During a visit to the UK last week Snoop Dogg dropped by Tim Westwood on his BBC radio show for a chat, and gave some interesting insights on why he believes that Dr. Dre’s much anticipated ‘Detox’ album has seen so many lengthy delays. Snoop told Westwood the main problem is the type of environment Dre is creating his music in.
“It’s a formula. Like I was trying to explain to you earlier, when we made records in the past it was an environment, an atmosphere. It was always girls,” Said the rapper. “It was always parties. It was always the right atmosphere to create that kind of album that sounds like the albums that you’ve heard in the past. If there’s not that atmosphere you can’t create that kind of album. So that’s what’s happening right now. The songs don’t match the atmosphere and the atmosphere don’t match the songs.”
As all fans of Dr Dre will know by now, the Aftermath legend is a perfectionist and is unlikely to release anything until he feels it’s perfect. Snoop went on to explain:
“What we’re accustomed to hearing from Dr. Dre is the brand new, next best everything and from right now people not getting that. He knows that,” Snoop explained. “So he’s a perfectionist and until he gets that he’s not gonna release it cause he doesn’t want the scrutiny of people saying ‘I waited this long for that?’ It’s like when I wait this long I better get that and that.”
While chopping it up with Westwood, he also shed some light on the fact that Dr. Dre may not be surrounding himself with the right people when it comes to making ‘Detox’ .
“I’mma say this and I don’t know if it’s gonna ruffle any feathers. I just think the wrong people is in the environment. When he made records that were hit records in the past: D.O.C., Snoop Dogg, RBX, Kurupt,” said the rapper. “It’s like it’s pieces that’s not there that need to be there. And I’ll say D.O.C. and Snoop Dogg is the backbone. When you take those two equations and you take them out of the equation it’s not gonna work. You need to put them two back into the situation and let us mastermind and head the project like we did The Chronic in 2001. That’s what’s missing.”
Check out the full interview below and below that is the freestyle the Big Boss Dogg graced Westwood with.
Interview
Freestyle
