COMPTON – After a weekend that has seen Burma’s Ann San Suu Kyi and a British couple released from imprisonment, Dr Dre has announced he has no plans to release his album from studio arrest.
The medical practitioner and part-time hip hop producer was speaking via a video link from his Compton studio where Detox is currently being held: “I don’t give a motherf*ck what Burma do, I ain’t releasing Detox till 2011. And maybe not even then. I’m Dre.”
The declaration of non intent squashed rumours he would be releasing his own high-profile and long-term prisoner, Detox, this year.
Unclear motives
Regarded as the saviour of West Coast music, the album has been under studio arrest for over a decade while Dr Dre has chosen to focus on other projects including four Eminem albums, four 50 Cent albums, discovering and producing for The Game, bodybuilding, sponsoring the manufacture and promotion of performance brand headphones, starring in Dr Pepper commercials, and supporting historical health care reform.
Although already on record as saying that he didn’t “need to make another album bitch, I don’t gotta do sh*t,” such a dire message has left many hip hop fans failing to understand how an oppressive anti-democracy government could release a pro-democracy prisoner, but Dr Dre remains unable to release his third studio album.
One fan blasted: “It’s been over 10 years! I’m tired of listening to The Chronic!”
Hip hop leaders have begun calling on the rap veteran to give some indication as to the album’s well-being as concerns continue to mount over i’s safety.
“A sampler, a CD cover with today newspaper…anything. We just want to know that Detox is still alive,” voiced a concerned Russell Simmons who has previously campaigned for current and past administrations to engage Dr Dre in efforts to negotiate terms of release for the imprisoned album.
‘It may already be too late’
The protracted stalemate has even caused some of the world’s leading hostage psychologist to question whether the album will ever see the light of day.
“I’ve seen situations like this, but only in the academy,” commented hostage negotiator Albert Staples.
“The captor [Andre Young] has grown so used to having the captive [a 12-16 track album] under lock and key that he psychologically cannot comprehend the idea of actually releasing it.”
“Either that or he’s just the biggest perfectionist I have ever seen.”
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