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1	* CreativeDifferences: The core of why he left Death Row in 1996. He was tired of the rampant financial mismanagement, while the increasingly violent environment of the label (by the mid-1990s, beatings were a common means of discipline for artists and staffers who displeased Suge Knight) disgusted him and many of its other old-timers.
2	* CreatorBacklash: 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.
3	* 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 its place.
4	* ReferencedBy: Billy from ''Film/MostLikelyToMurder2018'' has a Dr. Dre poster in his room.
5	* 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.
6	* 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.
7	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: ''A lot'' of these tend to happen, such as the attempted Music/{{NWA}} album reunion with Music/SnoopDogg and infamous of all, ''Detox'', which spent years in development before fading away and becoming ''Compton''.
8	** Dre was also approached by Music/MichaelJackson to produce ''Music/{{Invincible}}'' in 2001, but he turned down the offer.
9	** He was supposed to collaborate with Music/IceCube on his solo debut:
10	--> '''Music/IceCube:''' 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.

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