History Trivia / DrDre

* OldShame: His earlier work in the "World Class Wreckin' Cru", which featured Dre sporting lipstick and mascara in the album artwork, in contrast to his later Gangsta Rap image. Music/EazyE would use some of those pictures to mock Dre in the Real Muthaphuckkin G's video.

-->When I went solo, I wanted Dr. Dre to do ''[=AmeriKKKa's=] Most Wanted'', but Jerry Heller vetoed that...and I'm pretty sure Eazy didn't want Dre to do it. But Dre did want to do it; we gotta put that on record. Dre wanted to do my record, but it was just too crazy with the break-up.

* DevelopmentHell: ''Detox'' was one of the most infamous examples of this before it's cancellation - for ''16 years'', it was reportedly in the works; the only albums to rival it in terms of how mythical it was are Music/GunsNRoses' ''Music/ChineseDemocracy''[[note]]which took 11 years[[/note]] and Music/TheBeachBoys' ''Music/{{Smile}}''[[note]]which took ''37'' years[[/note]], but unlike ''Detox'', those albums were released. ''Detox'', on the other hand, was eventually canceled by Dre, and another album, ''Compton'' was released in it's place.

-->When I went solo, I wanted Dr. Dre to do ''AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted'', but Jerry Heller vetoed that...and I'm pretty sure Eazy didn't want Dre to do it. But Dre did want to do it; we gotta put that on record. Dre wanted to do my record, but it was just too crazy with the break-up.

* DevelopmentHell: ''Detox'' was one of the most infamous examples of this before it's cancellation - for ''16 years'', it was reportedly in the works; the only albums to rival it in terms of how mythical it was are Music/GunsNRoses'
''Music/ChineseDemocracy''[[note]]which took 11 years[[/note]] and Music/TheBeachBoys' ''Music/{{Smile}}''[[note]]which took ''37'' years[[/note]], but unlike ''Detox'', those albums were released. ''Detox'', on the other hand, was eventually canceled by Dre, and another album, ''Compton'' was released in it's place.

* DevelopmentHell: ''Detox'' was one of the most infamous examples of this before it's cancellation - for ''16 years'', it was reportedly in the works; the only albums to rival it in terms of how mythical it was are [[Music/GunsNRoses Chinese Democracy]][[note]]which took 11 years[[/note]] and Music/TheBeachBoys' ''[[Music/{{Smile}}]]''[[note]]which took ''37'' years[[/note]], but unlike ''Detox'', those albums were released. ''Detox'', on the other hand, was eventually canceled by Dre, and another album, ''Compton'' was released in it's place.

* DevelopmentHell: ''Detox'' was one of the most infamous examples of this before it's cancellation - for ''16 years'', it was reportedly in the works; the only albums to rival it in terms of how mythical it was are [[Music/GunsNRoses Chinese Democracy]][[note]]which took 11 years[[/note]] and [[Music/TheBeachBoys Smile]][[note]]which took ''37'' years[[/note]], but unlike ''Detox'', those albums were released. ''Detox'', on the other hand, was eventually canceled by Dre, and another album, ''Compton'' was released in it's place.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: ''A lot'' of these tend to happen, such as the attempted NWA album reunion with Snoop Dogg and infamous of all, ''Detox'', which spent years in development before fading away and becoming ''Compton''.
** Dre was also approached by Music/MichaelJackson to produce ''Music/{{Invincible}}'' in 2001, but he turned down the offer.

* DevelopmentHell: ''Detox'' was one of the most infamous examples of this before it's cancellation - for ''16 years'', it was reportedly in the works; the only albums to rival it in terms of how mythical it was are [[Music/GunsNRoses ChineseDemocracy]][[note]]which took 11 years[[/note]] and [[Music/TheBeachBoys Smile]][[note]]which took ''37'' years[[/note]], but unlike ''Detox'', those albums were released. ''Detox'', on the other hand, was eventually canceled by Dre, and another album, ''Compton'' was released in it's place.

* OldShame: His earlier work in the "World Class Wreckin' Cru", which featured Dre sporting lipstick and mascara in the album artwork, in contrast to his later Gangsta Rap image. Eazy-E would use some of those pictures to mock Dre in the Real Muthaphuckkin G's video.

* OldShame: His earlier work in the "World Class Wreckin' Cru", which featured Dre sporting lipstick and mascara in the album artwork, in contrast to his later Gangsta Rap image.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: ''A lot'' of these tend to happen, such as the attempted NWA album reunion with Snoop Dogg and infamous of all, ''Detox'', which spent years in development before fading away and becoming ''Compton''.

* UncreditedRole: It's no secret that he often employs ghostwriters to write lyrics for him. Some notable ghostwriters include Music/SnoopDogg, Music/{{Eminem}} and Music/KendrickLamar.

* SequelGap: His three albums have this. His debut album ''Music/TheChronic' came out in 1992, while its sequel 2001 took seven years until it was finally released in 1999. Then, his third and final album ''Compton'' took sixteen years when it was finally released in 2015.

* SequelGap: His three albums have this. His debut album The Chronic came out in 1992, while it's sequel 2001 took seven years until it was finally released in 1999. Then, his third and final album Compton took sixteen years when it was finally released in 2015.

* SequelGap: His three albums have this. His debut album The Chronic came out in 1992, while it's sequel 2001 took seven years until it was finally released in 1999. Then, his third and final album Compton took sixteen years when it was finally released in 2015.