SHELVED! (Episode 2) | Dr. Dre and Ice Cube - Helter Skelter

During a brief period in the ‘90s, arguably no one could match Dr. Dre’s beatsmithing in hip-hop, and arguably no one could match Ice Cube’s emceeing in hip-hop. You have one of hip hop’s greatest producers and one of hip hop’s greatest MCs—once within the same group, N.W.A, but now carving out their individual legacies—finally deciding to do an album together. What could possibly go wrong, right? What eventually happened instead is arguably the greatest “what-if” album in recorded rap history. #helterskelter #drdre #icecube #eazye #ruthlessrecords #deathrowrecords #gfunk #SHELVED CHAPTERS: 00:00 Intro: Helter Skelter Background 01:01 Removing the Shackles of N.W.A The Journey 02:39 Announcement and Outline 08:33 The Fever Pitch of "Natural Born Killaz" 12:56 No Thanks to God, It's Friday 17:29 The D.O.C. vs. the Doctor 20:34 A Different Type of Aftermath The Prospects 23:41 What Would Have the Tracklist Looked Like? 31:54 What Would Have Been the Ideal Release Timeframe? Conclusion 35:00 The Greatest Rap Album That Never Was SELECTED REFERENCES AND RESOURCES: Ahmed, Insanul. “Scarface Breaks Down His 25 Most Essential Songs.” Complex. January 31, 2013. https://www.complex.com/music/a/insan.... Baker, Rob “Biko" (2004). “Eight Years After His Death, the Music Industry Has Yet to Let Go of Tupac Shakur.” The Source. September 2004 issue. B.Dot. “Ice Cube Explains Heltah Skeltah Delay.” Rap Radar. May 28, 2010. https://rapradar.com/2010/05/28/ice-c.... Billboard. https://www.billboard.com/. Bristout, Ralph. “14 Unearthed Facts About 2Pac's ‘All Eyez On Me'.” REVOLT. February 12, 2018. https://www.revolt.tv/article/2018-02.... Bugel, Safi. “Ice Cube: ‘Keep your reparations. It’s about access to capital, and we’re being shut out.’” The Guardian. June 15, 2023. https://www.theguardian.com/music/202.... Crowe, Jerry. “The D.O.C. Finds His Own Voice.” https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-x.... Discogs.com. https://www.discogs.com. Kiser, Chad. Erotic D Interview (Part 2). DubCNN. July 2008. https://www.dubcnn.com/interviews/ero.... Philips, Chuck. “Is America Ready for ‘Natural Born Killaz’?” Los Angeles Times. October 20, 1994. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-x.... RIAA Gold & Platinum. https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/. r/IAMA. “Ice Cube. Kevin Hart. Ask us anything.” Reddit. 2013.   / ice_cube_kevin_hart_ask_us_anything  . Westhoff, Ben. Original Gangstas: Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, and the Birth of West Coast Rap. Hachette Book Group, Inc. 2017. Rud. “Throwback: Tha Dogg Pound ‘Can’t C Me’ Unreleased Original.” DubCNN. June 20, 2015. https://www.dubcnn.com/2015/06/20/thr.... WhoSampled. https://www.whosampled.com. Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @rapospective