Dr. Dre, The Compton Perfectionist Who Mainstreamed Rap

Our American Stories

Our American Stories
Dr. Dre, The Compton Perfectionist Who Mainstreamed Rap
Oct 08, 2019
Our American Stories

In the beginning, the hip-hop scene was very raw; an underground music expression that was light years away from the commercial light of day. But one music producer (Dr. Dre) took the low-budget/low-fi rawness of hip hop and put his own polished spin on it—making it accessible to the world—and the world has never been the same since.

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