Others were there to assist with Dre’s own set: Nate Dogg, Kurupt, old partner Snoop Dogg.īut it wasn’t just the cast that made the Up In Smoke tour special. Some of them were opening acts: Warren G, Eminem, Ice Cube. Dre brought along his most famous collaborators, old and new. In the late summer of 2000, Dre embarked on the Up In Smoke Tour, the most elaborate traveling rap show that had ever been mounted. But nine months later, the tour that Dre mounted wasn’t that different. He was thinking out loud, imagining how his own greatest hits could be adapted into a big-money stage play: “For instance, an undercover cop gets killed on stage, and then me and Snoop would come out and do ‘Deep Cover.’ It could work.” On the eve of the release of his sophomore album 2001, Dre was talking to the New York Times’ Jon Pareles. Dre was thinking about putting on a musical. Just don’t expect that to happen anytime soon.In the fall of 1999, Dr. And if he ever wants to make The Wash II, he has more than enough money to fund it himself. He’d simply have to settle for life as a billionaire mogul and revered elder statesmen of hip-hop.
Snoop continued to take on occasional roles in films like Starsky & Hutch, Mac & Devin Go to High School, and The Big Bang, but The Wash ended Dr. When you factor in marketing, it probably broke even at best.
In the end, The Wash grossed $10 million on a $7 million budget. But it was also bested by Shallow Hal, Domestic Disturbance, Heist, The One, and even the Kevin Spacey alien debacle K-Pax. This was opening weekend for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and the third week of Monsters, Inc., so there was no way it was going to compete with those two. “Snoop Dogg’s character is so genuinely unpleasant, and Dre such an uncomfortable actor, that the film soon degenerates into an obscenity-strewn clash of puerile humor and plain nastiness.” “A 100% feeble comedy that exposes the dire acting abilities of two otherwise well respected hip-hop artists,” reads a typical review from the BBC. The Wash has an eight percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
And to put it charitably, Dre doesn’t have Cube’s onscreen presence. Unfortunately, Friday had a significantly stronger script than The Wash.
That movie was a box-office smash and it turned Dre’s former N.W.A bandmate Ice Cube into a genuine movie star. This was a clear attempt to create another Friday. The Private Lives of Liza Minnelli (The Rainbow Ends Here) Check out the trailer right here.Įvery Super Bowl Halftime Show, Ranked From Worst to Best Along the way, they encounter characters played by Eminem, George Wallace, Ludacris, Shaq, Kurupt, Xzibit, and even Pauly Shore. They eventually get wrapped up in a wacky kidnapping scheme when their boss vanishes, and they learn a lot about friendship and hard work before the whole thing ends. For those not familiar with this particular motion picture, it was written and directed by DJ Pooh (co-writer of Friday) and starred Dre and Snoop as two roommates who take a job at a car wash after nearly getting evicted from their apartment. and Rakim.īut there is one minor blemish on their record in the form of the 2001 comedy flick The Wash. Without any doubt, they are one of the mightiest duos in rap history, rivaled only by the likes of Outkast, Run the Jewels, and Eric B. After all, this is the team that gave the world “Nuthin but a ‘G’ Thang,” the Doggystyle album, “Still D.R.E.,” the 2000 Up in Smoke arena tour, and one of the all-time-great Coachella sets back in 2012. Dre and Snoop Dogg took the stage at the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday, they brought a lot of history with them.