Posted November 24, 2008 - The myth known as Dr. Dre’s Detox album has been in the works for nearly a decade. Release dates have been tossed around, guests have been mentioned, but nothing has ever been set in stone. This has led many to believe that Detox would never, ever come out. Rumors of creative issues and such have hovered regarding the delay. But let Interscope-Geffen-A&M chairman Jimmy Iovine tell it, there’s only one person stopping Dr. Dre from completing his album: Eminem.
In a recent interview with Billboard, Iovine opened up about how Eminem has forced Dr. Dre to put his album on hold in favor of Em’s.
“I'll tell you about Eminem,” Iovine started when asked about Slim Shady’s album being pushed back yet again. “We only tried to put him out this year to replace Dr. Dre, but we got into a quagmire. Eminem was always coming next year. But what happened was, I lost Dr. Dre to Eminem. Dre had to stop making his album to finish Eminem's album. Eminem hit a streak, and when a guy like Eminem gets on fire, you stop everything. That's how we lost Dre.”
It is definitely good news to hear that Eminem has caught “fire” but there are those that are worried that Dr. Dre’s album may be shelved indefinitely because of the time spent working on Em’s comeback album.
Fortunately, Iovine debunks the notion.
“Dre's going back in (the studio) in January,” Iovine explained. “He'll be finished with Eminem by then, and he'll finish his album.”
Hopefully this will mean that Dre’s album will be released in 2009. But then again, you never know.
courtesy BET
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