Having delivered the brilliant Compton almost out of nowhere to coincide with NWA's biopic this summer, Dr Dre has talked about his desire to bring that long-awaited follow-up to 2001 on the road. And he loved it if his rap superstar mates came along for the ride.
Joined by Snoop Dogg on his own Pharmacy show on Beats 1, the producer spoke candidly about his tentative plans.
"One of my dreams right now is to be able to take my ideas and take a show over to Europe. I’m 30 years in the game right now and I’ve never been able to take my full production over to Europe. Me and Snoop, we’ve been over there. Me and Eminem have been over there, but it’s just been like spot dates and like taking a microphone over there with a DJ.
"I never had the opportunity to take the full production over there, and take my full body of ideas over there and present it to all the people over there in Europe that’s been representing and showing me love throughout my entire 30-year career.
"This is one of the things that I dreamed about doing. I want to call it Beats & Rhymes. I want it to be me and Snoop. I want it to be Eminem. I want it to be Kendrick Lamar. Do a tour over in Europe and call it Beats & Rhymes and take our full production over there and take our full stage over there and really go over there and show Europe the same amount of love that they been showing me throughout my entire career. So, that’s my dream. Hopefully we can make that happen."
By way of reply, Snoop joked:
"Your dream sounds like Woodstock on steroids. Let's call it 'Hoodstock'."