121 -- How Dr. Dre Reshaped Hip Hop 3 Times with guest Mick Breezy

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You guys ready for this one? Dr.

Dre just didn't have a great run in hip-hop.

He reshaped the entire genre three separate times in less than 30 years.

Check this out.

First, as the driving force behind NWA, he helped to take raw, unfiltered gangster rap out of the streets of Compton and slam it onto the national stage.

Straight outta Compton, fuck the police, an actual battle with the FBI.

The whole thing was a cultural explosion.

Then after leaving NWA, Dre basically invented the G-funk sound, The Chronic, Snoop Dogg, laid-back Parliament Funkadelic grooves mixed with a hard street edge.

Suddenly, that West Coast vibe took over radio, took over the charts, and defined the entire '90s.

And just when you think he's done, in the late '90s, Dre started Aftermath, signed this skinny white kid from Detroit named Eminem, and opened hip-hop to a whole new generation of fans.

Then came 50 Cent, Kendrick Lamar, and a business empire that turned him into a billionaire.

Three different eras, three different sounds, three different ways he changed what hip-hop could be.

So today we're asking, is Dr. Dre one of the most important men in hip-hop history? This one's a banger.

Let's hit it.

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[upbeat hip hop music]

One, two, three, and to the four.

Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Dre is at the door.

Ready to make an entrance, so back on up.

'Cause you know we're about to rip shit up.

Give me the microphone first, so I can bust like a bubble.

Compton and Long Beach together, now you know you in trouble.

Ain't nothing but a G thang, baby.

Two loc'd out niggas on a crazy-