1. Dre asked Method Man to appear on "Eastcoast/Westcoast Killaz" but couldnt make it for some reason.
2. Xzibit originally wanted to name his 3rd album "Man vs Machine" but dre having seen the word "Restless" tattoed on x's arm decided that would be a better name for it.
3. Eminems "Im Back" and "Who Knew" (both produced by Dre & Mel-Man) were both considered 1st single choices at one point.
4. "Blaaww" almost made "2001" but when dre was choosing which songs would make cut, decided to replace it with "Whats the Difference", Hittman not happy bout this choice decided to ask his verse be taken off of the final version, so dre gets X to appear on it instead.
5. Dre asked Hittman to do a song for "The Wash" soundtrack but hittman "declined".
6. Hittman considered "Hott Damn" to be a single for his aftermath debut (interscope didnt feel hitt had any songs that coulda been "huge" 1st singles).
7. Dre sent Xzibit a CD with 38 beats on it for X's "Man vs Machine" album.
8. Dre actually produced 12 songs for 50's debut (Get Rich or Die Tryin) but only 4 made the cut.
9. Brooklyns first single for her aftermath debut "Name & Address" was to be a cut called "I Still Stay" and was produced by DJ Scratch (that choice for 1st single was Dre's idea)
10. Shaunta had 30 songs recorded for her debut but Dre never got around to coming to finish it (so she left).
11. Rakim flew DJ Premier to LA to hand deliver beats for his "Oh My God" album [aftermath rejects all his beats with ever gettin a chance to hear vocals over em].
12. 16 tracks are said to have been completed for Rakims aftermath debut "Oh My God".
13. Artists on aftermath and connected to aftermath dish out 75 thousand bucks for a dre beat while outsiders have to pay 250 thousand for one.
14. When Dre asked Kanye to produced a cut for Games "Documentary", Kanye says he begged Dre to mix his 2nd album (Late Registration).
15. During a photo shoot (i think) dre invited Dogg Pound into a van to hear some of his latest beats, says Dre woulda gladly handed them over for Dogg Food but dogg pound didnt want em.
16. Joe Beast was the first to bring a now famous (and still unheard) J.R. Rotem instrumental to Dres attention (dre would later record vocals over it for Detox, then later let Game & Busta rap over it), weather or not the beat was originally for Joe Beasts aftermath debut is unknown.
17. CPO was gonna be one of the first acts signed to Aftermath, dre and cpo go way back as it seems but once dre decided r n b was gonna be his main thing for his new label (97 im guessin is when this happened) CPO never gets a call back from Dre (since dre at this time was through with gangster rap)
18. "Got My Mind Made Up" was indeed meant to be on Dogg Food but when Daz sent it to Dres crib, dre never got around to "mixing" it, this is why the track never made its way onto Dogg Food (damn imagine how much better that track probally woulda sounded had dre mixed it instead of Quik, not to take anything away from quik tho...he did a good job).
19. Ice Cube originally wanted "**** The Police" to be a solo cut but the rest decided it shouldnt.
20. King Tee was given the choice to put his "Thy Kingdome Come" album aside and record new shit that could reach interscopes needs but decided to bounce and take "Thy Kingdome Come" with him, Dre helped him do this (im guessing if dre hadnt approved this, we wouldnt of heard "Thy Kingdome Come" at all, shyt probally woulda ended bein put in the vault).
21. Aside from "Straight Outta Compton", Express yourself", "Boyz in the Hood" & "**** The Police", MC Ren considered the rest of the album "filler" tracks.
22. Dre and Cube had lunch one time and talked about collaborating on some tracks for Cubes "Death Certificate" but once word got to dre that "No Vaseline" existed. he changed his mind.
23. MC Ren hasnt talked to Dre since 2000.
24. Litterly right after NWA shot the album cover for "Straight Outta Compton" Arabian Prince left the group.
25. MC Ren & Snoop were for sure gonna be guests on "Helter Skelter" (had it been made).
26. Dre played a writer a track from Rakims "Oh My God" album called "Cruel World" and it featured Ras Kass & Xzibit, the track has a sped up voice sample and 3 layerers of filtered drums, Premier mentions that he loaned Dre an old live record for that track.
27. While listening to a Premo beat for Rakims album...premo asked Dre n Mel-man what they thought of one track in particular and mel-man tells him there (he and dre) feeling some parts..sayin there pretty funky but that they want Scott Storch to re-do the bassline and some keys i think, to which mel-man asks if thats ok and premo tells them that its cool.
28. Nobody could do anything on one particular Dre beat until 50 Cent came around and wrote something to it, that track ended up being "Heat" on Get Rich or Die Tryin.
