Welcome to This Life of Mine. 

To kick off the podcast James Corden is joined by a guest who’s been described as one of the most important cultural icons in recent American history. He first found success along with Ice Cube and Eazy E in the genre defining group N. W. A., and later experienced unparalleled success as a solo artist before becoming, without question, one of the most successful producers of all time, working with some of the biggest artists of the last 20 years, from Kendrick Lamar To 50 Cent, Jay Z, Mary J. Blige, Nas, Busta Rhymes, Yves, Anderson Paak, Gwen Stefani and of course his decade long collaboration with Eminem. 

He's also an entrepreneur who took his love of sound to the next level when he did something that no other artist had done at that time. When he and fellow record executive Jimmy Iovine created an audio company called Beats, it became a runaway success, which along with its associated streaming platform was sold to Apple for an estimated $3 billion after winning seven Grammys and selling over 25 million records.

His focus has now moved to education and trying to give young people the skills to succeed in the industries that he knows best.

 

Dr Dre’s Selections:

PLACE: Being on the water on his boat

FILM: The Godfather

MUSIC: Curtis Mayfield, Sade Is it a Crime, Human Nature and 50 Cent In Da Club

PERSON: Couldn’t choose, but influenced by Jimmy Iovine, Quincy Jones, Bootsy Collins

POSSESSION: His SSL mixing board

MEMORY: His first gig: Funk Festival in LA 

 

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