Jay-Z Explains How He Wrote "Still Dre" For Dr. Dre And Snoop Dogg

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  • @ronedward3660
    @ronedward3660 2 роки тому +4484

    Actually, Snoop spilled the beans on this years ago in an interview. I was shocked that Jay wrote the lyrics. Never knew he worked with Dre and Snoop. Snoop said no one else could think of any lyrics to fit the song. Then Jay came in and handed everyone a sheet with their part on the song, and the rest is history.

    • @juanpablo9808
      @juanpablo9808 2 роки тому +89

      All business too

    • @cwillie1492
      @cwillie1492 2 роки тому +304

      When I bought the cd back then he had writing credit on it. That was one of the things you would look forward to. Producers,writers and samples.This is really old. Good old days of buying CDs. L

    • @59DGO59
      @59DGO59 2 роки тому +163

      It was known since forever
      JayZ is credited in the album 2001

    • @lukamg7368
      @lukamg7368 2 роки тому +39

      @@59DGO59 istg these new hiphop fans ain’t know SHIT! I’m 25 and knew this since forever

    • @gsimms811
      @gsimms811 2 роки тому +19

      Just look on the writing credits

  • @demetrionajera1903
    @demetrionajera1903 3 роки тому +5961

    Yeah Jay-z did the pen work, Dr. Dre did the drums/mixing etc, and Scott Storch did the keys! Best Hip-Hop/Rap/Gansta Rap collab!

    • @themadrapper101
      @themadrapper101 3 роки тому +312

      And Dre mixed it too.. People who accuse Scott Storch of doing all the work even Storch denied that

    • @bluecheesewithwings2105
      @bluecheesewithwings2105 3 роки тому +43

      You mean gangsta rap

    • @opaopaa7359
      @opaopaa7359 3 роки тому +277

      Yeah, but Scott Storch did the piano riff which made Still DRE iconic

    • @L.E.O.6141
      @L.E.O.6141 3 роки тому +101

      @@opaopaa7359 No question about that,but everybody involved raised the bar for this classic.

    • @charlesgilley2121
      @charlesgilley2121 3 роки тому +8

      No he didn’t

  • @charlest1708
    @charlest1708 2 роки тому +160

    Jay z is a master of his craft,hats off to a hip hop legend.

  • @rashadd2615
    @rashadd2615 2 роки тому +185

    I remember telling my uncle (who is a huge fan of the 90s hip hop era) that Jayz wrote Still Dre, and it blew his mind to the point he just couldn't get over it and was in disbelief for a while.

    • @yezmirsheppard-halika6892
      @yezmirsheppard-halika6892 2 роки тому +13

      Same here too. The nostalgia is real. These are the hip hop stories I love. More of this, less beef and killing.

    • @Tabby.cat2
      @Tabby.cat2 2 роки тому +5

      And when you find out golden nuggets like this, makes you love the OG’s even more 🥰!!

    • @raidermenace9638
      @raidermenace9638 2 роки тому +5

      It literally say on the cover written by s.carter 😂

    • @wade3445
      @wade3445 Місяць тому +1

      This just happened to me, right now! Wtf

  • @azma775
    @azma775 3 роки тому +3232

    For him to put himself in the mindset of a west coast artist is insane

    • @philo2189
      @philo2189 3 роки тому +145

      It's not just that he's also huge fans of them and was able to rap like them bc of admiring them so much. I do the same thing with rappers when I listen to their music. I don't just rap the song I end up doing their same voice cadence flow etc lol

    • @ysthekid8932
      @ysthekid8932 2 роки тому +27

      That’s the same shit I thought when I first heard about it

    • @azma775
      @azma775 2 роки тому +32

      @@philo2189 yeah but did you write a Legendary song like still Dre ?

    • @azma775
      @azma775 2 роки тому +9

      @@ysthekid8932 such a gifted mind

    • @ThePiggiestOne
      @ThePiggiestOne 2 роки тому +8

      @@azma775 LOL! You didn't have to, bro!

  • @strongboy7289
    @strongboy7289 2 роки тому +2179

    Damn never knew Jay Z wrote that and despite all that's he's done he still pays homage to both those dudes. Love it!

    • @hetistony1024
      @hetistony1024 2 роки тому +30

      Really? If you listen to the song and imagine Jay Z's voice it all clicks man, that's 100% Jay Z.
      Same with Forgot About Dre, if you imagine Eminem doing Dre's verses it all just clicks. But I can't unhear Jay Z when I listen to Still D.R.E. He wrote something timeless with that song.

    • @maniac50ae14
      @maniac50ae14 2 роки тому +14

      @@hetistony1024 I definitely hear ems in forgot about dre and Kendrick in the recipe but I can't hear Jay in still dre, but I did know he wrote it. Then they did the watcher 2 for BP2

    • @donellhowell6954
      @donellhowell6954 2 роки тому +4

      Me too Im very Suprise to know this now

    • @jos3phmcgrath
      @jos3phmcgrath 2 роки тому +2

      I can picture it clear as day in my head after reading your comment

    • @neilseletlowhisler2522
      @neilseletlowhisler2522 2 роки тому +3

      Yea you'd have to have been on everything Jay at the time. He took over 98...99 back at it with Big Pimpin.... So like Dre coming back it was like, why he flowing like Hov (wake up in the a.m., compose a beat/I bring the fire till ya soaking in ya seat) that's how he was sounding at the time (that era lol)

  • @justincrady2004
    @justincrady2004 2 роки тому +29

    That's y he's one of the best. A NY guy writing a LA track for 2 of the greatest LA artists of all time. He killed them LA lyrics too

  • @amadoumoustaphadieng8660
    @amadoumoustaphadieng8660 2 роки тому +14

    Still can't get enough of this unbeatable beat. Senegal, West Africa.

  • @NYvandal
    @NYvandal 3 роки тому +2596

    Everyone saying that “this is old knowledge and that every true hiphop head knows this”, true but this is the first time Hov himself addresses and talks about it

    • @nmorgan24
      @nmorgan24 3 роки тому +60

      Nah... I saw a TV interview where he spoke about it the very year it came out over 20 years ago.

    • @KC_604
      @KC_604 3 роки тому +17

      And I believe he’s on the album credits for this song but the actually facts about how much he wrote I don’t think is common knowledge it’s more the hardcores that know it cuz shit I just found out he did all that myself lol

    • @eulogist8120
      @eulogist8120 3 роки тому +3

      Facts! Monumental moment

    • @flaneurfilms1940
      @flaneurfilms1940 3 роки тому +3

      kinda dope to hear HIM speak about it

    • @yaparairiro
      @yaparairiro 3 роки тому +2

      Uhm nope! 😐...👎🏾!

  • @West_760
    @West_760 2 роки тому +351

    Dre never really been known for writing lyrics he’s more producer that’s why he has no ego about someone else writing the song, he just wants to produce a hit

    • @raulsouza5866
      @raulsouza5866 2 роки тому +13

      And he actually can make rappers rhyme some of their sickest verses.

    • @vellytyre5658
      @vellytyre5658 2 роки тому +1

      dre is a back up dancer and a producer. that's it. that is all.

    • @michaelsefoli9510
      @michaelsefoli9510 2 роки тому +1

      true that Sir.... And man He dishes hits like there's no tomorrow.

    • @anthonywall1228
      @anthonywall1228 2 роки тому

      Dre has always had writer for most his songs, from Jay Z, DOC and J Flexx to name a few.

    • @christopher399
      @christopher399 2 роки тому

      Nothing wrong with that. I can think of quite a few rappers who should probably get someone else to write their lyrics. Being a good rapper, doesn't mean you are also a good songwriter. For example, Rick Ross is a good rapper, but he's not the best writer. He doesn't exactly write interesting stories. Lil Wayne is also a good rapper. Some of his lyrics might be good, but he also has some pretty damn weak lyrics too. Maybe I shouldn't add Lil Wayne to the mix, because he does have some good lyrics. But sometimes... He could've used some help. Rick Ross, however, should stick to ghostwriters. He's not the only one.

  • @pixelart59
    @pixelart59 2 роки тому +32

    That beat... So simple.. but powerfully everlasting. When you hear it.. you know what's up

    • @johnnyuutah
      @johnnyuutah 2 роки тому +3

      Scott Storch working his magic

  • @ExiledByForce1
    @ExiledByForce1 2 роки тому +106

    I had heard the song so many times and then when I heard that Jay z wrote the lyrics to it and then I went back and listened to it you can absolutely tell that Jay z wrote the lyrics to it.

    • @afifsalim5533
      @afifsalim5533 2 роки тому +2

      Exactly what i did and exactly what i felt.

    • @nakitapalmer656
      @nakitapalmer656 2 роки тому

      Yesssss..

    • @nova_raindrop1257
      @nova_raindrop1257 2 роки тому +7

      Just like how Eminem wrote "Forgot about Dre" once I heard that, I went back and listened and you can definitely tell Dre's verse is definitely Em's lyrics.

    • @iprodigy6723
      @iprodigy6723 Місяць тому

      ​@nova_raindrop1257 " all you savage cats learned I was strapped with gats when you was curdled in the cabbage patch" you can tell immediately that was eminem.

  • @puppetmaster706
    @puppetmaster706 3 роки тому +377

    “Takin’ my time to perfect the beat, and I still got love for the streets, it’s the D-R-E!”

    • @watsappenin2865
      @watsappenin2865 3 роки тому +65

      'Even when I was close to defeat I rose to my feet!' Jay was really passing out gems like dat huh

    • @bougiechic1368
      @bougiechic1368 3 роки тому +6

      Notice how Bey modified that line in their song Lovehappy

    • @endan2009
      @endan2009 3 роки тому +2

      @@bougiechic1368 713*

    • @alekiak
      @alekiak 3 роки тому +4

      Change DRE to HOV

    • @MikeJones-lu7fk
      @MikeJones-lu7fk 3 роки тому +7

      @Allen Iverson Jus coz one isn't American don't make them foreigner. Educational is pivotal.

  • @Darksagan
    @Darksagan 3 роки тому +294

    Talk about a genius collaboration that is now a timeless piece of art.

    • @gato0082
      @gato0082 3 роки тому +1

      No I nvr knew he wrote til now..
      👀❣️😜🤓🐐

    • @oJAYarista
      @oJAYarista 2 роки тому

      Wait he wrote the song Still Dre or did he do the backup dub vocals ?

    • @JRBKLYN718
      @JRBKLYN718 2 роки тому +1

      @@oJAYarista
      Wrote the whole song. Dre & snoops part.

  • @bongtoka69
    @bongtoka69 2 роки тому +10

    Dre gave him credit long ago for writing the song. And I just wanna say I’m thankful to have grew up when It came out. Best “collab” single of its time.

  • @davidflores-lq3kf
    @davidflores-lq3kf 2 роки тому +7

    Never knew that until this very moment! Thumbs up for Jay!

  • @jamalrobinson2159
    @jamalrobinson2159 3 роки тому +333

    Jay pen game cold as hell... But that's what happens when you sidestep your ego and get down to business

    • @tanatswamataruse1294
      @tanatswamataruse1294 3 роки тому +6

      Lol well he doesn't write

    • @jamalrobinson2159
      @jamalrobinson2159 3 роки тому +7

      @@tanatswamataruse1294 the irony...

    • @jamesjuniordunford2653
      @jamesjuniordunford2653 3 роки тому +1

      Shld do it more often.. even better than wat he writes for himself

    • @millionfive420
      @millionfive420 3 роки тому +33

      He doesn’t write it he recites it from the dome when it shines in his mind like chrome then pops the line in your mind for you to rewind over and over through time

    • @frontandcenter7941
      @frontandcenter7941 2 роки тому +8

      @@millionfive420 Damn crazy barz right there.

  • @kevinrowland4592
    @kevinrowland4592 3 роки тому +399

    I knew J was going to be a massive success back in the 90s. Just listen to his lyrics on reasonable doubt. His mindset was so business focused vs. a street level mentality.

    • @metsyman5566
      @metsyman5566 2 роки тому +8

      @my dude👆. 110% - “r Doubt.” Came out when I was a mid schooler and I still rant and rave about it being top1-3 albums all time. Rough, Rugged, Raw. Straight 🔥🔥

    • @skytopproductions2848
      @skytopproductions2848 2 роки тому +1

      Same I knew when I first heard him

    • @garry3465
      @garry3465 2 роки тому +11

      Reasonable Doubt is one of the greatest albums in hip hop. D'evils on its own, is one of the greatest. Classic shit.

    • @bhillboy37
      @bhillboy37 2 роки тому +1

      I always wait to hear an artist's 4th album. Historically, that one separates the good from the great.

    • @gamalierestradajr
      @gamalierestradajr 2 роки тому +2

      Heard this when I was in the service back in 96 if I recall. Been a JZ fan ever since. This RD album is a classic masterpiece & only true hip hop fans will appreciate the pure magic delivered

  • @ivanharrison241
    @ivanharrison241 2 роки тому +195

    Had the CD album when it first came out. For those that remember, CD albums came with a paper insert (paper is made from trees and you write / print on it), and had basic details abt the tracks, lyrics, production and S.Carter was listed on the Still Dre track. It's been known for years for those of us who are the OG fans. He absolutely nailed it and is probably better at writing for others than himself!

    • @ye23.
      @ye23. 2 роки тому +23

      “Paper is made from trees and you write on it” 😂 im 30 and I was young when this album came out but yes I remember the good ol days of CDs and writing on paper. Its crazy how we barely handwrite nowadays.

    • @jl1876
      @jl1876 2 роки тому +9

      oh is that what u do with paper?

    • @Semba999
      @Semba999 2 роки тому +8

      What’s paper again?

    • @NaeNae23
      @NaeNae23 2 роки тому +14

      I miss the album sleeves. I used to spend the weekends during my teens and early twenties going to record shops listening to new music and reading who produced and wrote music. I think youngsters had a thorough understanding of music production in those days. These days many post millennials have no clue unless they are told. I don't blame them its just the times we live in with everything going online. Even now in my early forties it's very difficult to find detailed information like this on tracks anymore.

    • @shredder9536
      @shredder9536 2 роки тому +2

      @@jl1876 they print money on it too.

  • @gaurabthapa9118
    @gaurabthapa9118 2 роки тому +1

    From Kathmandu to OKC to Seattle to back again to Kathmandu... Still Dre!! Listening to it again and again for almost 2 decades🍻🍻🍻👍👍

  • @sinderella23
    @sinderella23 3 роки тому +276

    This might be news depending on your age...but Jay Z was saying 2 things consistently since the earlier days of his career. 1. He's retiring 2. He's not a rapper. He's a business man that knows how to rap.

    • @diallodiallo6856
      @diallodiallo6856 3 роки тому +4

      Well i'm 15 so...😂😂

    • @vinnyhaddad
      @vinnyhaddad 3 роки тому +50

      He’s not a business man he’s a business, man.

    • @meishameisha3455
      @meishameisha3455 3 роки тому +1

      @@vinnyhaddadlol exactly...you know lyric 😃

    • @keronwindley4950
      @keronwindley4950 3 роки тому +7

      @Silence Do Good Mind your business Man lol

    • @philo2189
      @philo2189 3 роки тому +2

      @@vinnyhaddad let him handle his business DAMN

  • @kevinthomas2470
    @kevinthomas2470 2 роки тому +965

    That's the song that made me crown Jay as The King when it comes to writing because to put yourself in someone else's place and write as if you are that person -- whew! Incredible. Much respect to him.

    • @Kimi9507rw
      @Kimi9507rw 2 роки тому +73

      Thats what drakes ghost writer does everyday

    • @killa.mode.one.818beastmod9
      @killa.mode.one.818beastmod9 2 роки тому +19

      Actually its alot easier to put yourself in someone's else's place imo

    • @moveupnotdown
      @moveupnotdown 2 роки тому +11

      It's not as hard as it seems. Its more of focusing on that person, then yourself.

    • @jottaz144
      @jottaz144 2 роки тому +12

      Specially considering how Hov was from Marcy projects in Brooklyn and Dr Dre was from LA, 2 places that are completely different, with totally different slang.

    • @cesaramolapizza7480
      @cesaramolapizza7480 2 роки тому +4

      Actually Jay said it himself I forget what song, but he was one of those cats that could switch up his flow...You could tell the difference between Big Pimpin, Nikkas in Paris, Onto the next one...Different type of intonation...

  • @hairdreams6729
    @hairdreams6729 2 роки тому +2

    I just found out today while watching the SuperBowl highlights.... Mind Blown! 🔥

  • @kjax0630
    @kjax0630 2 роки тому +9

    If you grew up in that age and bought the album, you'd have known this for the last 20 years. It's in the cd booklet. Music was more then, it was the release date, the wait, the poster reveals, the sneak reveal snippets, buying the album on a school night, listening to it all night and skimming the lyrics/written or produced by/and pics for each song then going to school the next day and reciting shit you remembered with friends lol 90's and 00's were ultimate times

    • @tonyv8871
      @tonyv8871 Рік тому

      Do u listen to music or do u just skim thru it.. classic

  • @QuentinSmithSr
    @QuentinSmithSr 2 роки тому +410

    Definitely didn't know Jay Z wrote that, but now as I re listened to it. I can hear some of him all through it. Crazy how the mind works and his writing skills are legendary 🙌🏾

    • @MostInterestingManInTheWrld
      @MostInterestingManInTheWrld 2 роки тому +26

      “Still not loving police” especially lol

    • @emmanuelgarcia619
      @emmanuelgarcia619 2 роки тому +17

      Same. I respect jay but could never really get into his flow/cadence. He’s always sounded to me like he’s just talking with no regard for the actual beat and tempo. It’s hard for me to explain..but Snoop, for example, sounds like a synchronized series of waves flowing with the actual rhythm of the beat. He instantly makes my head bop. Jay to me sounds like he records his verses a capella and then just picks a beat to throw on top. I feel this way about a lot of east coast rappers. Backpack rappers too. I know others disagree but it’s just how I hear it. I remember feeling the same way about dre in still Dre and now it makes sense why!

    • @intellicogroup405
      @intellicogroup405 2 роки тому +5

      @@emmanuelgarcia619 interesting perspective!

    • @NYCHeavyHitz212
      @NYCHeavyHitz212 2 роки тому +6

      @@emmanuelgarcia619 reason why Jay is great is because is rapping is like he’s talking. It can be used in conversation. A skill in itself.

    • @duppypixels
      @duppypixels 2 роки тому +4

      @@emmanuelgarcia619 i actually get what you mean. some artists actually sound like they’re part of the instrumental when they’re rapping, but jay z is more poetic with his flow. you can almost take any of his verses and apply it to any random beat and he’ll still sound the same with it lol he’s definitely poetic with the way he raps

  • @alexandru-teodorstrugaru5477
    @alexandru-teodorstrugaru5477 2 роки тому +373

    I had no idea my favourite rap song of all time was written by JayZ!

    • @omarakadroopy1
      @omarakadroopy1 2 роки тому +5

      Did you realize doctor Dre had a tongue ring in the video 😂🤦🏽‍♂️😭

    • @omarakadroopy1
      @omarakadroopy1 2 роки тому +2

      @Time Bomb Records .... yes look again at the scene where Dre is driving...when they show a close up...look at his mouth he has a tounge ring..use a TV..you might not see it on a smart phone..

    • @omarakadroopy1
      @omarakadroopy1 2 роки тому +5

      @Time Bomb Records ...pause video around...@1:41- 1:43

    • @omarakadroopy1
      @omarakadroopy1 2 роки тому

      @Time Bomb Records ...😂🤦🏽‍♂️😭....no one realized...we the 1st ones to see this 😂

    • @lemikehendrix357
      @lemikehendrix357 2 роки тому

      He wrote y'all ain't heard of that by slim thug

  • @massi3ddchannel211
    @massi3ddchannel211 2 роки тому +2

    Just found about it and I am pleased ☺️😃☺️ that this collaboration took place between these legends.

  • @samcyr7314
    @samcyr7314 2 роки тому +1

    I didn't know that. Thanks for sharing Jay! And my favorite song on the album is Xxplosive featuring Nate Dogg R.I.P ma man

  • @chancebymidnight2737
    @chancebymidnight2737 3 роки тому +58

    Daang ......now it sounds different to me . Jay z a legend.

  • @bonisabonani1259
    @bonisabonani1259 3 роки тому +36

    I am glad I grew up in the CD era because the writers are mentioned right there on the linear notes on the CD sleeve ; ''Written by S. Carter''.

  • @AllRawMusic
    @AllRawMusic 2 роки тому

    glad he spoke on this!

  • @blackdiamond9087
    @blackdiamond9087 2 роки тому

    Whole new respect 🔥 🐐 never knew that !!!

  • @boomboxradio2414
    @boomboxradio2414 3 роки тому +1304

    This is common hip hop knowledge just like how Eminem wrote forgot about Dre

    • @Damocles54
      @Damocles54 3 роки тому +92

      Forgot about Dre was the song that really taught me about bitrates on .mp3s. The subtle nuances in the beat you lost going from even 192bps down to 128bps blew my mind. I didn't bother with an mp3 player back then but i "got" why people would use the lower bitrates to get more songs in their memory. But i still did mostly cds, so 192bps became my minimum.
      All because of Forgot about Dre and its amazing beat

    • @darkskinwhite
      @darkskinwhite 3 роки тому +39

      & the watcher. this wasnt always comin knowledge though, & forgot about Dre it's kinda obvious

    • @terell2k12
      @terell2k12 3 роки тому +43

      Eminem destroyed that track

    • @_Gamble_
      @_Gamble_ 3 роки тому +47

      Jay wrote Ether

    • @cwillie1492
      @cwillie1492 3 роки тому +95

      Buy the album and you would see the writing credits. That was one of the things we loved about buying an album. Digital sucks. Use to love going to the record store.

  • @ACGreenTV
    @ACGreenTV 3 роки тому +183

    Snoop Dogg already said that Jay-Z wrote Still Dre

    • @tjazmilano7582
      @tjazmilano7582 3 роки тому +9

      Jay z wrote 90% of Dre's songs so yea

    • @jamiekoga1903
      @jamiekoga1903 3 роки тому +19

      @@tjazmilano7582 no he didnt. He wrote still D. R. E.

    • @ducatarina8310
      @ducatarina8310 3 роки тому +1

      @@jamiekoga1903 nah snoop wrote his verse

    • @ducatarina8310
      @ducatarina8310 3 роки тому +1

      nah snoop wrote his verse

    • @The__Nation
      @The__Nation 3 роки тому +18

      @@ducatarina8310 wrong nigga snoop didn’t have a verse... JIGGA wrote the entire song my guy this is is news

  • @todayforever
    @todayforever 2 роки тому

    Woah! Respect 🤝

  • @ewilliams19
    @ewilliams19 3 роки тому +297

    “I’m not a biter I’m a writer for myself and others, I say a BIG verse I’m only biggin up my brother, biggin up my borough, I’m big enough to do it, I’m that thorough plus I know my own flow is foolish!” Jay

    • @erobinson1
      @erobinson1 3 роки тому +20

      * biggin up my borough

    • @dodgerkid05
      @dodgerkid05 3 роки тому +10

      What More Can I Say....

    • @KW-yc6pl
      @KW-yc6pl 3 роки тому +4

      Bigging up my borough

    • @theonewhoisbetterthanyou3570
      @theonewhoisbetterthanyou3570 3 роки тому +14

      *SO THEM RINGS & THINGS YOU SING ABOUT, BRING EM OUT!! IT’S HARD TO YELL WHEN THE BARREL’S IN YA MOUTH!!*

    • @yvesfuala3392
      @yvesfuala3392 3 роки тому +2

      🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @samd3919
    @samd3919 3 роки тому +45

    Respect to the big homie Jay z🙏

  • @rancewhite9312
    @rancewhite9312 2 роки тому +5

    I’ve always heard he wrote their verses, but to actually hear him speak on it is actually very cool, dude is on top of the game.

  • @j-reidgotti-filmstv5934
    @j-reidgotti-filmstv5934 2 роки тому +1

    Awesome video. I found out earlier this year from Snoop Dogg's interview on The Breakfast Club that Jay-Z wrote the "Still Dre" song.

  • @flavianskylyrix4555
    @flavianskylyrix4555 3 роки тому +128

    It's reaL, Jay-Z is one of others that wrote the Still Dre song and Jay is on aLbum credis

    • @joeybrrrr693
      @joeybrrrr693 3 роки тому +8

      Yea snoop said it awhile back too

    • @FunnyGuyHuh
      @FunnyGuyHuh 3 роки тому +14

      That's what this whole video is about... we know it's real

    • @gordonshumway8190
      @gordonshumway8190 3 роки тому

      Yup.

    • @tony_fanta
      @tony_fanta 3 роки тому +1

      and scott storch produced the beat

    • @bigchivo4199
      @bigchivo4199 3 роки тому +8

      @@tony_fanta he did the piano part.

  • @ka9202
    @ka9202 3 роки тому +86

    It just spoke to Dre's ability to not have an ego, collab with other producers and writers and just put out a product with vision at the end of the day. 2001 ain't a 'Classic' it's a Masterpiece, in my eyes.

    • @jamescarter3738
      @jamescarter3738 3 роки тому

      Can’t a classic be a masterpiece?

    • @ka9202
      @ka9202 3 роки тому +4

      @@jamescarter3738 I had to set it a part some how,. the way people throw the word "Classic" I gotta set 2001 aside

    • @jamescarter3738
      @jamescarter3738 3 роки тому +2

      @@ka9202 oh I get ya

    • @jazmenwilliams7907
      @jazmenwilliams7907 3 роки тому +11

      Dr Dre isn't a rapper. He was always a big time producer.

    • @neilseletlowhisler2522
      @neilseletlowhisler2522 2 роки тому +4

      Welllll.... Apparently between Daz, And another guy he took credit for a lot that wasn't him. But the finishing touches is what he does best giving it that sound

  • @yvonne3486
    @yvonne3486 2 роки тому +1

    I love when Goats acknowledge each other... pass it on....

  • @MindofSmoothie
    @MindofSmoothie 2 роки тому

    You learn something new everyday. 🔥

  • @Babyfasejones444
    @Babyfasejones444 3 роки тому +12

    This shows that music is a shared experience and more brains on the same page can do this constantly

  • @BluJae93
    @BluJae93 3 роки тому +24

    One of the best to ever do it

  • @bobbymoss6160
    @bobbymoss6160 11 місяців тому

    That's crazy, didn't know that. Love that album, love the track.

  • @Order66Surviver
    @Order66Surviver Рік тому +8

    Wow. Just based in this one fact I have a respect for Jay Z that I never thought I would. His greatness lies in his humility. We need more people like that. God bless him.

  • @cameronlewis8003
    @cameronlewis8003 3 роки тому +96

    Jay z special one of the greatest of all time

    • @ducatarina8310
      @ducatarina8310 3 роки тому

      still overrated, but he is top 10 or 15

    • @Abba02
      @Abba02 3 роки тому +20

      @@ducatarina8310 we don't care about your top 10, keep that to yourself

    • @papaguapa1361
      @papaguapa1361 3 роки тому +14

      @@ducatarina8310 went from most favorite to being the most hated, but would u rather be underpaid or overrated?

    • @IndeedCertainly
      @IndeedCertainly 3 роки тому +9

      Even If He's Not Your Favorite Rapper You Still Have To Admit He's The Greatest Rapper Of All Time. No Rapper Anywhere Has Done What He's Done.

    • @whatwhat9004
      @whatwhat9004 3 роки тому +2

      @Grim Reaper Tupac wasn’t gayy bruh, come on now.

  • @ipickevol152
    @ipickevol152 2 роки тому +41

    Man Jayz is underrated he's a integral part of so many GoATs, parts his legacy is astounding Ye, Rhianna, Rocafella, Dre, so much more

    • @MikeD-hn9hf
      @MikeD-hn9hf 2 роки тому +4

      There's ALWAYS some muppet with the 'underrated' click bait comment. That shit is 2020, mang.

    • @jonjrambo3546
      @jonjrambo3546 2 роки тому +4

      @Cjc 206 he never wrote for Marshall Mathers.

    • @ipickevol152
      @ipickevol152 2 роки тому +1

      @@MikeD-hn9hf why is it clickbait idgaf what you think about my comment it was my opinion. some rap heads know what jayz has done but a lot don't which is why i think hes underrated, y u so mad fam

    • @mouradm.8772
      @mouradm.8772 2 роки тому +1

      @Cjc 206 he wrote which track for drake & eminem ?

    • @MikeD-hn9hf
      @MikeD-hn9hf 2 роки тому

      @@ipickevol152 no worries guy. I just see the same 'underrated' comment on pretty much every piece of YT content and it shits me.

  • @LytninStryke
    @LytninStryke 2 роки тому

    I always knew he wrote it cool to see him talking about it still dre is amazing!!

  • @stevenescalante3657
    @stevenescalante3657 2 роки тому

    Damn, that was pretty genuine. I’m a huge Em fan and Houston Rap. I love what Jay-Z did. It’s not new but it’s respectable af.

  • @sherrkaan2673
    @sherrkaan2673 2 роки тому +128

    The original version he wrote was rejected by Dre. He didn’t like it. He told Jay he needed something more in tune with with him and that Cali vibe. Jay went back, wrote is a second time and came back with some napalm.

    • @senzomazibuko6937
      @senzomazibuko6937 2 роки тому +12

      And you were there when that happened?

    • @doubleagentzer0
      @doubleagentzer0 2 роки тому +6

      Now snoop said he wrote it in less than an hour

    • @leandronw1
      @leandronw1 2 роки тому +7

      Source: trust me, bro

    • @sherrkaan2673
      @sherrkaan2673 2 роки тому +1

      @@senzomazibuko6937 I’ve been around everyone from Dre to Snoop to Pac to Big … face to face … I’m from that generation of hip hop and worked in the industry for years… but that’s besides the point, no I wasn’t there. It was in an interview with Dre around the time that album came out. It was probably The Source, XXL, Vibe or one of those magazines.

    • @FFeras
      @FFeras 2 роки тому +2

      @@sherrkaan2673 source: trust me bro

  • @MYnameIsANTONY
    @MYnameIsANTONY 3 роки тому +32

    I had heard something about this, but did not know he wrote Snoop verse too. One of my favorite songs from Jay Z is Allure. Lyricism was pure poetry.

    • @neilseletlowhisler2522
      @neilseletlowhisler2522 2 роки тому

      This is the part that needs highlighted. I wasn't really feeling it when it came out, but Snoop's did the things

    • @maryland77
      @maryland77 2 роки тому +2

      Allure is my favorite too. Produced by one of the best duos of all time: The Neptunes

    • @francishagood1460
      @francishagood1460 2 роки тому

      @@maryland77 BIG FACTS

  • @rafaelcolon2031
    @rafaelcolon2031 2 роки тому +2

    You have to be born blessed by greatness to pull off something like this, he's a genius in his own lane 💡

  • @joshg.6315
    @joshg.6315 Рік тому +23

    You could tell by the flow that it was Jay-Z. He has certain pauses in his verses that are just unique to him.

  • @keontaemorris7470
    @keontaemorris7470 3 роки тому +11

    Snoop said this on drink champs 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💯

  • @keontaemorris7470
    @keontaemorris7470 3 роки тому +144

    I'm not a biter...Imma writer for myself and others...jay - z 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

    • @favoriteofalltimefoat
      @favoriteofalltimefoat 3 роки тому +8

      Jay has stolen so much he should be incarcerated

    • @blazenben
      @blazenben 3 роки тому +4

      Jay is not a writer... writers write they own shit... he is an opportunist. If he know he can do it better he will... period. Jay a beast but he aint no serpent devouring other beasts

    • @seanbrick1160
      @seanbrick1160 3 роки тому +1

      i say a big verse i’m only bigging up

    • @sitafrench6016
      @sitafrench6016 2 роки тому

      Say a BIG verse Im only bigging up my brotha 🎤

    • @chinedukeshi7282
      @chinedukeshi7282 2 роки тому +1

      @@seanbrick1160 I'm bigging up my borough, I'm big enough to do it. I'm that thorough but I know my own flow is foolish...that's the one time a rapper been humble at the same time being confident too.

  • @CULTUREVULTURETV
    @CULTUREVULTURETV Рік тому +1

    That’s crazy imma big Jz Fan and I went back and listened to the song and can here him all on this track by the words he used like frequent,defeat, fell
    Off and a list of other adjectives/verbs he always uses in his music

    • @thabomodisane7456
      @thabomodisane7456 Рік тому

      Yes if you really a Jay fan you can hear him on the song.

    • @VinceBond-ky2zt
      @VinceBond-ky2zt 5 місяців тому

      “Still got it wrapped like a mummy” dead giveaway

  • @Labyrinth1010
    @Labyrinth1010 Рік тому +7

    Holy crap, I totally forgot Jay wrote this. Probably in my top-ten hip hop tracks of all time. So good.

  • @eulogist8120
    @eulogist8120 3 роки тому +77

    They wanna know if he still got it! They say rap changed, they wanna know how he feel about it!
    Man Jay was flawless with the pen, just the perfect amount of words

    • @stewiebull7884
      @stewiebull7884 3 роки тому

      Big fact’s bruh salute respect

    • @thesilentjinjaninja2543
      @thesilentjinjaninja2543 2 роки тому +2

      Funny how much the words make sense,, I gave Dre the credit for that,, it suited a description of Dre at the time,, but dam I think this even more golden, I think he's talking about himself he's describing how he's hiding in the back of the scenes,, I seen j Zay live, he is so take Talented, he blew everyone out the water,, the talent was oozing out him with minimum effort, he's a legend💯💚🔥

    • @FirefighterBobby
      @FirefighterBobby 2 роки тому

      He said "you ain't up on thanGz, Snoop Dogg is the name, Dogg Pounds the game"
      And the full circle has to be Snoop getting that Death Row trademark! ®️G

    • @migueld8970
      @migueld8970 Рік тому

      To me that sounds like a Jays cadence. Not surprised he wrote it.

    • @joerotter2873
      @joerotter2873 Рік тому

      ​@@migueld8970 No wonder easy called them studio gangstas

  • @pdalencour
    @pdalencour 3 роки тому +4

    I'll never hear Still Dre the same. Just listened and all I hear now is Jay. Crazy.

  • @Ambitiouz_mindset
    @Ambitiouz_mindset Рік тому +1

    I need to hear the reference track for sure 😄

  • @robmcf9381
    @robmcf9381 2 роки тому +1

    Never knew that! I guess even those at the top collaborate more than we know! Success breeds success! Respect!

  • @JesseAbreuLemoine
    @JesseAbreuLemoine 2 роки тому +43

    Real HipHop heads would buy the CD and read the credits on the inside. I still remember seeing "written by Shawn Carter, and Andre Young"almost exactly 20 years ago

    • @ye23.
      @ye23. 2 роки тому

      Wait snoop got zero writing credit?

    • @okocha8113
      @okocha8113 2 роки тому +1

      @@ye23. no, because he didnt write anything on the song. Thats all so why he didnt played in verzuz battle with dmx, because he said jay z wrote the whole song.

    • @dragac90
      @dragac90 2 роки тому

      @@ye23. why would he? he is rapper, not producer or writer

    • @Iggz1983
      @Iggz1983 Рік тому

      Troll

  • @chinoe6745
    @chinoe6745 3 роки тому +8

    I ain't a big Jay-Z fan by any means but "Money ain't a thang" with Jermaine Dupri has to be my all time favorite song Jay z song ever!!! I still remember what I was doing when that song came out bro and I went that same weekend and bought the CD!

  • @Salman.khan786
    @Salman.khan786 2 роки тому

    I honestly never knew! This is wild man. 🤯

  • @existentnomad9477
    @existentnomad9477 2 роки тому

    I just re listened to Hard Knock Life.. Jay in his prime..

  • @fightermma
    @fightermma 3 роки тому +8

    The Watcher 2 is my favourite Jay Z track.

  • @WhatupdoeTV313
    @WhatupdoeTV313 3 роки тому +84

    I knew Jay-Z wrote Still Dre if you listen to it, it sounds like Jay's flow but I would love to hear the reference track.

    • @danpeezy4803
      @danpeezy4803 3 роки тому +22

      Stop the 🧢 bro you didn't hear the song and just be like "shit jigga wrote this song fo sho....👍🏼😆🧢

    • @whatwhat9004
      @whatwhat9004 3 роки тому +2

      @@danpeezy4803 Lmao yea at first you wouldn’t be able to tell. But after hearing Snoop talk about it and listening to the song again, Dre’s flow is exactly like JayZ flow on that song lol.

    • @WhatupdoeTV313
      @WhatupdoeTV313 3 роки тому +7

      No cap Dre raps like whoever writes for him Snoop n DOC pens some of Chronic Dre rhymes like Snoop Jay writes for him Cadence just like Jay Em writes for him sounds like Em

    • @positivelight5226
      @positivelight5226 3 роки тому +2

      @@danpeezy4803 actually yes, when I heard the part that go "still not lovin police, still rock my khakis with the cuff and a crease" I told myself that sounds like a Jay-Z wrote that.... Just like I can tell Eminem wrote Dre's verse in "Hello" with Cube and Ren just based off his flow in it

    • @silvergray5945
      @silvergray5945 3 роки тому

      He's right, I suspected too

  • @tangibleemotions7
    @tangibleemotions7 8 місяців тому +1

    I recall D.O.C. talking about this in an interview a few years back; Jay-Z was the key that unlocked the track as writers' block had quagmired Dre's Crew..

  • @jasonspurley492
    @jasonspurley492 2 роки тому

    Real Facts.

  • @chiefsguy7236
    @chiefsguy7236 3 роки тому +25

    That nas and jayz sorry not sorry track is 🔥🔥

  • @otniellopez5391
    @otniellopez5391 2 роки тому +4

    I'm just finding out. This is awesome! Still Dre is actually one of my favorite rap songs.

  • @johngonzales5175
    @johngonzales5175 2 роки тому

    They all legendary

  • @billionaire0247
    @billionaire0247 2 роки тому

    Wow😳🔥

  • @ianmcdonald3281
    @ianmcdonald3281 3 роки тому +244

    Arguably one of the greatest songs in hip hop history. The funniest part is Dre basically only did the drum track. Scott Storch put the melody together and Jay wrote the lyrics. I also heard Jay wrote something totally different first. Dre said it wasn't west Coast. So Jay went back to the drawing board and wrote what we all know as the classic.

    • @toco6231
      @toco6231 2 роки тому +7

      its great but not one of the greatest, there is nothing that is the greatest, there are only things that are great and bad nothing else

    • @ianmcdonald3281
      @ianmcdonald3281 2 роки тому +11

      @@toco6231 I can respect that. That’s the great thing about Hip Hop. There’s room for all opinions. Your personal opinion about a song is based on how it hits you personally. During this time, there was something for everyone in hip hop. Now, they all sound the same.

    • @thesilentjinjaninja2543
      @thesilentjinjaninja2543 2 роки тому +6

      @@ianmcdonald3281 your spot on with every word there brother✅👏💚

    • @BryanGarcia-ov9gx
      @BryanGarcia-ov9gx 2 роки тому +3

      Thats right. The first version was heavy on the floss, and not the energy that Dre wanted. Shows how talented Jay is, as he was able to readjust and provide another verse while Snoop an unbelievable artist himself admitted he was having trouble putting a verse to the beet.

    • @neilseletlowhisler2522
      @neilseletlowhisler2522 2 роки тому +1

      Yea apparently Jay was doing the "floss rap" and the ignorance was too much so he was like "nah"

  • @judon4908
    @judon4908 3 роки тому +173

    Suge Knight spilled the beans when the album first came out and it was in the credits. Y'all youngins probably don't know what that means but music used to come in small packages which contained a thin round object that was called a compact disk or CD for short. Once you place you CD into a CD player you would be able to hear the music. Also included in the packages were booklets of artwork or pictures (pics) of the artist or artists who's music was on the CD and also writings called credits which named the people involved with the making of the album, which is sometimes referred to as a record.

    • @wtfulookinat
      @wtfulookinat 3 роки тому +30

      😂😁😂😁😂 👆🏾This made me chuckle

    • @nicseay8309
      @nicseay8309 3 роки тому +27

      They probably still ain't fully picking up what you just put down. Lol. You Will have to tweet it or put it on IG for them to grasp it haha

    • @lexx8207
      @lexx8207 3 роки тому +9

      Dropping some knowledge on tha youngins. 👊🏿

    • @adrocky1236
      @adrocky1236 3 роки тому +2

      😂😂😂😂

    • @princeprince9227
      @princeprince9227 3 роки тому +6

      💀💀💀 you are funny sir lmfaooo. Those was some good times tho.

  • @sheritadavis9228
    @sheritadavis9228 2 роки тому +1

    So it makes sense as to why he was vibing hard rapping still dre word for word at the superbowl halftime show💪🏾🔥

  • @johsy
    @johsy 2 роки тому +48

    Jay-Z is on a whole other level, up there with the greats in the history of music.

  • @QUiNTiNBANKS
    @QUiNTiNBANKS 3 роки тому +51

    *if you’re reading this I wish nothing but wealth and health all 2021*

  • @bond1844
    @bond1844 3 роки тому +64

    That's why Jigga,Hov, Jay Z is my best Rapper of all Time.

    • @brycecoulter23
      @brycecoulter23 2 роки тому +1

      @MATRIX Lomachenko you say that as if takeover and blueprint 2 wasnt a great

  • @roclobster1211
    @roclobster1211 2 роки тому

    Now Jay introduced Dre and friends to the NFL half time show..true friendships. 2022 baby

  • @bogdanalin962
    @bogdanalin962 2 роки тому

    The beat is why i remember this track for.

  • @RapperEddieGTheHitMaker
    @RapperEddieGTheHitMaker 2 роки тому +4

    Wow I just found out! Jay really is the Goat

  • @leekjaymusic574
    @leekjaymusic574 3 роки тому +5

    Jay a genius if u a kid that mimicked and tried to sound like your favorite rappers when u was growing up , u can appreciate what Jay Z is sayin 💯not only did he explain writing it he told us how he did it

  • @Humble-iq5ue
    @Humble-iq5ue Рік тому

    Always knew this, it's even in the album credits in the album cover sleeve.

  • @user-im1kc6td2k
    @user-im1kc6td2k 2 роки тому +12

    Jay has always been light years ahead of everyone else 🔥🔥🔥

  • @C_The_Guy
    @C_The_Guy 3 роки тому +75

    given that how much both snoop and Dre’s parts have a flow identical to Jay’s own songs, and how on “Forgot About Dre” Dre’s verse has a flow very identical to Eminem’s own flow, one can only imagine how many other instances and classic moments in HipHop were the products of reference tracks or ghostwriters, that have yet to be revealed.

    • @rustyjames5000
      @rustyjames5000 3 роки тому +21

      Ask Drake

    • @CousinBowling
      @CousinBowling 2 роки тому +5

      Most of dres stuff was ghostwritten if I recall correctly

    • @ducefsu2432
      @ducefsu2432 2 роки тому +2

      @@rustyjames5000 lol

    • @rustyjames5000
      @rustyjames5000 2 роки тому +7

      @@CousinBowling all of Dre's stuff. Ice Cube, MC Ren, and D.O.C. wrote for everybody in NWA. Easy was the front money and businessman. Dre made the beats.

    • @CylindersxCalibers
      @CylindersxCalibers 2 роки тому +4

      @@CousinBowling Cube & Ren wrote for him back in the Day… then DOC came on… he went outside at times…. Such as this

  • @NAJ484
    @NAJ484 3 роки тому +24

    Jay Z once said ' when they want hits , they come to me !'

    • @JoeJoe-wp1vv
      @JoeJoe-wp1vv 3 роки тому +9

      And Dre said: "When your album sales wasn't doing too well, who's the Dr they told you to come see...."

    • @wasupman777
      @wasupman777 3 роки тому

      @@JoeJoe-wp1vv 🤣🤣🤣 ya wilding!!

    • @jasondevose619
      @jasondevose619 3 роки тому

      Dre was the producer to go too

    • @quickbeats_by_e2693
      @quickbeats_by_e2693 3 роки тому

      MORE LIKE YOU HAVE TO SELL YOUR SOUL BEHIND CLOSED DOORS 👀

    • @blackcobra1981
      @blackcobra1981 3 роки тому

      @@quickbeats_by_e2693 Corny

  • @sonixsoundz
    @sonixsoundz Рік тому +6

    I always knew Jay-Z wrote still dre because you can hear Jay-Z's flow in Dre's rapping. I'm impressed Jay wrote Snoop's part too. That I wasn't sure about.

  • @TheRawraw1
    @TheRawraw1 Рік тому +1

    That’s hov never seece to amaze me 👌🏽 💯

  • @MusicJunkiePlus
    @MusicJunkiePlus 3 роки тому +5

    For some of you younger folks out there, The D.O.C. also wrote a lot of verses on Dr. Dre’s ‘The Chronic’ and Snoop’s ‘Doggystyle’ album. You can definitely tell the difference between Snoop’s rhymes on those two albums and his follow-up ‘Tha Doggfather’ and other following albums.

  • @rojastojas
    @rojastojas 2 роки тому +5

    STILL one of my favorites hip-hop tracks.

  • @moderatesunited
    @moderatesunited 2 роки тому

    Mind blown.

  • @heddshot87
    @heddshot87 Рік тому

    It makes so much sense 😮😮 it's a very Jay Z like flow. I can hear his voice on Dre's first verse clear as the day.

  • @RICO_SUAVE_86_
    @RICO_SUAVE_86_ 3 роки тому +71

    Jay-Z, Royce Da 5'9", Eminem, Knocturn'al, and of course Mel-Man wrote the bulk of Dre's raps on Chronic 2001.

    • @ArtisanWindchimes
      @ArtisanWindchimes 3 роки тому +5

      Mel Man wrote most of the songs on Chronic 2001

    • @RICO_SUAVE_86_
      @RICO_SUAVE_86_ 3 роки тому +1

      @@ArtisanWindchimes My bad ur right, Mel-Man did write and co-produce most of Chronic 2001. I edited my original comment to reflect that.

    • @ArtisanWindchimes
      @ArtisanWindchimes 3 роки тому +5

      @@RICO_SUAVE_86_ and I forgot Hittman also wrote a lot on Chronic 2001

    • @Gervontae_Feefo_Davis
      @Gervontae_Feefo_Davis 3 роки тому +1

      @@RICO_SUAVE_86_ I always thought D.O.C. Wrote Tha Chrinic

    • @ayo_marquis2245
      @ayo_marquis2245 3 роки тому +1

      See I never knew that info

  • @Truthlight403
    @Truthlight403 3 роки тому +3

    I’m not the biggest Jay fan but this piece here made me like a lot more just because of how high I regard that song and the skill and creativeness it took him to come up with that.

  • @earnestinenelson2777
    @earnestinenelson2777 2 роки тому

    The Goats and Kings on one stage💥💥💥💥

  • @mulalorasimphi8337
    @mulalorasimphi8337 4 місяці тому

    Knowing that jay wrote it makes me love ot even more.

  • @iglex_demure8496
    @iglex_demure8496 3 роки тому +182

    This song was my shit and I’m glad I just found out he wrote it...BROOKLYN STAND UP!!!

    • @theghettoracle
      @theghettoracle 3 роки тому +9

      All Love to Brooklyn From L.A.❤🤞🏾

    • @fadibokinno3465
      @fadibokinno3465 3 роки тому +2

      We go broke

    • @imtehcumseh
      @imtehcumseh 3 роки тому

      JayZ a thief, a rhyme stealer.. Biting other rappers style foreva. BROOKLYN will Forever Belong to BIGGIE!!!

    • @iglex_demure8496
      @iglex_demure8496 3 роки тому +3

      @@imtehcumseh All rappers borrow from each other…they feed off each other’s creativity..I love biggie!! It’s just too bad he didn’t really have a chance to get in his bag!

    • @MrILES-gu3xb
      @MrILES-gu3xb 3 роки тому +2

      Na Bruh. Brooklyn sit yo A** down. lol