Forgot About Dre

Forgot About Dre
Dr. Dre feat.
publication	January 29, 2000
length	3:42
Genre (s)	Gangsta rap , hip hop
text	A. Young, M. Bradford , M. Mathers
music	Dr. Dre, Mel-Man
Award (s)	Grammy 2001 ( Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group )
album	2001

Forgot About Dre is a song by the American rapper and music producer Dr. Dre , which he recorded in collaboration with the rapper Eminem . The song is the second single from his second studio album in 2001 and was released on January 29, 2000.

content

Thematically, the track is an announcement to all of Dr. Dre understand. Dre raps that many are jealous of his success and therefore hate him and call his music pop just because he makes money from it. He continued to work hard and through many nights, and the awards and trophies he had won would confirm him. Dre reminds his critics of his time with the rap group NWA and that he discovered Snoop Dogg and made him famous.

Eminem takes over the chorus and a verse in the song. He slips into the role of his alter ego Slim Shady and raps about arson and the fact that he kills another man just because he looks at him crookedly. In the chorus he says that nowadays everyone wants to have their say, nothing sensible comes out of it and everyone pretends to have forgotten about Dre. The last stanza is again taken over by Dr. Dre, who continues to insist on gang status since he's from Compton and still has guns. He will show no more consideration and warns his critics against false statements, since he was already successful when they were still children.

Song part	Artist
1st verse	Dr. Dre
refrain	Eminem
2nd stanza	Eminem
3rd stanza	Dr. Dre

Production and video

The music was provided by Dr. Dre produced in collaboration with Mel-Man. They used samples from The Climb by No Doubt and Compton's in the House (Remix) by NWA The video for the song was directed by Philip G. Atwell. The single cover shows the lettering Dr. Dre , Featuring Eminem and Forgot About Dre in green and white, respectively. At the bottom right is the face of Dr. Dre seen in black and white . The rest is completely black.

The music video won the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Rap Video. It shows Dr. Dre rapping on a dark street and in front of a kiosk. During Eminem's verse the scene changes and he and Dre can be seen driving a car into a garden fence under the influence of drugs, which leads to an argument with a local resident. The song is now interrupted by a skit , and Eminem gives reporter Jane Yamamoto an interview while the resident's house is burning in the background and is being extinguished by the fire department. Then he and Dre are exposed as arsonists and taken away by the police. Other scenes show Eminem and Dre rapping between fire and blue light. At the end of the video, the beat changes and rapper Hittman raps a verse that is not on the official version of the track.

success

Awards

Forgot About Dre was recognized at the 2001 Grammy Awards in the Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group category.

Chart successes

Forgot About Dre reached number 41 in the German charts and stayed in the top 100 for nine weeks. In the United Kingdom, the song was ranked seventh.

Chart placements

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	41 (9 weeks)	9
Switzerland (IFPI)	37 (16 weeks)	16
United Kingdom (OCC)	7th (17 weeks)	17th
United States (Billboard)	25th (20 weeks)	20th

Awards for music sales

The song went platinum in the UK in 2018 for over 600,000 sales .

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	45,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	600,000
All in all	1 × gold 1 × platinum	645,000

Main article: Eminem / Music Sales Awards

Web links

• Lyrics with interpretations (English)
• Lyrics translation
• Music video on YouTube.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lyrics
2. ↑ Single cover
3. ↑ music video
4. ↑ Chart tracking Forgot About Dre
5. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: DE CH UK US