeles, California) was reared by his mother and grandmother in a Compton housing project. At an early age Young was subjected to the gang influences of his environment, forming a rough and tough exterior that would later manifest itself in his music. Young became interested in hip-hop in the early 1980s and recorded several demos of his own productions. He also played clubs and house parties, making a name for himself in South Central Los Angeles. This is where he later collaborated with Ice Cube writing and producing material for Eazy E and his Ruthless Records enterprise. Eventually this partnership lead to the super-funk gangsta trio, N.W.A. (Niggaz With Attitude). By the time they had released their second album, Straight Outta Compton, N.W.A., with Dre's innovations, became nefarious for their hard core sound and controversial content. (They received a warning from the Federal Bureau of Investigation upon the release of their single "F**k tha Police.") After the release of the successful 1990 EP 100 Miles and Runnin' and its follow-up, Efil4zaggin ("Niggaz 4 Life" spelled backward), Dre made efforts to leave N.W.A. (Ice Cube departed the year before). By this time, Dre and partner Suge Knight were working on their own project, Death Row Records. When the manager of N.W.A refused to let Dre out of his contract, however, Knight allegedly threatened his life in order to win the commodity that Dre had become. On his own in 1992, Dre released his first solo album, The Chronic, and began an alliance with Snoop Doggy Dogg, who helped the album gain its multi-platinum status. Singles like "Nuthin' but a G-Thang" and "Let Me Ride," exploited Dre's edgy, bold G-funk sound and, in the next four years, the album's influence on the industry became overwhelmingly apparent. Among his Death Row productions are the 1993 Snoop debut Doggystyle which made Snoop a household name. The success of Warren G.'s "Regulate" and Ice Cube's "Natural Born Killaz" are also credited to Dr. Dre. In a protest against long-time friend and partner Suge Knight, Dre left Death Row Records in 1996 and formed another label, Aftermath Records. His first effort Dr. Dre Presents...The Aftermath was released in 1996 and featured several other rap artists. "Been There Done That" became a hit single. Dre's most recent album, Dr Dre 2001, dropped in November 1999. Sound Files (MP3) *The Next Episode (w/Snoop Dogg) - from the album 2001 Forgot About Dre (w/Eminem) - from the album 2001 Nuthin' But A G Thang (w/Snoop Dogg) - from the album The Chronic *Let Me Ride - from the album The Chronic *Dre Day (w/Snoop Dogg) - from the album The Chronic Lil' Ghetto Boy (w/Snoop Dogg) - from the album The Chronic Keep Their Heads Ringin' - from the Friday soundtrack NB: MP3s with a * next to it indicates that it is located on another server. Reason being is because these MP3s exceed 5 MB and Geocities (the web host for this site) will not accept MP3s over 5 MB. These MP3s are located under the server Angelfire. So in order to download MP3s that are under this server, you must left click once on the name of the MP3 that you want to download, which will take you onto a different page (because it is on a different server, and Geocities do not allow direct links to files located on other servers) and then either left click (if you want to download the MP3 but do not want to save it) or right click, then "Save Target As..." (if you want to the save the MP3) on the name of the MP3 that you want to listen to. Easy as...

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The Chronic Released: 1992 Label: Aftermath

Dr Dre Presents...The Aftermath Released: 1996 Label: Aftermath

2001 Released: 1999 Label: Shady/Aftermath

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