I Need a Doctor, Dr.Dre and Detox

So yeah I kept my fans waiting a couple of months. But you know what? That's nothing at all compared to how long Dr. Dre  has kept his fans waiting for his next album. Shortly after the release of his insanely popular 2001 album (which retardedly enough was released in 1999) Dr. Dre announced his next and final album Detox. This would prove to be a massive mistake on Dre's part because it's now 2011 and the Detox doesn't have so much as a fucking release date. Just in case you can't fully take in the scope of this massive wait I'll outline some facts for you. From the time Detox was announced to the present time as I write this post Eminem has recorded his greatest album ever (The Marshall Mathers LP you moron), 2 follow ups that got progressively worse, had his best friend die, become addicted to prescription drugs, gone on hiatus, sobered up and made a musical comeback releasing two albums and then reuniting to record an EP with Royce da 5'9" as a duo called Bad Meets Evil (which is a must have rap album in my books). So in other words whilst Eminem has had a rather busy ten years Dr. Dre has been dicking around, not being satisfied with anything. Early this year a single off the album was finally released called "I Need a Doctor" and features Eminem and an up and coming female artist called Skylar Grey (youtube some songs of hers, she's well worth a listen). Anyway here is the official clip for "I Need a Doctor."

OK I'm sorry. Dre hasn't been fucking about at all but has instead been busy staring dreamily at the ocean, watching the crashing waves and driving dangerously fast in his extremely expensive car trying to escape the pressure that he foolishly brought upon himself when he announced his album WAY TOO EARLY! Now I know a lot of people who think this song is rubbish and quite frankly I don't blame them. But I actually kinda like it. It's catchy and has some good flows in it but I can't quite escape the knowledge that this song is essentially Dr. Dre trying to drum up excuses and sympathy. "Feel sorry for me I've been in a metaphorical coma." Look Dre, if you've had enough time to get ridiculously buff then you've had time to put out Detox. I mean just look at him, he looks like a coconut perched on top of a fridge.

Now lots of people are often surprised to learn that I'm actually quite into hip-hop music and for several years in my early to mid teens that was pretty much all I listened to. But even the lightest of rap inquisitors were familiar with Dr. Dre 2001. It played at pretty much every party I ever attended for a few years. Not just a track or two either, but often the album would just be left on to play out in its entirety. Sure, upon reflection it wasn't "the best" rap album floating about at the time. But it was simple, tight, catchy, gangsta rap fun. So this was my personal experience with that album and I've since met other friends with very similar experiences. I bring all this up because one of my friends pointed something out to me and I actually think he's 100% right. And that was this; there is no way that Detox can be better than 2001. Why? Well because even after you strip away the decade of hype and expectation that cannot possibly be met the fact remains that we are all adults now and no party we attend will ever play Detox the same way our teenage parties played 2001. Detox might very well be good, great even. But the majority of the population will probably view it negatively because of the long wait and it's inevitable failure to compare with the nostalgia surrounding 2001. It's very much like the situation I find myself in; no matter how good this post might have been nobody will ever say it was worth the wait.

The Quiet Before the Storm

Fucking hell it's been about 3 months since my last post. That's bad even by my standards. So yeah exams have come and gone but it seems that instead of starting my blog up again afterwards I decided to go out and live my life a little, what of it? Actually I don't know what I've been doing really. Deep down inside I've been searching for both the motivation to write and a topic worthy of my comeback. In the end I found nothing and will now instead opt for grovelling for an apology. Funnily enough I ended up playing some more Red Dead Redemption with my friends during my hiatus. Not on multiplayer or anything, just fucking around in single player and sharing the glory. I must say I ended up having more fun fucking around in that game than I imagined I would, probably due to the fantastic company I was keeping at the time. But nevertheless I've decided to ever so shakily force one additional thumb into the "up" position for Red Dead Redemption and admit that there are some decent, non-story-related distractions in the game (fuck you Lobo the Wolf).

Anyway, as all my apology posts are, this post is just a quick update letting you know that I have now remembered that I actually have a blog and have once agained renewed my commitment to it. I would also like to take this opportunity to announce another project I will be involved in with a good friend of mine. My friend Joey and I are going to start doing what will hopefully be a regular podcast together. At this point we're not sure how it will go, what topics it will cover or even what we'll call the blasted thing. But I like the idea of having my own personal rants about things juxtaposed by Joey's, so anyone out there who thinks my opinions are shit and I need to be shut down at times will perhaps want to have a listen once the thing is finally recorded and up. I'm really looking forward to it. We're ultimately not sure where we'll post the files once they're done but I'll be certain to put a post up on here when we do.

So don't give up on me just yet kids. Daddy still loves you, he just had to go away for a while. But daddy's back now and I promise I won't leave you, or your mother, ever again.