Independent Research

Dr. Dre is the most innovative and most successful producer in Hip Hop history. He took the instrumentation level in the genre to a higher level. He is has given Hip Hop some of its most successful artists of all time also. From the beginning when he started out with NWA he was the man behind the scenes making sure everything was well put together. He wasn't always a producer he first started off his music career as a DJ.  At the time his name was Dr. J he was working with the World Class Wreckin' Cru. Things really started to pick up for him when became N.W.A. His sound completely changed, it became more aggressive. His productions consisted off old school samples on top of gritty Hip Hop drum patterns. For the hooks he would scratch vocals on top of it jus showing off his skills as a DJ. The group N.W.A were completely rebellious addressing racially charged political issues. It got so bad the F.B.I sent their labels numerous warnings. After that Dr. Dre felt it was time to branch off and do his own thing. Thats when he came out with the G-funk sound. Funk music with lower tempos incorporating multi-layered and melodic synthesizers and deep bass. The lyrical contents of this sub-genre usually consists of drugs, sex and violence. That G-funk sound would go on to dominate the music scene for the entire early 90s era. Snoop Dogg, Warren G, Nate Dogg, and almost every west coast artist  were in the G-funk category. Dr. Dre used plenty techniques only he could pull off. Now some point in time he began to take on the role of an organizer. He would bring all kinds of instrumentalists and tell them what he wanted and how he wanted it to sound. He would program a beat on one of his many drum machines and then asks the musicians to play along. Whenever he heard something he liked, he isolates the musician and tells him how to refine the sound.  He says his greatest talent is knowing exactly what he wants to hear.  Through the years there have been hundreds of producers who have tried to be like Dre. You can hear his influence in nearly every Hip Hop producer after him. The impression this great producer has left on me is that he is hands down the most creative and successful producer ever in the Hip Hop genre. As an industry professional his music production quality is flawless. There is no other word i can use. His music is always so "larger than life" and "in your face"