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Name | Forgot About Dre | ||||
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Cover | Dr. Dre feat. Eminem - Forgot about Dre.jpeg | ||||
Artist | Dr. Dre featuring Eminem | ||||
From album | 2001 | ||||
B-side | "Bad Guys Always Die (feat Eminem)" | ||||
Released | March 29, 2000 | ||||
Format | CD Single 12" Vinyl | ||||
Recorded | 1999 | ||||
Genre | Hip hop | ||||
Length | 3:42 | ||||
Label | Aftermath/Interscope | ||||
Writer | André YoungMelvin BradfordMarshall Mathers | ||||
Producer | Dr. DreMel-Man | ||||
Chronology | Dr. Dre singles | ||||
Last single | "Still D.R.E." (1999) | ||||
This single | "Forgot About Dre"(2000) | ||||
Next single | "The Next Episode"(2000) | ||||
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"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.
InformationIn 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. The song is considered to be a response to disses made by Death Row artists on , a compilation released by Suge Knight which takes the original title for Dre's album. The song samples The Climb by No Doubt as well which is the bass line.At the end of the "Forgot About Dre" music video there is a small teaser where Hittman performs the first verse of the song "Last Dayz". In August 2009, Pitchfork Media named "Forgot About Dre" the 68th greatest song of the 2000s.
LyricsAccording to a Behind The Boards interview on Shade 45, Eminem on Sirius Satellite Radio, Eminem wrote his verse with Snoop Dogg in mind “Originally I had planned to see if Snoop would do the chorus.. I thought it would be crazy if like.. I had the middle verse, Snoop did the chorus..”.The line "Who you think brought you the OGs, Eazy-Es, Ice Cubes, and The D.O.C.s, the Snoop D-O-double-Gs, and the group that said 'Mother**** 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 ("F*** you, too, bitch, call the cops/I'ma kill you and them loud-ass motherfu**in' 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!)")
Track listing;CD single
Chart Awards
Peak positions{|class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (2000) !Peakposition |- |Hot R&B;/Hip-Hop Songs |align="center"|14 |- |Top 40 Mainstream |align="center"|32 |- |Rhythmic Top 40 |align="center"|3 |- |Billboard Hot 100 |align="center"|25 |- |Top 40 Tracks |align="center"|24 |- |UK Singles Chart |align="center"|7 |- |Irish Singles Chart |align="center"|20 |}
End of year charts{| class="wikitable sortable" !align="left"|End of year chart (2000) !align="center"|Position |- |U.S. Billboard Hot 100 |align="center"|73 |- |}
Awards"Forgot About Dre" won Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 2001 Grammy Awards.
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