Rap-Up.com || Dr. Dre Announces ‘Detox’ Release Date

Dr. Dre fans can finally exhale. After a decade of waiting for Detox, the hip-hop icon has announced his album’s release date in a rather anticlimactic way. Producer Just Blaze posted a video of himself in the studio with the Doc. While Blaze plugged his artist Saigon’s project, Dre revealed the date many doubted would ever come. “4/20, baby. 4/20, I’m comin’,” said The Chronic rapper, referring to April 20, the pot smokers’ holiday.

You may notice that 4/20 is a Wednesday, a day later than the traditional Tuesday release in the U.S. When asked why Dre opted to miss a day of the sales week, Just Blaze responded on Twitter, saying, “We talked about that. [I'm] sure the publicity and hype of the date release would make up for the lost day.”

[Just Blaze]

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30 Comments

J0rdan0re0
January 17th, 2011 at 11:34 pm
Idiot

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Keri Fan
January 17th, 2011 at 11:44 pm
Hype? Huh, you mean that thing which peaked years ago?

I think this will dissapoint many, as everyone’s expectations should now be beyond the stars after the long wait.

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T.I. Supporter
January 17th, 2011 at 11:44 pm
Fuck off @J0rdan0re0. and finally !

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Pinoy
January 17th, 2011 at 11:50 pm
Well let’s see if the date is the truth…
Detox is now or never….

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Sean Izzle
January 18th, 2011 at 2:29 am
Orly? is this true or is he fuckin wit us again? Id rather stay NOT waiting, Kush was not up good enough compared to todays music :( ill be on the lookout for next Detox song to leak…………………………………

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carl
January 18th, 2011 at 3:00 am
Oh please.

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danja
January 18th, 2011 at 3:37 am
i hope he said a true

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felipe
January 18th, 2011 at 4:46 am
this gonna be great

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TRA
January 18th, 2011 at 6:00 am
I am glad to see that Dr. Dre has chosen a release date for Detox. It still remains to to be seen if this release date stays the same. I hope Detox turns out to be a classic, but I have a feeling that Detox is going to be a good album, and not a great album. If Detox would had came out 7 years ago, there would be no doubt that Detox would be a classic. Hip hop now days are different from 7 years ago. It feels like the hype for Detox is not as big as it was years ago. I will be checking for Detox when it comes out, but I have a feeling that it won’t be a classic compare to Dre’s previous albums.

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asd
January 18th, 2011 at 7:49 am
It comes…2015

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Lil' Nello
January 18th, 2011 at 8:11 am
I will believe it when I see it but I was actually thinking why release it on 4/20 if Kush truly is 1 of the few smoker type tracks on Detox like Dre said it would be? Can’t wait for Feb. 15th & The Greatest Story Never Told to finally be told though!

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Kodeez
January 18th, 2011 at 10:24 am
probably won’t come out that day. dre keeps post-poning the date.

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Chris
January 18th, 2011 at 10:48 am
4/20 that is a dope date(no pun)! I’m gonna buy a bag of drugs and get high as heck listening to Detox that day. I’ll be doing this while I’m at work too, screw the damn boss!!

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Ivan;vaan
January 18th, 2011 at 11:28 am
Finally

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atanda
January 18th, 2011 at 5:37 pm
Rap is changed,let’s c hw he feels about it

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January 19th, 2011 at 5:23 pm
Hopefully JB is on detox

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kevin
February 12th, 2011 at 1:42 am
all the new music now is like techno rap it sucks…..im lost what is hip hop anymore?

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kevin
February 12th, 2011 at 1:43 am
im lost what is hip hop anymore?

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Phil
February 15th, 2011 at 11:14 am
Stop hating on the old man people, he’s a legend

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ctrock
February 22nd, 2011 at 5:55 pm
@Keri Fan, -I AGREE don’t think it will sound as good as his old ablum!!!!!!

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D-nile
March 3rd, 2011 at 1:33 pm
Fuck u all, i dont think it’ll be that good but just finally gettin it is what i want. True Dre supporter

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Chicago's Finest
March 14th, 2011 at 9:57 pm
Time to see how Dre feels about all these goofball rappers. “I started this gangsta shit…and this the motherfucking thanks I get?”

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poisoni
March 16th, 2011 at 12:17 pm
it still says 4/20 on wikipedia… but i thought it was confirmed that this wasnt the real date. oh well, i realllyy hope its actually the real date!

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Ashley
April 6th, 2011 at 6:43 am
Dre’s been producing other huge names if you havent noticed :/ loook at what he does on the side! he doesnt mess around <3

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Jon
April 20th, 2011 at 7:20 am
Dope, it’s 4/20 and Detox still hasn’t come out yet. I know that reports said that it wasn’t supposed to come out now, but at this point I’m beginning to believe that one of the most hyped up albums ever will be one of the most dissapointing. Unless he has a couple of the best songs ever, he should just release it already. It’s not like the hype is still being built up about it, now people are just becoming disinterested and fed up with not only not getting an album, but not even a release date yet, implying that Detox is still a long way away. Well, time to go blaze.

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mjmellan Reply:
July 25th, 2011 at 1:15 pm
@Jon, lol your right

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alex
May 10th, 2011 at 11:42 am
first of all dr.dre is a legend and he could postpond da album anytime he wants when he takes out albums its not a piece of shit al album its a classic not like ur wakafalcas, soljer boys, and all those one hit wonders that think ther doing with there songs but they aint on shit. detox is gonna be a classic just like all his albums
da west is bak dre, snoopp, game, ice, kruput, its on again mathafukers

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Scott
August 12th, 2011 at 2:29 pm
Can’t wait until Dre’s new album Detox come out it’s going to be da bomb

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Detox
November 24th, 2011 at 5:46 am
Detox…

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