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|Label = [[Aftermath Entertainment|Aftermath]]/[[Interscope Records|Interscope]] |
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Revision as of 13:41, 28 January 2012
| "Forgot About Dre" | |
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| B-side | "Bad Guys Always Die (featuring Eminem)" |
"Forgot About Dre" is a Grammy Award-winning single from Dr. Dre's 2001, featuring Eminem, reaching #25 on the Billboard Hot 100, #14 on the U.S. R&B chart, and #7 in the UK Singles Chart. 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.
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The song is considered to be a response to disses made by Death Row artists on Suge Knight Represents: Chronic 2000, a compilation released by Suge Knight which takes its title from Dre's 1992 album The Chronic. The song samples "The Climb" by No Doubt .[1]
The line "Who you think brought you the oldies, Eazy-Es, Ice Cubes, and The D.O.C.s, the Snoop D-O-double-Gs, and the group that said 'Motherfuck the police'?" outlines Dre's importance in the rap world, the theme of the song.
Eminem's verse features the bizarre violence and aggression typical of his "Slim Shady" alter ego, 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/So I strangled him off in the parking lot with his Karl Kani") and threatening to kill a woman ("Fuck you, too, bitch, call the cops/I'ma kill you and them loud-ass motherfuckin' barkin' dogs"), as well as bragging about how he gets out of trouble, in conflict with the law ("And when the cops came through/Me and Dre stood next to a burnt down house with a can full of gas and handful of matches/And still weren't found out (right here!)")
In the music video, a few explicit lines in Eminem's verse are replaced with a skit in which Eminem is answering reporter Jane Yamamoto's questions about a fire he and Dre had started. This video won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video in 2000.
Track listing
- CD single
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Sample(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Forgot About Dre" (feat. Eminem) | A. Young, M. Bradford, M. Mathers | * Contains a sample of "Compton's in the House (Remix)" by N.W.A | 3:42 |
Chart Awards
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Awards
"Forgot About Dre" won Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 2001 Grammy Awards.
References
- ^ New Eminem Interview With Sirius Radio
- ^ "Dr. Dre feat. Eminem, Forgot About Dre" (in German). charts.de. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 31 July, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Discography Eminem". irish-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 July, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 21, 2000" (in Dutch). top40.nl. Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 31 July, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Dr. Dre feat. Eminem - Forgot About Dre". charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 July, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Dr. Dre feat. Eminem - Forgot About Dre". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 July, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Dr. Dre feat. Eminem - Forgot About Dre" (in German). hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 July, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Dr Dre" (select "View Singles" tab). The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 August, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Dr. Dre Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 31 July, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|work=(help) - ^ "Dr. Dre Album & Song Chart History: R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 31 July, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|work=(help) - ^ "Dr. Dre Album & Song Chart History: Pop Songs". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 1 August, 2011.
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