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Dr. Dre Says He’s Never “Considered Himself A Rapper”. Hop into the post for all the details! #IFWT!

Dr. Dre celebrated the release of his third studio album, Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre and the release of the N.W.A biopic film ‘Straight Outta Compton’ yesterday’s (August 15th) episode of “The Pharmacy” Beats 1 radio show! Dr. Dre describes what it was like meeting Corey Hawkins who played his character in the Straight Outta Compton film. Dr. Dre says that he was shocked at how much Corey Hawkins sounded like him.

Dr. Dre said:

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“I gotta be honest, it freaked me out when I met him,” Dr. Dre says. “We had a conversation. We went out to dinner at this restaurant over in Hollywood. We sat across the table and he started talking to me and I heard him like, ‘What the is that?’ I’m saying this shit internally. It kinda freaked me out. At the same time, it’s one of the things that let me know he was the perfect guy for the job.”

Dr. Dre also explained his musical career and how he defines himself as an artist.

“I’ve never considered myself a rapper,” he says. “I know how to do it. I know how to make my voice project and I know how to stay on beat and what have you, but I’ve never considered myself a rapper. I’m a producer at heart. I like being in the control room and directing people. That’s what I do. But I’ve gotten on the mic a few times in my career, people seem to like it, so I’ll do it again here and there. But that’s really not my thing. So I’ll do a first verse on the record, then I’ll put the really talented rapper on the second verse.”

Dr. Dre says that he surrounds himself with artists like Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar and Ice Cube to make quality music. His exact words were “I put these guys all around me and they make me sound good and look good,” Dr. Dre says. During the show, Dre’s artist Jon Connor spit a freestyle. Other music during the two hour program included tracks from The Game, Souls of Mischief, Drake, Lauryn Hill and the Notorious B.I.G.

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Se Straight Outta Compton in theatres today! #IFWT!