Jimmy Iovine was like, 'Snoop, I wanna get you [and Dr. Dre] on the cover of the Rolling Stones magazine. You guys are like Mick and Keith.' I'm like, 'Who the f*** is Mick and Keith? F*** the Rolling Stones magazine, I wanna be on the Source magazine cover.' | | | | A defiant one and his boombox, New York, 1992.
(Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) | | | | | | “Jimmy Iovine was like, 'Snoop, I wanna get you [and Dr. Dre] on the cover of the Rolling Stones magazine. You guys are like Mick and Keith.' I'm like, 'Who the f*** is Mick and Keith? F*** the Rolling Stones magazine, I wanna be on the Source magazine cover.'”
| - | Snoop Dogg, "The Defiant Ones," episode 3 |
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| | rantnrave:// I'm watching episode 3 of THE DEFIANT ONES as I write this and the whole thing is basically one of the best BEHIND THE MUSICs ever made. Two of 'em actually, wound together like the strands of a DNA molecule. DR. DRE appointing himself DJ at EVE'S AFTER DARK. JIMMY IOVINE appointing himself TOM PETTY's producer. Dre willing NWA into pop stars. Iovine willing PATTI SMITH and STEVIE NICKS into pop stars. Dre vs. JERRY HELLER. Iovine vs. TVT RECORDS. Great anecdotes about "F*** THA POLICE," "BECAUSE THE NIGHT," "STOP DRAGGIN' MY HEART AROUND," "CALIFORNIA LOVE" and so many other landmark moments. The driven artist from COMPTON and the driven non-artist (his own assessment) from BROOKLYN finally hooking up as producer and record exec. Major props to director ALLEN HUGHES for getting the notoriously private Dre to open up about both his exterior and interior lives, including a full, apologetic accounting of assaulting DEE BARNES. (She tells her side of the story, too, including the haunting detail that she's forgiven him, not for his sake but for hers.) I fear the four-part series will fully turn into a hagiography by the time I get through the last 100 or so minutes, but it's without a doubt a major document of both hip-hop and rock history... More rock history: This professionally shot video of REM's full set in RALEIGH, N.C., on Oct. 10, 1982... And more: ERIC B & RAKIM's first show in two decades... The importance of SOUNDCLOUD as a home of immediacy/intimacy, musical social networking and discovery... The importance of SoundCloud as a home of artistic control and discovery... Different chart methodologies, different results. (And maybe you're, say, JAY-Z and you don't want to be on the chart at all this week. We can accommodate that, too)... RIP JEROME SPENCE and JAY R. MORGENSTERN. | | | - Matty Karas, curator |
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