Dr. Dre To Death Row: Press Eject And Give Me The Tapes

jharv | August 20, 2007 10:00 am
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Dr. Dre has served notice on Death Row Records that he wants The Chronic back in his tender care, hitting his former home base with a lawsuit citing a previous failure to pay agreed-upon royalties as reason enough for the bankruptcy courts to fork over the album’s rights to its creator. He’s also worrying that one of the rats fleeing the sinking Death Row ship in the midst of the label’s Chapter 11 “restructuring” might end up selling the copyright to the album for a handful of magic beans. Perhaps if Detox ever drops we’ll be treated to an updated “Dre Day 2027” video with Suge Knight in a bad Jheri curl and a sleazy Chapter 11 lawyer that’s a barely disguised racial stereotype.

Dr. Dre Sues Death Row Over The Rights To The Chronic [XXL]