Not everyone gets to be a fly on the wall during a Dr. Dre session but even fewer get the opportunity to actually work with him directly. We could imagine that there are hard drives upon hard drives of unreleased music throughout his career, whether from the Death Row era or the mythical Detox, which will likely never see the light of day. But, somewhere in the vault contains an EP of unreleased Dipset records produced by Dr. Dre.
Jim Jones recently sat down with All Hip Hop where he detailed some of the work he did with Dr. Dre alongside the rest of Dipset. He explained that there’s unreleased music sitting in the vault, though he also reflected on the level of perfection that Dr. Dre aspired towards. Jones said that Dre brought Dipset into the studio to “recreate his sound” at the height of the Harlem group’s dominance. At the time, Dre was working on a new album and evidently, he wanted some of their swag to compliment his sound.
Jim Jones Reveals Dr. Dre-Produced Dipset Records
If you’ve heard any story about working with Dr. Dre, the general consensus is that he has an incredible ear for sound. So good, in fact, that even the most seasoned of MCs will find themselves under a microscope for each bar, inflection, and ad-lib. Jones learned that first-hand as he explained that it was the first time anyone made him re-record a verse several times. “It was the first time had somebody really make me do my verse over like twenty times,” the rapper said. “It had made me think about Tupac and Snoop and all the others that had to get the beats from Dre.”
Jones revealed that they recorded about four to five songs in total when working with Dr. Dre. Unfortunately, the producer kept those records on his hard drive without Jim Jones, Cam’ron or Juelz receiving a copy of their work. Though it’s unlikely if they’ll ever see the light of day, Jones explained that he’s anticipating a huge check if any of the music drops. “He better not put it out because I am charging him $2 million for my verse.”