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Dre was one of my heros in the music industry. If he's not down for his homeboys, I don't wanna be a part of him or around him.

Dr. Dre's '2001' album changed modern pop music.

But working with Dre, I grew up with his music, so I'm still like more a fan.

I discovered that the most interesting music of all was made by simply lining the loops in unison, and letting them slowly shift out of phase with other.

I don't think there's anybody that has such a keen sense of vocal production and attention to detail as Dre.

I wanted to make something that reminded people of the way albums used to feel. I wanted something as good as the stuff put out by the Bomb Squad, or Dr. Dre and his production crew, or 'A Tribe Called Quest.' I miss albums like those.

Dr. Dre, my oldest brother, he paved the way for me and Snoop to get a chance to get into the studio. I asked him to show me how to work the MPC-60... I was about maybe 17, 18, right around there.

I would love to work with Eminem, Dr. Dre. I wish I could have been in the studio with Bob Marley.

I had sat in one day in Central Park with Bonnie and Delaney, and Duane was playing with them, so I asked if he wanted to work on an album. You never had to say to him how to play the guitar.

I tell everybody, 'If you want to get to know me, if you listen to those three records, you'll have a really good idea.' They were released at different time periods in my life, and those are the things I was going through.