2001 (Dr. Dre album) sound and the strings and orchestration. So I'd be on the keyboards, and Mike [Elizondo] was on the bass guitar, and Dre was on the drum machine." Josh Tyrangiel of "Time" has described the recording process which Dr. Dre employs, stating "Every Dre track begins the same way, with Dre behind a drum machine in a room full of trusted musicians. (They carry beepers. When he wants to work, they work.) He'll program a beat, then ask the musicians to play along; when Dre hears something he likes, he isolates the player and tells him how to refine the sound."
Dr. Dre: The Biography Dr. Dre: The Biography Dr. Dre: The Biography is a biography written about American rapper, music producer, and entrepreneur Dr. Dre written by Ronin Ro released February 28, 2007. Dr. Dre: The Biography covers the early days of Dr. Dre's career and his time with the World Class Wreckin' Cru, N.W.A, and Ruthless, the release of The Chronic and his time at Death Row, and the formation of his record label Aftermath, and the production work with artists such as Eminem, Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, The Game (rapper), etc., to present. Mike Tribby, writing for Booklist, wrote a positive review