The one line it took Xzibit 500 takes to get proper for Dr Dre: “I thought I nailed it”

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Xzibit is a West Coast legend who has been round for the reason that mid-Nineteen Nineties, and as LA’s reply to 50 Cent, Xzibit, a former member of Aftermath Leisure, spent a variety of time across the Get Wealthy Or Die Tryin’ rapper. Nevertheless, he additionally spent a few years within the studio with Dr Dre.

Throughout an look on the Los Angeles morning radio present Massive Boy’s Neighborhood, Xzibit reminisced about his time with Dre, revealing what it was like being with him within the studio. Moreover, he revealed that on many events, he needed to document traces tons of of occasions to fulfill the Power creator.

Talking with the hosts, the former Pimp My Ride presenter recalled when he labored with Dre for his 2002 single ‘Multiply’ that includes the late Nate Dogg. In keeping with the emcee, through the studio session, Dr Dre made him redo one intro line over 500 occasions.

Humorously recollecting the session, Xzibit exclaimed, “That took me about two-three hours to get that line because he wanted me to sound like a down-south preacher… ‘I been this way, and I can’t stop.’ No. I couldn’t understand why or where he was trying to take me, but I wasn’t fighting. He sat there patiently with me like, ‘Nope, try it again.’”

The West Coast icon continued, “Eventually, it was like, ‘Oh.’ I had to break out of what I thought I needed to sound like and got into where he was trying to direct me, and that’s why the first intro lines sound like that. He didn’t get there doing nothing. I thought I nailed it — dropped the headphones, done. No. I trust him, and I respect him immensely. Being able to be in that position as he feels your art is good enough to be in his universe is dope.”

Laughing on the story and Dr Dre’s insane levels of perfectionism, the radio host comically requested Xzibit if he nonetheless enjoys the music or if it takes him to an “abusive” place. Revealing that he loves the observe however will all the time keep in mind the lyrics he needed to redo, Xzibit disclosed, “I love the song. I will never forget that part. Even if I have Alzheimer’s, I’m still gonna remember, ‘I been this way, and I can’t stop.’”

Xzibit isn’t the one artist who has opened up about Dr Dre’s unrelenting need for musical perfection. Icons equivalent to Snoop Dogg and 50 Cent have beforehand spoken about how a lot the beatmaker demanded from them on the mic. Nevertheless, the chart-topping outcomes virtually all the time outweighed the hassle of re-recording traces and ad-libs by the evening.

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