| "Forgot About Dre featuring Eminem" |
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| Single by Dr. Dre |
| from the album 2001 |
| Released |
2000 |
| Recorded |
1999 |
| Genre |
West Coast hip hop
Gangsta rap |
| Length |
3:42 |
| Label |
Aftermath/Interscope |
| Dr. Dre singles chronology |
"Still D.R.E."
1999 |
"Forgot About Dre" (feat. Eminem)
2000 |
"The Next Episode"
2000 |
"Forgot About Dre" is a single for Dr. Dre's 2001, featuring Eminem. Like the album's lead single "Still D.R.E.," the song addresses Dre's critics in a defiant manner, as Dre announces his return to the hip-hop scene and reminds listeners of his significant influence on the genre.
In one line he asks "Who you think brought you the old Gs, Eazy-E's, Ice Cube's, and D.O.C.'s, the Snoop D-O-double-G's, and the group that said 'muthafuck the police'?" These are all influential rappers that Dre was associated with, expressing the song's theme: Dre's importance to the history of rap.
Eminem's verse features the bizarre violence and aggression typical of his "Slim Shady" alterego, describing him choking a pedestrian ("One day I was walkin' by/With a walkman on/ When I caught a guy givin' me an awkward eye/And strangled him off in the parkin' lot, with his Karl Kani") and threatening to kill a woman ("F--k you too b---h call the cops/I'ma kill you and them loud-ass motherfuckin' barkin' dogs.")
Eminem is generally credited for writing both his and Dre's verses, as both follow the same rhyme scheme and Dre, as a producer, typically relies heavily on others for his lyrics.
"Forgot About Dre" won Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the Grammy Awards of 2001.
In the music video, a few explicit lines in Eminem's verse are replaced with a skit in which Eminem is answering a reporter questions about a fire he and Dre had started. This video won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video in 2000.
| Dr. Dre |
| Discography |
| Albums with N.W.A.: N.W.A. and the Posse – Straight Outta Compton – 100 Miles and Runnin' – Efil4zaggin |
| Solo Albums: The Chronic – 2001 – Detox |
| Compilation Albums: Dr. Dre Presents…The Aftermath – Concrete Roots– Greatest Hits – First Round Knockout– Back ‘N The Day – Maximum Dr. Dre – Chronicle: Best of the Work – Greatest Hits V.2 |
| Mixtapes: Detox: Millennium Of Aftermath – Dretox - Look Out For Detox – Pretox – Dr. Dre 2006 – The Chronicle 3000 – Dr. Dre’s Mixture Remix |
| Singles: "Dre Day" - "Nuthin' But a "G" Thang" - "Let Me Ride" – "East Coast/West Coast" – "Been There, Done That" -"Lil Ghetto Boy"- "Still D.R.E." – "Forgot About Dre" - "The Next Episode" - "Put It on Me" - "Bad Intentions" – "The Wash" |
| Featured Singles: "We're All In the Same Gang" -"Funky Flute" - "Deep Cover" - "Natural Born Killaz" – "Keep Their Heads Ringin'" – "California Love" -"No Diggity" - "Puppet Master" - "Zoom" - "Ghetto Fabulous" - "Guilty Conscience" - "U Know" - "Chin Check" - "Just be A Man About It" -"Fast Lane"- "Put It On Me" - "Knoc" "Symphony in X Major" - "Encore" |
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| Aftermath – Interscope – Polydor – Epic – Priority – Ruthless – Death Row – N.W.A. - World Class Wreckin' Cru – Eminem |
| Eminem |
| Discography |
| Infinite | The Slim Shady EP | The Slim Shady LP | The Marshall Mathers LP | The Eminem Show | Straight from the Lab EP | Encore | Curtain Call: The Hits |
| Singles |
| "My Name Is" | "Guilty Conscience" | "The Real Slim Shady" | "The Way I Am" | "Stan" | "Without Me" | "Cleanin' Out My Closet" | "Lose Yourself" | "Sing For The Moment"| "Superman" | "Business" | "Just Lose It" | "Encore" | "Like Toy Soldiers" | "Mockingbird" | "Ass Like That" | "When I'm Gone" | "Shake That" |
| Other Songs & Collaborations |
| "Forgot About Dre" | "Just Don't Give a F***" | "Dead Wrong" | "My Fault" | "Role Model" | "Mosh" | "Smack That" |
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