Dr. Dre, Michael Jackson, Prince.Photo:Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty
Dr. Drepreviously turned down working with “heroes” likeMichael Jackson— but at the time, it may not have been such a “Bad” decision.
On a new episode ofKevin Hart’sHart to Hearttalk show, the legendary producer revealed why he didn’t work with Jackson,Princeand later,Stevie Wonder, when the opportunities were presented to him.
As Dre explained, he “most recently” even passed on a chance to work with Wonder, 73, who mentioned on the phone that he’d like to make a song together.
“My entire life and career has been dealing with and working with new artists. That’s what I like,” Dre later added, perBET.
“… It’s a ball of clay when they walk in the room. You can just form it and do what you want. That’s what I want. Everybody else, especially my heroes, they’re coming in and there’s a set plan as to how the s— should sound. I can’t explore.”
“These are my heroes,” he said. “I like the idea of what I grew up listening to [them], and I want to keep it like that. I don’t want to f— up that idea and that look.”
Dre previously opened up about his opportunity to work with Jackson duringa Power 106 interviewyears before the pop star’s 2009 death, when he shared that he “just got a call yesterday about doing something with him.”
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“I don’t know, man, I don’t think so,” he said when asked if he’d work with Jackson. “I like working with new artists. Unless it’s just somebody that I’m really feeling comfortable with in the studio. I can’t picture myself in the studio like, ‘Yo Mike, do that again.'”
Hart’sHart to Hearttalk show has most recently featured guests such as John Cena,Issa Rae, Will Ferrell, andSofia Vergarafor its third season, which launched in July.
source: people.com
