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Sep 14, 2021 · The Real Reason Dr. Dre Sued Death Row Records. In 2014, rapper and record producer Dr. Dre ( real name Andre Romelle Young) sued Death Row Records (via Rolling Stone) –- a label he co-founded in 1992 with Suge Knight (via the Los Angeles Times ). During his time at Death Row Records, Dre saw immense success with the release of his debut solo ...
- Dr. Dre Named His Album ‘2001’ After Suge Knight Stole The Name ‘2000’
- He Felt Like He Had to Make ‘2001’ Because People Were Saying He Was Washed Up
- It Was Important For Him to Change Up His Sound
Dr. Dre recently spoke about the meaning behind 2001’s name during an interview with Lil Wayne on his Young Money Radio podcast. According to him, he initially planned on naming the album 2000, but the name was stolen before he could. “I think at that time, I wanted to call the album The Chronic 2000, right?” Dre said. “And my previous partners fro...
Dr. Dre spoke in more detail about 2001 in a 1999 interview with Rolling Stone, where he stated that the album was created to silence everyone who’d said his career was over. “There’s only a couple of songs where I’m defensive. I’m just responding to the shit I was hearing. People were saying that I didn’t have it anymore and that I hadn’t made a g...
A large part of Dr. Dre’s motivation to create 2001 came from his desire to reinvent himself and create a new sound. “Well, I definitely wanted a different sound. I wanted people to feel the same vibe they did when they heard the first one, but with some 2001 futuristic sh*t going on. I got the drums much cleaner on this one, and the way I have eve...
The album's title derives from a slang term for high-grade cannabis, and its cover is an homage to Zig-Zag rolling papers. In 2023, to celebrate its 30th anniversary, the album was reissued by Dr. Dre's current label Aftermath Entertainment, Death Row Records, and Interscope Records.
- June 1992
- December 15, 1992
Unknown stated in an interview that he created the name "Def Row" for a potential deal to start another record label under Morgan Creek. [19] However he later sold the naming rights to Dr. Dre and his partners in July 1991 and by 1992 the name changed to its eventual title of Death Row Records. [20]
- United States
- Active
- 1991; 32 years ago (original), February 9, 2022; 20 months ago (revival)
Knight became aware of the title of Dr. Dre's album when notification for the trademark use was required by his label, Aftermath Records. When Aftermath heard that Priority and Death Row planned to use the same name for their album, Dre sought legal action.
Several Death Row Records artists – Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, and 2Pac – remain as relevant and influential as they did when they made history in the 1990s. In fact, as the music industry shifted ...
