Less well known is the history of his relationship with producing virtuoso Jimmy Iovine, founder of Interscope records and how head of Apple Music. The Defiant Ones , award-winning docu-series on HBO chronicled the story of the unlikely but wildly successful relationship between the rap impresario from Compton, and the scrappy underdog producer from Brooklyn, New York. His collaborations with artists like Snoop Dogg , Eazy-E and Eminem yielded era-defining tracks that rocketed to the top of the hip-hop charts and remain true classics of the genre. To celebrate his birthday, here are just a few of his influential productions. The lyrical content details the struggles rappers go through to express themselves in an age of radio and media censorship. The popular — and highly censored — track is an elastic, lighthearted funk-tinged romp with a melody as bright and light as the lyrics are raunchy. Looking for more?

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20. The DOC – Beautiful But Deadly (1989)
Dre is a hip-hop titan—the genre's first true super-producer. He maintained viability in the music industry as long as it was flourishing, and transitioned to electronics sales when the music business softened. Now known to a generation as the guy behind the world's most popular headphones , Dre's catalog as an artist has arguably become a bit underrated. What Kanye West was to the s, Dre was to the s: A rapping producer who changed the sound, style, and values of popular hip-hop. But Dre's career transcends The Chronic —by far his most influential singular moment. A, from The Chronic to , Dre's career as a recording artist in his own right deserves to be celebrated.
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The discography of American record producer, sound engineer and rapper Dr. Dre consists of three studio albums , forty-two singles , including twenty-four as a featured artist , six compilation albums , one soundtrack album , and twenty-one music videos. Dre began his rap career in the World Class Wreckin' Cru in the mids and performed with the group N. A from to In , Dr. Dre also began his career as a record producer, with his first productions including Snoop Dogg's debut album Doggystyle and the soundtrack to the film Above the Rim.
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