Dr. Dre's Secret (Sequined) History

February 20, 2015 7:45 PM

Dr. Dre's Secret (Sequined) History; or, that show in 1983 that widened Dr. Dre's horizons.
posted by goatdog (11 comments total)

That was interesting; but it felt rather disjointed and sometimes hard to follow. The observations, the reportage of the social texture of those times and places is really fascinating and compelling, though.
posted by clockzero at 8:11 PM on February 20, 2015 [3 favorites]

Would agree with that. Fascinating material, but the thread is hard to follow.
posted by blucevalo at 10:38 PM on February 20, 2015

I gotta say, the "(Sequined)" in the title is making all sorts of campy promises that the story does not fulfill.
posted by LMGM at 1:08 AM on February 21, 2015 [3 favorites]

I'd have much rather read the alluded to material on the real story behind the demise of Death Row records.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 4:19 AM on February 21, 2015 [6 favorites]

Take-away: early scenes are always more melting pot, and our need to categorize creates the rather arbitrary balkanization.
posted by clvrmnky at 5:04 AM on February 21, 2015

Yeah, this guy really tried to stretch a "hey, this guy saw Dre once at this one weird old club" tale into a thesis about how Dre was formed. I also liked hearing about the time and place, though.
posted by ignignokt at 5:36 AM on February 21, 2015

Or, as William Braunstein said: "Conscious rap is bullshit / gangster rap is a fraud"
posted by The Giant Squid at 6:25 AM on February 21, 2015

Interesting read.

I assumed the "sequined" bit was going to be about Dre's early look (which was significantly more...ruffled than one might expect from the hardcore gangster MC he eventually became). Some other MC (I forget who) recorded a dis track that mocks Dre over this.
posted by escape from the potato planet at 6:46 AM on February 21, 2015

@escape from the potato planet

That would be Eric Wright
posted by The Giant Squid at 9:07 AM on February 21, 2015

I'd be curious to know more about Age of Consent.
posted by a lungful of dragon at 10:02 AM on February 21, 2015

Yeah Eazy E was all over Dr Dre's original look in Real Mutha Fukkin G's

Here's a video of Dre and World Class Wrekin Cru from back in the day.... DR DREEEEe........ DR DREEEEEeeeee....DR DRE DRE DRE DRE DRE DRE DRE DRE!!!! Studio gangsta or not...pretty catchy...
posted by pravit at 10:43 AM on February 21, 2015 [1 favorite]