Dr. Dre Says He Doesn’t Like Most Of Today’s Rap

Dr. Dre On Current Hip Hop: “I Don’t Listen To A Lot Of That Sh*t”

Legendary producer Dr. Dre is currently trending after sharing his views on contemporary rap music during a recent interview with Kevin Hart’s “Hart to Heart.”

Unlike some of his peers, the superproducer remains magnanimous toward the evolving hip hop sound despite admitting he’s not particularly fond of much of it.

He dismissed negative sentiments about the genre’s current state with a simple maxim: “Hip hop is what it is,” Dre told Hart. “If you don’t like it, don’t listen to it, you know what I’m saying?”

While speaking on the topic, the N.W.A. founder seemed unimpressed by generational divisions. He candidly revealed, “Most of this s**t, I don’t like. I don’t listen to a lot of that s**t. But I’m not hatin’ on it. I’m never gonna hate on it.”

“You could actually take your favorite records and write your version of your favorite records with your words on that track, and then go get the next track because they’re using the same melody every time,” the rapper-turned-mogul explained.

He stated, “If you know the words to the song — I don’t care whose record it is — just make your version of it.”

“I mean, some of it you look at, and it’s easier! The cadences are the same. They’re rapping the same way on the records. If I gotta go make a record right now, I could do that record easy!” Dre explained.