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And put that part down too.” And I’m looking at him like, “OK, this is all gonna be one song?” And he was like yeah. I didn’t understand what he was doing because we were just laying down the sample and then he was like, “Put that part down. That second part where it goes into the different time signature that Trevor set off, that was something I had playing with in Logic.Īnd then I went into another idea with the same sample and Dre said he wanted all three sections. So when I triggered the sample he was like, “What is that?” And I started playing with it. It’s from an old French or Italian soundtrack, and one of the things I know Dre loves is aggression, but just from knowing Dre and knowing how he likes instrumentation, he likes the way trumpets can put across aggression but still be artsy and beautiful at the same time. I was going through a folder of samples and it was just one of those days where we were all just jamming together and Dre was wondering if I had any more samples, so I triggered that one. We just spoke to Big Hutch about “Loose Cannons” last week. His trumpet resonates throughout the entire album and he’s a jazz trumpeter, but at the same time he’s very into what we’re doing over at Aftermath as well. He plays on a lot of the records like “Talking To My Diary,” he plays on the end of “Deep Water,” he starts off “Talking To My Diary” as well. It was one of those things that just came together as a team effort.ĭontae Winslow is an amazing trumpeter. Trevor and Blu2th just added that extra funk to what was going on with the music that I had there, and Dre just directed us. The next part of the intro that had the commentary on it, that was my original music and I got to work with the likes of Eric “Blu2th” Griggs and Trevor Lawrence. This was something that was original and could be part of the family, so we really appreciate Dontae Winslow for chiming in on that. There was nothing better than to have an original instead of the THX that started 2001.

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There was a movie with 2001 and with this one we even called the opening intro an overture, and that was by Dontae Winslow and his camp. That song really sets the tone for the album because while 2001 was cinematic, it feels like Compton is more operatic with the strings and the horns. Let’s go through each song you have production credits on from Compton. It’s more along the lines of what Dre wants from the team, and we have a great team that works over there at Aftermath, so I just do my best to play a part in that team and make sure Dre is represented correctly at all times. It’s not about me and what I’m doing for Dre. I don’t even think that I could answer that, only because that’d be me dipping into the mind of Dre, but I do know that at the end of the day, my biggest thing with him is that he understands and knows that the most important thing to me is making sure that he’s represented correctly. People that have been following your career can tell when you’ve had a part in a Dre beat, but tell us what Dre looks for from you specifically when you’re in the lab together? So he wanted to present some music of mine and I didn’t really feel like my music was ready, but lo and behold Dre heard some stuff I was working on and he liked it, so it got him back in working mode. Two, my brother Tyheim Cannon started working with Dre and was trying to get Dre back excited about music. One was that no matter what it is, I’m always gonna love doing music, and Dre is the only person in the music industry that takes me seriously and understands what I’m trying to do with my music, understands what I love to do, and doesn’t put me in a box.

You left Aftermath in 2008 but circled back in 2014. Big thanks to Hatch at iStandard for making this happen. With production credits on six songs from Compton and mixing credits on seven, we thought it was a perfect chance to talk with Focus… about just how big of a role he played in the making of Dr. After a brief hiatus from Dre’s camp, Focus… returned last year and began working with Dre on Compton. Dre’s go-to producers, contributing production to artists like The Game, Busta Rhymes, Bishop Lamont, and Stat Quo. Dre’s sound after 2001? During the 2000s Focus… was one of Dr. How do you introduce the guy responsible for much of Dr.

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