Forgot About Dre
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| "Forgot About Dre featuring Eminem" | ||
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| Single by Dr. Dre featuring Eminem | ||
| from the album 2001 | ||
| Released | 2000 | |
| Recorded | 1999 | |
| Genre | West Coast hip hop Gangsta rap |
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| Length | 3:42 | |
| Label | Aftermath/Interscope | |
| Writer(s) | Andre Young Melvin Bradford Marshall Mathers |
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| Producer(s) | Dr. Dre and Mel-Man | |
| Dr. Dre featuring Eminem singles chronology | ||
| "Still D.R.E." 1999 |
"Forgot About Dre" (feat. Eminem) 2000 |
"The Next Episode" 2000 |
"Forgot About Dre" is a single for Dr. Dre's 2001, featuring Eminem. Like the album's lead single "Still D.R.E.," the song addresses Dre's critics in a defiant manner, as Dre announces his return to the hip-hop scene and reminds listeners of his significant influence on the genre.
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[edit] Lyrical references
The line, "Who you think brought you the OG's, Eazy-E's, Ice Cube's, and D.O.C.'s, the Snoop D-O-double-G's, and the group that said 'muthafuck the police'?" outlines Dre's importance in the rap world, the theme of the song.
Eminem's verse features the bizarre violence and aggression typical of his "Slim Shady" alterego, describing him choking a pedestrian ("One day I was walkin' by/With a walkman on/ When I caught a guy givin' me an awkward eye/So I strangled him off in the parkin' lot, with his Karl Kani"), and threatening to kill a woman ("Fuck you too bitch call the cops/I'ma kill you and them loud-ass motherfuckin' barkin' dogs.")
[edit] Writing
Eminem is generally credited for writing both his and Dre's verses, as both follow the same rhyme scheme.
[edit] Awards
"Forgot About Dre" won Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the Grammy Awards of 2001.
[edit] Trivia
- In the music video, a few explicit lines in Eminem's verse are replaced with a skit in which Eminem is answering a reporter questions about a fire he and Dre had started. This video won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video in 2000.
- At the end of the "Forgot About Dre" Video there is a small teaser where Hittman performs the first verse of the song Last Dayz.
- Eminem´s verses mimic those of New Zealand rapper Scrib´s in his song Not Many.
| Dr. Dre |
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| Discography |
| Albums |
| Solo albums: The Chronic • 2001 • Detox |
| N.W.A. albums: N.W.A. and the Posse • Straight Outta Compton • 100 Miles and Runnin' • Efil4zaggin |
| Singles |
| Mainstream singles: "Deep Cover" • "Nuthin' But a "G" Thang" • "Fuck Wit Dre Day" • "Let Me Ride" • "Lil Ghetto Boy" • "Natural Born Killaz" • "Keep Their Heads Ringin'" • "Been There, Done That" • "East Coast/West Coast Killas" • "Zoom" • "Fuck You" • "Still D.R.E." • "Forgot About Dre" • "The Next Episode" • "Put It On Me" • "Bad Intentions" • "The Wash" |
| Featured songs: "Funky Flute" • "We're All In The Same Gang" • "California Love" • "No Diggity" • "Puppet Master" • "Ghetto Fabulous" • "Guilty Conscience" • "U Know" • "Chin Check" • "Hello" • "Just Be A Man About It" • "Fast Lane" • "The Knoc" • "Symphony In X Major" • "Encore" • "Imagine" |
| Related articles |
| Ruthless • Death Row • Interscope • Aftermath • World Class Wreckin' Cru • N.W.A. (Krazy Dee • Arabian Prince • The D.O.C. • DJ Yella • MC Ren • Ice Cube • Eazy-E) • Snoop Dogg • Mel-Man • Eminem • 50 Cent • The Game • Bishop Lamont |
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