First Song off Dr. Dre's Detox and Majestic

Finally! A song off Dr. Dre's long-awaited Detox.....well, kind of. Dr. Dre has long been accused of Ghost Writing (a term in the hip-hop community used for when another rapper writes your verse for you). This is a very derogatory term amongst hip-hop heads. P. Diddy notoriously lost a lot of street cred when word of him ghostwriting got out. Lately tracks have been surfacing to prove that the rumors of Dr. Dre using ghostwriters to be true. First the track off Eminem's latest CD 'Crack a Bottle' had an early version released with Eminem rapping Dre's verse for him, and now the first song off the Detox album has been leaked, but with....Ludacris rapping the verse for Dre. While this may seem ludicrous at first, it isn't that damaging to Dr. Dre's career. Hell, writers of music in all genres have employed this tactic throughout time; Elvis didn't write anything he sang. These tracks with one rapper doing a verse for another rapper's album are called 'reference tracks'. It appears that Ludacris is the ghostwriter for Dre on this track and he went ahead and gave him a 'reference' verse to help him out. While normally this wouldn't be exciting, Detox is THE most hyped rap album of all time, and after all...it's Ludacris, we're not talking about some no name ghostwriter. The song sounds great at first listen, but is definitely a DJ cut, and not quite studio quality. Here is your first (real) taste of Dr. Dre's Detox!

Ludacris for Dr. Dre - OG'z Them (Prod. By Dr. Dre) - (MP3)

(After you get the song in iTunes, Right Click on the Song: Click Song Info: Options: Start at 0:20. Gets rid of the DJ Nonsense at the beginning. Hopefully I'll have a better quality rip for you soon)

The PR Rep for 'Sound of Arrows' just dropped us a track for another one of his artists 'Majestic'. This rapper will draw strong comparison to Wiley...which is a good thing. I really enjoy this track. We're told Majestic is an MC who cut his teeth on the UGK circuit performing with CKP, EZ, Logan Sama and The Wideboys who made him there official MC. Together they have made an Electro tinged slice of pop brilliance called 'In The VIP' which you can listen to here. The track we bring you today is a freestyle he sent remixing La Roux's Bulletproof ... and the track is proper rank. Enjoy.


Majestic - Bullet Proof (La Roux Remix) - (MP3)