It was a nod to both his landmark, genre-shifting 1992 album and to the lukewarm response he’d gotten for Dr. Dre addressed a specific segment of his haters, saying that he couldn’t have fallen off since his last album was The Chronic.
Dre, the one fans loved back in the day and the one that shapes the music’s sound, look, and feel. It was also a creative line in the sand, one where he made his position clear. Dre used “Still D.R.E.” as an opportunity to highlight his recording resume and fire back at his detractors. How (it became iconic): Backed by a hypnotizing aural concoction created by Scott Storch and others, Dr.
For the lead single, he went with “Still D.R.E.” Dre decided to return with his second album. After guiding Eminem and his The Slim Shady LP to quadruple platinum status in early 1999, Dr. Dre wasn’t anywhere close to that, of course. Dre’s theretofore flawless Midas touch had worn off. Indeed, for the first time in his illustrious career, the rap world wondered if Dr. Neither met expectations, critically or commercially, especially given the magnitude of The Aftermath being the launch of Dre’s post-Death Row company and The Album pairing him with a rapper as revered as Nas.
Dre Presents: The Aftermath and 1997’s The Album by supergroup The Firm moved more than 1 million units each, but both were also met with widespread questions. The production maven’s 1996 compilation Dr. Dre was in an unprecedented position, for him at least.
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