
N.W.A and the Posse, which featured songs by N.W.A and some other acts Dr. But this is an important album nevertheless. Now, of course, this isn’t the best ever album – in fact, it’s kind of rough around the edges, to say the least. N.W.A & The Posse - N.W.A & The Posse (1987) Dre’s hands and his mark of quality are all over these albums – and a lot of others as well – but here we’ll get into albums exclusively produced by the good doctor himself.ĩ. Dre), 50 Cent’s Get Rich Or Dy Tryin’ (4 out of 20 songs), The Game’s The Documentary (7 out of 17 songs) and Kendrick Lamar’s Good Kid, M.A.A.D. Executive produced yes, but that’s something else – so we didn’t include albums like Eminem’s Marschall Mathers LP (just 6 out of 15 songs produced by Dr. Maybe surprisingly there are not that many albums he produced entirely by himself. Dre in their corner early on.įor this list, we’ve selected 9 projects exclusively produced by Dr. Eminem, 50 Cent, The Game, Kendrick Lamar – who knows how their careers would have turned out without having Dr. Dre’s immaculate and innovating soundscapes, which he would soon be providing for other artists as well. What made N.W.A stand out – aside from the controversial lyrical content – was Dr. The rest is history – N.W.A was formed, the gangsta rap genre took off, and Hip Hop would never be the same (for better or for worse…).

Dre met with a local rapper named known as Ice Cube in order to have Ice Cube record some songs for Ruthless Records, a fledgling Hip hop record label run by Eazy-E.

Where his electro-hop beginnings with World Class Wreckin’ Cru in the mid-1980s didn’t shake the music world yet, his work on the boards would change Hip Hop – and with it popular culture – soon enough. Dre is one of the greatest producers of all time – an indisputable fact.
