batmon said:GamleOle said:I haven't watched it yet, but from what I have heard so far, it is not entirely truthful. It seems that they wanted Dre to look like a gangster who stood up to Suge and beat up blood gang members. That almost certainly didn't happen. Dre was not into the gang stuff, and when Death Row was flooded with gang members around 95/96, Dre would stay at home and rarely go the the studio. I also hear that there is a scene where Dre tells Suge to his face that he is leaving the label. That's also something I doubt. In reality, it seems that Dre ran off and almost had to hide himself. When Suge couldn't get his hands on Dre after he had ditched Death Row, he invited Sam Sneed for a meeting where Sam Sneed was beat up pretty badly because of his affiliation with Dre. Although he would have red and blue in his videos, everyone says that Dre wasn't about that lifestyle, and that this was part of the reason why he left Death Row. The fact that Dre never responded to any of Suge's insults also makes it hard to believe that Dre Stood up against Suge the way he supposedly does in the movie:
To be fair, Dre had no problem w/ the gangsta shit when Suge got him out of eazy & hellers contract.
[strong]But Dre had nothing to do with that situation.[/strong] That was something that Suge and his crew took care of. Everyone (even those who are cool with Dre and respect him, like Snoop or DJ Quik) has said that Dre didn't like to be around or part of the the gang stuff. In the early years of Death Row, people weren't generally allowed to bring their friends to the studio, but when that changed around 1995/1996, and Death Row was full of gang members, Dre would stay away and work at his own house. Back in the days, everyone was scared of Suge because he had such a big (and violent) crew to support him. I seriously doubt that Dre ever stood up to them. Just after Dre had left Death Row, he also tried to distance and disasscociate himself from gangster rap, but when he didn't have any succes with his new style, he went back to doing gangster rap and did 2001.
Yet he signed on to Death Row.
Why didnt he just leave if he wasnt "down" w/ that stuff?
He didnt know Suge was gonna shakedown Eazy?
What does Dee Barnes think?
[strong]He might have beat up a woman[/strong], he might have been okay with Suge confronting Eazy E, and he might have signed to Death Row and released gangster rap that included references to bloods and crips. But that still doesn't mean that he was into it. Unlike Snoop, the Dogg Pound, 2pac, DJ Quik, Nate Dogg, Oftb and a lot of other Death Row artists, Dre was never affiliated with any gang. In the early days, when Dre produced The Chronic and Doggystyle, the atmosphere at Death Row was a lot more peaceful because it was almost only the artists who were allowed in the studio. Around 95, when people were allowed to bring their friends, and gang members started coming through, the atmosphere changed, and that's when all the violence and beatdowns took place at the studio. A lot of people has said that Dre wasn't really comfortable around gang members and the atmosphere at DR towards the end.
Wow....
He doesnt have to be a gang member.
Your seeing this dude thru rose-tinted glasses like he was some studio nerd that didnt get involved w/ questionable shit.
He just apologized for his abuse against women(plural). The Dee Barnes shit was before Death Row.
A lot of people have confirmed what OFTB are saying in the clip below. When Dre is standing up against Suge and beating down blood gang members in the NWA movie, it just doesn't seem to correspond with how things actually went down, and how Dre actually was like. They made him look like a gangster when he really wasn't.
Dude, one can be involved in some gangster shit and not be a gangster or a banger. No one is claming he's one.
If you let a drug dealer fund your project, thats involvement.
