Dr Dre Reveals What It Was Like Leaving Ruthless & Death Row Record

Dr Dre Reveals What It Was Like Leaving Ruthless & Death Row Record. In the midst of taking part on the ongoing Protests Dr dre had a chance to share with fans how it was like leaving the notorious record labels Ruthless and Death Row.

Dr Dre debuted his music career working for other artists, in the build up of his brand he signed under Ruthless and later Death Row. A while after signing to Death Row he branched out and established his label Aftermath.

23 years later, Dre shares his honesty on the reasons he left the record labels.

“I don’t lead by money,” Dre said. “I never let money lead my life or anything, you feel me? This one was an easy separation. When I separated from Eazy-E and Ruthless Records that was a lot more difficult because there was a brotherhood there that was created. So [Death Row] was fairly easy and I know wherever I go, I’m taking the talent with me. That was nothing. It’s just about leaving and the hard part is creating a new thing.”

He added, “I’m always gonna believe and bet on myself, I don’t give a fuck where I am. Who else can you bet on if you can’t bet on yourself?”

After making a decision to leave Death Row he got into a number of fights with it’s owner Suge Knight. The fight went on to affect the rapper’s work. He recalled the initial reason for calling his album 2001 was due in large part to Suge Knight and Death Row already having the title Chronic 2000.

“At the time I wanted to call the album The Chronic 2000, and my previous partners from Death Row, I heard they were doing an album called Chronic 2000,” Dre said. “It was Jimmy Iovine’s idea to call it 2001. I didn’t really give a fuck. I thought the was great, that everything we were doing was fantastic and I said, ‘OK, fuck it what’s in a title?”

He continued, “Let’s call it 2001 and it was almost like a shot at them. They called their shit 2000, I said, ‘OK, great’ But being a step ahead, that was the intention.”