Dr Dre’s loopy studio session with Too $hort

Bay Space legend Too $hort (actual title Todd Shaw) has been a distinguished determine in West Coast hip-hop for the reason that late Eighties. Though Los Angeles was the centre of the Californian rap scene throughout this era, it’s not possible to disclaim the influence the Oakland native had when he first broke into the mainstream.

Though younger expertise from Lengthy Seaside and Los Angeles was the driving power of Demise Row in its heyday, for the reason that mid-2000s, lyricists from the Bay Space and Los Angeles have been collaborating extra continuously and in 2015, whereas he was working on his unreleased album Detox, Dr Dre and Too $hort collaborated on a monitor. 

The monitor, entitled ‘Man’s Finest Good friend,’ noticed the Dre welcome the Oakland artist with open arms. Nevertheless, in an interview, Too $hort corroborated the tales of many MCs, together with Xzibit and Jim Jones, regarding Dr Dre’s perfectionism within the studio.

Talking to HipHopDX, $hort revealed that Dre made him repeat the phrase “pussy” for 4 hours. Recalling the producer’s perfectionism, Shaw detailed, “I did an eight-hour session to record the verse, then I did an eight-hour session to touch up the verse, and then he called me back for four hours just to say ‘the pussy’ for four hours.”

He continued, “And when he played it back, I had no regrets. I never sounded like that in my life, and I only heard it a few times. I never got to hear it that much anymore. Other people told me about it, but it’s just one of those things, man.”

Dre’s Detox album was by no means launched and has but to see the sunshine of day. Unveiling how a lot materials The Power legend had, Shaw disclosed, “It’s in the universe somewhere. It was for Detox, but he also made 200 plus other songs for Detox, no shit.”

In response to Too $hort, he obtained some recommendation from Snoop Dogg earlier than linking up with Dr Dre for the primary time. Expressing his experiences earlier than getting into the studio with the Demise Row co-founder, Shaw defined, “People kept saying, ‘It’s hard to work with Dre. It’s hard to work with Dre.’ Then I talked to Snoop, and he said, ‘Most motherfuckers can’t hang with Dr. Dre in the studio. He’ll break you down to your least compound and just shrivel you up, and you just walk out of there with your tail tucked between your fucking legs.’”

He continued, “Snoop said, ‘It’s not going to make sense, some of the shit he tell you. Just do it. Whatever he says do, just do it.’ He said, ‘Don’t argue. Don’t get beside yourself. Just do it.’ So when he had me saying ‘the pussy’ for four hours, I was just like, ‘All right. We going to do this shit, Dre. Whatever the fuck,’ because I’m like, ‘I’m not leaving with my tail between my legs, bro. Whatever you, I’m a say.’”

You possibly can hear Too $hort talking about Dr Dre under.