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Biography
Dr. Dre was born Andre Young on February 18, 1965 in South Central Los Angles. He began his career as a DJ in a local night club. The back room of the club contained a room where Dre composed beats that could later be found on the N.W.A. album. N.W.A broke ground and along with Ice-T were able to change the way society looked upon rap music forever. The group brought the streets to the game. Before long they went from selling tapes out of the back of a car to selling millions of records nation wide. However, success can often lead to dissention and it wasn't long before the group went their separate ways.

With the break up of  N.W.A  Dre took it upon himself to form a new label with his partner Suge Knight. With that Death Row Records was born. On this label he released his first album, "The Chronic". The album went multi platinum and also helped to introduce the world to Snoop Doggy Dogg. Dre went on to produce Snoops' Debut album which broke records for sales. 

        In 1996 Death Row signed 2 Pac and became one of the most powerful record labels in the world. However, once again dissention crept into the life of Andre Young and it was not long before the Death Row empire fell apart. In the span of a few years Dre and Snoop left death row. 2 pac was murdered and Suge Knight was indicted. 

When Dre left Death Row he once again formed his own record label this time under the name Aftermath. The label's first release was a various artists compilation album. It went platinum and Dre began working on his second album. However, in the middle of the he met Eminem and decided to put his own album on hold in order to produce the multi platinum album "The Slim Shady LP". 

        The following November Dre released his own album The Chronic 2001. This album once again went platinum re-assuring Dre's place as one of the top producers in the world. 


Discography

 

Albums:

Dr. Dre 2001 Aftermath/Interscope 1999
Dr. Dre Presents the Aftermath Aftermath/Interscope 1996
N.W.A Greatest Hits Ruthless/Priority 1996
First Round Knock Out Triple X 1996
Back N Tha Day Death Row 1994
Concrete Roots Triple X 1994
The Chronic Interscope/Priority 1992
Efil4zaggin Ruthless/Priority 1991
100 Miles and Runnin' Ruthless/Priority 1990
Straight Outta Compton Ruthless/Priority 1989
N.W.A. and the Posse Ruthless/Priority 1987


Compilations/Soundtracks:

2000 Grammy: Rap Nominees RCA 2000
Saturday Night Live: The Musical Performances DreamWorks 1999
Wild Wild West Soundtrack Overbrook/Interscope 1999
N.W.A. Straight Outta
Compton—10th Anniversary
Tribute
Ruthless/Priority 1998
MTV Party to Go: Platinum
Mix
Tommy Boy 1998
Muggs Presents …The Soul
Assassins Chapter 1
Columbia 1997
MTV Party To Go 98 Tommy Boy 1997
The Aftermath Aftermath/Interscope 1996
The Show Def Jam Recordings 1995
Friday Priority 1995
Natural Born Killers Soundtrack Interscope 1995
Murder Was the Case Interscope 1994




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